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E.J. Viso
Ernesto Viso at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2009.
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1985-03-19)March 19, 1985 (age 40) Caracas,Republic of Venezuela
Stadium Super Trucks career
Years active	2014–2016
Car number	5
Starts	27
Wins	7
Poles	5
Best finish	5th in2014
Previous series
2001 2002 2002 2003–04 2005–07 2008-13	Skip Barber Formula Dodge British Formula Renault FR 2000 Eurocup British F3 Championship GP2 Series IndyCar Series
Championship titles
2003	National Class British F3 Champion

Ernesto José "E. J."Viso Lossada (born March 19, 1985) is aVenezuelan professional racing driver. He has raced in the2005 and2006GP2 Series seasons, and has also driven the third car forSpyker MF1 Racing. In 2007 he competed in the GP2 Series forRacing Engineering. In 2014 he made his season debut for theStadium Super Trucks in the Long Beach Grand Prix. He most recently drove forAndretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series.

Born inCaracas, Viso spent time in his early career in both Europe and America. He attended Rolling Hills Prep high school in California. Viso's career started inkarting back in 1993, where he stayed until 2001 when he moved toUS Barber Formula Dodge East, becoming champion with confidence. He also raced in theItalian Formula Renault Winter Series at the end of that year, moving toBritish Formula Renault for 2002. In 2002, he also drove in one race ofFormula Renault 2000 Eurocup, and at the end of the year in theBritish Formula 3 Winter Series.

2003 saw a move toBritish Formula 3, where he raced in the B-Class and became champion after a controversial collision with his main rival during the final race of the season. He then moved to the main class in 2004, racing part of the season for the P1 team, his performances attracting the attention of F3000 team Durango who lured him to the series for the remainder of the season.

In 2005, he raced in the inaugural season of theGP2 Series for theBCN Competicion team, alongsideHiroki Yoshimoto. In 2006, he again raced in the GP2 Series for theiSport team. He won theSan Marino Sunday race and theSpain Sunday race. He also drove the thirdSpyker MF1 Team car in the Friday practice sessions of theBrazilian Grand Prix.^[1]

Before the2007 French Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Viso would replace the underperformingSérgio Jimenez at Racing Engineering.^[2] His race ended on the first lap in a spectacular collision withMichael Ammermüller andKazuki Nakajima in which his car somersaulted over the barriers at tremendous speed, smashing through an advertising hoarding and narrowly missing a bridge (as luck would have it, hitting the board saved him from clouting the bridge and probably more severe injuries), leaving him only a severe concussion and painful arm. This crash was very similar to the one ofMarco Campos that happened on the same track in 1995, leading to Campos's death. Campos died of severe head trauma after hitting his head on the concrete barrier. Viso was only inches away from the same fate. For the British round, he was replaced byFilipe Albuquerque.^[3] Viso took part in the following race meeting, but was then replaced byMarcos Martinez.

Viso competed in the newly unitedIndyCar Series in2008 forHVM Racing. He made his first series start in the first oval race of his career on March 29. His next start, at St. Petersburg, was a superb performance ending with a fourth-place finish. At Milwaukee he ended with an eighth place. Shortly after the Watkins Glen race (in which he finished tenth but forcedVítor Meira off the track, causing Meira to run back onto the track to confront Viso on the next lap) he was diagnosed with themumps and was forced to withdraw from the next race.^[4] Viso finished eighteenth overall in the 2008 series and has signed a contract to drive for HVM in 2009. On February 21, 2010KV Racing confirmed that Viso would drive the No. 8 car for the team for the entire2010 season.

For the 2011 IndyCar campaign, Viso remained with KV Racing. He showed flashes of speed, particularly in Brazil where he was in contention for a win. He remained one of the more accident-prone drivers in the series, which led to questions about his seat for 2012 .^{[citation needed]} Viso finished eighteenth in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship on the strength of four top-ten finishes with a season best seventh place showing in Texas Race No. 2.^[5]

For 2013 Viso remained in the IndyCar Series withAndretti Autosport,^[6] in the No. 5 with sponsorship from oil companyPDVSA, recording a best finish of fourth at Milwaukee and finishing fifteenth in the final points standings.

In 2014, Viso failed to find an IndyCar drive. In May, he was called in byAndretti Autosport to take part in practice for theIndianapolis 500 whileJames Hinchcliffe recovered from a concussion suffered at theGrand Prix of Indianapolis.^[7] Viso drove in the first four days of practice, and led the speed charts on the third day, before Hinchcliffe was cleared to drive in time for Fast Friday practice.^[8]

In 2014, Viso made hisStadium Super Trucks series debut in Long Beach, California where he finished second after a last lap battle with series founderRobby Gordon. On May 30, Viso got his first ever win in an SST on only his second ever series appearance at theDetroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, where he finished 1st ahead of Robby Gordon in an eventful last lap finish. Viso also captured his second win a day later beating 16-year-oldScotty Steele. Viso swept all three Detroit events on June 1,^[9] and won race 1 at Coronado. The Venezuelan finished fifth in the season standings.

During his stay in IndyCar, Viso was known for his very aggressive driving style, which resulted in a large retirement rate due to contact, and repeated criticism from his fellow competitors.^[10][11][12]

During his racing career, Viso rodeunicycles as a hobby.^[10][13]

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¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

³ Pulled out of race after contractingmumps

⁴ TheLas Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned afterDan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

⁵ Missed race after falling ill due to eating bad oysters. Replaced byCarlos Muñoz.

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

¹ The race was abandoned afterMatt Mingay suffered serious injuries in a crash on lap three.

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