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| Jack Hawksworth | |||||||
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Hawksworth participating in the Pit Stop Challenge at the2015 Indianapolis 500. | |||||||
| Nationality | |||||||
| Born | Jack William Hawksworth (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (age 34) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||
| IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2014 | ||||||
| Current team | Vasser Sullivan Racing | ||||||
| Racing licence | |||||||
| Car number | 14 | ||||||
| Former teams | RSR Racing,Starworks Motorsport,3GT Racing | ||||||
| Starts | 98 | ||||||
| Wins | 12 | ||||||
| Poles | 18 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 11 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in2023 | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2014–2016 2013 2012 2011 2011 | IndyCar Series Indy Lights Star Mazda Championship Formula Renault 2.0 UK Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 2023 2020 2012 | IMSA - GTD Pro WeatherTech Sprint Cup Star Mazda Championship | ||||||
NASCAR driver | |||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2019 position | 57th | ||||||
| Best finish | 57th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2019B&L Transport 170 (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of 18 November 2019. | |||||||
Jack William Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British professional racing driver fromBradford, West Yorkshire. As of 2020[update], he competes in theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship forVasser Sullivan Racing in aLexus RCF GT3.
He has also raced in theStar Mazda Championship,Formula Renault 2.0,IndyCar Series,NASCAR Xfinity Series, andNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
He started racing karts at thirteen years old and was Junior Rotax Euro Max champion and second in the World finals by the time he was fifteen. After graduating from Juniors, Hawksworth went on to have a career as a professional karter leading to success in KZ1 karting winning the 2009 Trofeo Margutti as well as winning races in the German championship and claiming podiums in the KZ1 and KZ2 European Championships finishing sixth overall in the 2010 KZ1 European Championship for the Maddox Team. In a one-off appearance to domestic racing Hawksworth won the 2010 British Kart Masters Grand Prix in Senior Max with Protrain Racing.[citation needed]
Hawksworth graduated to open wheel racing in late 2010 and competed in the2010 Formula Renault Winter series with Mark Burdett Motorsport. He claimed pole position in four out of the six races and finished third overall in the championship and top rookie ahead of the Red Bull Juniors ofDaniil Kvyat,Carlos Sainz, Jr. and McLaren Autosport Award winnerOliver Rowland. Hawksworth went on to compete in the2011 Formula Renault UK championship changing teams halfway through and finishing fourth overall in the series with a win at Croft.[citation needed]
In 2012 Hawksworth moved to the United States to compete in the2012 Star Mazda Championship season withTeam Pelfrey as part of the MazdaRoad to Indy. He broke every record in the series (wins, poles and fastest laps) on his way to claiming the title in his rookie campaign.[1] The driver climbed to theIndy Lights for 2013, by joiningSchmidt Peterson Motorsports.[2]
During a practice session for the2014 Pocono IndyCar 500, Hawksworth suffered amyocardial contusion after a crash, and missed the race.[3]
On 11 November 2016, it was announced that3GT Racing had signed Hawksworth andRobert Alon to race the No. 15Lexus RC F GT3 in the 2017IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT Daytona class. Hawksworth and Alon competed in the first eight races of the 2017IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship together before a team decision saw Alon switch places with veteranScott Pruett for the final four rounds. Hawksworth and Alon recorded a season's best finish of fifth in GT Daytona for the No. 15 at the 20176 Hours of Watkins Glen.
In August 2019, Hawksworth made hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the2019 B&L Transport atMid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving the No. 18Toyota Supra forJoe Gibbs Racing afterJeffrey Earnhardt left the team.[4]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mark Burdett Motorsport | BHI 1 6 | BHI 2 3 | DON 1 4 | DON 2 4 | THR 1 6 | THR 2 7 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 Ret | CRO 1 1 | CRO 2 Ret | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 Ret | SIL 1 12 | SIL 2 7 | ROC 1 Ret | ROC 2 4 | BHGP 1 6 | BHGP 2 11 | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 6 | 4th | 333 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Van Amersfoort Racing | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | ASS 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | MST 1 | MST 2 | MST 3 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 9 | MNZ 3 7 | 32nd | 26 |
(key)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Team Pelfrey | STP 2 | STP 1 | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | IND 7 | IOW 15 | TOR 1 | TOR 1 | EDM 7 | EDM 1 | TRO 1 | TRO 12 | BAL 1 | BAL 2 | LAG 1 | LAG 2 | ATL | 1st | 397 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | STP 1 | ALA 2 | LBH 8 | INDY 10 | MIL 8 | IOW 3 | POC 5 | TOR 1 | MOH 3 | BAL 1 | HOU 6 | FON 9 | 4th | 412 |
| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bryan Herta Autosport | 98 | Dallara DW12 | Honda | STP 21 | LBH 15 | ALA 12 | IMS 7 | INDY 20 | DET 19 | DET 14 | TXS 15 | HOU 6 | HOU 3 | POC DNS | IOW 15 | TOR 13 | TOR 6 | MOH 16 | MIL 10 | SNM 15 | FON 15 | 17th | 366 | [5] |
| 2015 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 41 | STP 8 | NLA 24 | LBH 14 | ALA 21 | IMS 23 | INDY 24 | DET 7 | DET 7 | TXS 23 | TOR 14 | FON 10 | MIL 17 | IOW 13 | MOH 8 | POC 22 | SNM 19 | 17th | 256 | [6] | ||||
| 2016 | STP 11 | PHX 19 | LBH 21 | ALA 19 | IMS 20 | INDY 16 | DET 22 | DET 19 | RDA 11 | IOW 15 | TOR 21 | MOH 21 | POC 14 | TXS 17 | WGL 16 | SNM 18 | 20th | 229 | [7] | ||||||
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 13 | 20 | Bryan Herta Autosport |
| 2015 | Dallara | Honda | 28 | 24 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
| 2016 | Dallara | Honda | 31 | 16 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, Results areoverall/class)
† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and not the overall GTD Championship.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tech 1 Racing | Lexus RC F GT3 | Pro | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | ZAN 1 15 | ZAN 2 Ret | NÜR 1 19 | NÜR 2 5 | HUN 1 26 | HUN 2 22 | 20th | 6 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2019 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH 15 | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 57th | 32 | [19] | ||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Tricon Garage | 1 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | BRI | COA 6 | MAR | TEX | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | 85th | 01 | [20] |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 8 | LEC 8 | ARA | SPA | ALG 7 | ALG 8 | 18th | 18 |
| Source:[18] | ||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Akkodis ASP Team | LMGT3 | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS 10 | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 28th | 8 |
| 2025 | Akkodis ASP Team | LMGT3 | Lexus RC F GT3 | Lexus2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS Ret | SÃO | COA Ret | FUJ | BHR | 31st | 0 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lexus RC F GT3 | LMGT3 | 279 | 37th | 10th | ||
| 2025 | Lexus RC F GT3 | LMGT3 | 268 | DNF | DNF |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Star Mazda Championship Champion 2012 | Succeeded by Matthew Brabham (Pro Mazda) |
| Preceded by Zach Robichon | WeatherTech Sprint Cup Champion 2020 With:Aaron Telitz | Succeeded by Ross Gunn Roman De Angelis |
| Preceded by | IMSA SportsCar Championship GTD Pro Champion 2023 With:Ben Barnicoat | Succeeded by |