Ernesto Soto
Ernesto Soto (* 1943 ; † 1995 ) was a Venezuelan racing car driver .
Career
The Venezuela-born Ernesto Soto should not be confused with the Argentinian rally driver of the same name, born in 1954, who died in 2007. Soto began motorsport in Venezuela in the 1960s on a DKW and later switched to the Ford , Vau , Atlantic and 2 monoposto formulas .
In the United States, it became known in 1978. The 24 Hours of Daytona this year he had originally eleventh overall finished as while a Porsche 911 won the GTU class. After the race, the vehicle owner refused the technical control, which led to immediate disqualification. The background was an illegal engine that was too large. In the 1980s, he regularly competed in the IMSA GTP series . His best overall ranking was fifth in the 1982 Daytona 24-hour race . Once, in 1980 , he was registered for the 24-hour race at Le Mans and finished this event in 21st place in the final classification.
He died in a car accident in 1995.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1980 | Z & W Enterprises Inc. | Mazda RX-7 | Mark Hutchins | Pierre Honegger | Rank 21 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1978 | Bill Scott Racing | Porsche 911 | Francisco Romero | Rank 6 and class win | ||
1979 | Hector Huerta | Porsche Carrera RSR | Francisco Romero | Rank 15 | ||
1980 | Porsche Montecarlo | Porsche Carrera RSR | Luis Méndez | Jaime Rodríguez | failure | malfunction |
1982 | T&R Racing | Porsche Carrera RSR | Tico Almeida | Rene Rodríguez | Rank 10 | |
1983 | T&R Racing | Porsche 935M16 | Tico Almeida | failure | accident |
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
- JA Martin and Ken Welles: Prototypes - the History of the IMSA GTP Series . Bull Publishing, Phoenix 2000, ISBN 1-893618-01-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Soto, Ernesto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |