John Potter (racing driver)

John Potter
NationalityUnited States American
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamMagnus Racing
Racing licence FIA Bronze
Wins3
Podiums19
Best finish4th 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 3 0 0 0 1 635* 35th*


24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 United States Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group United States Craig Stanton
United States Bryce Miller
Germany Marco Holzer 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 379 33rd
DNF 		21st
DNF
2010 United States Magnus Racing Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Austria Richard Lietz
United States Craig Stanton 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 683 12th 5th
2011 United States Magnus Racing United States Craig Stanton
Austria Richard Lietz
Germany Marco Holzer 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 675 16th 4th
2012 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
Austria Richard Lietz
Germany René Rast
 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 727 12th 1st
2013 United States Magnus Racing France Nicolas Armindo
United States Andy Lally
Austria Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 678 13th 5th
2014 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
Germany Wolf Henzler
Canada Jean-François Dumoulin 		Porsche 911 GT America GTD 647 31st 12th
2015 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Martin Ragginger 		Porsche 911 GT America GTD 616 27th 11th
2016 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
Germany Marco Seefried
Germany René Rast 		Audi R8 LMS GTD 703 14th 1st
2018 United States Magnus Racing United States Andrew Davis
United States Andy Lally
Germany Markus Winkelhock 		Audi R8 LMS GT3 GTD 750 26th 6th
2019 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
Italy Marco Mapelli
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo GTD 559 26th 10th
2020 United States GRT Magnus United States Andy Lally
Italy Marco Mapelli
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo GTD 765 19th 2nd
2021 United States Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Germany Mario Farnbacher
United States Andy Lally
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo GTD 736 33rd 11th
2022 United States Magnus Racing United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
United States Andy Lally
United States Spencer Pumpelly 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GTD 707 24th 2nd
2023 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Denmark 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 		MDO 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 		MDO 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 		MDO
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 		MDO
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 		MDO
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 		MDO
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 MDO 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 MDO
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 		MDO
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 		MDO
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 		MDO
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 MDO 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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  2. ^ "You are being redirected". Racer.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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