John Edwards (racing driver)

John Edwards
Born	(1991-03-11) March 11, 1991 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) career
Current team	Turner Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	95
Former teams	Stevenson Motorsports, Fall-Line Motorsports, Newman Wachs Racing
Starts	40 (Rolex), 42 (Continental), 5 (ALMS), 22 (United SportsCar)
Wins	7 (Rolex), 7 (Continental), 1 (ALMS), 1 (United SportsCar)
Previous series
2007, 09 2008 2006 2005–06 2005	Atlantic Championship Star Mazda Formula Renault NEC Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault Germany
Championship titles
2009 2008	Atlantic Championship Star Mazda

John Michael Edwards (born March 11, 1991) is an American professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.

Career

Edwards began racing cars at the young age of 12 in 2003 in the Skip Barber Series. To the best of his knowledge he became the youngest open wheel racing driver in history, taking his first win at Daytona International Speedway at 12 years and 238 days of age.

In 2005 he went to Europe to compete first in Italian Karting and then after an unexpected early promotion to the world of European motor racing at age 14 he was the youngest to ever hold a FIA racing license racing in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 Germany. He finished 16th in Eurocup in 2006 and 5th with a win at Anderstorp. In 2007 he returned to the United States and drove in the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in points for Forsythe Championship Racing with a second at Toronto.

In 2008 he stepped back on the US racing ladder where he won the championship of the Star Mazda Series in spite of missing the first race of the season. He returned to Atlantics for the 2009 season driving for Newman Wachs Racing. He captured 4 wins and 3 poles on his way to the championship. He won the championship over Jonathan Summerton and Simona de Silvestro, 2nd and 3rd in the 2009 Atlantic Championship season.

For 2010, he transitioned to sports cars to join the Mazda factory team and Speed Source, racing in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class with co-driver Adam Christodoulou. His 2010 highlights included a GT class win in the Grand-Am race at Lime Rock. Also in 2010, driving along co-drivers Michael Auriemma and Michael Edwards, he secured two Nürburgring VLN Class wins for Schubert Motorsports.

For 2011 he joined for Stevenson Motorsports in the Grand-Am Continental GS series. Partnered with Matt Bell, they secured wins at Laguna Seca and Road America. In 2011 he also raced a partial season with Team Sahlen in the Grand-Am GT series, taking the Mazda to the podium several times with co-driver Wayne Nonnamaker.

For 2012 he once again drove with Stevenson Motorsports in both the Grand-Am Continental GS and GT series. At the beginning of the season he suffered an off track anterior cruciate ligament injury and missed the first two races of the season. He returned to achieve 4 pole positions in GT qualifying in the remaining 9 races. After a series of podium finishes in GT he and his teammate Robin Liddell secured victories at Watkins Glen and Lime Rock. He and Matt Bell also had a win at Laguna Seca in the GS series.

In 2013, Edwards returned with Stevenson Motorsports, finishing 3rd in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class with Robin Liddell and 2nd in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS class with Matt Bell. In early 2013, John also joined BMW Team Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing part-time, subbing for Joey Hand in the American Le Mans Series GT class, driving the BMW Z4 GTE. He and Dirk Müller achieved one win among 4 podiums.

For the 2014 season, Edwards was picked up full-time by BMW, teaming with Dirk Müller to finish 7th in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship GTLM class. He also joined Fall-Line Motorsports in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS class, teaming with Trent Hindman to win the team championship.

Edward returned to BMW Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2015 and 2016 as a BMW Factory driver in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship to compete in the GTLM class with co-driver Lucas Luhr. After a strong drive, Edwards and Luhr won at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, as well as podium finishes at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The year 2016 saw tough challenges for the Rahal Letterman Team as the development of the M6 BMW continued with Edwards and teammates securing a solitary podium.

For 2017 Edwards drove for BMW for his 6th year teamed with Martin Tomczyk, a seasoned veteran having raced in DTM for 16 seasons and was the DTM Champion in 2011. The pair was joined by Kuno Wittmer and Nicky Catsburg for the endurance events. He and Tomczyk won Laguna Seca.2018

For 2018 John Edwards drove for BMW for his 7th consecutive year teamed with Jesse Krohn and joined by Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg for the endurance events. Highlights were limited to podiums and two poles for Edwards driving the new BMW M8.

For 2019 BMW factory driver John Edwards is once again paired with Jesse Krohn in the United Sportscar Championship. The pair will be joined with Alex Zanardi and Colton Herta for the endurance events beginning with the 24 hours of Daytona. Edwards will also race the 24 hour races at the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps. Edwards, Nicky Catsburg, and Marco Wittmann began the year with strong start racing for Rowe Racing with a victory at the first VLN at the Nurburgring.

