🇧🇪 Loris Hezemans

Loris Hezemans is a professional racing driver competing in a mix of national single-seater and endurance series. He holds an FIA Silver grading, placing him below the full-professional tiers in sportscar and endurance racing. His indexed record spans four seasons from 2019 to 2023, comprising 17 starts across NASCAR Xfinity, NASCAR Cup, NASCAR Truck, and GT World Challenge Europe. His most recent activity was part-time racing in 2023 with Comtoyou Racing in GT World Challenge Europe, driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3.[1]

Hezemans raced primarily in the NASCAR Xfinity Series between 2019 and 2022, with six starts split between oval and road courses. He contested the NASCAR Cup Series on five occasions, all on road and street courses rather than ovals, as part of a part-time effort by Team Hezeberg. A single NASCAR Truck start in 2022 rounded out his stock car racing. His move to European sportscar racing in 2023 brought five starts in the shared-car endurance format of GT World Challenge Europe. Across this entire career, he finished 34th in the final 2022 NASCAR Xfinity standings, his only indexed championship position.[2]

He raced regularly against AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric in NASCAR, both established professionals, and typically finished behind them. He recorded isolated results ahead of stronger opposition; he finished ahead of Kyle Larson, an elite professional and two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, once, and beat Bubba Wallace, an established professional with over 340 NASCAR Cup starts, twice. Comtoyou Racing, his team in GT World Challenge Europe, operates with a field of 57 drivers across its indexed record and carries a strongest driver in Lance Stroll, an established professional.