Colin Braun

Colin James Braun^[1] (/ˈkɒlɪn ˈbraʊn/; born September 22, 1988)^[2] is an American racing driver. He is the 2014 and 2015 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion^[3] and currently drives the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 for Meyer Shank Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the No. 04 CrowdStrike Mercedes AMG-GT3 in the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Series.^[4] Driving the ARX-06, he was part of the winning team of the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Xfinity Series. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[5]

Colin Braun
Braun in 2022
Nationality	American
Born	(1988-09-22) September 22, 1988 (age 35) Ovalo, Texas
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Meyer Shank Racing w Curb-Agajanian
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	60
Former teams	DragonSpeed Era Motorsport Performance Tech Motorsports CORE Autosports
Starts	152
Championships	3
Wins	24
Poles	9
Fastest laps	7
Best finish	1st in 2014, 2015, 2022
Previous series
2007, 2011–2013 2005–2013 2012 2007–2010 2007–2011 2007	American Le Mans Rolex Sports Car Series Pirelli World Challenge Nationwide Series Camping World Truck Series ARCA Racing Series
Championship titles
2014–2015	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (PC)
Awards
2008	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
31 races run over 4 years
2010 position	23rd
Best finish	23rd (2010)
First race	2007 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2010 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 2
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
53 races run over 4 years
2011 position	50th
Best finish	5th (2009)
First race	2007 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2011 Good Sam Club 200 (Atlanta)
First win	2009 Michigan 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 23 5

Racing career

Braun started out his racing career at 6, racing quarter midgets. At 8 he went international, competing for factory kart racing teams in countries such as Monaco, Spain, France, and Japan. At 14 he moved to cars, winning championships in Formula Renault TR 1600 and Formula TR 2000 Pro Series.

2006–2007

At 16, Braun was part of the Team 16 squad and made his road racing debut in the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a Porsche 996 GT3, teammate to future NASCAR driver Brad Coleman.^[6] Braun made history as the youngest Daytona Prototype driver at 17, driving an Essex Racing Ford Crawford. In 2006 he joined Krohn Racing's No. 75 team, teaming with Jörg Bergmeister. Braun became the youngest winner of a major auto race on North American soil with his win at the Brumos Porsche 250 in Daytona.^[7] Due to the Master Settlement Agreement, he was barred from participating in three races but still finished fourth in points while Bergmeister won the overall championship. He also became the youngest driver to stand on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a second-place finish in his class in a Ferrari F430.^[7] He stayed on with Krohn for 2007, but was teamed with Max Papis. The team ended up in the top five in points, despite Braun being suspended for an incident at the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen International.^[8]

In 2007, Braun signed a driver development contract with Roush Fenway Racing.^[9] Braun made his stock car debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Gateway International Raceway, where he finished 13th.^[10] Braun later made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series (was Craftsman Truck Series), driving the No. 50 RSC Equipment Rental Ford for Roush Fenway. He was running in the top 20 before a flat tire sent him into the wall and a 34th-place finish.^[11] He would also drive the No. 16 3M Ford at the Sam's Town 250 where he had a 30th-place finish. In November 2007, he was announced as the full-time driver of the No. 6 Ford, succeeding Travis Kvapil.^[12]

2008–2011

Braun assumed full-time duties in 2008 in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 6 Con-way Ford F-150 with veteran crew chief Mike Beam. He earned three top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award.^[13] Braun became the sixth Roush Fenway Racing driver to claim the rookie title in the truck series. He also made five Nationwide Series starts including one top-five finish and two poles.

 

Braun's 2010 Nationwide car

After turning a lap of 177.441 mph on Thursday evening in qualifying to earn his first career Camping World Truck Series Pole award,^[14] Braun led the field to the green flag Friday night at Daytona International Speedway for the 2009 season opener. He led the first 10 laps of the race, fell as far back as 15th and with luck, in the end, Braun crossed the finish line in ninth place to score his ninth career top 10. On June 13, he scored his one and only career Truck Series win at Michigan.^[15]

In 2010, Braun was promoted to the Nationwide Series, and Con-way would be his sponsor for 18 races. However, by midseason, Braun was removed from the No. 16 car in certain races in which they did not have a sponsor, but returned to the No. 16 car in races when Con-way is the sponsor.^[16] Braun had a tough rookie year in the Nationwide Series, making 24 starts with 5 top 10s but also had 7 DNFs. Braun was released by Roush on December 1 after Roush's Nationwide program turned its focus to getting sponsorship for Carl Edwards, Trevor Bayne, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Braun joined Robertson Racing in the American Le Mans Series for part of the 2011 season.^[17] Braun returned to NASCAR with Billy Ballew Motorsports, driving their No. 51 Ford at Michigan.^[18]

