John Farano

John Farano
John Farano
Nationality	Canadian
Born	December 8, 1959 (age 65); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	Tower Motorsports
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	8
Starts	23 (23 entries)
Wins	5
Podiums	14
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st (LMP2) in 2022

Last updated April 17, 2025

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' 2022 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
2011	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	Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale	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	Rossocorsa	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	RLR MSport^[4]^[5]	2	0	0	0	0	5	28th
	Touring Car Endurance Series - A3	Cor Euser Racing
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	RLR MSport^[6]^[7]	6	2	0	0	3	77.5	1st
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	RLR MSport^[6]^[7]	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	RLR MSport^[8]	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	19th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Tower Motorsports	7	0	0	0	0	1833	9th
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Tower Motorsports

^† 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	19th	629
2024	Tower Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 5	SEB 12	WGL 6	MOS 6	ELK 6	IMS 8	ATL 5	9th	1833

^† 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	RLR MSport/Tower Events	Arjun Maini Norman Nato	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	295	NC	NC

References

↑ Lloyd, Daniel (December 5, 2022). "Newgarden, McLaughlin to Make Rolex 24 Debuts With Tower". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
↑ "John Farano | IMSA". imsa.com.
↑ Pruett, Marshall. "6IMSA publishes Roar Before the 24 entry list". RACER.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
↑ Kilshaw, Jake (December 31, 2016). "RLR Msport Confirms Farano, Kapadia, Dons in 2017 LMP3 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
↑ "46th Car For Road To Le Mans – RLR MSport Enter Second Ligier". dailysportscar.com. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
↑ Kilshaw, Jake (February 2, 2018). "RLR Msport Returns to LMP3 with New Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
↑ "29 Cars for Le Mans Cup Season". sportscar365.com. Sportscar365. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "RLR Tests ORECA At Snetterton Ahead Of 2019 Season". Dailysportscar. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018. In attendance at the test was Canadian John Farano, who will be racing with the team next year.
↑ "RLR MSport Confirm Asian Le Mans Series Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
↑ Goodwin, Graham (December 5, 2019). "Tower Motorsports by Starworks Set for IMSA Enduro LMP2 Campaign". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
↑ Dagys, John (January 12, 2021). "Starworks Set for Full Season Return". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
↑ Dagys, John (January 7, 2022). "Habsburg, Deletraz Headline Tower Motorsport LMP2 Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

External links

John Farano career summary at DriverDB.com
John Farano driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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[TowerIndyStars-1] Lloyd, Daniel (December 5, 2022). "Newgarden, McLaughlin to Make Rolex 24 Debuts With Tower". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved December 5, 2022.

[2] "John Farano | IMSA". imsa.com.

[Roar24-3] Pruett, Marshall. "6IMSA publishes Roar Before the 24 entry list". RACER.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

[RLR_P3-4] Kilshaw, Jake (December 31, 2016). "RLR Msport Confirms Farano, Kapadia, Dons in 2017 LMP3 Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[RLR2nd-5] "46th Car For Road To Le Mans – RLR MSport Enter Second Ligier". dailysportscar.com. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

[RLRP3-6] Kilshaw, Jake (February 2, 2018). "RLR Msport Returns to LMP3 with New Lineup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

[29LMSC-7] "29 Cars for Le Mans Cup Season". sportscar365.com. Sportscar365. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[RLRFarano-8] "RLR Tests ORECA At Snetterton Ahead Of 2019 Season". Dailysportscar. September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018. In attendance at the test was Canadian John Farano, who will be racing with the team next year.

[RLRLMS-9] "RLR MSport Confirm Asian Le Mans Series Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

[StarworksOreca20-10] Goodwin, Graham (December 5, 2019). "Tower Motorsports by Starworks Set for IMSA Enduro LMP2 Campaign". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[StarworksOreca21-11] Dagys, John (January 12, 2021). "Starworks Set for Full Season Return". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

[StarworksOreca22-12] Dagys, John (January 7, 2022). "Habsburg, Deletraz Headline Tower Motorsport LMP2 Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

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