Oswaldo "Ozz" Negri Jr. (born May 29, 1964) is a Brazilian racing driver from São Paulo.
Racing career
Formula Three and Indy Lights Negri raced part-time in the British Formula Three Championship from 1987 to 1989 with few good results. He returned to his native Brazil in 1990 to race in Brazilian Formula Three Championship, where he won the championship, and Formula 3 Sudamericana where he finished ninth. With newfound confidence, he returned to British F3 in 1992 and finished fourth. In 1993, he went to the Mexican Formula Three Championship and raced there until 1996. In 1997, he raced in Indy Lights part-time for Genoa Racing and finished 20th. In 1998, he won the Mexican version of Indy Lights, Indy Lights Panamericana. He made one Indy Lights start in 1999 and finished third in Indy Lights Panamericana in 2000.
Grand-Am sports cars
Negri moved to sports car racing in 2003 racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. He joined Michael Shank Racing and raced full-time in the series in 2004 and finished 12th in points, winning the league's rising star award which he shared with Max Angelelli. He captured his first victory in 2006 at Miller Motorsports Park and finished second in the 24 Hours of Daytona. He finished eighth in points in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he finished tenth, winning in the first race held at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. He stayed with the team in 2009 and finished 8th in points. In 2010, he finished tenth in points and in 2011 improved to a career-best sixth. He won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2012 for Michael Shank Racing with teammates A. J. Allmendinger, John Pew, and Justin Wilson. It was his first Rolex Sports Car Series win since 2008.
Racing record
Complete American Open Wheel racing results (key)
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref 1997 Genoa Racing MIA LBH NAZ SAVSTLMILDET POR TOR TRO VAN LAGFON20th15 1999 Genoa RacingMIALBHNAZMILPORCLETORMISDETCHILAGFON20th6
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2014 Michael Shank Racing P Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY12 SEB9 LBH9 LGA10 BEL4 WGL7 MOS5 IND6 ELK2 COA5 PET6 7th 281 2015 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian P Ligier JS P2 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY5 SEB13 LBH6 LGA3 BEL2 WGL7 MOS3 ELK4 AUS4 PET9 6th 273 2016 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian P Ligier JS P2 Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY11 SEB7 LBH7 LGA1 BEL5 WGL3 MOS6 ELK4 AUS6 PET1 4th 282 2017 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian GTD Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY5 SEB8 LBH10 AUS11 DET5 WGL16 MOS10 LIM9 ELK14 VIR14 LGA10 PET12 13th 248 2018 Squadra Corse Garage Italia GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB MOH BEL WGLDNF MOS LIM ELK10 VIR LGA6 PET 37th 59
* Season still in progress
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Michael Shank Racing John Pew Laurens Vanthoor Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 345 14th 9th Luzich Racing Côme Ledogar Francesco Piovanetti Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 335 32nd 7th
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