2012–2013

 

Braun at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

On January 21, 2012, he announced that he wouldn't compete in NASCAR during the 2012 season, but would drive for CORE Autosport in the 2012 American Le Mans Series season.^[19] Partnered with team owner Jon Bennett, Braun helped CORE win the ALMS Prototype Challenge Class Teams Championship. Braun also joined the Kia Racing team^[20] as part of Kinetic Motorsports Pirelli World Challenge GTS Class No. 38 Kia Optima entry. After four races, where he was able to achieve two podium finishes, Braun was replaced by Mark Wilkins following an incident with his team mate, Michael Galati, at Miller Motorsports Park.^[21]

Braun partnered with Bennett for the first two races of the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season running with Doran Racing in a Ford Dallara to gain insight into the Daytona Prototype category.^[22] Braun returned to CORE autosport for the full 2013 American Le Mans Series season, competing in the Prototype Challenge class. After driving the No. 05 with Bennett for the first eight races, Braun switched to the team's GT entry, driving the No. 06 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with Porsche factory driver Patrick Long.^[23] As a result of the late-season switch, Braun finished fifth in the PC Drivers' Championship, but made significant contributions to CORE's 2013 PC Team Championship by scoring five podium finishes (including two wins) with Bennett.^[24]

On October 9, 2013, Braun joined Michael Shank Racing at Daytona International Speedway to set a new speed record on the track's oval course using a Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype car, powered by a twin-turbocharged Ford V-6 engine; the existing record was 210.364 miles per hour (338.548 km/h), set in 1987.^[25] Braun broke the record, setting a fastest single lap at a speed of 222.971 miles per hour (358.837 km/h).^[26]

In 2013 Braun began coaching Team CrowdStrike in the NARRA Radical Cup Series to many wins and an overall championship.^[27]

2014–present

2014

Braun returned to CORE autosport in 2014, in the new United SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 54 PC car with Bennett.^[28] He and co-drivers Bennett, James Gué and Mark Wilkins won the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona in the PC class^[29] followed by the 12 Hours of Sebring.^[30] Braun and Bennett went on to win races at Kansas Speedway and Watkins Glen International, propelling them to the 2014 PC Drivers' Championship and PC Team Championship as well as the newly created Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup.^[31] Braun received the TOTAL Pole Award for winning more PC pole positions than any other driver.^[32]

2015

Braun and Bennett's success continued into 2015, where once again they claimed the PC Driver Championship in conjunction with CORE's PC Team Championship.^[33]

2016

Braun returned to CORE autosport in 2016, racing with Bennett in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class. The team’s first win came at Sebring with Braun, Bennett and Mark Wilkins behind the wheel. Braun passed Tom Kimber-Smith with 23 minutes remaining and won by a margin of 1.283 seconds.^[34] The team posted three wins at Sebring, Laguna Seca, and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.^[35] They also posted two second-place finishes at Detroit and Road America.^[36]

Braun also made his Global Rally Cross (GRC) debut with CORE autosport in 2016.^[37]

2017

In 2017, IMSA eliminated the PC class and Braun moved to the GTD class in a Porsche GT3R with CORE autosport and co-driver Bennett.^[38]

Braun also returned to GRC Lites competition for CORE autosport.^[39]

2018

The CORE autosport team moved into the Prototype class in IMSA competition, with Braun and Bennett driving an LMP2-spec car.^[40] The team began the season with a second-place finish at the Rolex 24 and posted back-to-back wins at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and Road America. They also posted two more podiums at Watkins Glen and Laguna Seca.^[41] Braun also scored poles at Watkins Glen and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. At CTMP he ran a quick time of 1:06.315, bettering the previous track record (a 1:08.459 by Ricky Taylor) by over two seconds.^[42] As the only private, non-factory funded team, Braun and Bennett finished the 2018 season just four points shy of the overall IMSA Championship.^[43]

In 2018 Braun joined forces with George Kurtz and his team, CrowdStrike Racing for Pirelli World Challenge racing. Braun raced the two-driver SprintX format with Kurtz in the No. 04 CrowdStrike/GMG Racing Audi R8.^[44]

2019

In November 2018, CORE autosport announced they would not race the ORECA 07-Gibson in the LMP2 class in 2019. Instead, they would make the switch to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s DPi class in a Nissan Onroak DPi with drivers Braun and Bennett.^[45] Braun and Bennett combined with Loic Duval and Romain Dumas to finish fourth at the Rolex 24 Hour race to start off the year.^[46] In July, Braun broke his previous track record at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park with a lap at 135.250 mph. It was an IMSA track record and less than a second off the all-time track record set by Marco Werner in a diesel-powered Audi R10 in 2007.^[47] Mid-way through the 2019 season, Bennett announced he would be retiring leaving Braun to look for other opportunities.^[48]

In February, CrowdStrike announced it would partner with DXDT Racing, where the duo of Braun and Kurtz would drive the No. 4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the GT World Challenge America competition.^[49] They posted two podium finishes on the year.

