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Courtney Crone

Courtney Crone (born March 7, 2001)[1] is an American racing driver currently competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America with World Speed Motorsports. She previously competed in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge and the USAC Western Midget Series.

Courtney Crone
Crone in 2013
Nationality American
Born (2001-03-07) March 7, 2001 (age 23)
Corona, California, United States
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America career
Debut season2024
Current teamWorld Speed
Car number22
Previous series
  • 2020
  • 2021–2022
  • 2017–2019

Career

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Early career

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Crone started racing in quarter midgets in 2005, at just four years old. At age 11 she started racing Junior Speedway, winning three track championships in the 150cc Motorcycle class before stepping up to the 250cc class.[2] Crone won the 2016 Perris Auto Speedway Young Guns Championship in Sprint Cars with six wins. She was also the 2016 USAC Western States Midget Rookie of the Year, ending the season in 5th after making 14 feature race starts.[3] In 2017 she made 4 feature race starts in the USAC National Midget Series.

Single-seaters

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In 2016 Crone won 3 Formula Mazda races in her 3 starts. She was also selected as a Women’s Motorsports Foundation Project Podium recipient by IndyCar driver Lyn St. James.[4]

Crone was awarded the 2017 VMB Driver Development Racing Scholarship, which gave her an opportunity to race in the Formula Car Challenge.[4] She placed 3rd in the FormulaSPEED class, with 13 podiums in 14 starts.[5] In 2018 she continued in the series, this time winning the championship. She was then invited to compete in the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, aiming for a scholarship into the USF2000 Championship.[6] She was also one of ten drivers nominated for the Team USA Scholarship.[7]

Crone was invited to the shootout for both the 2019 and 2020 seasons of the W Series, but was not selected to race in either.[8][9] For the 2019 Formula F season, Crone raced with Brad Hayes Racing, winning 2 races and earning a podium finish in all four of her starts.[10] She also contested the final round of the Formula 4 United States Championship with World Speed Motorsports.[11] In 2020 she finished 4th in the Formula Pro USA F4 Championship.[12] She had 3 podiums, 1 fastest lap, and 1 win.[13]

In 2024 she returned to single-seaters to race in the second round of F1 Academy, competing as a wildcard entry for Prema Racing.[14] Crone got her first experience in the car during in-season testing at Zandvoort, before going on to finish 14th and 11th at the races in Miami.[15]

Prototypes

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Crone shifted focus to prototypes in 2021, racing in the IMSA Prototype Challenge, where she finished eighth with 3 top-10 finishes. In the same year she received the Gorsline Scholarship, joining notable past recipients such as Buddy Rice and Josef Newgarden.[16] She moved to Jr III Racing for the 2022 season, where she finished sixth with a best race finish of 5th.[17]

In 2023 Crone contested the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, which replaced the Prototype Challenge as a championship. She was awarded the 2023 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship, after being a finalist in 2022.[18] She finished the season in 4th, with 6 podiums to her name.[19] She also competed overseas for the first time, in the Prototype Cup Germany. She and Gabriela Jílková were the first women to compete in the series. Crone achieved two top-10 finishes in seven starts.[20]

Sports cars

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For the 2024 season, Crone moved to the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America.[21]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Year Series Team Races Wins Podiums Pole Positions Fastest Laps Points Position
2007 Orange Show Quarter Midgets - Jr. Stock N/A 180 2nd
2010 USAC Mopar .25 Midgets - Senior Honda N/A 0 51 29th
2016 USAC Western States Midget Series N/A 14 0 1 0 0 713 5th
USAC National Midget Series Rodela 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
2017 SCCA Majors Championship Western Conference - Formula Atlantic N/A 4 0 0 0 0 66 4th
SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide - Formula Atlantic N/A 4 0 0 0 0 66 13th
Formula Car Challenge West Coast - FS N/A 14 0 13 0 0 294 3rd
USAC Western States Midget Series N/A 12 0 0 0 0 562 6th
USAC National Midget Series Jerome Rodela 4 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
2018 SCCA Majors Championship Western Conference - Formula Atlantic N/A 10 0 2 0 0 131 4th
Formula Car Challenge National Championship - Formulaspeed 2.0 N/A 14 9 14 0 0 333 1st
SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide - Formula Atlantic N/A 4 0 0 0 0 58 12th
F1600 Championship Series N/A 3 0 0 0 0 13 32nd
2019 SCCA Majors Nationwide - Formula F N/A 4 2 4 0 0 89 9th
F4 United States Championship World Speed Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 0 40th
2020 Formula Pro USA - F4 Western Championship World Speed Motorsports 6 1 3 1 0 96 4th
USAC National Midget Series Rodela 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3-1 Forty7 Motorsports 6 0 0 0 0 1200 8th
35th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Tom Malloy 2 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge Jr III Racing 5 0 0 0 0 1110 6th
2023 Prototype Cup Germany Gebhardt Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0 46 17th
IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - LMP3 Forty7 Motorsports 12 0 6 0 0 3290 4th
2024 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America - Pro-Am World Speed Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 4* 16th*
F1 Academy Prema Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 16th*

References

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  1. ^ "Courtney Crone - California Youth Speedway Rider - SpeedwayBikes.Com". www.speedwaybikes.com. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "ZINK: Corona's Crone grows up fast behind the wheel". Press Enterprise. March 5, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Usac: 2016 usac western states midget statistical review". Indiana Open Wheel. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Courtney Crone Secures 2017 VMB Driver Development Racing Scholarship | World Speed Motorsports - Winning, it's what we do!". www.worldspeed.com. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  5. ^ http://formulacarchallenge.com/results/2017/2017-TripleCrown-Points.pdf
  6. ^ "Twenty hopefuls vying for $200K scholarship into USF2000". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "2018 Team USA Scholarship Candidate Selection Confirmed | Team USA". Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "55 women make the first cut for 2019 W Series". November 28, 2018.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (September 11, 2019). "Fourteen new drivers in first W Series 2020 driver selection test". Formula Scout. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "2019 Preview". BHR. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  11. ^ Greenway, Amy (October 2, 2019). "World Speed Motorsports Enters Three Drivers in Formula One Support Race at Circuit of the Americas". F4 U.S. Championships. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  12. ^ fpu_admin (October 27, 2020). "THE 2020 FORMULA PRO USA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY EXCLUSIVEAUCTIONS.COM IS NOW COMPLETE". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  13. ^ fpu_admin (August 31, 2020). "COURTNEY CRONE AND WILLIAM FERGUSON WIN F4 WHILE JAY HORAK IS ON TOP IN FR". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  14. ^ "Crone announced as F1 ACADEMY Wild Card entry for Miami". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  15. ^ "Round 2 in Review : Debut podiums and the start of an electric title battle in Miami". F1® Academy. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  16. ^ "Courtney Crone awarded the Gorsline Scholarship for Young Racers". RACER. March 18, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  17. ^ RACERS (January 12, 2022). "Courtney Crone joins JR III Racing for IMSA Prototype Challenge". Racers. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  18. ^ Kelly, Godwin (January 10, 2023). "Crone Earns 2023 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship".
  19. ^ RACERS (October 16, 2023). "Courtney Crone completes IMSA VP Racing Sportscar Challenge season with double podium". Racers. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  20. ^ "Courtney Crone: "The circuits in the Prototype Cup Germany are just magnificent" | Prototype Cup Germany". www.adac-motorsport.de. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  21. ^ Redford, Liam (March 17, 2024). "Courtney Crone makes Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America debut at Sebring". www.racers-behindthehelmet.com. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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