John Potter (racing driver)

John Potter
Nationality	American
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Magnus Racing
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Wins	3
Podiums	19
Best finish	4th in 2019
Previous series
Pirelli World Challenge Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series

John Potter is a race car driver and race team owner.

Business career

He is also the founder of Magnus Racing. ^{[1] [2]}

Racing career

He is a class winner at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	The Racer's Group	2	0	0	0	0
2008	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	The Racer's Group	3	0	0	0	0
		Farnbacher Loles Racing	1	0	0	0	0
2009	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group	11	0	0	0	0	271	10th
		The Racer's Group	1	0	0	0	0
2010	American Le Mans Series - GTC	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	1
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	12	0	0	0	0	240	12th
2011	American Le Mans Series - GTC	Magnus Racing	4	0	0	0	3	53	12th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	12	0	0	0	2	301	6th
2012	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	13	2	0	0	4	323	7th
2013	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	12	1	0	0	5	331	2nd
2014	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	11	1	0	0	5	272	8th
2015	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	10	0	0	0	2	258	8th
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	11	2	0	0	4	258	7th
2017	Pirelli World Challenge - GTA	Magnus Racing	9	0	0	1	3	171	2nd
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	11	0	0	0	2	255	8th
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	11	0	0	0	2	249	4th
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GRT Magnus	11	0	0	0	2	244	9th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	10	0	0	0	0	2228	11th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	5	0	0	0	1	1284	17th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	5	0	0	0	1	1264	20th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	5	0	0	0	1	995	37th
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	119	42nd

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group	Craig Stanton Bryce Miller Marco Holzer	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	379	33rd DNF	21st DNF
2010	Magnus Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Richard Lietz Craig Stanton	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	683	12th	5th
2011	Magnus Racing	Craig Stanton Richard Lietz Marco Holzer	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	675	16th	4th
2012	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Richard Lietz René Rast	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	727	12th	1st
2013	Magnus Racing	Nicolas Armindo Andy Lally Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	678	13th	5th
2014	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Wolf Henzler Jean-François Dumoulin	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	647	31st	12th
2015	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Marco Seefried Martin Ragginger	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	616	27th	11th
2016	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Marco Seefried René Rast	Audi R8 LMS	GTD	703	14th	1st
2018	Magnus Racing	Andrew Davis Andy Lally Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS GT3	GTD	750	26th	6th
2019	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Marco Mapelli Spencer Pumpelly	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	GTD	559	26th	10th
2020	GRT Magnus	Andy Lally Marco Mapelli Spencer Pumpelly	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	GTD	765	19th	2nd
2021	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	Mario Farnbacher Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	GTD	736	33rd	11th
2022	Magnus Racing	Jonathan Adam Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GTD	707	24th	2nd
2023	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GTD	729	18th	2nd
Source: [6]

Rolex Sports Car Series results

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

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points	Ref
2007	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	GT	DAY	MEX	HOM	VIR	LGA	LIM	WGL 18	MOH	DAY	IOW	BAR	MON	MIL 12			[7]
2008	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	GT	DAY	HOM	MEX	VIR	LGA	LIM 13		MOH	DAY	BAR	MON	NJ 14	MIL 17			[8]
	Farnbacher Loles Racing										WGL 10
2009	Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	GT	DAY 21	VIR 9	NJ 8	LAG 7		MOH 9	DAY 10	BAR 8	WGL 7	MON 9	MIL 5	HOM 4		10th	271	[9]
	The Racer's Group								WAT 5
2010	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	GT	DAY 5	HOM 14	BIR 11	VIR 4	LIM 7	WAT 11	LEX 14†	DAY 16	NJ 6	WGL 15	MON 5	SLK 8		12th	240	[10]
2011	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	GT	DAY 4	HOM 3	BIR 5	VIR 15	LIM 9	WAT 5	ELK 4	LAG 7	NJ 8	WGL 3	MON 7	MOH 7		6th	301	[11]
2012	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	GT	DAY 1	BAR 4	HOM 7	NJ 3	DET 6	MOH 5	ELK DNF	WAT DNF	IMS 1	WAT 4	MON 11	LAG 3	LRP 6	7th	323	[12]
2013	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	GT	DAY 5	COA 2	BAR 6	ATL 5	DET 4	MOH 2	WAT 3	IMS 3	ELK 5	KAN 8	LAG 1	LRP 13		2nd	331	[13]

† Potter did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

American Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points	Ref
2010	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	GTC	SEB	LBH	LAG	UTA	LRP	MOH	ELK	MOS	PET 3	NC	0	[14]
2011	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	GTC	SEB 7	LBH 3	LRP	MOS	MOH 3	ELK	BAL 3	LAG	PET	12th	53	[15]

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	GTD	DAY 12	SEB 1	LAG 3	DET 13	WGL 3	MOS 9	IMS 12	ELK 14	VIR 6	COA 2	PET 3		8th	272	[16]
2015	Magnus Racing	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	GTD	DAY 11	SEB 11	LAG 6	DET 7	WGL 2	LIM 5	ELK 5	VIR 9	COA 12	PET 2			8th	258	[17]
2016	Magnus Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	GTD	DAY 1	SEB 3	LAG 13	DET 10	WGL 2	MOS 10	LIM 1	ELK 4	VIR 31	COA 4	PET 12		7th	258	[18]
2018	Magnus Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Audi 5.2 L V10	GTD	DAY 6	SEB 13	MOH 10	DET 10	WGL 17	MOS 3	LIM 2	ELK 9	VIR 7	LAG 5	PET 9		8th	255	[19]
2019	Magnus Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	GTD	DAY 10	SEB 2	MOH 8	BEL 4	WGL 7	MOS 8	LIM 8	ELK 6	VIR 6	LGA 3	ATL 8		4th	249	[20]
2020	GRT Magnus	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	GTD	DAY 2	DAY 9	SEB 10†	ELK 8	VIR 7	ATL 12	MOH 7	CLT 11	PET 3	LGA 5	SEB 7		9th	244	[21]
2021	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	GTD	DAY 11	SEB 4	MOH 9	DET	WGL 12	WGL	LIM 13	ELK 13	LGA 9	LBH 14	VIR 14	PET 6	11th	2228	[22]
2022	Magnus Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	GTD	DAY 2	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	MOH	DET	WGL 5	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR 12	PET 14	17th	1284	[23]
2023	Magnus Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	GTD	DAY 2	SEB 9	LBH	MON 4	WGL 9	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 17		20th	1264	[24]
2024	Magnus Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	GTD	DAY 23	SEB 10	LBH	LGA	WGL 3	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			35th*	635*	[25]
Source: [6]

^† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and not the overall GTD Championship. * Season still in progress

Notes

¹ Disqualified for minimum ride height violation.

References

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