2020

In December 2019, DragonSpeed announced that Braun would join its 10Star entry for the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 25–26. Braun would join co-drivers Henrik Hedman and Ben Hanley in the LMP2-class ORECA 07-Gibson.^[50] Braun helped the team win their second-consecutive LMP2 victory at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Following the win, Era Motorsports announced it had signed Braun to assist with the remaining three endurance races – the 12 Hours of Sebring, Six Hours of The Glen, and Petit Le Mans.^[51]

Bennett announced his retirement at the end of the 2019 IMSA season. After a year off, the team announced in late 2020 that it would field a Ligier JS P320 in the new-for-2021 LMP3 class in IMSA with drivers Bennett and Braun.^[52] IMSA adopted the LMP3 class as a way to bolster car count. (https://racer.com/2020/09/09/imsa-lmp3-added-as-new-2021-weathertech-championship-class/)

Braun also joined George Kurtz and the CrowdStrike Racing team in GT World Challenge’s GT3 Pro-Am class. The two posted eight podium finishes on the season, including three wins. They finished the season with wins at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), Road America, and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The duo also partnered with driver, Ben Keating to take a second win at Indianapolis in the Pro-Am class in the Intercontinental GT Challenge’s Indianapolis 8-Hour race after driving in both wet and dry conditions.^[53] Braun and Kurtz finished the season second in the overall Pro-Am Drivers Championship. Braun and Kurtz also made their debut in the Total 24 Hours of Spa as part of SPS Automotive Performance’s lineup for the Belgian endurance race.^[54] It marked Braun’s first career start at the race.

2021

CORE autosport announced at the end of 2020, after a one-year hiatus, the team would enter IMSA’s new LMP3 class at the start of 2021. Braun was once again tapped as Bennett’s co-driver. The LMP3 class requires a Pro-Am lineup with Braun filling Pro duties and Bennett filling Am duties.^[52] It was also announced that George Kurtz and Matt McMurry would join the duo for the four endurance races.^[55] The team’s first win of the year came at The 12 Hours of Sebring as Braun and Bennett combined with Kurtz for the win. The win made Braun and Bennett three-time winners at the 12-hour endurance race.^[56] Road America marked the team’s second win of season snapping Riley Motorsports three-race win streak. Braun won by more than 22 seconds over the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports team.^[57] Long Beach wasn’t on the schedule for the LMP3 class so Braun made a one-off GT Daytona (GTD) start for Scuderia Corsa in its Ferrari 488 GT3 with co-driver, Daniel Mancinelli. The start marked Braun’s first GTD start since 2017.^[58]

Braun announced he would join George Kurtz in the No. 04 DXDT Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Fanatec GT World Challenge America Series competition marking their fourth year together as co-drivers.^[59][60] The duo posted four podium finishes and wins at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

2022

Colin Braun returned to IMSA competition with CORE autosport in the LMP3 class for 2022. It was announced that George Kurtz would join Colin and co-driver Jon Bennett for the endurance races.^[61] In his 17th consecutive Rolex 24 start, Colin, crossed the finish line third in his final stint of the 24 Hour race to give the team a podium finish at the 60th running of the race in Daytona Beach, FL.^[62] The duo of Braun and Bennett would collect five podium results on the year including two wins at Mid-Ohio ^[63] and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). The win at CTMP marked the duo’s fifth win at the track.^[64] With the help of Kurtz, the team finished fifth in the final race of the year at Road Atlanta but were crowned IMSA LMP3 champions. This marked the third IMSA championship for Braun and Bennett.^[65]

