MARIO DOMINGUEZ  #28

Birth Date December 1, 1975 Birth Place Mexico City, Mexico Height 6-1 Weight 175 lbs Rookie Year 2002

Team Name Pacific Coast Motorsports Racing Series Champ Car Engine Cosworth Chassis Panoz DP01 Tires Bridgestone

Joined Forsythe Championship Racing right before the start of the 2005 Champ Car season, and took his new mount to a fifth-place finish in the Long Beach season opener. Scored six top-five finishes highlighted by a second-place finish in Denver. Started a season-high third on three occasions including the season opener. Had a top-five finish in sight before being victimized in accidents in each of the last two events. Has nine podium finishes in 64 career starts. Ended the year ninth in the standings with 198 points. In 2007 Mario drove in limited races and managed to score several top ten finishes. He also switched teams from Forsythe Championship Racing to Pacific Coast Motorsports.

This Mexican-born driver put together the best overall finish of his three years racing the Champ Car World Series. Making his countrymen proud, he put his car on the outside of row one for the start of the race in Monterrey with a podium finish. He matched his season-best run of third in Montreal and Australia, earning a total of three podium finishes for his Herdez squad. Finishing 11 out of 14 races in the top ten, including six top-fives, was enough to earn him a career-best fifth-place finish in the season standings.

EARLY CAREER
Raced go-karts from 1987 through 1991, winning three Mexican championships and representing his country in the World Karting Championships in Spain (1989) Italy (1990) and France (1991).

PERSONAL
Began racing in 1987 in go-karts, winning three championships and representing Mexico in the World Karting Championships in Spain (1989), Italy (1990), and France (1991) ... Honored with the prestigious "Best Driver of the Americas" award ... Fluent in Spanish and English - also speaks some Italian and French ... Hobbies: golf, karting, water skiing ... Racing hero: Ayrton Senna ... Spent one year at Culver Military Academy in Indiana as a part of his high school education ... Marched in the Inauguration Parade for George H.W. Bush in 1989 as a member of the Black Horse Troop ... Favorite cartoon: Speed Racer ... Got hooked on racing when his father took him to the 1986 Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.