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  Roberto Guerrero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roberto Guerrero (born November 16, 1958) was a Formula One driver from Colombia.
Guerrero finished runner up twice, in the top-five five times, and held the qualifying speed record from 1992 through 1996.
Guerrero was also selected to participate in the 1988 International Race of Champions
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roberto_Guerrero   (222 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Race Day - Roberto Guerrero - Wednesday May 26, 1999 03:20 PM
Guerrero had 13 Indy 500 starts under his belt and the team was brilliant at Orlando until their car was taken out by a backmarker in an early incident.
Guerrero's most spectacular highlight of the 1996-97 season was his crash at the finale at Las Vegas, when he ran into a slower car, went airborne, landed upside-down, skidded, then barrel-rolled several times.
Guerrero finished in the back of the field in 1993 and 1994, but in 1995 he finished 12th in a Pagan Racing car and backed that up by finishing fifth in the 1996 race.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/1999/raceday/driver_profiles/guerrero   (576 words)

  
 The Auto Channel--ROBERTO GUERRERO - THE IRL'S UNOFFICIAL AMBASSADOR
Guerrero combines a lengthy history of success in the race car and an telegenic personality that transcends the sport, as well as national boundaries and languages.
Guerrero and his wife Katie were enjoying their first child Marco, then 2, and Roberto won races in Phoenix and Mid-Ohio.
Guerrero finished in the back of the field in 1993 and 1994 as skeptics wondered if his career was coming to an end.
www.theautochannel.com /sports/pennrace/presskit/guerrero.html   (1083 words)

  
 Roberto Guerrero - Biography
Guerrero was out-qualified by his inexperienced teammate Cecotto (in just his second F1 race) and when gearbox troubles hit, Roberto retired only to see the Venezuelan take a fine 6th place and a WDC point.
Roberto was no longer as consistently fast as he used to be, and after being taken out on the first lap at Indy by Scott Brayton, he mixed good outings such as 3rd at Pocono and 6th at Nazareth with shockers like a DNQ at Milwaukee.
Roberto came 7th at Phoenix and 13th at Texas, but it was clear that the Infiniti was no match for the Oldsmobile Aurora engine, so the change was made.
f1rejects.com /drivers/guerrero/biography.html   (4659 words)

  
 AUTO RACING NOTE
"Roberto has been a part of our team since 1994, but after examining the situation, we decided that this was a move that had to be made.
Guerrero was earmarked for greatness in the Indianapolis 500 in the 1980s, putting together one of the most impressive four-race streaks in Indy 500 history.
Guerrero's promise took a hit on September 10th, 1987 when he suffered serious head injuries when he crashed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in testing.
www.canoe.ca /StatsRAC/BC-RAC-LGNS-RGUERRERO-R.html   (431 words)

  
 National Sports Guerrero on the bubble at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Roberto Guerrero is a two-time Indianapolis 500 runner-up and a realist.
Since Simon wants Gregoire in the race, Guerrero does not have another car, and because Guerrero's already in the race, other teams which might be looking for drivers aren't likely to seek him out.
Guerrero isn't the only driver who could be shut out Sunday, the last of three days of time trials for the May 27 race.
www.dailytidings.com /2001/news0517/sports/national_pages-06.php   (582 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Indy Racing League - IRL team releases Roberto Guerrero - Wednesday June 24, 1998 10:10 PM
INDIANAPOLIS (CNN/SI) -- Roberto Guerrero, one of the top names in Indy car racing before suffering a serious head injury in 1987, Wednesday was released as a driver for Pagan Racing in the Indy Racing League.
"Roberto has been a part of our team since 1994, but after examining the situation, we decided that this was a move that ha d to be made.
Guerrero competed in his 14th Indianapolis 500 in May and finished 22nd, 75 laps down.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/1998/06/24/irl_guerrero   (528 words)

  
 NewStandard: 5/27/96
The 28-year-old driver, whose back was broken in a March crash at Phoenix, alternately smiled and winced as he squeezed out of the cockpit of the purple car he drove to victory in one of the strangest races ever run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Guerrero, who once spent nearly three weeks in a coma after crashing in a tire test here, was not injured.
At one point, it seemed that Guerrero, who twice finished second here and also lost a chance to win the 1987 race with a slow late pit stop, was finally going to win the race.
www.s-t.com /daily/05-96/05-27-96/d01sp088.htm   (1149 words)

