Michael Caruso (racing driver)

Michael Caruso
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality	Australian
Car #	34
Current team	Garry Rogers Motorsport
Series Championships	0
Races	45
Round Wins	0
Podium finishes	3
Race Wins	1
Pole positions	0
2010 Championship position	11th (2004 pts)

Michael Caruso (born 25 May 1983, in Sydney, Australia), is an Australian professional racing driver. Starting as a driver of go-karts at age 11,^[1] he began driving with Formula Ford in 2001. He moved to Formula Three in 2002 and won the Australian Formula 3 title in 2003. With offers to move to FIA Formula 3000 in Europe, he chose to join the Holden Young Lions team in V8 Supercars for 2004. After a poor start he quit the team. In 2005 he did the first few rounds of the Australian Formula 3 Championship, before moving to Europe to be test and reserve driver for the Astromega F3000 team.

2006 he returned to Australia and raced in the V8 Supercar Development Series with Jim Morton's Decina Team finishing 4th. 2007 he was runner-up in the Fujitsu V8 Development series again with Jim Morton's Ford Rising Star Program. He has made 3 V8 Supercars starts, one with Brad Jones team at Bathurst in 2006 and two with WPS in 2007. 2008 marks his first full season in V8 Supercars switching from Ford to Holden with Garry Rogers Motorsport replacing Dean Canto. In 2009 in race 10, at Hidden Valley Raceway, Caruso won his first ever V8 Supercars race.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1997	Queensland Junior Kart Championship	1st	? - Yamaha	Caruso Racing
1997	Victorian Junior Kart Championship	1st	? - Yamaha	Caruso Racing
1997	Australian Junior Intercontinental A Title	1st		Caruso Racing
1997	North American Junior Intercontinental A Title	1st		Caruso Racing
1998	Queensland Intercontinental A Title	1st		Caruso Racing
2000	Victorian Formula A Kart Title	1st		Jim Morton
2001	Australian Formula Ford Championship	23rd	Spectrum 06 - Ford	Caruso Racing
2002	Australian Formula 3 Championship	5th	Dallara F301 - Alfa Romeo	Caruso Racing
2002	Victorian Road Racing Championship	1st	Dallara F301 - Alfa Romeo	Caruso Racing
2003	Australian Formula 3 Championship	1st	Dallara F301 - Alfa Romeo	Caruso Racing
2003	Australian Drivers' Championship	11th	Reynard 94D - Holden	Ralt Australia
2004	Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series	24th	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Young Lions
2005	Australian Drivers' Championship	5th	Dallara F301 - Alfa Romeo	Caruso Racing
2006	V8Supercar Development Series	4th	Ford BA Falcon	Decina Racing
2007	V8Supercar Development Series	2nd	Ford BA Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing
2008	V8Supercar Championship Series	18th	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2009	V8Supercar Championship Series	11th	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2010	V8Supercar Championship Series	11th	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport

References

1. ^ http://www.v8supercars.com.au/ChampionshipSeries/TeamsandDrivers/DriverProfiles/MichaelCaruso/tabid/1072/Default.aspx V8 Supercars profile

• Conrod Profile [1]
• Speedsport [2]
• NMD [3]
• V8 X article [4]

External links

• Official Website

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Name	Caruso, Michael
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Date of birth	25 May 1983
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