Juan Manuel Fangio II

Fangio's 1990 IMSA GTP car

Juan Manuel Fangio II (born September 19, 1956 in Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former auto racing champion and the nephew of auto racer Juan Manuel Fangio.

Fangio II grew up meeting some of auto racing's most famous champions of his uncle's era. He inherited his uncle's passion for motorsports.

He debuted as a professional auto racer in IMSA in 1985. He had an award winning career, winning two GTP driver's championships, as well as 2 manufacturer titles when he was racing for Toyota and All American Racers. Fangio II further established his legacy in the world of auto racing by winning the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring two times (as did his uncle), posting 21 GTP wins, and establishing an IMSA record with 19 solo victories. His victories came while driving the Eagle HF89/90 and Eagle MkIII GTP cars.

Fangio II won pole position ten times during his career. He made most of his driving career in the United States and was chosen in 1992 and 1993 as an "All-American" by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA), an organization which also named Fangio their 1992 driver of the year.

His boss, and also a personal friend, was Dan Gurney. While Fangio II also participated in the CART circuit, he did not win any races, a fact that he regretted.

In 1997, Fangio II called Gurney to let him know that he was retiring. He told Gurney, "I have discovered that regardless of what my passion says, despite what I command my mind to do, I am no longer able to give my whole being, my total focus at the exclusion of everything else to this sport that I love. 99% is not enough, I shall stop."

Said Gurney: "A gentleman in a driver's suit with a core of steel exuding an aura of Latin American dignity and honor even in the worst of circumstances will be missing from the grid".

Fangio II currently resides in Balcarce, Argentina.

Career results

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1985	Corbari Italia	SIL	THR Ret	EST 11	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	SPA 6	DIJ 14	PER Ret	ZEL	ZAN	DON	16th	1

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1993	C1	38	M	Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5L V10	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Jan Lammers	353	8th	5th

Complete IMSA GTP results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
1989	All American Racers	D24	MIA 18	S12 DNS	ATL	WPB	LRP 18	MDO 5	WGI 3	ROA 5	PDX 11	HPT	SAN 2	SON 5	TPA 23	DLM	13th	53
1990	All American Racers	D24 35	MIA	S12 25	ATL 3	WPB 13	HPT 1	LRP 5	MDO 15	WGI 11	SON 1	POR 13	ROA 3	SAN 1	TPA 6	DLM 1	4th	115
1991	All American Racers	D24 42	WPB 8	S12 18	MIA 25	ATL DNS	HPT 4	LRP 2	MDO 7	NOR 16	WGI 1	LS 7	POR 1	ROA 19	DLM 1		5th	107
1992	All American Racers	D24 11	MIA 14	S12 1	ATL 14	LRP 1	MDO 2	NOR 1	WGI 1	LS 1	POR 2	ROA 1	PHO 1	DLM 19			1st	215
1993	All American Racers	D24 27	MIA 1	S12 1	AMS 1	LRP 1	MDO 1	WGI 1	ROA	LS 2	POR 1	PHO 2					1st	183

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1986	Ralph Sanchez Racing	PHX1	MIL	MEA 11	TOR 7	POC 7								5th	69
	ProMotion / Manliba						MDO 8	ROA 11	LS 3	PHX2 2	MIA 2
1987	TEAMKAR International	PHX 3	MIL 7	MEA 11	CLE	TOR	POC	MDO 3	NZR	LS	MIA 1			7th	57
1988	TEAMKAR International	PHX	MIL	POR 2	CLE 1	TOR	MEA 12							5th	69
	Leading Edge Motorsport							POC 4	MDO 13	ROA 1	NZR	LS 3	MIA 2

CART

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1995	PacWest Racing	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO 7	NHM 15	VAN Ret	LS 13	24th	6
1996	All American Racers	Eagle Mk-V	Toyota RV8A V8t	MIA Ret	RIO 17	SRF Ret	LBH Ret	NZR Ret	500 Ret	MIL 19	DET 18	POR 14	CLE 13	TOR Ret	MIS 14	MDO Ret	ROA 8	VAN 19	LS Ret		23rd	5
1997	All American Racers	Reynard 96i	Toyota RV8A V8t	MIA 20	SRF Ret	LBH Ret	NZR Ret														23rd	9
		Reynard 97i	Toyota RV8B V8t					RIO Ret	STL Ret	MIL Ret	DET 10	POR 22	CLE Ret	TOR 19	MIS 11	MDO Ret	ROA 10	VAN 12	LS 15	FON Ret

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
1999	Doyle-Risi Racing	LMP	Ferrari 333 SP	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12	P	SEB ovr:6 cls:6	ATL	MOS	SON	POR	PET	MON	LSV	90th	0

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
1993	Dodge	DAY 10	DAR 6	TAL 5	MCH	10th	27

External links

• Juan Manuel Fangio II driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• On his retirement
• Biography on AAR's site