  
 Sharkie's Machine : A Toast to 'The Ghost'
Guerrero looked mean as a hungry Pitt Bull when they touched gloves to start the first round, where a lot of posturing and feeling out took place.
On Guerrero's record, there is a lone Draw that he acquired when he fought Julian Rodriguez, who had lost his last five fights and had a record of 13-9 coming into the ring in March of 2004.
Guerrero hit him during a break in the ninth round and Rodriguez was unable to continue.
www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=3128&more=1   (1297 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Hispanics Find Road To NASCAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Roberto Guerrero, a Californian who's new to racing the heavier stock cars, is an accomplished open-wheel driver.
Jaime Guerrero is the six-time champion of Bogota's annual endurance race and has competed in England and Mexico.
Roberto Guerrero says this year will be different.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2002/vol6n24/NASCAR-en.shtml   (589 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Simon, Gregoire turn to Guerrero
Guerrero got the Dallara up to speed in a hurry, helping the team solve a nagging handling problem.
Of the 32 drivers who qualified on the opening weekend of time trials, Guerrero's 220.054 is the slowest and is very likely to be bumped by faster cars in Sunday's final day of qualifying for the 33-car field.
Guerrero was eighth on the speed list at 218.215, while Gregoire made only a short appearance on the track early in the session and never got above 210.164.
espn.go.com /rpm/irl/2001/0516/1200285.html   (759 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
Guerrero said Montoya has never lacked confidence but now understands where he is and what equipment he has, and is getting the most out of his Williams-BMW cars.
Guerrero led after 182 laps in 1987 driving for Vince Granatelli when a faulty clutch caused a pit stall that allowed Al Unser to win Indy for the fourth time.
Roberto Guerrero has taken on a new challenge in the financial services area, helping people get out of debt and plan for future retirement.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1862   (1054 words)

  
 SP Police respond to police brutality allegations
Guerrero to bring Williams to the station for a formal interview.
Guerrero then offered to pay half of the fine owed by Williams, who was to pay the balance by working for Mr.
Roberto Guerrero visited the station and reported that when he visited his property that morning, (situated four miles north of San Pedro Town), he found Denfield Williams in an unconscious state.
www.sanpedrosun.net /old/04-051.html   (559 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
The cars, Guerrero added, were always great, and it was found later after his aborted run that the sluggish speed of the car had nothing to do with his driving.
Guerrero first came to the Indianapolis 500 in 1984 and finished second to share rookie of the year honors with Michael Andretti.
Guerrero followed that with a third in 1985, a fourth in 1986 and then he placed second again in 1987, a stall in the pits on his final stop costing him the victory.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=50570   (1054 words)

  
 INDY 500 VETERAN ROBERTO GUERRERO TO DRIVE FOR IMMKE RACING - RacingWest
Immke Racing is proud to announce the signing of Indy racing veteran Roberto Guerrero to drive their Castrol Pro Truck entry in the 2006 SCORE Desert Racing Series.
Guerrero, 47, originally from Medellin, Colombia, competed in Formula One for two seasons before coming to America and spending the next 17 years in CART and the Indy Racing League.
Guerrero became a regular threat to win the 500 as he reeled off an impressive record of four consecutive top five finishes in his first four starts at the Brickyard.
www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/12652/index.htm   (712 words)

  
 Major League Baseball : News : Major League Baseball News
Guerrero powered his first All-Star home run with one out in the second inning, giving the AL a 1-0 start toward another Midsummer clipping after Penny had retired the first four AL hitters of the game, blown away the first three with blazing fastballs.
But Guerrero, a notorious bad-ball hitter -- another of Clemente's traits -- reached for a 1-and-1 heater around the bill of his helmet and hammered it the other way and into the right-field seats.
Guerrero's shot wasn't quite as prodigious as Clemente's only All-Star Game homer -- 1971, in Detroit -- but it helped further the perception that the Dominican outfielder is an incarnation of this city's baseball patron saint.
mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060711&content_id=1553368&vkey=allstar2006&fext=.jsp&partnered=rss_mlb   (655 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > San Diego Padres -- Padres to face big one who got away
Guerrero, who let people know last year he'd like to be a Padre, was too rich for John Moores' blood, but not the Angels'.
It's a vision Guerrero embraced last season, when he told two Padres officials that he would love to wear a San Diego uniform in the club's new ballpark this year.
Had the Padres hired Guerrero at a discount of $13 million a year, he still would have eaten about 22 percent of their projected payroll of some $60 million.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/padres/20040314-9999-news_1s14padres.html   (856 words)

  
 RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ...
Guerrero was last behind the wheel of an IRNLS car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May, when he attempted to qualify one of A.J. Foyt’s cars for the Indianapolis 500.
Guerrero and Coulson talked again at Atlanta, and the wheels were set in motion for the deal.
Guerrero has been a part of the IRNLS off and on since Tony George first formed the series in 1996.
www.racingone.com /article.aspx?artnum=2501   (639 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller-Times / Guerrero out of Pagan driver's seat
Guerrero held the No. 9 qualifying position for May's Indianapolis 500 but placed 22nd in his 14th running at the Brickyard.
The release of Guerrero was the latest in a line of hurdles the Pagan Team has faced this season.
Guerrero's four-lap speed of 232.618 mph at the 1992 Indy 500 set a record that stood intil 1996.
www.caller2.com /sports98/sports20121.html   (549 words)

  
 SPORTS PEOPLE; Back Behind the Wheel - New York Times
LEAD: Roberto Guerrero, who suffered critical head injuries in September, will climb back into the cockpit of a race car for the first time tomorrow at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix.
The 29-year-old Colombian driver was injured in a crash during tire testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Roberto Guerrero, who suffered critical head injuries in September, will climb back into the cockpit of a race car for the first time tomorrow at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7D9103BF930A25752C0A96E948260   (163 words)

