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American race car driver (born 1988)

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Jonathan Summerton
NationalityUnited States American
BornKissimmee, Florida, U.S.
American Le Mans Series
Years active2012–2013
TeamsRahal Letterman Racing
BMW
Starts4
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps3
Previous series
2009–2010
2008–2009
2006–2008
2006–2007
2004–2005
2004–2005		Indy Lights
Atlantic Championship
A1 Grand Prix
Formula Three Euro Series
Formula BMW USA
Formula BMW ADAC

Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.

Early life

Jonathan Summerton was born Kissimmee, Florida.

Early racing

Jonathan Summerton began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars. In 2004 he began racing in Formula BMW USA and won the Formula BMW USA Scholarship to race in the USA where in his first year with several wins and fastest laps he came second in the championship. The following year he entered the BMW international series where he finished second at Spa-Francorchamps and finished tenth in the championship. In 2006 he competed in Formula Three Euro Series where he finished 3rd at Spa, 2nd at LeMans, and won the final Hockenheim race. He then finished ninth in the championship.

A1 Grand Prix

In 2007 he made starts in the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA and took second in the feature race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. For the rest of 2007 he drove a partial season in F3 EuroSeries after being the test driver in the debut of the new Volkswagen engine for RC Motorsport and tested a Champ Car Atlantic Series car for Derrick Walker. He returned to A1 Team USA for the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. Summerton captured A1 Team USA's first A1GP victory in the feature race at Shanghai. The American team would eventually finish 12th in the championship, with Summerton finishing 2nd in the final sprint race of the campaign, at Brands Hatch.

Atlantics and Indy Lights

For the 2008 season, Summerton raced in the Atlantic Championship for Newman Wachs Racing winning two races and finishing 3rd in points. He was signed by the USF1 team to be its main driver but the team later folded due to lack of funding. For the 2009 season he signed with RLR/Andersen Racing to race in the Firestone Indy Lights Series in addition to competing in Atlantics races with Genoa Racing. He later switched teams and returned to Newman Wachs Racing after Genoa shut down and finished in a first-place tie to teammate John Edwards, but lost the tiebreaker. His Indy Lights season came to an end with a crash at the Milwaukee Mile and the team brought on pay drivers to complete the season in the #9 car. He finished second in his first Indy Lights start on the Streets of St. Petersburg and was in the top-five in the championship at the time of his departure, even leading the championship after the first three races of the season. He made one start in 2010 for Walker Racing before being replaced by Dan Clarke.

Sports car racing

After two years on the sidelines, Summerton was signed to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring along with fellow BMW drivers Joey Hand and Dirk Müller in the GTLM class. Winning his first race the coveted 12 hours of Sebring in their class and 18th overall. Summerton set fastest race laps at 2 events along with finishing at Petit LeMans 3rd place.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2006 ASL Mücke Motorsport Dallara F305/028 Mercedes HOC1
1
Ret 		HOC1
2
11 		LAU
1
4 		LAU
2
7 		OSC
1
17 		OSC
2
Ret 		BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
10 		NOR
1
3 		NOR
2
13 		NÜR
1
24 		NÜR
2
16 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
17 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
Ret 		BUG
1
2 		BUG
2
4 		HOC2
1
8 		HOC2
2
1 		9th 32
2007 RC Motorsport Dallara F306/028 Volkswagen HOC1
1 		HOC1
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		NÜR
1
18 		NÜR
2
15 		CAT
1
16 		CAT
2
Ret 		NOG
1
14 		NOG
2
12 		HOC2
1 		HOC2
2 		NC† 0

† – As Summerton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 USA NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		BEI
SPR 		BEI
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		IDN
SPR 		IDN
FEA 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		RSA
SPR
Ret 		RSA
FEA
Ret 		MEX
SPR
5 		MEX
FEA
2 		SHA
SPR
5 		SHA
FEA
Ret 		GBR
SPR
9 		GBR
SPR
6 		9th 42
2007–08 NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		MYS
SPR
12 		MYS
FEA
10 		ZHU
SPR
12 		ZHU
FEA
10 		NZL
SPR
7 		NZL
FEA
14 		AUS
SPR
5 		AUS
FEA
Ret 		RSA
SPR
10 		RSA
FEA
Ret 		MEX
SPR
5 		MEX
FEA
3 		SHA
SPR
21 		SHA
FEA
1 		GBR
SPR
2 		GBR
SPR
12 		12th 56

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
2008 Newman Wachs Racing LBH
4 		LS
6 		MTT
12 		EDM1
6 		EDM2
1 		ROA1
Ret 		ROA2
1 		TRR
2 		NJ
3 		UTA
2 		ATL
Ret 		3rd 224
2009 Genoa Racing SEB
3 		UTA
6 		NJ1
1 		NJ2
2 		2nd 182
Newman Wachs Racing LIM
4 		ACC1
2 		ACC2
Ret 		MDO
1 		TRR
3 		MOS
1 		ATL
1 		LS
2

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
2009 RLR/Andersen Racing STP1
2 		STP2
4 		LBH
4 		KAN
7 		INDY
12 		MIL
16 		IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI HMS 17th 162
2010 Walker Racing STP
8 		ALA LBH INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY HMS 28th 24

References

  1. "Newman Wachs to return, joins 2017 USF2000 series". August 15, 2016.
  2. Krefting, Kevin (April 13, 2008). "Summerton Gives USA First Win". SpeedTV.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. "RLR/Anderson Racing Back in Indy Lights Points Lead". RLR/Andersen PR. April 28, 2009. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2015 – via Auto Racing Daily.
  4. Griffin, Keith (March 18, 2012). "BMW Team RLL claims Second Straight 12 Hours of Sebring GT Win". TorqueNews. Retrieved October 25, 2015.

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