Bijoy Garg

Bijoy Garg
NationalityUnited States American
Born (2002-07-15) July 15, 2002 (age 22)
Stanford, California, United States
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamInter Europol Competition
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number43
Former teamsUnited Autosports
Starts5
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish10th in 2023
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2024
TeamsUnited Autosports
Best finish1st (2024)
Class wins1 (2024)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2024
Current teamUnited Autosports
Car number23
Starts2
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2024
Previous series
2022–23
2020–22
2020–21
2019–20		USF Pro 2000 Championship
USF2000 Championship
F4 US Championship
Formula Pro USA
Championship titles
2023IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

Bijoy Garg (born July 15, 2002) is an American racing driver.[1] He is set to compete in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship driving for Inter Europol Competition in LMP2.[2] Garg previously completed in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship driving for DEForce Racing and in the 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge driving for Jr III Racing.[3] Garg is the 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge champion.[4] Garg won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans in his debut with United Autosports.[5]

Career

Formula 4 United States Championship

On June 10, 2020, Jay Howard Driver Development announced that Garg would make his car racing debut and compete with them in the Formula 4 United States Championship for the first three rounds of the 2020 season.[6] He would end up finishing 15th in the standings come the end of the season.

Garg would return for the 2021 season competing in rounds 2, 3, 4, and 6. He finished third at the first race in Mid-Ohio. Garg would finish 8th in the championship.

USF2000 Championship

At the beginning of 2020, Garg announced that he would compete in the USF2000 Championship driving for Jay Howard Driver Development in rounds 1–9 and 16–17. He would finish 17th in the championship.

On February 11, 2021, it was announced that Garg would return to the team for a second year.[7] At the New Jersey Motorsports Park and the second Mid-Ohio rounds, Garg would not be eligible for points due to exceeding the maximum allotted test days for championship drivers. He would end up finishing 27th in the standings come the end of the season.

For 2022, Garg would switch to DEForce Racing. He would miss the final three races at Portland since he would compete in the final races of the Indy Pro 2000 Championship.[8][9] Garg would have a career year with two podiums and finishing 9th in the championship.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

Midway through the 2022 season, it was announced that Garg would make his series debut at Gateway Motorsports Park.[8] It was expected that he would return to the USF 2000 Championship for the final races of the season, however Garg would drive in the final races at Portland of the USF Pro 2000 Championship.[9]

On November 28, 2022, DEForce Racing announced that Garg would move up to the USF Pro 2000 Championship to compete with the team full time in 2023.[10]

Personal life

Garg currently studies Systems Science & Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.[11]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2017 SKUSA SuperNationals XXl — X30 Junior Class Speedsense Motorsports 67th
2018 SKUSA SuperNationals XXl — X30 Senior Class Speedsense Motorsports 63rd
Challenge of the Americas — Junior ROK 11th
2019 ROK Cup USA ROK the RIO — Senior ROK Speedsense Motorsports 22nd

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Formula Pro USA World Speed Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 24 9th
2020 Formula Pro USA Jay Howard Driver Development 2 0 0 0 1 25 11th
Formula 4 United States Championship 9 0 0 0 0 22 15th
USF2000 Championship 11 0 0 0 0 86 17th
2021 Formula 4 United States Championship Jay Howard Driver Development 11 0 0 2 1 64 8th
USF2000 Championship 17 0 0 0 0 43 27th
2022 USF2000 Championship DEForce Racing 15 0 0 1 2 203 9th
Indy Pro 2000 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 47 18th
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 RLR MSport 4 0 0 0 0 2 16th
USF Pro 2000 Championship DEForce Racing 16 0 0 0 1 154 12th
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - LMP3 Jr III Racing 12 8 9 9 11 4000 1st
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 Jr III Motorsports 3 1 0 0 1 957 10th
2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 2 0 0 0 1 558* 6th*
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 6 0 0 0 0 27 11th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 0 0 0 0 0 NC

