Oswaldo Negri Jr. Explained

Oswaldo "Ozz" Negri Jr. (born May 29, 1964) is a Brazilian racing driver from São Paulo.

Racing career

Formula Three and Indy Lights

He 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 9th. With newfound confidence he returned to British F3 in 1992 and finished 4th. 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 3rd 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 8th in points in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he finished 10th, 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 10th 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

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Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
1997	Genoa Racing	MIA	LBH	NAZ	SAV	STL	MIL	DET	POR	TOR	TRO	VAN	LAG	FON	20th	15
1999	Genoa Racing	MIA	LBH	NAZ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	DET	CHI	LAG	FON		20th	6

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	DAY 12	SEB 9	LBH 9	LGA 10	BEL 4	WGL 7	MOS 5	IND 6	ELK 2	COA 5	PET 6		7th	281
2015	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian	P	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo	DAY 5	SEB 13	LBH 6	LGA 3	BEL 2	WGL 7	MOS 3	ELK 4	AUS 4	PET 9			6th	273
2016	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian	P	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo	DAY 11	SEB 7	LBH 7	LGA 1	BEL 5	WGL 3	MOS 6	ELK 4	AUS 6	PET 1			4th	282
2017	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 5	SEB 8	LBH 10	AUS 11	DET 5	WGL 16	MOS 10	LIM 9	ELK 14	VIR 14	LGA 10	PET 12	13th	248
2018	Squadra Corse Garage Italia	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL DNF	MOS	LIM	ELK 10	VIR	LGA 6	PET		37th	59

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2016	Michael Shank Racing	John Pew Laurens Vanthoor	Ligier JS P2-Honda	LMP2	345	14th	9th
2020	Luzich Racing	Côme Ledogar Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	335	32nd	7th