article_title name nationality
michael caruso -lrb- racing driver -rrb-
 michael caruso australia australian
michael caruso -lrb- racing driver -rrb-

michael caruso -lrb- born 25 may 1983 , in sydney , australia -rrb- , is an australian professional racing driver .
starting as a driver of go-karts at age 11 , he began driving with formula ford in 2001 .
he moved to formula three in 2002 and won the australian formula 3 championship in 2003 .
with offers to move to fia formula 3000 in europe , he chose to join the holden young lions team in v8 supercars for 2004 .
after a poor start he quit the team .
in 2005 he did the first two rounds of the australian formula 3 championship , before moving to europe to be test and reserve driver for the astromega f3000 team .
in 2006 he returned to australia and raced in the v8 supercar development series with jim morton 's decina team , finishing 4th .
in 2007 he was runner-up in the development series , again with jim morton 's ford rising star program .
he also made three v8 supercar championship series starts in this period , one with brad jones racing at bathurst in 2006 and two with wps in 2007 .
2008 marked his first full season in the v8 supercar championship series , switching from ford to holden with garry rogers motorsport , replacing dean canto .
in 2009 in race 10 , at hidden valley raceway , caruso won his first v8 supercar championship race .