Colin returned to CrowdStrike Racing in 2022 to pilot the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing/AWS machine for the fourth consecutive year in GT3 competition. The team partnered with Riley Motorsports for the 2022 season.^[66] Sharing driving duties with George Kurtz, the team amassed three wins starting with NOLA Motorsports Park. Their win in Saturday’s race launched them into the championship point lead.^[67] They continued their winning ways at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), rebounding to win on Sunday after a hard-luck race on Saturday.^[68] At Watkins Glen, the duo earned the overall win on Sunday by 3.962 seconds over second place.^[69] To close out the 2022 season, Colin partnered with CrowdStrike Racing and Riley Motorsports to win the 25 Hours of Thunderhill with co-drivers Kurtz, Matt McMurry, and Felipe Fraga in an LMP3.^[70]

In November 2022, Jon Bennett announced he would be closing CORE autosport.^[71] On the heels of that announcement, it was announced that Colin would join the Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) roster for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Colin will co-drive with Tom Blomqvist for the team’s full-season Acura LMDh program. The MSR team claimed the 2022 IMSA DPi championship and will now look ahead to a new era of IMSA competition in the hybrid-powered GTP class.^[72]

2023

The 2023 season kicked off at the Roar Before the Rolex 24, with Colin Braun making his first appearance with Meyer Shank Racing (MSR). Colin started the weekend by logging the fastest lap time in the first session (1:35.635).^[73] Then, during the fourth test session, Colin clocked the fastest lap time (1:35.038) in the No. 60 Acura ARX-06.^[74] The MSR team claimed the 2023 pole award as Colin's co-driver, Tom Blomqvist, drove the hybrid-powered Acura ARX-06 during the 15-minute session.^[75] The 61st running of the Rolex 24 saw the debut of the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) era. Meyer Shank Racing with regular drivers Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist and additional drivers Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud combined to give the team its second Rolex 24 victory in as many seasons. After 24 hours, the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 crossed the line 4.190 seconds ahead of second place.^[76] The win marked Colin's fourth Rolex 24 class win and first overall win. Colin won the 2014 Rolex 24 in the PC Class with CORE autosport and then in 2020, captured the LMP2 win as one of four drivers for DragonSpeed USA. He also combined with CORE autosport in 2018 to win the Trueman Pro-Am Team Endurance class.^[77][78][79]

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2005	The Racer's Group	Ross Bentley   Adrian Carrio   Brad Coleman   Kevin Buckler	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	GT	650	17th	7th
2006	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn   Niclas Jönsson   Jörg Bergmeister	Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac	DP	717	5th	5th
2007	Krohn Racing	Max Papis   JJ Lehto	Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac	DP	615	17th	11th
2008	AIM Autosport	Brian Frisselle   Mark Wilkins   Andrew Ranger	Riley Mk. XI-Ford	DP	448	DNF	DNF
2009	Michael Shank Racing	Mark Patterson   Oswaldo Negri Jr.   Ryan Hunter-Reay	Riley Mk. XX-Ford	DP	262	DNF	DNF
2010	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn   Niclas Jönsson   Ricardo Zonta	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70-Ford	DP	735	4th	4th
2011	Starworks Motorsport	Mike Forest   Ryan Dalziel   Jim Lowe   Tomáš Enge	Riley Mk. XX-Ford	DP	552	DNF	DNF
2012	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn   Niclas Jönsson   Ricardo Zonta	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70-Ford	DP	713	19th	11th
2013	Doran Racing	Jon Bennett   Jim Lowe   Paul Tracy	Dallara (Riley) Mk. XX-Ford	DP	286	DNF	DNF
2014	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   James Gue   Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet	PC	678	9th	1st
2015	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   James Gue   Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet	PC	704	10th	2nd
2016	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   Martin Plowman   Mark Wilkins	Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet	PC	160	DNF	DNF
2017	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   Patrick Long   Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	340	DNF	DNF
2018	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   Romain Dumas   Loïc Duval	Oreca 07-Gibson	P	808	3rd	3rd
2019	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   Romain Dumas   Loïc Duval	Nissan DPi	DPi	589	4th	4th
2020	DragonSpeed USA	Ben Hanley   Henrik Hedman   Harrison Newey	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	811	9th	1st
2021	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   George Kurtz   Matt McMurry	Ligier JS P320	LMP3	737	31st	5th
2022	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett   George Kurtz   Niclas Jönsson	Ligier JS P320	LMP3	721	16th	3rd
2023	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist   Hélio Castroneves   Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-06	GTP	783	1st	1st

