Jack Harvey

Jack Joseph Murray Harvey (born 15 April 1993) is a British auto racing driver and pit reporter who competes part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with Cusick Motorsports. He is a former member of McLaren's Young Driver Programme.

Career

Karting Harvey began his kart racing career at the age of nine. In 2006 he won the MSA Super One British title by a single point, and the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, both in the ICA-J class.

In 2007, Harvey became a driver for the Italian Maranello team, in the newly created KF3 category. He ended up winning four trophies by the end of the year, with the Andrea Margutti Trophy, another Kartmasters title, the Italian Open Masters championship, and became European Champion in KF3.

For the 2008 season, Harvey signed with the Birel Motorsport team as a KF2 driver, and became Asia-Pacific Champion.

Formula BMW

Harvey began his formula racing career in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season with Fortec Motorsport. Harvey is a member of the Racing Steps Foundation, helping young British drivers achieve success in the national and international series. He finished seventh overall in the championship, with a win at the Masters of Formula 3-supporting round at Zandvoort and two poles at Zandvoort and Monza. Following his successes, the British Racing Drivers' Club made him a member of their "Rising Star" initiative.

In 2010, Harvey finished the year as vice–champion after an intense battle with Robin Frijns, the eventual champion. Harvey entered the final round of the championship with a seven-point lead over Frijns, and extended his lead during the final round by taking the pole position for both races; unfortunately he was pushed out of the track in the first race by DAMS driver Javier Tarancón.

Formula 3 For 2011, Harvey moved into the British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin. Harvey finished ninth, scoring one victory and four podiums in his first season. For 2012, he set his sights on winning the championship, opting to extend his commitment with Carlin.

After seven wins amassing a total of twelve podium finishes, Harvey became the 2012 British Formula 3 champion. After 29 races, Harvey gained 319 points. Winning the championship earned Harvey an entry for the Formula Renault 3.5 rookie test.

GP3 Harvey qualifying for the Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2013 GP3 Series season. Harvey signed with ART Grand Prix to race in the GP3 Series in 2013 and retained the backing from Racing Steps Foundation. In the same week, Harvey was named official driver coach for Sean Walkinshaw Racing in the new BRDC Formula 4 series. He finished the season in fifth place, winning two races.

Indy Lights For the 2014 season, Harvey moved to the United States and signed to race for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the Indy Lights series, the established junior feeder series for the IndyCar Series. He finished the season in second place in the championship standings, after collecting four wins and ten podiums in fourteen races. As a consequence, in recognition of his position as the top-performing British driver in North American motorsport, he was also awarded the British Racing Drivers' Club's Earl Howe Trophy for 2014.

Harvey returned to Schmidt Peterson for the 2015 Indy Lights season. He collected two wins, six second-place finishes, and twelve top-fives in sixteen races, which put him runner-up in the overall standings, behind Spencer Pigot.

Although he did not race in 2016, Harvey spent time in America working as a driver coach.

IndyCar

Harvey driving for Meyer Shank Racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 2017–2020 Harvey made his IndyCar debut at the 2017 Indianapolis 500, driving for Michael Shank Racing in association with Andretti Autosport. He finished 31st after contact with debris from Conor Daly's car on lap 65. Later in the 2017 IndyCar season, Harvey replaced Sebastián Saavedra (who himself had replaced Mikhail Aleshin) at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the final two races of the season.

For the 2018 IndyCar season, Harvey rejoined Michael Shank Racing, in a technical partnership with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, for six races.

In 2019, the Meyer Shank Racing program upped its schedule to ten races. In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Harvey ran in all the races.

2021 In 2021, Harvey and Meyer Shank Racing would run a full schedule. Throughout the year, Harvey and MSR showed significant improvements, especially in qualifying where Harvey was frequently a Q2 or better qualifier throughout much of the race weekends. Harvey announced during IndyCar's summer break that he would depart Meyer Shank Racing at the end of the year after being offered a contract by an undisclosed team. On 11 October 2021, it was announced that Harvey would race for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2022. He would drive the No. 45 Honda Hy-Vee car.

2023

Prior to the race at Gateway, Harvey and RLL parted ways. For the last three races of the 2023 season, he was replaced by Conor Daly and Jüri Vips.

2024 On March 5, 2024, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Jack Harvey would run fourteen of the season's seventeen races in their No. 18 Honda. Harvey struggled throughout the season, failing to qualify or finish inside the top-ten. At season's end, Harvey revealed that he had parted ways with Dale Coyne Racing and expressed interest in becoming a commentator for FOX in 2025.

2025 On January 17, 2025, it was announced that Harvey would be attempting to run the Indianapolis 500, driving the No. 24 INVST Chevrolet for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Cusick Motorsports. On February 26, FOX announced that Harvey would join Kevin Lee and Georgia Henneberry as the pit reporters for the 2025 IndyCar on FOX broadcasts and being a co-commentator for Indy NXT on FOX.

2026 Harvey announced in September 2025, that he will compete in the 2026 Indianapolis 500, with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing once again.

Racing record

Career summary As Harvey was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula BMW Europe 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 Points 2009 Fortec Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 VSC1 VSC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 7th 149 2010 Fortec Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 ZAN1 ZAN2 VSC1 VSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 2nd 372

Complete British Formula 3 International 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Points 2011 Carlin Dallara F308 Volkswagen MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 DON1 DON2 DON3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 9th 112 2012 Carlin Dallara F312 Volkswagen OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 PAU1 PAU2 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 DON1 DON2 DON3 1st 319

Complete GP3 Series 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 Points 2013 ART Grand Prix CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 5th 114

American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 2014 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP LBH ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY POC TOR MOH MOH MIL SNM SNM 2nd 547 2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP STP LBH ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY TOR TOR MIL IOW MOH MOH LAG LAG 2nd 330

IndyCar Series (key) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2017 Michael Shank Racing w/ Andretti Autosport 50 Dallara DW12 Honda STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW 28th 57 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 WGL SNM 2018 Michael Shank Racing w/ Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 60 STP PHX 24th 103 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Schmidt Peterson Motorsports LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MOH POC GTW POR SNM 2019 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MOH POC GTW POR LAG 21st 186 2020 Meyer Shank Racing TXS IMS ROA ROA IOW IOW INDY GTW GTW MOH MOH IMS IMS STP 15th 288 2021 ALA STP TXS TXS IMS INDY DET DET ROA MOH NSH IMS GTW POR LAG LBH13th308 2022 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 45 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MOH TOR IOW IOW IMS NSH GTW POR LAG 22nd 209 2023 30 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MOH TOR IOW IOW NSH IMS GTW POR LAG 24th 146 2024 Dale Coyne Racing 18 STP THE LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA LAG MOH IOW IOW TOR GTW POR MIL MIL NSH 25th 143 2025 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing w/ Cusick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet STP THE LBH ALA IMS INDY DET GTW ROA MOH IOW IOW TOR LAG POR MIL NSH 31st 12 2026 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing STP PHX ARL ALA LBH IMS INDY DET GTW ROA MOH NSH POR MRK WSH MIL MIL LAG 28th* 8*

Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2017 Dallara Honda2731 Michael Shank Racing with Andretti Autosport 20183116 Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 20192521 Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 2020209 Meyer Shank Racing 2021 2018 2022 32 24 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 2023 32 18 2025 Chevrolet 26 19 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing w/ Cusick Motorsports 2026 33 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

Personal life Harvey’s parents operate a steel-fabrication business in his hometown of Lincoln, and he has noted that without racing he might have become involved in the family trade.

Harvey is close friends with fellow IndyCar driver, Conor Daly.