Matthew Di Leo (born March 2, 1995) is a Canadian racing driver from Barrie, Ontario.

After karting, Di Leo began racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 2011 for Brian Stewart Racing. and finished fifth in points with a podium finish in Baltimore. That winter he had finished third in the U.S. F2000 Winterfest. In 2012 he returned to U.S. F2000, this time driving for his own MDL Racing team. He finished ninth in the Winterfest and then finished fourth in points in the main championship, with four podium finishes and was running at the finish of all but one race. During the 2013 winter he competed in the 24 Hours of Dubai and the 2013 U.S. F2000 Winterfest where he finished eighth. On April 9, 2013, he completed his first Firestone Indy Lights test at Buttonwillow Raceway and on April 16 announced that he would compete in the Long Beach Indy Lights race the following weekend.[1] Starting ninth in the ten-car field, he finished fifth in the race.[2]

Racing record

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U.S. F2000 National Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2011 Brian Stewart Racing SEB
9
SEB
11
STP
4
STP
7
ORP
6
MIL
8
MDO
6
MDO
5
ROA
7
ROA
6
BAL
3
BAL
13
5th 174
2012 MDL Racing SEB
12
SEB
4
STP
18
STP
3
LOR
8
MDO
7
MDO
2
ROA
2
ROA
4
ROA
5
BAL
3
BAL
6
VIR
7
VIR
21
4th 220

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2013 MDL Racing STP ALA LBH
5
INDY MIL IOW POC TOR
9
MDO
10
BAL
6
HOU
11
FON 9th 119
2014 MDL Racing STP LBH ALA ALA IND IND INDY POC TOR
6
MDO MDO MIL SNM SNM 16th 28

References

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  1. ^ Di Leo to Make Debut on Streets of Long Beach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, April 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-04-16
  2. ^ "2013 Long Beach 100". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
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