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🇨🇦 John Farano

Racing driver from Canada. IMSA WeatherTech, Tower Motorsports. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
John Farano
Born
8 December 1959(b. 1959)
Nationality
Canada
Current team
Tower Motorsports
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Active
Championships
12022
Career wins
5
Career podiums
17
Career starts
52
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
4,459
John Farano
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,459
Rank 2059 of 38,983 indexed, -35 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

John Farano is a racing driver from Canada who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Tower Motorsports. Farano is a one-time champion (2022), with 5 wins and 17 podiums from 52 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,459 ranks Farano 2059th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-12Canadian Tire Motorsport Park LMP2IMSA WeatherTechP8−78
2026-06-28Watkins Glen International LMP2IMSA WeatherTechP7−3
2026-06-13LE MANS LMP2WECP17−88
2026-03-21Sebring International Raceway LMP2IMSA WeatherTechP3+120
2026-01-24Daytona International Speedway LMP2IMSA WeatherTechP8+14
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+177Motul Petit Le Mans 2020IMSA WeatherTechP1
+152Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2022IMSA WeatherTechP1
+146Road Atlanta 2021IMSA WeatherTechP1
+146Sebring International Raceway 2025IMSA WeatherTechP2
+145Daytona International Speedway 2021IMSA WeatherTechP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Daytona International Speedway6 starts+20
Road Atlanta4 starts+18
Road America4 starts+17
Watkins Glen International4 starts+10
Struggles
LE MANS6 starts-21
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports401000—+544,459
▸WECDKR Engineering100000—−88
2025▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports701000P16−2234,494
2024▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports700000P11−1114,717
2023▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports311000P13−194,828
2022▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsport825000P1+3614,847
2021▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsport716000P2+2074,486
2020▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsport by Starworks412000P3+1154,282
2019▸WECRLR M Sport / Tower Events100100P31−554,049
2018▸Le Mans CupRLR MSport501100P7−1774,164
▸Road to Le MansRLR MSport200100—−254
2017▸Road to Le MansRLR MSport200100—−1194,441
2014▸IMSA WeatherTechScuderia Corsa100000P36+3,4194,769
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Farano finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇩🇰 Mikkel JensenFIA Platinum5,31035152043%
🇺🇸 Steven ThomasFIA Bronze3,48532171553%
🇺🇸 Ben KeatingFIA Bronze4,65526121446%
🇺🇸 Ryan DalzielFIA Platinum4,15426131350%
🇺🇸 Dwight MerrimanFIA Bronze4,04124121250%
🇬🇧 Ben HanleyFIA Gold5,0312291341%
🇺🇸 George KurtzFIA Bronze5,6042071335%
🇺🇸 PJ HyettFIA Bronze5,4752061430%
🇩🇰 Dennis AndersenFIA Bronze3,8832013765%
🇫🇷 Tom DillmannFIA Gold5,6941931616%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion7,02421150%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold, 1× champion6,541110100%
🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKayFIA Gold, 1× champion6,32932167%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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2,054🇳🇱 Max van Splunteren24H Series4,461
2,055🇺🇸 Sean GuthrieIndy NXT4,461
2,056🇯🇵 Kouki SagaSuper GT4,460
2,057🇳🇱 Ross ZwolsmanFormula 3 Euro Series4,460
2,058🇦🇺 Zach BatesSupercars Championship4,460
2,059🇨🇦 John FaranoIMSA WeatherTech4,459
2,060🇬🇷 Georgios-Periklis KolovosAsian Le Mans Series4,458
2,061🇪🇸 Máximo CortésFormula V8 3.54,458
2,062🇨🇴 Oscar TunjoIMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge4,458
2,063🇭🇰 Shinya MichimiIMSA WeatherTech4,458
2,064🇲🇽 Andres Perez de LaraNASCAR Truck4,457
2,065🇬🇧 Charles RainfordBTCC4,457
2,066🇯🇵 Toshio SuzukiNASCAR Xfinity4,457
2,067🏳️ Michael SchulzeNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,455
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2,069🏳️ Tobias SchulzeNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,455
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John Farano is a racing driver from Canada who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Tower Motorsports. Farano is a one-time champion (2022), with 5 wins and 17 podiums from 52 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,459 ranks Farano 2059th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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