Tony Garcia (racing driver)

Garcia was also the first Hispanic driver, along with Alberto Vadia, to win the 24 Hours of Daytona (GTO) in 1980.

When Garcia was 12 years old, he got his first motorcycle with the help of his sister, despite his mother being opposed to him racing.

[2] He was brought along to watch motorsport races in Cuba since he was 10 years old, by a family friend Juan Montalvo.

[3] In 1960, his family left the country when the Communist regime of Fidel Castro started to take full control of Cuba, and moved to Miami, Florida, and Garcia subsequently enrolled at St. Patrick's High School.

In 1980 IMSA GT Championship[4] hi finish first in GTO at Daytona International Speedway, Riverside California Raceway and the 100 miles Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.