James Roe (racing driver)

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James Roe
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
BornJames Roe Jr.
(1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 27)
Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Indy NXT career
Debut season2022
Current teamAndretti Global
Car number29
Starts39
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums3
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th in 2024
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2025
Current teamPratt Miller Motorsports
Racing licenceError creating thumbnail: FIA Silver
Car number73
Starts1
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2025 (LMP2)
Previous series
2021
2020
2019
2018

2018
2016-17		Indy Pro 2000 Championship
FR Americas Championship
F3 Americas Championship
U.S. F2000 National Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F4 UAE Championship

James Roe Jr. (born 11 October 1998) is an Irish racing driver.[1] He currently competes in Indy NXT driving the No. 29 Honda for Andretti Autosport and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving for Pratt Miller Motorsports.[2][3] He previously drove for TJ Speed Motorsports in 2022.[4] Roe previously competed in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Turn 3 Motorsport.[5] Roe is a nephew of former racing driver Michael Roe.

Racing career

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Early career

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Roe started racing at the age of fifteen, later than most of his peers.[6] He and his family saved up funds and purchased his first race car, a Ginetta G20, allowing him to take part in the 2014 Ginetta Junior Ireland series.[7][8]

Roe competed again in the 2015 Ginetta Junior Ireland series. He was on the podium ten times and won five races, finishing second overall.[8]

In 2018, Roe moved from Ireland to the United States to further pursue a career in motorsport, and has been living there ever since.[6]

Indy Pro 2000

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On February 22, 2021, it was announced that Roe would be joining Turn 3 Motorsport to compete in the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship.[9] Roe managed to get his first win of the season at the final race in Mid-Ohio, finishing ahead of Enaam Ahmed and 2021 series champion, Christian Rasmussen.[10]

Indy NXT

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File:James Roe Mid Ohio 2024.jpg
Roe Jr. at Mid-Ohio in 2024

For the 2022 season, Roe moved to TJ Speed Motorsports to compete in the Indy Lights series.[4] He scored three top ten finishes in his nine races with the team before contesting two rounds with HMD. As Roe missed the final three races, he ended up twelfth in the standings.

On January 4, 2023, it was announced that Roe would compete full-time in the 2023 Indy NXT season for Andretti Autosport after impressing the team during a test session at Barber Motorsports Park.[2][6] Having fought for the win at the Indianapolis Road Course, Roe scored his first podium in the series, finishing second.[11] He ended the season seventh in the championship, finishing ahead of Jamie Chadwick but behind Hunter McElrea and Louis Foster in the teammate battle.[12]

In 2024, Roe remained in Indy NXT and once again partnered Chadwick and Foster at Andretti.[13] During a patchy first half of the season, which included three retirements, Roe managed to score a sole podium at Barber, finishing third.[14] At the first oval race in Iowa, Roe took the first pole position of his NXT career, setting the series' lap record at the track in the process.[15] Having led the vast majority of the race, Roe was passed by teammate Foster late on and finished second.[16]

Roe continued driving for Andretti Autosport for the 2025 Indy NXT season.[6] He finished 12th in the standings and failed to score a better finish than seventh in Iowa.

Roe switched to Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2026 season.[17]

Endurance racing

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During 2025, Roe also raced in the four Michelin Endurance Cup rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.[18] Partnering Pietro Fittipaldi and gentleman driver Chris Cumming, Roe claimed a season-best result of seventh at Petit Le Mans.[19] At the end of the year, Roe joined TF Sport to race a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the 2025–26 Asian Le Mans Series alongside Matt Bell and Blake McDonald.[20]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016-17 Formula 4 UAE Championship Rasgaira Motorsports 4 0 0 0 1 49 11th
2018 F2000 Championship Series ArmsUp Motorsports 14 3 0 3 7 414 2nd
U.S. F2000 National Championship Swan-RJB Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 26 30th
2019 F3 Americas Championship Global Racing Group 16 1 0 0 1 147 5th
2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship 17 0 0 0 0 92 7th
2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Turn 3 Motorsport 18 1 1 0 1 243 7th
2022 Indy Lights TJ Speed Motorsports 9 0 0 0 0 219 12th
HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing 2 0 0 0 0
Italian GT Championship - GT3 Pro-Am Imperiale Racing 3 1 0 0 2 0 NC†
International GT Open 2 0 0 0 0 4 23rd
2023 Indy NXT Andretti Autosport 14 0 0 0 1 335 7th
2024 Indy NXT Andretti Global 14 0 1 0 2 316 6th
2025 Indy NXT Andretti Global 14 0 0 0 0 235 12th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Pratt Miller Motorsports 4 0 0 0 0 970 30th
2025-26 Asian Le Mans Series - GT TF Sport
2026 Indy NXT Chip Ganassi Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD

† As Roe Jr. was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. *Season still in progress.

