Liam Loiacono


Liam Loiacono is an Australian racing driver who competes in USF Juniors for Jay Howard Driver Development.

Early and personal life

Liam Loiacono was born on 12 February 2008 in Macmasters Beach, New South Wales, Australia. His father, Paul Loiacono is the founder and managing director of forklift dealership Forklogic, as well being an amateur race car driver. He was raised in Macmasters Beach before moving to Noosa in 2021 alongside his older brother Oliver, a former racing driver.

Career

Loiacono made his single-seater debut in late 2022, racing in the Australian Formula Ford for Forklogic. After racing in two of the final three rounds, Loiacono came back to the series in 2023. He won the Queensland series after taking four wins in the season-ending round at Morgan Park Raceway. Returning to Formula Ford competition in 2024, Loiacono took his maiden Formula Ford wins at Morgan Park Raceway, before taking a further two wins at Sydney Motorsport Park, on his way to fourth in the Australian standings and winning the Duratec title in November of that year.
After testing with them at the end of 2024 and also racing for them in the final round of the YACademy Winter Series, Loiacono stayed with Jay Howard Driver Development for the 2025 USF Juniors season. After finishing sixth on debut in race one at NOLA Motorsports Park, Loiacono set a new track record to take pole for race two, but lost the lead at the start and ultimately finished second. Following the round at Barber where he finished no higher than sixth, Loiacono set the lap record in race one at Mid-Ohio to finish fifth in race one, before taking his maiden series win in race two after passing João Vergara at the start. In the series' second trip to Mid-Ohio, Loiacono finished fourth in race one, before inheriting the win in race two following Ty Fisher's post-race disqualification. After winning all three races at Road America, Loiacono only scored one podium in the final round at Portland as he finished runner-up in points to Leonardo Escorpioni.

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

USF Juniors

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2025Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentNOL
1
6		NOL
2
2		NOL
3
6		ALA
1
6		ALA
2
7		ALA
3
8		MOH1
1
5		MOH1
2
1*		MOH2
1
4		MOH2
2
1		ROA
1
1*		ROA
2
1*		ROA
3
1*		POR
1
11		POR
2
2		POR
3
20		2nd332