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This Guy

Can Drive

WITH THE NAME GUY COSMO, one’s career soon had the two traveling and further honing the
choices are somewhat limited; action movie star, younger’s skills. By the time Guy was a senior in
astronaut, traveling lion tamer, or race car driver high school, he’d earned a spot at the karting world
are the only real options available. Fortunately for championships in France.
racing fans the world over, the latter was a natural
choice for professional wheelman Guy Cosmo. As the level of competition increased, so did Guy’s
With a father who was a mechanical engineer by accolades. He won championships in several
trade and amateur racer in his own right, Guy’s open wheel racing series—including Formula
childhood garage was nearly always occupied by a Ford, a league quite familiar to Freddy Rhemrev,
motorized project of some sort. The elder Cosmo’s Braman Motorcars’ own former racing driver and
passion soon led to an adolescent Guy racing go current instructor. While Guy harbored dreams
karts against the former and his adult friends of remaining stateside and clawing his way into
around a Long Island parking lot. the IndyCar Series, he encountered every racer’s
one true foe: limited funding. The resulting pivot
What began as a fun hobby however, ended up toward Grand-Am sports car racing turned out to
being the first step toward a dramatic destiny, be an unexpected leap forward however, and by
as Guy continuously bested his more mature 2003 Guy suddenly found himself making a living
competition. Recognizing his promise, Guy’s father as a bonafide race car driver.

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