Motorsports career results

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Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2016-17 Rasgaira Motorsports DUB
1
4 		DUB
2
4 		DUB
3
3 		ABU
1
5 		ABU
2
DNS 		ABU
3
DNS 		ABU
4
DNS 		DUB
1
 DUB
2
 DUB
3
 ABU
1
 ABU
2
 ABU
3
 ABU
4
 ABU
1
 ABU
2
 ABU
3
 ABU
4
 11th 49

American open-wheel results

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F2000 Championship Series

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2018 ArmsUp Motorsports ATL
6 		ATL
3 		WGL
8 		WGL
1 		VIR
15 		VIR
1 		MOH
8 		MOH
3 		PIT
Ret 		PIT
5 		SPM
3 		SPM
Ret 		NJM
1 		NJM
3 		2nd 414

U.S. F2000 National Championship Series

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2018 Swan-RJB Motorsports STP
1
 STP
2
 IMS
1
12 		IMS
2
5 		LOS
 ROA
1
 ROA
2
 TOR
1
 TOR
2
 MOH
1
 MOH
2
 MOH
3
 POR
1
 POR
2
 30th 26

F3 / Formula Regional Americas Championship

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2019 Global Racing Group BAR
1
4 		BAR
2
7 		ATL
1
4 		ATL
2
Ret 		ATL
3
6 		PIT
1
5 		PIT
2
7 		PIT
3
6 		VIR
1
8 		VIR
2
5 		VIR
3
5 		ROA
1
1 		ROA
2
6 		SEB
1
6 		SEB
2
5 		SEB
3
5 		5th 147
2020 Global Racing Group MOH
1
5 		MOH
2
12 		VIR
1
Ret 		VIR
2
8 		VIR
3
9 		BAR
1
8 		BAR
2
9 		BAR
3
8 		SEB
1
9 		SEB
2
7 		SEB
3
4 		HMS
1
5 		HMS
2
6 		HMS
3
9 		COA
1
7 		COA
2
5 		COA
3
6 		7th 92

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

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(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
2021 Turn 3 Motorsport ALA
1
15 		ALA
2
11 		STP
1
13 		STP
2
16 		IMS
1
8 		IMS
2
10 		IMS
3
11 		LOR
11 		ROA
1
6 		ROA
2
10 		MOH
1
8 		MOH
2
11 		GMP
4 		NJM
1
6 		NJM
2
10 		NJM
3
5 		MOH
1
11 		MOH
2
1* 		7th 243

Indy Lights / NXT

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(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 Rank Points
2022 TJ Speed Motorsports STP
13 		BAR
13 		IMS
13 		IMS
13 		DET
7 		DET
9 		RDA
7 		MOH
12 		IOW
13 		12th 219
HMD Motorsports with
Dale Coyne Racing 		NSH
12 		GMP
8 		POR
 LAG
 LAG
2023 Andretti Autosport STP
17 		BAR
5 		IMS
7 		DET
10 		DET
6 		RDA
5 		MOH
12 		IOW
9 		NSH
4 		IMS
2 		STL
15 		POR
8 		LAG
9 		LAG
15 		7th 335
2024 Andretti Global STP
16 		BAR
3 		IMS
15 		IMS
4 		DET
16 		RDA
18 		LAG
5 		LAG
19 		MOH
15 		IOW
2* 		GMP
10 		POR
16 		MIL
6 		NSH
4 		6th 316
2025 Andretti Global STP
20 		BAR
10 		IMS
19 		IMS
11 		DET
13 		GMP
18 		RDA
14 		MOH
13 		IOW
7 		LAG
14 		LAG
13 		POR
18 		MIL
9 		NSH
10 		12th 235

* Season still in progress.

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