Joe Castellano

Ensign N180

Giuseppe Carl "Joe" Castellano (born October 16, 1937 in Decameré ) is an American medic and racing car driver who also has Italian citizenship.

Mediciners

Joe Castellano studied medicine and worked for many years as a specialist for plastic surgery in Orlando .

Career in motorsport

Joe Castellano's career in motorsport was divided into two parts. The first phase lasted from 1976 to 1983. In 2007 he made a comeback, this time with an Italian driver's license. His first international race was the 1976 Daytona 24-hour race , which he contested with Terry Wolters and Charles Gano in a Chevrolet Corvette . He reached the 57th place in the final ranking. Until the end of the 1970s, he mainly competed in the Daytona 24-hour race and the Sebring 12-hour race .

He had his most successful racing year in 1982. In addition to his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and appearances in the World Sports Car Championship , he contested a full season in the British Formula 1 Championship . Castellano drove an Ensign N180 there , won the second Karibik Airways Trophy of the year and finished third overall behind Jim Crawford and Tony Trimmer . After the 1000 km race at Silverstone in 1983 , the first part of the career ended.

In 2007, Castellano returned to the racetracks at the age of 70. He started in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and in 2014, at the age of 77, was third overall in the CN class of the Italian Prototype Championship .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1982	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lancia Beta Monte Carlo	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Max Cohen-Olivar	Rank 12

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1976	Terry Wolters	Chevrolet Camaro	Terry Wolters	Wayne Miller	failure	malfunction
1978	Morrison's Inc.	Porsche Carrera RSR	Nick Craw	Dave Cowart	failure	suspension

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1977	Macaw Tube	Porsche 911	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			21st
1978	Morrison	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			36	DNF
1982	Scuderia Vesuvio	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
			5	10	DNF	12	DNF			DNF
1983	Scuderia Sivama	Lancia LC1	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
			DNF	DNF

Web links

• Joe Castellano at the Driver Database
• Joe Castellano at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. Giuseppe Castellano in Orlando  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ 1976 Daytona 24-hour race
3. ↑ British Formula 1 Championship 1982
4. ↑ Italian Prototype Championship 2014