🇺🇸 David Cheng

David Cheng is an entry-level professional racing in international and national multiclass endurance and sprint championships. He races LMP2 prototypes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jackie Chan DC Racing, and also competes in IMSA WeatherTech, a shared-car endurance series mixing amateur and professional drivers across five classes. His current racing includes SCCA Regionals in a Formula Continental open-wheel car.[1]

Cheng has made 34 starts across indexed racing since 2013. His main tenure came in the WEC between 2013 and 2018, where he took two podiums in 26 starts; he also ran six IMSA WeatherTech rounds in 2014 and 2015. He returned to racing in 2025 with two SCCA Regionals starts. His career peaked with a podium finish at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, and his record outside the indexed database includes three Asian Le Mans Series titles in 2013, 2014, and 2016.[2]

In WEC, Cheng raced regularly against established professionals who also competed at the highest levels of sports car racing. Roman Rusinov and Gustavo Menezes, both FIA Gold graded drivers with multiple WEC LMP2 championships between them, were regular grid opponents against whom Cheng typically finished behind. He has finished ahead of stronger drivers including Ryo Hirakawa, a Platinum-graded Super GT and WEC champion, and Brendon Hartley, a Platinum-graded driver who has raced Formula 1 and won the WEC LMP1 title in 2016; both are established professionals operating at a significantly higher level. Cheng finished 17th in the 2018 WEC standings in his most recent campaign before his return to racing in 2025.