Yacamán announced his participation in the 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series in a Dallara Indy Lights car prepared by Cape Motorsports in partnership with Wayne Taylor Racing. The two racing entities combined experience in American motorsports creates expectations for a successful season for the young Colombian in the Indy Lights Series.

Three-time sports car champion Wayne Taylor is an accomplished driver, having won the 24 Hours of LeMans, the Rolex 24 At Daytona (twice) and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Having retired from fulltime racing, he now concentrates on running his successful racing organization, and is excited to partner with Cape Motorsports and serve as a mentor to Yacamán.

Taylor’s guidance will provide Yacamán with years of experience in the world of American motorsports and will add a new approach to Gustavo’s racing career as he works towards his ultimate goal of becoming one of the elite drivers in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Cape Motorsports’ co-owner, Dominic Cape, will be responsible for assuming the task of Chief Engineer. Together with the company’s co-owner and brother Nicholas, they have won multiple championships in the USF2000, IMSA Lites and Cooper Series. In 2007, the brothers engineered programs in the Indy Lights Series with teams such as Andersen Racing where they won the rookie of the year title with JR Hildebrand in his first season. Both Dominic and Nicholas also have experience in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series in the top-tier Daytona Prototype class. Their experience in helping to develop young talents includes the likes of Daytona Prototype drivers Ricky Taylor and Dane Cameron, and Jay
Hildebrand, Jay Howard and Wade Cunningham in open wheel racing. They have also worked with NASCAR star Kasey Kahne.

Support for the program will come from Indianapolis-based Wayne Taylor Racing which is led by motorsports veteran Simon Hodgson. Operations manager since 2007, Hodgson has a vast experience in open-wheel racing, including working with Formula 1 teams like Lotus, McLaren on a sports car project, as well as with Target Chip Ganassi Racing as team manager. In his role as team manager, Hodgson won championships with racing greats Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Birthdate: February 21, 1991
Marital status: Single
Hometown: Cali, Colombia
Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana

Height: 5'9"
Weight: 155 lbs.

Hobbies: Mountain biking, rock climbing,.

Favorite car: Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak / Old Stlye Mini Cooper.

Favorite movies: Driven, Top Gun and Days of Thunder.