Jonathan Summerton

Jonathan Summerton (born April 21, 1988) is an American race car driver.

Early life Summerton was born Kissimmee, Florida.

Early racing Summerton began racing karts at the age of fourteen and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars. In 2004, he began racing in Formula BMW USA and won the Formula BMW USA Scholarship to race in the USA where in his first year with several wins and fastest laps he came second in the championship. The following year he entered the BMW international series where he finished second at Spa-Francorchamps and finished tenth in the championship. In 2006, he competed in Formula Three Euro Series where he finished third at Spa, second at LeMans, and won the final Hockenheim race. He then finished ninth in the championship.

A1 Grand Prix In 2007, Summerton made starts in the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA and took second in the feature race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. For the rest of 2007, he drove a partial season in F3 EuroSeries after being the test driver in the debut of the new Volkswagen engine for RC Motorsport and tested a Champ Car Atlantic Series car for Derrick Walker. He returned to A1 Team USA for the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. Summerton captured A1 Team USA's first A1GP victory in the feature race at Shanghai. The American team would eventually finish 12th in the championship, with Summerton finishing second in the final sprint race of the campaign, at Brands Hatch.

Atlantics and Indy Lights For the 2008 season, Summerton raced in the Atlantic Championship for Newman Wachs Racing winning two races and finishing third in points. He was signed by the USF1 team to be its main driver but the team later folded due to lack of funding. For the 2009 season, he signed with RLR/Andersen Racing to race in the Firestone Indy Lights Series in addition to competing in Atlantics races with Genoa Racing. He later switched teams and returned to Newman Wachs Racing after Genoa shut down and finished in a first-place tie to teammate John Edwards, but lost the tiebreaker. His Indy Lights season came to an end with a crash at the Milwaukee Mile and the team brought on pay drivers to complete the season in the No. 9 car. He finished second in his first Indy Lights start on the Streets of St. Petersburg and was in the top-five in the championship at the time of his departure, even leading the championship after the first three races of the season. He made one start in 2010 for Walker Racing before being replaced by Dan Clarke.

Sports car racing After two years on the sidelines, Summerton was signed to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring along with fellow BMW drivers Joey Hand and Dirk Müller in the GTLM class. Winning his first race the coveted 12 Hours of Sebring in their class and eighteenth overall. Summerton set fastest race laps at two events along with finishing at Petit LeMans 3rd place.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro 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 DC Points 2006 ASL Mücke Motorsport Dallara F305/028 Mercedes HOC11 HOC12 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 BUG1 BUG2 HOC21 HOC229th32 2007 RC Motorsport Dallara F306/028 Volkswagen HOC11 HOC12 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 NOG1 NOG2 HOC21 HOC22 NC† 0 † – As Summerton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2006–07 USA NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA BEISPR BEIFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 9th 42 2007–08 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA ZHUSPR ZHUFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 12th 56

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

Atlantic Championship

Indy Lights