Alan Richard Sciuto (born 28 April 1988 in Orange, California) is a former racing driver. Sciuto competed previously in the Atlantic Championship among other series.
Racing career Sciuto started his racing career in 2001 with the SKUSA organisation. In his first season Sciuto finished 26th in the season standings of the national 80cc Junior class. The Californian won the championship in the following year beating many young prospects such as James Hinchcliffe and Graham Rahal. In 2004 Sciuto finished second in the Stars of Karting shifterkart championship. After a shootout race at Infineon Raceway Sciuto was selected for the Red Bull Junior Team in 2004.
Sciuto made his auto racing debut in the Formula BMW USA at Lime Rock Park in 2004. The following year Sciuto mainly competed in the Skip Barber National Championship after winning the Skip Barber Scholarship. Sciuto scored his first pole position in the series at Road America in the Dodge powered Reynard R/T 2000. The Californian driver finished eleventh in the championship standings. Sciuto also ran two races at Virginia International Raceway. The fast talent won his first race and finished second in the second race.
In 2005 Sciuto made his debut in the Atlantic Championship. In his second race, in the streets of Denver, Sciuto scored his first pole position. The Californian finished the race in second place. 2006 was Sciuto's first full season in the prestigious series. The best result was again in Denver finishing third. The young driver finished eighth in the championship standings. Sciuto repeated this performance the following season racing for his own team, Alan Sciuto Racing. In 2008 Sciuto made a single outing in the Atlantic Championship. In the streets of Long Beach Sciuto finished second.
Racing record American open–wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
USF2000 National Championship results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2005 Cape Motorsports ATL1 ATL2 MOH1 MOH2 CLE1 CLE2 ROA1 ROA2 MOH3 MOH4 VIR11 VIR22 N.C. N.C.
Star Mazda Championship YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints 2005 Hearn Motorsports SEB ATL1 MOH17 MON PPR SON141 SON27 POR RAM MOS ATL2 LAG N.C. N.C.
Atlantic Championship results YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints 2005 PR1 MotorsportsLBHMTYPOR1POR2CLE1CLE2TOREDMSJO4DEN2ROA7MTL 12th 69 2006 Polestar Racing GroupLBH10HOU6MTY7POR4CLE115CLE29TOR17EDM11SJO15DEN3MTL6ROA8 8th 167 2007 Alan Sciuto RacingLVG7LBH29HOU6POR17POR227CLE9MTT12TOR6EDM119EDM24SJO7ROA208th140 2008 Genoa RacingLBH2LSMTTEDM1EDM2ROA1ROA2TRRNJUTAATL23rd27
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