Jon Fogarty
Jonathan "Jon" Fogarty (born May 23, 1975 in Palo Alto ) is an American racing driver .
Racing career
Jon Fogarty began his career in 1998 in the Barber Dodge Pro Series , a US American monoposto youth series. In 2000 he finished the season in this series behind Nilton Rossoni in second place overall. After a year in the Indy Lights , he was the overall winner of the Atlantic Championship in 2002, ahead of Michael Valiante and Alex Gurney . After another overall win in the 2004 series (this time ahead of Ryan Dalziel and Danica Patrick ), he switched to GT and sports car racing at the start of the 2005 season .
He became a regular starter in the American Le Mans - and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and their successor series, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . By the end of the 2015 racing season, he was able to celebrate 16 overall victories in 132 starts. He scored his first victory in the 400-km race in Mexico City in 2007 , with his partner Alex Gurney in Riley Mk.XI of GAINSCO Bob Stallings Racing . His last success so far was the overall victory in the 2013 2.45-hour race in Austin .
In 2007 and 2009 he won the overall ranking of the Grand-Am Sports Car Series. In 2015 , he finished his only 24-hour race at Le Mans so far in 15th place overall.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2015 | Extreme speed motorsports | Ligier JS P2 | Johannes van Overbeek | Ed Brown | Rank 15 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2004 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Darren Law | Johannes van Overbeek | Rank 12 | |
2005 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Darren Law | Rank 12 | ||
2006 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Marc Lieb | Johannes van Overbeek | Rank 9 | |
2012 | Black Swan Racing | Lola B11 / 80 | Tim Pappas | Bret Curtis | Rank 28 | |
2013 | JDX Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Jan Heylen | Mike Hedlund | Rank 27 | |
2014 | Action Express Racing | Chevrolet Corvette DP | Brian Frisselle | Burt Frisselle | Rank 8 | |
2015 | Tequila Patron ESM | HPD ARX-03b | Ed Brown | Johannes van Overbeek | failure | malfunction |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barber Dodge Pro Series 2000
- ^ Atlantic Championship 2002
- ^ Atlantic Championship 2004
- ↑ 400km Mexico City 2007 race
- ↑ 2013 2.45 Hours of Austin
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fogarty, Jon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fogarthy, Jonathan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Palo Alto |