After a strong showing last season, Gustavo Yacaman is returning to Team Moore Racing for another shot at the title. The 21-year-old from Santiago de Cali, Colombia, finished fourth in the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights season after nine top-five finishes and his first career win. 

He competed in the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona on the third-place Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian entry, his first time at the event. A resident of Miami, Florida, Yacaman had considered making a switch to the IZOD IndyCar Series over the offseason.

“This year there are too many changes in the Indy car—new engine, new chassis and it’s hard work to develop them,” Yacaman said. "It is better to wait and find a great option to have a great year.”
Yacaman’s first career win in Firestone Indy Lights came at the first-ever Baltimore Grand Prix in the Baltimore 100. After losing his best qualifying lap--which would have won him his first pole position--due to a local yellow, he won the 35-lap twister by .4500 of a second over points leader and eventual champion, Josef Newgarden. 

Yacaman will have fellow 2011 Firestone Indy Lights comeptitor David Ostella as his teammate on Team Moore. The series now has 10 announced drivers for the 2012 season with more expected in the coming weeks before the season opener at the streets of St. Petersburg on March 24. All races will be broadcast on NBC Sports Network.