John Farano
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John Farano | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
December 8, 1959
IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2020 |
Current team | Tower Motorsports |
Car no. | 8 |
Starts | 23 (23 entries) |
Wins | 5 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 1st (LMP2) in 2022 |
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' reigning LMP2 drivers' champion.[2]
Contents
Racing record
Racing career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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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 | ||
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* | 3rd* |
† As Farano was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(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 |
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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
(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 |
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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 |
11th* | 629* |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2019 | RLR M Sport/Tower Events | Arjun Maini Norman Nato |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 295 | NC | NC |
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External links
- John Farano career summary at DriverDB.com
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