Tico Almeida

Tico Almeida contested races in the IMSA GTP series in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR in 1981

Tico Almeida is a retired American racing car driver .

Racing career

Tico Almeida was active in US sports car racing in the 1970s and 1980s . After his first outings in the Sebring 12-hour race , he started regularly in the IMSA GTP series from 1981 . After finishing 12th in the GTO class in 1981, he finished third in the GTO class in 1982 . He achieved his best individual placements at the Daytona 24-hour race . In 1982 he finished this 24-hour race alongside Ernesto Soto and Rene Rodriguez in the Porsche 911 Carrera RSR in fifth place in the overall standings. In 1983 he finished seventh with Soto and Miguel Morejon .

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Robert Davis	Chevrolet Corvette	Robert Davis	Joseph DeGirolamo	Rank 26
1976	Pepe Romero	Chevrolet Camaro	Pepe Romero		failure	Engine failure
1977	Motorcito Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	Manuel Quintana	Rene Rodriguez	failure	Engine failure
1979	Motorcito Racing	Chevrolet Corvette	Pepe Romero	Rene Rodriguez	failure	Engine failure
1980	T&R Racing	Chevrolet Corvette	Gabriel Riano	Rene Rodriguez	failure	Engine failure
1981	T&R Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	Miguel Morejan	Rene Rodriguez	Rank 12
1982	T&R Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	Ernesto Soto	Rene Rodríguez	Rank 10
1983	T&R Racing	Porsche 935M16	Ernesto Soto		failure	accident
1984	Hi-tech racing	Porsche 935M16	Miguel Morejan		Rank 20

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
1979	Motorcito Racing	Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
				DNF
1980	T&R Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			26th		DNF
1981	T&R Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
			DNF	12			24

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 .

Web links

• Tico Almeida at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IMSA GTO class 1982