Joe Foster (racing driver)

Joe Foster in the Mazda RX-8 GT at the 2011 Road America 2-hour race

Joe Foster (born November 3, 1965 in Orange ) is an American racing car driver and racing driver instructor.

Racing career

Joe Foster's driving career began in Europe, where he competed in the British Formula 3 Championship in 1985 . After participating in eleven races on a Ralt RT30 registered by Murray Taylor Racing , he remained without points in the final ranking of the championship (overall winner Maurício Gugelmin ). After the end of the season he had a car accident in England that interrupted his career for many years.

Joe Foster returned to the United States and, after completing medical rehabilitation that led to full recovery from the consequences of the accident, began studying at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta , completing a Masters of Mechanical Engineering . Before he got back to work as a driver, he was chief driving instructor at the Panoz Racing School and at the Miller Performance Training Center at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele for many years . There the actor and future racing driver Patrick Dempsey was one of his students.

In 1997 Foster returned to the racetracks as a driver. After starting in a monoposto series , he drove for different teams in races in the American Le Mans Series from 1999 . He celebrated his greatest successes in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series , in which he won second place overall in 2007 and the overall ranking of the Koni Challenge GS in 2008. Foster competed three times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , always with his former student Patrick Dempsey as a partner. The best place was the 22nd final place in 2014 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2009	Team Seattle	Ferrari F430 GTC	Patrick Dempsey	Don Kitch	Rank 30
2013	Dempsey Del Piero-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Patrick Dempsey	Patrick Long	Rank 29
2014	Dempsey Racing Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Patrick Dempsey	Patrick Long	Rank 22

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2001	Kyser Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Kyle Wankum	Jeffrey Pabst		Rank 15
2002	Kyser Racing	Lola B2K / 40	Kye Wankum	Doc Bundy		failure	accident
2003	Hyper sports	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Brad Nyberg	Rick Skelton		failure	Power transmission
2013	Dempsey Del Piero Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Patrick Dempsey	Andy Lally		Rank 28
2014	Dempsey Racing	Porsche 911 GT America	Patrick Dempsey	Andrew Davis	Norbert Siedler	Rank 41

Web links

Commons : Joe Foster  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• About Joe Foster
• Joe Foster at the Driver Database
• Joe Foster at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ British Formula 3 Championship 1985
2. ↑ USF2000 National Championship 1997
3. ↑ Grand-Am Koni Challenge 2008