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2007	Roush Fenway Racing	16	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 30	TEX	PHO	HOM	137th	73	^[80]
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH 15	TEX	PHO	MXC 33	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW 21	NHA	DAY 35	CHI	GTY	IRP 2	CGV 40	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	63rd	515	^[81]
2009		60		DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW QL^†	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP QL^†	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	-	^[82]
2010		16		DAY 34	CAL 18	LVS 28	BRI 37	NSH 30	PHO 34	TEX 13	TAL 32	RCH	DAR	DOV 10	CLT	NSH	KEN 10	ROA 11	NHA 12	DAY	CHI 17	GTY 7	IRP 12	IOW 23	GLN 26	MCH 9	BRI	CGV 22	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN 23	CAL 13	CLT 19		TEX	PHO 7	HOM 29	23rd	2374	^[83]
		98																																	GTY QL^‡
^† - Qualified for Carl Edwards· ^‡ - Qualified for Paul Menard

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2007	Roush Fenway Racing	50	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 34	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	109th	61	^[84]
2008		6		DAY 31	CAL 9	ATL 28	MAR 14	KAN 3	CLT 15	MFD 16	DOV 8	TEX 22	MCH 6	MLW 31	MEM 29	KEN 16	IRP 15	NSH 6	BRI 32	GTW 9	NHA 28	LVS 12	TAL 4	MAR 25	ATL 20	TEX 5	PHO 28	HOM 14	13th	2856	^[85]
2009				DAY 9	CAL 20	ATL 26	MAR 35	KAN 6	CLT 26	DOV 22	TEX 3	MCH 1	MLW 8	MEM 9	KEN 20	IRP 5	NSH 3	BRI 12	CHI 3	IOW 3	GTW 19	NHA 9	LVS 17	MAR 3	TAL 12	TEX 5	PHO 28	HOM 3	5th	3338	^[86]
2011	Billy Ballew Motorsports	51	Ford	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH 9	BRI	ATL 19	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	50th	60	^[87]

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2007	Roush Fenway Racing	99	Ford	DAY	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW 9	DSF	CHI 3	SLM	TAL 9	TOL	51st	595	^[88]
2008				DAY	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM	NJM RL^†	TAL	TOL			N/A	-	^[89]
2020	GMS Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP	KEN	IOW	KAN	TOL	TOL	MCH	DAY RL^‡	GTW	DSF	BRI	MEM	SLM	KAN	MAD	ISF				N/A	-
^† – Relieved Ricky Stenhouse Jr. during race · ^‡ – Relieved Sam Mayer during race

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Risi Competizione   Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn   Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	314	19th	2nd
2023	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen   George Kurtz	Oreca 07	LMP2	322	20th	10th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			1st

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2014	CORE Autosport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB 1	LGA 7	KAN 1	WGL 1	IMS 3	ELK 8	VIR 3	AUS 2	ATL 2			1st	321
2015	CORE Autosport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 2	LGA 2	BEL 4	WGL 4	MOS 1	LIM 4	ELK 3	AUS 1	ATL 4			1st	318
2016	CORE Autosport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 8	SEB 1	LBH 7	LGA 3	BEL 2	WGL 6	MOS 1	LIM 8	ELK 2	AUS	ATL		7th	245
2017	CORE Autosport	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 22	SEB 16	LBH 14	AUS 14	BEL 8	WGL 13	MOS 14	LIM 17	ELK 7	VIR 8	LGA 4	PET 5	18th	231
2018	CORE Autosport	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 4	LBH 10	MOH 13	BEL 12	WGL 2	MOS 1	ELK 1	LGA 2	ATL 7			2nd	274
2019	CORE Autosport	DPi	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 5	LBH 11	MOH 11	BEL 7	WGL 11	MOS 7	ELK 10	LGA 7	ATL 8			10th	230
2020	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB	ELK										8th	64
	Era Motorsport							ATL 2
	Performance Tech Motorsports								ATL 2	LGA	SEB
2021	CORE Autosport	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	DAY 5	SEB 1	MOH 4	WGL 2	WGL 3	ELK 1	ATL 7						2nd	1990
2022	CORE Autosport	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 5	MDO 1	WGL 2	MOS 1	ELK 3	PET 5						1st	2002
2023	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	GTP	Acura ARX-06	Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6	DAY 1	SEB 6	LBH 6	MON 6	WGL 3	MOS 1	ELK 2	IMS	PET				5th*	2053*

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

(key)

GRC Lites

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	GRC	Points
2016	CORE Autosport	Lites Ford Fiesta	PHO1	PHO2	DAL	DAY1 3	DAY2 10	MCAS1	MCAS2 C	DC 12	AC 3	SEA	LA1 DSQ	LA2 3	10th	154
2017	CORE Autosport	Lites Ford Fiesta	MEM 4	LOU 4	THO1 4	THO2 2	OTT1 2	OTT2 8	INDY	AC1 DNS	AC2 4	SEA1	SEA2	LA	8th	405

References

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