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American Le Mans Series rookie Gerardo Bonilla has joined B-K Motorsports for the 2008 season and will drive the Lola-Mazda MZR-R with Ben Devlin. ... A product of the IMSA ladder, earned his shot in LMP2 by winning the 2007 IMSA Lites L1 championship. ... Races a variety of cars and serves as coach at Skip Barber Racing School.
2008: At St. Petersburg, drove home to seventh-place finish (sixth in P2) with Devlin in Series debut. Pairing missed Sebring following Devlin's hard qualifying crash. ... At Long Beach, was 10th overall and eighth in class as duo finished just off lead lap. ... At Salt Lake City, Speed Racer-livieried Lola-Mazda ran trouble-free race and placed ninth overall (eighth in P2). ... At Lime Rock, drove only 74 laps before retiring car with gearbox issues. Ended ninth in class. ... At Mid-Ohio, drove through problems with engine to eighth-place finish with Devlin. ... At Road America, put fears of engine malfunction in rearview mirror and drove to season-best fifth in P2 and eighth place overall. Drove closing half of race and held off challenges from Dyson Racing Porsche for position. … At Mosport, took ninth-place class finish after stopping briefly to check for loose electronics in cockpit. … At Detroit, fashioned seventh-place class finish with Devlin in last race for open-top Lola. … At Road Atlanta, debuted new Mazda-powered Lola LMP2 coupe. Car qualified 10th in classbefore Bonilla’s shunt in raceday warmup resulted in withdrawal of entry. … At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, pairing suffered through early-race penalty for avoidable contact and engine difficulties for 10th-place class finish.
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DRIVER NOTES
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First drove go-kart at age 14 and has advanced through variety of single-seat development series. ... Won 2005 Skip Barber National Championship and progressed to IMSA-sanctioned Star Mazda Championship in 2006. Won Expert championship and was sixth overall in final standings with Anderson Racing. Won season-opening race at Sebring and was second at Mosport and third at Road America. ... Dominated Lites1 class of IMSA Lites series in 2007 with championship. Won three straight races to open season (two at Sebring and first Utah race) and finished with four additional wins (Lime Rock, two at Mosport and finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. ... Believes Aryton Senna was greatest driver of all-time and admired drive to win. ... Plays trombone and once worked as monorail driver at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. ... Would like to spend time with Roger Penske "to ask him about his work ethics, how he built his business , what motivates him and to be mentored by him." ... If not racing, would have become Air Force pilot or obtained theater degree. ... Favorite venue is Sebring (home track and technical challenge). ... Other interests include music, food, design and construction of fine homes, movies and books.
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DRIVER STATS
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| Year | Starts | Wins | Top 3 | Top 5 | Top 10 | FQs | FLs |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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