2023 saw Edwards embark upon a customer-focused campaign, pairing ST Racing's Samantha Tan in the Pro-Am class of the 2023 GT World Challenge America. Edwards stated that a number of factors contributed to his decision to join the program, including the sprint race focus of the series. Furthermore, he appreciated the developmental role that he undertook, advising the team as their delegated factory driver.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel Racing Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2007	Red Bull Forsythe Racing	LVG Ret	LBH 4	HOU 12	POR1 21	POR2 Ret	CLE 19	MTT 11	TOR 2	EDM1 6	EDM2 8	SJO Ret	ROA 8	9th	125
2009	Newman Wachs Racing	SEB 1	UTA 2	NJ1 5	NJ2 6	LIM 2	ACC1 1	ACC2 1	MDO Ret	TRR 2	MOS 2	ATL 3	LS 1	1st	182

Star Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2008	AIM Autosport	SEB NA	UTA 1	WGI 6	POR 26	POR 1	ROA 2	TRR 2	MOS 4	NJ1 1	NJ2 3	ATL 1	LAG 2	1st	422

Sports car racing results

Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2010	Freedom Autosport	ST	DIS 22	HOM	BAR	VIR	WGI	MOH	NJP	TRR	UTA				90th	9
2011	Stevenson Motorsports	GS	DIS 28	HMS 11	BAR 5	VIR 9	LRP 4	WGI 2	ROA 1	LS 1	NJP 14	MOH 33			8th	218
2012	Stevenson Motorsports	GS	DIS 17	BAR NA	HMS NA	NJP 12	MOH 5	ROA 6	WGI 4	IMS 8	LS 1	LRP 4			9th	198
2013	Stevenson Motorsports	GS	DIS 6	COTA 10	BAR 2	ATL 1	MOH 3	WGI 6	IMS 20	ROA 17	KAS 1	LS 2	LRP 2		2nd	289
2014	Fall-Line Motorsports	GS	DIS 2	SEB 2	LS 1	LRP 4	KAS 22	WGI 19	MOS 4	IMS 2	ROA 4	VIR 12	COTA 1	ATL 2	2nd	313

Rolex Sports Car Series

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2010	SpeedSource	GT	DIS	HMS 9	BAR 5	VIR 11	LRP 1	WGI 5	MOH 2	NJP 5	WGI 6	TRR 8	UTA 3		3rd	300
2011	SpeedSource	GT	DIS 6	HMS	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGI 10							17th	183
	Team Sahlen	GT							ROA 2	LS 14	NJP 5	WGI 8	MTL 6	MOH 6
2012	Stevenson Motorsports	GT	DIS 17	BAR	HMS	NJP 2	DET 3	MOH 3	ROA 6	IMS 15	WGI 14	MTL 1	LS 8	LRP 1	8th	306
2013	Stevenson Motorsports	GT	DIS 15	COTA 15	BAR 1	ATL 1	DET 1	MOH 10	WGI 1	IMS 2	ROA 8	KAS 4	LS 5	LRP 4	3rd	330

American Le Mans Series

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2013	BMW Team RLL	GT	SEB 7	LBG	LS 3	LRP 1	MOS	ROA 8	BAL	COTA 3	VIR	ATL 2	7th	82

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2014	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 4	SEB 10	LBH 2	LAG 10	WGI 6	MOS 4	IND 7	ELK 2	VIR 3	COT 7	PET 7	7th	300
2015	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 4	SEB 4	LBH 5	LAG 1	WGI 8	MOS 2	ELK 6	VIR 4	COT 7	PET 2		5th	291
2016	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	DAY 11	SEB 6	LBH 10	LGA 10	WGL 8	MOS 9	LIM 9	ELK 3	VIR 8	COT 7	PET 6	9th	267
2018	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	DAY 7	SEB 7	LBH 5	MDO 7	WGL 8	MOS 8	LIM 8	ELK 8	VIR 3	LGA 4	ATL 3	8th	278
2019	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	DAY 9	SEB 4	LBH 8	MDO 6	WGL 5	MOS 2	LIM 8	ELK 8	VIR 8	LGA 2	ATL 9	7th	279
2020	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	DAY 1	DAY 6	SEB 5	ELK 3	VIR 6	ATL 3	MDO 4	CLT 2	PET 3	LGA 4	SEB 3	2nd	319
2021	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8	DAY 3	SEB 3	DET	WGL 2	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET 3	6th	1336
2022	BMW M Team RLL	GTD Pro	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	DAY 7	SEB 10	LBH 4	LGA 3	WGL 7	MOS 5	LIM 5	ELK 5	VIR 5	PET 4		6th	2872
2023	Turner Motorsport	GTD Pro	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	DAY 9	SEB 7	LBH	LGA	WGL 7	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	8th*	773*

External links

• Official website
• John Edwards driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• John Edwards career summary at DriverDB.com