  
 Guerrero lacks confidence in car
 Guerrero has driven in the Indianapolis 500 eight times since that accident during a tire testing session and set a track record in 1992 when he qualified at 232.482 mph to win the pole.
 Guerrero, 38, has had eight crashes at the speedway since his 1987 accident.
He will start his Infiniti-powered Dallara on the inside of the seventh row with a qualifying speed of 207.371 mph -- his slowest since he was a rookie in 1984 and the second slowest in the 35-car field.
www.canoe.ca /Indy5001997/may24_ind4.html   (359 words)

  
 Roberto Guerrero picture; Formula 1, Ensign, 1982   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
: Roberto Guerrero in his Ensign at Zolder in 1982.
Roberto Guerrero was the very first Colombian racing driver to reach Formula 1.
Guerrero is now a US citizen who is still active in racing as a spotter in the IRL
www.skyscraperpicture.com /f1pictures/guerrero.htm   (240 words)

  
 Indy crash victim Zampedri has more surgery on legs, feet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Zampedri, Roberto Guerrero and Eliseo Salazar crashed in the fourth turn just as Sunday's race ended.
Guerrero was not hurt, and Salazar was treated for a bruised right knee and released from Methodist Hospital on Sunday evening.
Zampedri, who led 20 laps before he was passed on the 190th of the 200 laps, was in surgery for seven hours Sunday night to repair multiple fractures of his legs and feet.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/car/96/05/29/29moto-zampedri.2-0.html   (184 words)

  
 guerr082300
Roberto Guerrero, one of open-wheel racing's most respected drivers, hopes to take the first steps toward a 2001 Indy Racing League Series ride Sunday when the IRL Belterra Resort & Casino Indy 300 is run at Kentucky Speedway.
Guerrero, the 41-year-old native of Colombia who has lived in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., for most of his racing career, will drive the No. 40 car of Team Coulson Racing Zali.
It will be the first time Guerrero has competed in the IRL since the 1999 Indy 500, when financial problems forced his team to dissolve.
www.cincypost.com /sports/2000/guerr082300.html   (420 words)

  
 indy0526
INDIANAPOLIS - Roberto Guerrero stared out a window of his sponsor's suite at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday and figured the rain would at least delay the start of the 81st Indianapolis 500.
Guerrero had arrived at the track shortly after 7 a.m.
Guerrero, a Colombian native who now lives in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., has had an incredible run of bad luck at the India-
www.cincypost.com /sports/1997/indy052697.html   (599 words)

  
 8W - What? - Theodore
Roberto surely must have hoped that this car would be buried and put to rest there and then.
Roberto Guerrero is the only Colombian ever in the Formula One World Championship, although the second one may appear in 2001 in the Williams team.
Guerrero retired with a broken gearbox, but Cecotto ran to the end and profited from the retirements of the frontrunners.
8w.forix.com /theodore.html   (5053 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: HRT aims to further diversity
And now, with Guerrero behind the wheel from this point forward, HRT hopes to qualify for all three of the races it intends to enter during the remainder of this season: at Atlanta, Phoenix and Homestead, Fla.
And, if everything goes well, Guerrero will be joining Fittipaldi as full-time Latino competitors on the Busch Series in 2003 (with the possibility of also competing in a handful of Cup races the same year, as well).
Not only will Guerrero be the focus of that plan, there's a possibility that yet another well-known open-wheel driver -- rumored candidates include Mexicans Adrian Fernandez and Michel Jourdain Jr.
espn.go.com /rpm/wc/2002/0904/1427106.html   (1182 words)

  
 Alessandro Zampedri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zampedri was seriously injured in the 1996 Indianapolis 500 suffering severe foot and leg injuries on the last lap of the race.
While running fourth, Zampedri was collected in the Roberto Guerrero and Eliseo Salazar crash.
Zampedri's car went airborne and got into the fence at the head of the main straightaway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alessandro_Zampedri   (138 words)

  
 Pointed Magazine- NASCAR Busch Series News and Notes- Ciclon Energy Drinks and HRT Motorsports Enter Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
For those NASCAR fans who do not know a lot about Roberto Guerrero, his experience in racing is long and we will start with a little background on his career.
Roberto is a native Colombian who became a naturalized American citizen in 1989.
Roberto was named CART Rookie of the Year in 1984, sharing honors with Michael Andretti.
www.eastcoastattractions.com /020411buschhrtmotorsports.htm   (1605 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - Contreras to replace Guerrero at Homestead - November 12, 2002
We also couldn't squeeze in a test for Roberto in Homestead, yet Carlos has already raced there and will benefit from the additional practice time during the week.
"We know Roberto is upset, as he should be and as we all are for him, but he is a team player and understands the greater cause, which is getting HRT's Hispanic NASCAR program off the ground," Vazquez continued.
In addition, HRT announced a new associate sponsor, Children International, which provides aid to impoverished children throughout the world, will be on the rear quarter panels of the car.
www.nascar.com /2002/news/headlines/bg/11/12/ccontreras_rguerrero/index.html   (461 words)

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