Carlos Kauffman – multi talented :: Carlos Kauffman on Business and Racing

An Odontologist who has graduated from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Carlos Kauffman was passionate about automobiles from childhood. Although his education deals with the dentistry and maxillofacial field it has no semblance to his car racing profession. Carlos Kauffman is naturally talented to be a race car driver and surprisingly is also a Helicopter pilot. Carlos Kauffman is a highly talented individual and believes that hard work and determination pays off. Carlos Kauffman as a race car driver always has to be in top condition just like his car and he makes sure by undergoing a rigorous fitness and health program. It goes without saying that drivers need to be mentally agile to keep a watch on the controls and look out for any technical malfunctions, feels Carlos Kauffman. Business was another arena that interested Carlos Kauffmann and he set up the Valores Balcaf firm in 1990. Before that Carlos Kauffman worked as a trader in Forex in the year 1988/2002. In the year 1996, Carlos Kauffmann founded the Universal Express Cada de Cambio, a firm that handles the operation of sending electronic parcel delivery in foreign countries. The year 1997 brought many successes and changes for Carlos Kauffmann who went on to become the shareholder and Director of the firm called Industrias Venoco. It was a story of redemption for both winning drivers in Thursday's Round 14 of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama – Carlos Kauffman, who moved from Gold Cup to Platinum Cup in 2011, took his long-awaited first victory while Michael Mills, after trying to put together a GT3 program for the entire season, earned his first series win in his first try. For Kauffman, it was as much relief as happiness to put his No. 24 NGT Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car in the winner's circle. Since making the move at the start of the season to the more powerful Platinum Cup car, he has only two podium finishes at Road America – so this victory was that much more special, to his family as well as to him.“My daughter is going to be so happy!” said Kauffman. “She said to me, ‘You got so many first places last year, what happened in this one?' Finally I got one for her! We were both fast and when I was out in front, I just kept thinking how much I wanted to close out this year with pole positions and wins. It was unbelievable fun today! I was inspired, I wanted it so much.”

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Kalley Jacks Carlos Kauffman is highly talented and became the Pilot of the year for 2000 and the race car of the year 2010. Carlos Kauffman is a Catholic and resides in Venezuela with his wife and three children and runs a successful business too. The double wins at the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge had more than given the confidence to Carlos Kauffman and he is getting ready to take part in the race next year.