John Farano (born 8 December 1959) is a Canadian businessman and racing driver currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Tower Motorsports.[1] He is the series' 2022 LMP2 drivers' champion.[2]
| John Farano | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| Born | December 8, 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2020 |
| Current team | Tower Motorsports |
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze |
| Car number | 8 |
| Starts | 23 (23 entries) |
| Wins | 5 |
| Podiums | 14 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st (LMP2) in 2022 |
Racing record
editRacing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ferrari F430 Challenge Pirelli Trophy USA | N/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 132 | 4th |
| 2008 | Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Blackforest Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 60th |
| 2009 | Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - DP | AIM Autosport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 55th |
| 2010 | NASCAR Canadian Tire Series | N/A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 473 | 24th |
| 2011 | NASCAR Canadian Tire Series | Tower Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 728 | 20th |
| Ferrari Challenge North America - F430 Challenge | Algar Ferrari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2012 | IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport | BGB Motorsports | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 264 | 1st |
| 2013 | Ferrari Challenge North America - 458 Challenge - Trofeo Pirelli | The Auto Gallery | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 136 | 2nd |
| IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport | Multimatic Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 34th | |
| Grand-Am Sports Car Series - GT | APR Motorsport LTD.UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2014 | IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport | Tower Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 27th |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo USA | DragonSpeed | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 4th | |
| United Sports Car Championship - GTD | Scuderia Corsa[3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 82nd | |
| Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli | Ferrari of Beverly Hills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18th | |
| Ferrari Challenge World Final - Trofeo Pirelli Am | Ferrari of San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
| 2015 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli | Rossocorsa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7th |
| Ferrari Challenge North America - Trofeo Pirelli | Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 136 | 3rd | |
| Ferrari Challenge World Final - Trofeo Pirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th | ||
| 2016 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli Am | Rossocorsa | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 3rd |
| Ferrari Challenge World Final - Trofeo Pirelli Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
| NASCAR Canadian Tire Series | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 54th | |
| 2017 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | RLR MSport[4][5] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13th |
| Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28th | ||
| Touring Car Endurance Series - A3 | Cor Euser Racing | ||||||||
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | RLR MSport[6][7] | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.5 | 1st |
| Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.5 | 9th | ||
| Ferrari Challenge North America - 458 Challenge | Ferrari of Ontario | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 9th | |
| 2019 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | RLR MSport[8] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 21st |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell - Pro-Am | Rossocorsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14th | |
| 2019–20 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Am | RLR MSport[9] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5th |
| 2020 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks[10] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 4th |
| 2021 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks[11] | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2012 | 3rd |
| 2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Tower Motorsport[12] | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2018 | 1st |
| 2023 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Tower Motorsports | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 629 | 19th |
| 2024 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Tower Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1029* | 8th* |
† As Farano was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | RLR MSport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | SIL 19 |
MNZ 20 |
RBR 21 |
LEC 20 |
SPA 23 |
ALG 16 |
13th | 25 |
| 2018 | RLR MSport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 1 |
MNZ 11 |
RBR 1 |
SIL 6 |
SPA 2 |
ALG 5 |
1st | 77.5 |
| 2019 | RLR MSport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 |
MNZ Ret |
CAT 13 |
SIL Ret |
SPA 14 |
ALG 15 |
21st | 5.5 |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 4† |
SEB 4 |
ELK | ATL | PET 1 |
LGA | SEB 2 |
4th | 95 |
| 2021 | Tower Motorsport by Starworks | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 2† |
SEB 3 |
WGL 4 |
WGL 3 |
ELK 2 |
LGA 2 |
PET 1 |
3rd | 2012 |
| 2022 | Tower Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3† |
SEB 7 |
LGA 1 |
MOH 4 |
WGL 2 |
ELK 2 |
PET 1 |
1st | 2018 |
| 2023 | Tower Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 5† |
SEB 1 |
LGA 8 |
WGL |
ELK |
IMS | PET |
19th | 629 |
| 2024 | Tower Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | DAY 5 |
SEB 12 |
WGL 6 |
MOS 6 |
ELK 6 |
IMS 8 |
ATL 5 |
9th | 1833 |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |  RLR M Sport/Tower Events
|
 Arjun Maini Norman Nato
|
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 295 | NC | NC |
References
edit- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (December 5, 2022). "Newgarden, McLaughlin to Make Rolex 24 Debuts With Tower". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "John Farano | IMSA". imsa.com.
- ^ Pruett, Marshall. "6IMSA publishes Roar Before the 24 entry list". RACER.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ Kilshaw, Jake (December 31, 2016). "RLR Msport Confirms Farano, Kapadia, Dons in 2017 LMP3 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "46th Car For Road To Le Mans – RLR MSport Enter Second Ligier". dailysportscar.com. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ Kilshaw, Jake (February 2, 2018). "RLR Msport Returns to LMP3 with New Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ "29 Cars for Le Mans Cup Season". sportscar365.com. Sportscar365. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "RLR Tests ORECA At Snetterton Ahead Of 2019 Season". Dailysportscar. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
In attendance at the test was Canadian John Farano, who will be racing with the team next year.
- ^ "RLR MSport Confirm Asian Le Mans Series Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (December 5, 2019). "Tower Motorsports by Starworks Set for IMSA Enduro LMP2 Campaign". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Dagys, John (January 12, 2021). "Starworks Set for Full Season Return". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Dagys, John (January 7, 2022). "Habsburg, Deletraz Headline Tower Motorsport LMP2 Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
External links
edit- John Farano career summary at DriverDB.com