Josh Pierson
Pierson in 2022
Born	Joshua Pierson (2006-02-14)February 14, 2006 (age 19) Portland, Oregon, United States
Indy NXT career
Debut season	2023
Current team	HMD Motorsports
Racing licence	FIA Silver(until 2023) FIA Gold(2024–)
Car number	14
Starts	20
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	15th in2023
Previous series
2022–23 2022 2020–21 2020	FIA World Endurance Championship Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 U.S. F2000 Championship F1600 Championship Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2022–2023
Teams	United Autosports
Best finish	10th(2022)
Class wins	0

Joshua Pierson^[1] (born February 14, 2006) is an American racing driver.^[2] He competes inIndy NXT forHMD Motorsports, theFIA World Endurance Championship forUnited Autosport,^[3] and in theIMSAWeatherTech SportsCar Championship forTDS Racing.^[4] He previously competed in theU.S. F2000 National Championship with Pabst Racing.^[5]

Having begun his karting career aged two when his father Greg bought him a go-kart, Pierson soon began competing in regional and national competitions.^[6] The American would win a number of accolades during the 2010s, most notably winning the Rotax Florida Winter Tour in 2016 and taking home the US Rotax Grand Nationals title the subsequent year.^[7]

At the age of 14, Pierson made his car racing debut in 2020, competing for Exclusive Autosport in theU.S. F2000 National Championship and partaking in two rounds of theF1600 Championship Series.^[8] The campaign did not amount to much, as Pierson ended up finishing 20th in the drivers' standings.

The American would return to theUSF2000 Championship the following year, this time as part of thePabst Racing outfit alongsideJace Denmark andYuven Sundaramoorthy.^[9] He started out strongly, scoring a pair of third places atBarber, before bettering that performance with two runner-up spots on theIndy Road Course.^[10][11] Pierson continued to take regular finishes inside the top ten for the remainder of the season, though he would only manage to add one further podium to his name. He ended the year fourth overall, one place behind teammate Sundaramoorthy.^[12]

On August 17, 2021,United Autosports announced that it had signed Pierson to compete in theLMP2 category of the2022 FIA World Endurance Championship.^[13] This would make Pierson the youngest ever driver to compete in the24 Hours of Le Mans. Having gathered some prototype racing experience at the24 Hours of Daytona and two rounds of theAsian Le Mans Series, where he managed to take two victories in as many starts, Pierson won his debut race at the1000 Miles of Sebring alongside teammatesOliver Jarvis andPaul di Resta.^[14] With the team having controlled the race before an untimely red flag brought a premature end to proceedings, Pierson became the youngest race winner in series history.^[15][16] Following a points-scoring round inSpa, Pierson claimed the record of being the youngest starter at Le Mans and ended up finishing sixth.^[17] More points were scored in the subsequent two races, which brought the #23 United crew into outside contention for the LMP2 title come the8 Hours of Bahrain.^[18] Despite finishing second during the race, the result would only yield third in the teams' championship for Pierson and Jarvis, though the American would receive an award for being the "Revelation of the Year" of the 2022 WEC campaign.^[19][20][21]

Parallel to his WEC commitments, the youngster also partook in a full-time campaign in theIMSA SportsCar Championship as part of thePR1/Mathiasen Motorsports team.^[22][23] Pierson finished sixth in the drivers' standings, having gotten a podium finish at the season-endingPetit Le Mans race.^[24]

Pierson re-signed with United Autosports to compete in the2023 WEC season, once again partneringOliver Jarvis, with a revolving door of drivers claiming the lineup's third seat.^[3] As well as that, it was announced that Pierson would join series newcomerTDS Racing for that year's endurance rounds of theIMSA SportsCar Championship.^[4]

Beginning his sophomore season in the WEC atSebring, Pierson would inherit the lead from Jarvis and extend their gap during a triple stint. However, their strong race came undone as an onboard camera inside of Pierson's car came loose and hit the ignition switch, pushing it out and causing the #23 United to come to a halt, forcing them to retire in what managing director Richard Dean described as "a one in a million thing".^[25] The team bounced back strongly inPortugal, where Pierson, Jarvis andGiedo van der Garde fought to take victory, overcoming a radio issue for Jarvis during their penultimate pitstop that had dropped them to second.^[26] Another podium followed at the6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, where teammateTom Blomqvist narrowly missed out on the win toLouis Delétraz in the #41WRT.^[27] TheCentenary 24 Hours of Le Mans did not yield much success, as Blomqvist experienced a crash following a loss of brakes, leading to an eighth-placed finish, meanwhile Pierson and the team would miss out on a podium again during theMonza round, as a last-lap pass from Deléteaz on Jarvis relegated the #23 to fourth by the flag.^[28][29][30]Fuji ended up burying any remaining title ambitions for the American, who finished fourth alongside Jarvis andBen Hanley; Pierson had shown impressive pace, though he was also involved in a collision withRui Andrade for which he was given a 10-second penalty which set the team back, before Hanley lost further time when he was hit byJoão Paulo de Oliveira'sVanwall.^[31][32] After taking eighth place inBahrain, Pierson and Jarvis finished fifth in the drivers' standings.

Alongside his endurance racing commitments, Pierson rejoined theRoad to Indy ladder to contest the2023 Indy NXT campaign withHMD Motorsports.^[33] Having missed five races, the driver from Oregon ended up 15th in the standings, scoring a best finish of sixth atIowa.

Pierson remained inIndy NXT for2024, still driving forHMD Motorsports.^[34] During the season opener atSt. Pete, Pierson collided withJamie Chadwick and was penalised for avoidable contact, eventually ending up 13th.^[35]

Pierson was retained byHMD Motorsports for a third season ofIndy NXT in2025.^[36]

Pierson joinedEd Carpenter Racing's new racing programme for 2023, becoming a development driver for the2023 IndyCar Series.^[37]

* Season still in progress.

† As Pierson was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	United Autosports USA	Alex Lynn Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	368	10th	6th
2023	United Autosports	Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	323	18th	8th

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• Josh Pierson career summary at DriverDB.com

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• U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
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• United Autosports drivers
• Indy NXT drivers
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• HMD Motorsports drivers
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