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Gabby Chaves
American racing driver

Gabby Chaves

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American racing driver
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Bogota, Colombia
Age
31 years
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Biography

Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves (born 7 July 1993) is a Colombian-American racing driver.

Racing career

Early career

After winning numerous karting titles, Chaves began racing cars in 2007 in various Skip Barber series in the United States. In 2008 he made his pro debut in Formula BMW Americas and finished 4th in Formula BMW Pacific and finished 14th in the Formula BMW World Finals. In 2009 he competed in a full season of Formula BMW Americas for Eurointernational and won the title, capturing 5 wins and 3 poles.

Chaves brought his career to Europe in 2010, where he raced in the Italian Formula Three Championship with Eurointernational. He finished 10th in points and captured rookie of the year honors. In 2011 he signed to race with the Addax Team in the GP3 Series. Chaves finished 19th in points with a best finish of fourth at the Valencia Street Circuit.

American open-wheel racing

In 2012, Chaves return to the United States and signed with JDC Motorsports to race in the Star Mazda Championship. Chaves finished second in points with wins at the final two races of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta. The driver climbed to the Indy Lights in 2013, having signed for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. He was runner-up with one win and ten podiums, and was part of the closest finish in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (when Peter Dempsey grabbed the Freedom 100 victory as part of a four-wide photo finish. Dempsey finished ahead of Chaves by a mere 0.0026 seconds).

He signed on with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2014 Indy Lights season and won the championship, capturing four wins (including the Freedom 100) and 11 podiums in 14 races.

Chaves signed with Bryan Herta Autosport to race full-time at the IndyCar Series in 2015. Chaves led 31 laps at Pocono Raceway and had assumed the lead after leader and fellow rookie Sage Karam crashed, fatally injuring Justin Wilson in the process. Chaves led when the race was restarted with six laps to go but was passed for the lead. He was still on pace for his first podium finish when his engine let go with three laps remaining, bringing out a caution flag and effectively ending the race. The race was both Chaves' first laps led and only DNF of the season. Chaves captured the Rookie of the Year title by 78 points over Stefano Coletti.

Sports car racing

Chaves joined the DeltaWing entry at the four endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. He led 15 laps of the 10-hour finale at Road Atlanta, the Petit Le Mans, helping the team to a season-high fourth-place finish.

Personal life

Chaves' father is a Colombian JetBlue airline pilot and Chaves has raced under both the American and Colombian flags.

Racing record

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2011Addax TeamIST
FEA
10
IST
SPR
12
CAT
FEA
13
CAT
SPR
6
VAL
FEA
4
VAL
SPR
5
SIL
FEA
Ret
SIL
SPR
14
NÜR
FEA
27†
NÜR
SPR
17
HUN
FEA
23
HUN
SPR
Ret
SPA
FEA
16
SPA
SPR
16
MNZ
FEA
17
MNZ
SPR
7
19th8

Star Mazda Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2012JDC MotorsportsSTP
3
STP
4
BAR
3
BAR
5
IND
9
IOW
5
TOR
3
TOR
4
EDM
3
EDM
3
TRO
5
TRO
2
BAL
3
BAL
8
LAG
2
LAG
1
ATL
1
2nd360

Indy Lights

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2013Schmidt Peterson MotorsportsSTP
8
ALA
3
LBH
2
INDY
2
MIL
4
IOW
2
POC
3
TOR
3
MDO
1*
BAL
3
HOU
2
FON
2
2nd449
2014Belardi Auto RacingSTP
2
LBH
1
ALA
6
ALA
1
IND
11
IND
8
INDY
1
POC
1
TOR
2
MDO
2
MDO
3
MIL
3
SNM
2
SNM
2
1st547

IndyCar Series

(key)

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2015Bryan Herta AutosportDallara DW12HondaSTP
17
NLA
15
LBH
16
ALA
16
IMS
15
INDY
16
DET
18
DET
9
TXS
10
TOR
15
FON
20
MIL
11
IOW
16
MDO
12
POC
11
SNM
14
15th281
2016Dale Coyne RacingSTP
PHX
LBH
ALA
IMS
17
INDY
20
DET
12
DET
13
RDA
19
IOW
17
TOR
MDO
POC
TXS
14
WGL
SNM
22nd121
2017Harding RacingChevroletSTP
LBH
ALA
PHX
IMS
INDY
.
DET
DET
TEX
ROA
IOW
TOR
MDO
POC
GMP
WGL
SNM
-*-*

Indianapolis 500

YearChassisEngineStartFinishTeam
2015DallaraHonda2616Bryan Herta Autosport
2016DallaraHonda2120Dale Coyne Racing

* Season still in progress.

United SportsCar Championship

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona

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