Bijoy Garg
Quick Facts
Biography
Bijoy Garg (born July 15, 2002) is an Indian-American racing driver. He currently competes 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. Garg is the 2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge champion. He previously competed in the USF2000 Championship with DEForce Racing and Jay Howard Driver Development.
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. 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.
U.S. F2000 National Championship
At the beginning of 2020, Garg announced that he would compete in the U.S. F2000 National 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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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 |
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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 | ||
U.S. F2000 National 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 |
U.S. F2000 National Championship | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 27th | ||
2022 | U.S. F2000 National 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 |
* Season still in progress.
American open-wheel racing results
U.S. F2000 National 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 |
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2020 | Jay Howard Driver Development | ROA1 11 | ROA2 15 | MOH1 10 | MOH2 13 | MOH3 10 | LOR 17 | IMS1 13 | IMS2 19 | IMS3 11 | MOH4 | MOH5 | MOH6 | NJMP1 | NJMP2 | NJMP3 | STP1 11 | STP2 17 | 17th | 86 | |
2021 | Jay Howard Driver Development | ALA1 DSQ | ALA2 25 | STP1 19 | STP2 DNS | IMS1 24 | IMS2 22 | IMS3 25 | LOR 20 | ROA1 14 | ROA2 12 | MOH1 6 | MOH2 27 | MOH3 18 | NJMP1 20† | NJMP2 22† | NJMP3 19† | MOH4 15† | MOH5 17† | 27th | 43 |
2022 | DEForce Racing | STP1 3 | STP2 15 | ALA1 4 | ALA2 10 | IMS1 20 | IMS2 7 | IMS3 8 | IRP 2 | ROA1 6 | ROA2 4 | MOH1 9 | MOH2 17 | MOH3 9 | TOR1 12 | TOR2 14 | POR1 | POR2 | POR3 | 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 |
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2022 | DEForce Racing | STP1 | STP2 | ALA1 | ALA2 | IMS1 | IMS2 | IMS3 | IRP | ROA1 | ROA2 | MOH1 | MOH2 | TOR1 | TOR2 | GMP 10 | POR1 10 | POR2 10 | POR3 13 | 18th | 47 |
2023 | DEForce Racing | STP1 12 | STP2 14 | SEB1 14 | SEB2 12 | IMS1 17 | IMS2 13 | IRP 14 | ROA1 18 | ROA2 19 | MOH1 5 | MOH2 8 | TOR1 17 | TOR2 9 | COTA1 | COTA1 | POR1 3 | POR2 7 | POR3 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 |
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2023 | Jr III Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DAY1 3 | DAY2 5 | SEB1 1 | SEB2 1 | MOS1 2 | MOS2 2 | LIM1 1 | LIM2 1 | VIR1 1 | VIR2 1 | ATL1 1 | ATL2 1 | 1st | 4000 |
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 | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL |