Courtney Crone

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Courtney Crone
Courtney "Showtime" Crone (10898219105).jpg
Crone in 2013
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  American
Born (2001-03-07) March 7, 2001 (age 23)
Corona, California, United States
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America career
Debut season 2024
Current teamWorld Speed
Car number22
Previous series
  • 2020
  • 2021–2022
  • 2017–2019

Courtney Crone (born March 7, 2001) [1] is an American racing driver currently competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America with World Speed Motorsports and will race for F1 Academy in the 2025 season for ART Grand Prix representing Haas F1 Team. She previously competed in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge and the USAC Western Midget Series.

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Career

Early career

Crone started racing in quarter midgets in 2005, at just four years old. At age 11 she started racing Junior Speedway, winning three track championships in the 150cc Motorcycle class before stepping up to the 250cc class. [2] Crone won the 2016 Perris Auto Speedway Young Guns Championship in Sprint Cars with six wins. She was also the 2016 USAC Western States Midget Rookie of the Year, ending the season in 5th after making 14 feature race starts. [3] In 2017 she made 4 feature race starts in the USAC National Midget Series.

Single-seaters

In 2016 Crone won 3 Formula Mazda races in her 3 starts. She was also selected as a Women’s Motorsports Foundation Project Podium recipient by IndyCar driver Lyn St. James. [4]

Crone was awarded the 2017 VMB Driver Development Racing Scholarship, which gave her an opportunity to race in the Formula Car Challenge. [4] She placed 3rd in the FormulaSPEED class, with 13 podiums in 14 starts. [5] In 2018 she continued in the series, this time winning the championship. She was then invited to compete in the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, aiming for a scholarship into the USF2000 Championship. [6] She was also one of ten drivers nominated for the Team USA Scholarship. [7]

Crone was invited to the shootout for both the 2019 and 2020 seasons of the W Series, but was not selected to race in either. [8] [9] For the 2019 Formula F season, Crone raced with Brad Hayes Racing, winning 2 races and earning a podium finish in all four of her starts. [10] She also contested the final round of the Formula 4 United States Championship with World Speed Motorsports. [11] In 2020 she finished 4th in the Formula Pro USA F4 Championship. [12] She had 3 podiums, 1 fastest lap, and 1 win. [13]

Prototypes

Crone shifted focus to prototypes in 2021, racing in the IMSA Prototype Challenge, where she finished eighth with 3 top-10 finishes. In the same year she received the Gorsline Scholarship, joining notable past recipients such as Buddy Rice and Josef Newgarden. [14] She moved to Jr III Racing for the 2022 season, where she finished sixth with a best race finish of 5th. [15]

In 2023 Crone contested the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, which replaced the Prototype Challenge as a championship. She was awarded the 2023 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship, after being a finalist in 2022. [16] She finished the season in 4th, with 6 podiums to her name. [17] She also competed overseas for the first time, in the Prototype Cup Germany. She and Gabriela Jílková were the first women to compete in the series. Crone achieved two top-10 finishes in seven starts. [18]

Sports cars

For the 2024 season, Crone moved to the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America. [19]

F1 Academy

In August 2024, she returned to single-seaters to race in the second round of the 2024 season of F1 Academy, competing as a wildcard entry for Prema Racing. [20] Crone got her first experience in the car during in-season testing at Zandvoort, before going on to finish 14th and 11th at the races in Miami. [21] Later that year, it was announced that Crone will race for ART Grand Prix representing Haas for the 2025 season. [22]

Racing record

Racing career summary

YearSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPolesF/LapsPointsPosition
2007Orange Show Quarter Midgets - Jr. StockN/A1802nd
2010USAC Mopar .25 Midgets - Senior HondaN/A05129th
2016USAC Western States Midget SeriesN/A1401007135th
USAC National Midget Series Rodela10000N/AN/A
2017SCCA Majors Championship Western Conference - Formula AtlanticN/A40000664th
SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide - Formula AtlanticN/A400006613th
Formula Car Challenge West Coast - FSN/A14013002943rd
USAC Western States Midget SeriesN/A1200005626th
USAC National Midget Series Jerome Rodela40000N/AN/A
2018SCCA Majors Championship Western Conference - Formula AtlanticN/A1002001314th
Formula Car Challenge National Championship - Formulaspeed 2.0N/A14914003331st
SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide - Formula AtlanticN/A400005812th
F1600 Championship Series N/A300001332nd
2019SCCA Majors Nationwide - Formula FN/A42400899th
F4 United States Championship World Speed Motorsports20000040th
2020Formula Pro USA - F4 Western ChampionshipWorld Speed Motorsports61310964th
USAC National Midget SeriesRodela10000N/AN/A
2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3-1 Forty7 Motorsports6000012008th
35th Annual Chili Bowl Midget NationalsTom Malloy20000N/AN/A
2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge Jr III Racing5000011106th
2023 Prototype Cup Germany Gebhardt Motorsport 700004617th
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - LMP3 Forty7 Motorsports12060032904th
2024 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - Pro-Am World Speed Motorsports200004*16th*
F1 Academy Prema Racing 20000020th
2025 F1 Academy ART Grand Prix

Complete F4 United States Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2019 World Speed Motorsports ATL
ATL
ATL
PIT
PIT
PIT
VIR
VIR
VIR
MOH
MOH
MOH
SEB
SEB
SEB
COA
15
COA
21
40th0

Complete F1 Academy results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
2024 Prema Racing JED
1
JED
2
MIA
1

14
MIA
2

11
CAT
1
CAT
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
SIN
1
SIN
2
LSL
1
LSL
2
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
20th0

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