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Heamin Choi (born January 11 1984) is a popular Korean driver recognized as the first Korean drivers to have raced in the American Open Wheel Series (Pro Mazda, USF2000). The first Korean drivers to have participated in any race held in the US. His other achievements include the 2005 BAT Championship(Formula Korea), 2006 Korea GT championship(GT1), and 2013 Super Race GT driver's title. He was also the Samsung Everland scholarship driver through year 2003 to 2005.Currently, He is preparing for his third challenge in American Open Wheel Series. == Early career == His racing career started at the young age of 15 in year 1999 with his debut at the Carman Park Kart Grand Prix. Despite of his parents disapproval in racing, with the condition to bring up his grades in high school, he received the approval from his parents for their support and entrance in the Kart racing. However, his high school grade did not improve but the racing score improved. At the same year, he entered the team Redstone under the instruction of Hong Suk Cho, the team director and he finished 4th at his second race. In year 2000 he finished 2nd in the Japan New Tokyo Circuit Freshman Kart Race Time Trial. By winning 5 times in the Korean Kart series, he started gaining attention as a Kart prodigy in the Korean motorsport community. Also, he has gained experience in riding the Kart at various track conditions, such as wet track and street track.However, in early 2001, he was injured on his left rib in Japnanese Kart race and he had to stop the kart race with high g-force. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heamin Choi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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