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

USF2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2020 Jay Howard Driver Development ROA
1
11 		ROA
2
15 		MOH
1
10 		MOH
2
13 		MOH
3
10 		LOR
17 		IMS
1
13 		IMS
2
19 		IMS
3
11 		MOH
4
 MOH
5
 MOH
6
 NJMP
1
 NJMP
2
 NJMP
3
 STP
1
11 		STP
2
17
17th 86
2021 Jay Howard Driver Development ALA
1
DSQ 		ALA
2
25 		STP
1
19 		STP
2
DNS 		IMS
1
24 		IMS
2
22 		IMS
3
25 		LOR
20 		ROA
1
14 		ROA
2
12 		MOH
1
6 		MOH
2
27 		MOH
3
18 		NJMP
1
20† 		NJMP
2
22† 		NJMP
3
19† 		MOH
4
15† 		MOH
5
17† 		27th 43
2022 DEForce Racing STP
1
3 		STP
2
15 		ALA
1
4 		ALA
2
10 		IMS
1
20 		IMS
2
7 		IMS
3
8 		IRP
2 		ROA
1
6 		ROA
2
4 		MOH
1
9 		MOH
2
17 		MOH
3
9 		TOR
1
12 		TOR
2
14 		POR
1
 POR
2
 POR
3
 9th 203

† Garg was not eligible for points at the New Jersey Motorsports Park and the second Mid-Ohio rounds for exceeding the maximum allotted test days for championship drivers.

Indy Pro 2000 / USF Pro 2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2022 DEForce Racing STP
1
 STP
2
 ALA
1
 ALA
2
 IMS
1
 IMS
2
 IMS
3
 IRP
 ROA
1
 ROA
2
 MOH
1
 MOH
2
 TOR
1
 TOR
2
 GMP
10 		POR
1
10 		POR
2
10 		POR
3
13 		18th 47
2023 DEForce Racing STP
1
12 		STP
2
14 		SEB
1
14 		SEB
2
12 		IMS
1
17 		IMS
2
13 		IRP
14 		ROA
1
18 		ROA
2
19 		MOH
1
5 		MOH
2
8 		TOR
1
17 		TOR
2
9 		COTA
1
 COTA
1
 POR
1
3 		POR
2
7 		POR
3
13 		12th 154

Complete IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge 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 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2023 Jr III Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
1
3 		DAY
2
5 		SEB
1
1 		SEB
2
1 		MOS
1
2 		MOS
2
2 		LIM
1
1 		LIM
2
1 		VIR
1
1 		VIR
2
1 		ATL
1
1 		ATL
2
1 		1st 4000

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2023 Jr III Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY SEB WGL MOS ELK
8 		IMS
4 		PET
1 		10th 957
2024 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
11 		SEB
3 		WGL
5 		MOS ELK IMS
7 		ATL
9 		19th 1362

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
2024 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
9 		LEC
12 		IMO
6 		SPA
10 		MUG
6 		ALG
6 		11th 27th

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2024 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Nolan Siegel 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 297 15th 1st

References

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  2. ^ "Inter Europol Names IMSA Driver Crew". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  3. ^ "Garg Joins Jr III in LMP3 Entry – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  4. ^ Robinson, Mark (October 13, 2023). "Surprise Victory Tops off Garg's VP Racing Challenge Championship Season". imsa.com. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  5. ^ Klein, Jamie (2024-06-16). "United Trio Jarvis, Garg, Siegel Take LMP2 Victory – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. ^ "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | Bijoy Garg joins JHDD in F4 US! The American driver will make his debut in the series. #F4". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  7. ^ "TRS's Billy Frazer and returnee Bijoy Garg join 2021 USF2000 grid". Formula Scout. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  8. ^ a b Wood, Ida (2022-08-15). "DEForce Racing promotes Bijoy Garg to IP2000 line-up for Gateway". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  9. ^ a b Wood, Ida (2022-08-30). "DEForce keeps Garg in IP2000, promotes Clark to USF2000 for Portland". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  10. ^ "Bijoy Garg Moves Up to USF Pro 2000 with DEForce Racing". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  11. ^ Nappier, Terri (2021-12-06). "Advancing new knowledge and new leaders - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. Retrieved 2024-04-10.