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| Josh Burdon | |
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| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | (1992-09-05)September 5, 1992 (age 33) |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | Riley Motorsports |
| Car number | 74 |
| Former teams | Andretti Autosport |
| Starts | 20 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Podiums | 11 |
Josh Burdon (born September 5, 1992) is anAustralian racing driver. He currently drives the No. 74 Oreca LMP2 forRiley Motorsports in theIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Previously, Burdon competed for Hong Kong–basedKC Motorgroup in theIntercontinental GT Challenge,Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie andGT World Challenge Europe.[1]
As a third generation racer, Burdon began his racing careerkart racing at eight years old winning various titles. At the age of sixteen, he was awarded with a funded scholarship through theConfederation of Australian Motorsport to make the transition into racing cars. He further progressed to competing internationally in 2012, and has gone on to compete in numerous racing series throughout the world.
In 2013, Burdon relocated to France and signed with Scorpus Racing driving the Xbox sponsored car in the open Whelen Euro Series. He led the championship from beginning to end, winning sevem out of twelve races when he was controversially taken out during the final race inLe Mans. As a result, he finished second in the championship. During the season he joined the final two rounds of French Formula Premium, winning both rounds inCircuit du Val de Vienne andLe Mans. Funding ruled Burdon out of a full time seat for most of the 2014–15 seasons.
2016 saw Burdon relocated to China to spearheadBlackArts Racing Team season in theAsian Formula Renault Series. He won the championship with seven out of twelve race wins.Burdon competed in the2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series in LMP3 withKC Motorgroup, joining him wasNeric Wei and Louis Prette. Burdon swept qualifying after winning four pole positions from four attempts atZhuhai International Circuit,Fuji Speedway,Chang International Circuit andSepang International Circuit. Burdon, Wei and Prette won in Zhuhai, Thailand and were leading the final race in Sepang when an exhaust broke and took them out of contention for the win. They ended second in the championship.
In 2018, Burdon was signed by Taiwanese celebrityJimmy Lin to compete for his team PTRS in the China LMP3 Series. Burdon won the championship after dominating the final round inTianjin, despite a publicly difficult relationship with the team as the season progressed. He also competed in the first rounds ofGT World Challenge Asia with Absolute Racing, partnering with Anthony Liu driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3 as a Pro Am lineup, Burdon picked up pole position on his GT3 debut inSepang International Circuit,Malaysia.
During pre season in 2019,KC Motorgroup announced Burdon joining its expanding international GT3 program, where they fielded the official GT3 entries forNissan with the Nissan GT-R GT3. He was placed into the No. 35 where he joined factory JapaneseNissan driversTsugio Matsuda andKatsumasa Chiyo. They competed in theIntercontinental GT Challenge and theNürburgring Langstrecken Serie. The season kicked off with the2019 Bathurst 12 Hour, where Burdon picked up fastest lap of the race after mechanical issue took them out of the fight for the win while battling inside the top-five at mid race distance. Burdon escaped serious injury in scary crash during the2019 24 Hours of Nürburgring after slowing for a code 60 zone on the Dottinger Hohe a lower category car was not paying attention and hit Burdon from behind with a significant impact.
Burdon was born inHobart, the capital city ofTasmania. He was educated atSt Virgils College, aCatholic boys school that puts much importance on sport. Graduated high school and did not complete further studies after turning full focus towards being a racing driver.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | No. | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Andretti Autosport | 36 | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 | DAY | SEB | MDO | WGL | WGL | ELK | PET 10 | 33rd | 240 | [2] |
| 2022 | Andretti Autosport | 36 | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 | DAY 4 | SEB 10 | MDO | WGL 11 | CTM | ELK | PET 1 | 18th | 822 | [3] |
| 2023 | Riley Motorsports | 74 | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 LV8 | DAY 9 | SEB 1 | WGL 1 | MOS | ELK 1 | IMS 2 | PET 3 | 5th | 1777 | [4] |
| 2024 | Riley Motorsports | 74 | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | DAY 3 | SEB 5 | WGL 2 | MOS | ELK | IMS 5 | ATL 2 | 16th | 1587 | [5] |
| 2025 | Riley Motorsports | 74 | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | DAY 2 | SEB 4 | WGL 5 | MOS | ELK | IMS 3 | ATL 8 | 20th | 1505 | [6] |
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