Jaime Camara (born November 5, 1980, in Goiânia) is a Brazilian race car driver, who in 2008 competed in the IndyCar Series for Conquest Racing.

Jaime Camara
Jaime Camara at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2008.
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1980-11-05) November 5, 1980 (age 44)
Goiânia
IndyCar Series
Years active2008
TeamsConquest Racing
Starts14
Wins0
Poles0
Previous series
2005-2007
2002-2004
Indy Pro Series
Formula Three Sudamericana

Motorsports career

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Indy Racing League

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Camara previously competed in the 2005 and 2006 seasons of the Indy Racing League's Indy Pro Series and finished 5th and 6th in series points, respectively. He has also won the 2005 Freedom 100, the Indy Pro Series' biggest race, from the pole.

 
Camara practices for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

He sought a ride in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series during the 2006-2007 offseason, but could not put a deal together and returned to the IPS and Andretti Green Racing for the 2007 season. He finished 6th in points for the second year in a row without scoring a win.

On April 24, 2008, he was announced as the driver of the #34 Conquest Racing entry in the IndyCar Series beginning with the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway and will remain through the balance of the season.[1] At the Indianapolis 500 he pulled into the wrong pit box, delaying teammate Enrique Bernoldi in the process; he later crashed out in a single-car incident. After a very strong run at Richmond International Raceway, where he moved from a starting position of 24th up to first where he led 44 laps, he crashed out in another single-car incident. He finished the season 23rd in points. He participated in a test with the Conquest team prior to the 2009 season, but Alex Tagliani was named the driver for the team's single car prior to the beginning of the season.

Motorsports career results

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American Open-Wheel racing results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2005 Sam Schmidt Motorsports HMS
2
PHX
11
STP
13
INDY
1
TXS
9
IMS
5
NSH
1
MIL
5
KTY
8
PPIR
9
SNM
12
CHI
6
WGL
7
FON
10
5th 403
2006 Andretti Green Racing HMS
11
STP1
12
STP2
15
INDY
3
WGL
4
IMS
13
NSH
2
MIL
1
KTY
14
SNM1
7
SNM2
14
CHI
16
6th 298
2007 AGR-AFS Racing HMS
4
STP1
23
STP2
8
INDY
3
MIL
17
IMS1
3
IMS2
5
IOW
21
WGL1
7
WGL2
10
NSH
3
MDO
8
KTY
5
SNM1
5
SNM2
17
CHI
20
6th 373

IndyCar

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2008 Conquest Racing HMS STP MOT1 LBH1 KAN
21
INDY
31
MIL
24
TXS
24
IOW
20
RIR
14
WGL
18
NSH
21
MDO
14
EDM
23
KTY
16
SNM
24
DET
25
CHI
18
SRF2
19
23rd 174 [2]
1 Races held on same day.
2 Non-points-paying exhibition race.
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)
Top 10s
(Non-podium)
Indianapolis 500
Wins
Championships
1 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2008 Dallara Honda 30 31 Conquest

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2011 DKR Engineering Corvette ABU
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13
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9
ZOL
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ALG
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ALG
CR
SAC
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SAC
CR
SIL
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SIL
CR
NAV
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NAV
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PRI
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PRI
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ORD
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ORD
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BEI
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BEI
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SAN
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37th 0

References

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  1. ^ Lewandowski, Dave. Another graduate, IndyCar.com, April 24, 2008
  2. ^ "Jaime Camara – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
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