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David Kudrave (born March 10, 1966, inLos Angeles), is an American former open wheelracing driver. He raced in the 1993CART season, with eight career starts. His best finish came in his first race, the Valvoline 200 atPhoenix International Raceway. Kudrave also raced in the 1996 and 1996-1997Indy Racing League seasons, with three starts. Coincidentally, his best IRL finish was in tenth position in the 1996 Dura Lube 200, also at PIR. Currently, Kudrave is out of racing and is in the real estate brokerage business in Southern California.

Born and raised inLos Angeles, California, Kudrave and his father would annually journey from their family home to the now defunctOntario Motor Speedway where they would watch racing legends likeMario Andretti,A.J. Foyt, and others compete. He has described this experience by saying "Those drivers were thrill-seekers and I knew then that I wanted to get into it.^[1]" This led Kudrave to begin racing at just twelve years old. He attended the Jim Russell British School of Motor Racing at fifteen years old, lying about his age in order to be eligible for the program, but still beating the older attendees in most of the races that he participated in. He began competing in a racing series sponsored by Russell after finishing the program and then moved up to the Formula Ford Circuit, a class generally regarded as the most competitive amateur open-wheel class in the nation. Kudrave also attended theUniversity of Southern California, majoring in Economics.

In 1985, Kudrave officially became a professional open-wheel race car driver by moving up to the Super Vee Series, which features cars with 200 horsepower engines. Just one year after he entered the series, he finished the season in sixth place. In 1987, he won three races, one pole position, and led for more laps and miles than any other competitor. He finished the series in second, just twenty points behind series championScott Atchinson.^[2] His worst race finish that year was fourth place, and he was voted the series "Most Improved Driver". That year Kudrave was publicly praised by formerFormula One driverDan Gurney, who said "He's talented, no doubt about it."

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Kudrave made hisCART debut in 1993, racing for theEuromotorsport team. His first start was in the Valvoline 200 in Phoenix Arizona. Throughout his first season he had seven starts, with his best finish in eighth place. He finished the season with six points.

With growing tension and criticism of the CART Series, the 1994 season was plagued by rumors that the series was going to fall apart. Kudrave did not start in any races that year, but would return to racing the following year in the newly-formed Indy Racing League (now called theIndyCar Series).

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Kudrave's return to racing with Tempero-Giuffre Racing started in the Indy 200 at theWalt Disney World Speedway, where he finished in twentieth. This was then followed by a tenth-place finish in Phoenix. In the third round of the season, he was set to race in theIndianapolis 500 at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway, before a complication within his team prevented him from being able to participate in the race. After the third round, Kudrave would not start another race until the following season. He finished the season with eighty points, ranked nineteenth overall.

Kudrave participated in just one race in the 1996-1997 Season in the Indy 225, which took place at theNew Hampshire Motor Speedway. He finished the race in seventeenth place, giving him eighteen points for the season. At the end of the season he was ranked 47th overall. The1996-1997 Indy Racing League Season would be his final season of his racing career.

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