Jack Hawksworth

Jack William Hawksworth is a British professional racing driver from Bradford, West Yorkshire., he competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Vasser Sullivan Racing in a Lexus RCF GT3.
Hawksworth has also raced in the Star Mazda Championship, Formula Renault 2.0, IndyCar Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

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Biography

Hawksworth started racing karts at thirteen years old and was Junior Rotax Euro Max champion and second in the World finals by the time he was fifteen. After graduating from Juniors, he went on to have a career as a professional karter leading to success in KZ1 karting winning the 2009 Andrea Margutti Trophy as well as winning races in the German championship and claiming podiums in the KZ1 and KZ2 European Championships finishing sixth overall in the 2010 KZ1 European Championship for the Maddox Team. In a one-off appearance to domestic racing Hawksworth won the 2010 British Kart Masters Grand Prix in Senior Max with Protrain Racing.
Hawksworth graduated to open wheel racing in late 2010 and competed in the 2010 Formula Renault Winter series with Mark Burdett Motorsport. He claimed pole position in four out of the six races and finished third overall in the championship and top rookie ahead of the Red Bull Juniors of Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and McLaren Autosport Award winner Oliver Rowland. Hawksworth went on to compete in the 2011 Formula Renault UK championship changing teams halfway through and finishing fourth overall in the series with a win at Croft.
In 2012, Hawksworth moved to the United States to compete in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season with Team Pelfrey as part of the Mazda Road to Indy. He broke every record in the series on his way to claiming the title in his rookie campaign. The driver climbed to the Indy Lights for 2013, by joining Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
During a practice session for the 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500, Hawksworth suffered a myocardial contusion after a crash, and missed the race.
On 11 November 2016, it was announced that 3GT Racing had signed Hawksworth and Robert Alon to race the No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3 in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT Daytona class. Hawksworth and Alon competed in the first eight races of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship together before a team decision saw Alon switch places with veteran Scott Pruett for the final four rounds. Hawksworth and Alon recorded a season's best finish of fifth in GT Daytona for the No. 15 at the 2017 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.
In August 2019, Hawksworth made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the 2019 B&L Transport at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving the No. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing after Jeffrey Earnhardt left the team.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2011	Mark Burdett Motorsport	BHI 1 6	BHI 2 3	DON 1 4	DON 2 4	THR 1 6	THR 2 7	OUL 1 2	OUL 2 Ret	CRO 1 1	CRO 2 Ret	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 Ret	SIL 1 12	SIL 2 7	ROC 1 Ret	ROC 2 4	BHGP 1 6	BHGP 2 11	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 6	4th	333

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2011	Van Amersfoort Racing	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	ASS 3	OSC 1	OSC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MST 1	MST 2	MST 3	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 9	MNZ 3 7	32nd	26

Star Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2012	Team Pelfrey	STP 2	STP 1	BAR 1	BAR 2	IND 7	IOW 15	TOR 1	TOR 1	EDM 7	EDM 1	TRO 1	TRO 12	BAL 1	BAL 2	LAG 1	LAG 2	ATL	1st	397