John Edwards (racing driver)

For the driver who competed in NASCAR in the 1980s, see John Edwards (NASCAR).

John Michael Edwards
Nationality	American
Born	(1991-03-11) March 11, 1991 Louisville (USA)
2013 Continental GT (Grand-Am)
Current team	Stevenson Motorsports
Car no.	9
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 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American racing driver.

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 in 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 drove for 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 drove 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 three 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.

Edwards currently resides in New York. He has signed with Stevenson Motorsports again for 2013 in both the Grand-Am GS and GT series.

Racing record

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

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Markus Niemelä	Formula Atlantic Champion 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent (2010–2011 seasons cancelled)
Preceded by Dane Cameron	Star Mazda Championship Champion 2008	Succeeded by Adam Christodoulou