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Franck Fréon
French racing driver

Franck Fréon

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Franck Fréon (born March 16, 1962 in Paris) is a French race car driver.
He began his career in the French Renault 5 Turbo Championship in 1986 and 1987 then competed in French Formula Three from 1988 to 1989. In 1990 he competed in International Formula 3000 and failed to qualify for four of his first five race attempts, but was credited with 5th place in his first successful start although he did not finish the race. He subsequently left his team and joined another for the final two races of the year where he qualified but failed to point. His fifth place was good enough for 19th in the championship.
He moved to the United States and participated in Indy Lights from 1991 to 1993 capturing 4 wins and finishing runner up in both the 1992 and 1993 standings, behind Robbie Buhl and Bryan Herta respectively. However, he had trouble finding a good team in CART, making 4 starts (and 1 DNF) for 3 different teams in the 1994 season with a best finish of 12th in his CART debut at the Long Beach Grand Prix. 1995 wasn't much better as Fréon finished 15th in the Long Beach season opener, then failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in a 3 year old Lola chassis and returned 5 months later only to fail to make the show at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Franck Fréon then ventured into endurance car racing, driving marginally competitive LMP vehicles in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1995 to 1999. He then signed onto the Chevrolet factory team to drive the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R. He teamed with Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell to win the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2001. He continued with the team until 2004.
Nearing his retirement, Franck Fréon leveraged his knowledge, experience and passion for cars to establish his business Pumpkin Fine Cars & Exotics in 1998.

Career Results

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1990ApomatoxDON
DNQ
SIL
DNQ
PAU
5
JER
DNQ
MNZ
DNQ
PER
HOC
BRH
BIR
19th2
Galaxy RacingBUG
14
NOG
16

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
1991Fréon Racing ServicesUnited States
LBH
4
United States
PHX
7
United States
MIL
3
United States
DET
2
United States
POR
2
United States
CLE
6
United States
MEA
6
Canada
TOR
4
United States
DEN
6
United States
MDO
3
United States
NAZ
9
United States
LS
8
4th121
1992Landford RacingUnited States
PHX
11
United States
LBH
1
United States
DET
5
United States
POR
1
United States
MIL
4
United States
LOU
2
Canada
TOR
12
United States
CLE
1
Canada
VAN
4
United States
MDO
6
United States
NAZ
2
United States
LS
3
2nd159
1993John Martin RacingUnited States
PHX
9
United States
LBH
2
United States
DET
18
United States
POR
4
United States
MIL
1
United States
NHA
3
Canada
TOR
2
United States
CLE
7
Canada
VAN
5
United States
MDO
6
United States
NAZ
3
United States
LS
17
2nd122

CART

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
1994Project IndyAustralia
SRF
United States
PHX
United States
LBH
12
United States
INDY
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
15
United States
CLE
Canada
TOR
United States
MIS
United States
MDO
United States
NHM
32nd1
EuromotorsportCanada
VAN
DNQ
United States
ROA
29
United States
NZR
Indy Regency RacingUnited States
LS
18
1995Project IndyUnited States
MIA
Australia
SRF
United States
PHX
United States
LBH
15
United States
NZR
36th0
Indy Regency RacingUnited States
INDY
DNQ
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
ROA
Canada
TOR
United States
CLE
United States
MIS
United States
MDO
United States
NHM
Canada
VAN
Payton/Coyne RacingUnited States
LS
DNQ

24 Hours of Le Mans

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1994Japan Team ArtnatureJapan Yojiro Terada
France Pierre de Thoisy
Mazda RX-7 GTOIMSA
GTS
25015th2nd
1995United States D.T.R.
Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
Japan Yojiro Terada
United States Jim Downing
Kudzu DG-3-MazdaWSC2827th3rd
1996Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.Japan Yojiro Terada
United States Jim Downing
Kudzu DLM-MazdaLMP225125th1st
1997United States Team T.D.R.
Japan Mazdaspeed
Japan Yojiro Terada
United States Jim Downing
Kudzu DLM-4-MazdaLMP26317th6th
1998France Courage CompétitionJapan Yojiro Terada
France Olivier Thévenin
Courage C41-PorscheLMP130016th4th
1999Japan Autoexe MotorsportJapan Yojiro Terada
United Kingdom Robin Donovan
Autoexe LMP99-FordLMP74DNFDNF
2000United States Corvette RacingUnited States Andy Pilgrim
United States Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGTS32710th3rd
2001United States Corvette RacingUnited States Andy Pilgrim
United States Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGTS27114th2nd
2002United States Corvette RacingUnited Kingdom Andy Pilgrim
United States Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGTS33113th2nd
2003United States Corvette RacingCanada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGTS32612th3rd

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