John Farano

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John Farano
Nationality Canada Canadian
Born (1959-12-08) December 8, 1959 (age 64)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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]

Racing record

Racing career summary

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
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
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
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.
2019 United Kingdom RLR M Sport/Tower Events India Arjun Maini
France Norman Nato		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 295 NC NC

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