Peter Portante

Peter Portante
Peter Portante
Nationality	American
Born	Peter Portante; February 24, 1996 (age 28); Plainville, Connecticut, U.S.
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2013–2015	U.S. F2000 National Championship

Peter Portante (born February 24, 1996) is a professional, American race car driver from Plainville, Connecticut.

Peter Portante started his racing career at the age of 7 in karts. He quickly established himself as one of the up & coming drivers in the Northeast with the securing of many pole positions and wins on the Legend Car oval circuit and in the NASCAR Late Model division at Stafford Speedway. Catching the open wheel bug, Peter joined the Skip Barber Race Series in 2012 to hone his race craft. After claiming three wins, and a top-10 finish in the series points, Peter was invited to attend the Skip Barber Race Series Championship Shootout for a chance at a scholarship to become a Mazdaspeed backed driver. Peter emerged from the shootout with a scholarship^[1] to the 2013 Cooper Tires U.S. F2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda. After signing with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2013 season, Peter earned 2 podium finishes as well as several top ten finishes. Adding to his resume in 2013, Peter won the SCCA Formula Continental National Championship^[2] with ArmsUp Motorsports.

Portante raced in the 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship for ArmsUp Motorsports and improved to sixth in the championship and scored a career-best second-place finish at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Allison Legacy Series		1	0	?	?	0	36	14th
2011	Allison Legacy North		?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2012	Skip Barber Summer Series		17	3	8	1	4	492	6th
2012	SBF2000 Winter Series		4	0	0	0	0	69	32nd
2013	U.S. F2000 National Championship	Belardi Auto Racing	14	0	0	0	2	139	10th
	U.S. F2000 Winterfest	Belardi Auto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	58	9th
	SBF2000 Winter Series		6	0	?	?	2	161	19th
	SCCA National Championship Runoffs - Formula Continental		1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2014	U.S. F2000 National Championship	ArmsUp Motorsports	14	0	0	1	2	173	6th
2014	U.S. F2000 Winterfest	ArmsUp Motorsports	3	0	0	0	0	42	15th
2015	U.S. F2000 National Championship	ArmsUp Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	26	20th
2015	Mazda MX-5 Cup - MX		12	0	0	?	5	552	5th
2016	F1600 Championship Series	K-Hill Motorsports	21	3	8	5	11	742	2nd
2017	Atlantic Championship	K-Hill Motorsports	12	7	3	5	11	587	1st
2017	F2000 Championship Series		1	1	1	0	1	55	24th
2018	Atlantic Championship		1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2018	F3 Americas Championship	Importante Autosport	3	0	0	0	0	12	7th
2023	F2000 Championship Series	Cordova Motorsports	2	2	1	2	2	107	14th

U.S. F2000 National Championship[edit]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2013	Belardi Auto Racing	SEB 13	SEB 31	STP 10	STP 13	LOR 3	TOR 11	TOR 4	MDO 11	MDO 3	MDO 18	LAG 23	LAG 12	HOU 19	HOU 6			10th	139
2014	ArmsUp Motorsports	STP 13	STP 15	BAR 12	BAR 6	IMS 6	IMS 7	LOR 7	TOR 4	TOR 19	MDO 3	MDO 15	MDO 2	SNM 4	SNM 17			6th	173
2015	ArmsUp Motorsports	STP	STP	NOL	NOL	BAR	BAR	IMS	IMS	LOR	TOR	TOR	MDO	MDO	MDO	LAG 10	LAG 6	20th	26

References[edit]

^ eFormulaCarNews. "Skip Barber: Portante Wins Race Series Championship Shootout". Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^ The Sports Car Club of America. "Portante Wins Formula Continental Race in Runoffs Debut". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

External links[edit]

Official Website

[1] FormulaCarNews. "Skip Barber: Portante Wins Race Series Championship Shootout". Retrieved 17 December 2012.

[2] The Sports Car Club of America. "Portante Wins Formula Continental Race in Runoffs Debut". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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