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🇺🇸 Manny Franco

Racing driver from United States. IMSA WeatherTech, Conquest Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Manny Franco
Nationality
United States
Current team
Conquest Racing
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Active
Career wins
13
Career podiums
24
Career starts
63
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,588
Manny Franco
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,588
Rank 1757 of 38,983 indexed, +131 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Manny Franco is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Conquest Racing. Franco has recorded 13 wins and 24 podiums from 63 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,588 ranks Franco 1757th 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-04-18Long Beach Street Circuit GTDIMSA WeatherTechP3+114
2026-03-21Sebring International Raceway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP7+57
2026-01-24Daytona International Speedway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP14−40
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+168Road America 2023GT World Challenge AmericaP1
+157Road Atlanta 2024IMSA WeatherTechP1
+145Road America 2023GT World Challenge AmericaP1
+142Watkins Glen International 2024IMSA WeatherTechP2
+141CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS 2022Ferrari ChallengeP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Road America7 starts+51
Sonoma Raceway5 starts+40
Sebring International Raceway4 starts+12
Watkins Glen International4 starts+5
Struggles
Daytona International Speedway6 starts-12
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IMSA WeatherTechConquest Racing301000P16+1314,588
2025▸IMSA WeatherTechConquest Racing1003000P10+1964,457
▸Asian Le Mans SeriesAF Corse600000P16−279
▸Ferrari ChallengeFerrari Lake Forest322000P12+29
2024▸IMSA WeatherTechConquest Racing1013000P5+884,519
2023▸GT World Challenge AmericaConquest Racing1035000P2↑256−74,422
▸Ferrari ChallengeFerrari Lake Forest624000P7+20
▸GT World Challenge EuropeAF Corse100000P39+21
2022▸Ferrari ChallengeFerrari Lake Forest1056000P3+5404,131
▸IMSA Pilot ChallengeCorsa Horizon with mc Squared400000P33+2,781
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Franco finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Matthew BellFIA Gold3,76029111838%
🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold4,7682772026%
🇬🇧 Stevan McAleerFIA Gold4,32725101540%
🇺🇸 Russell WardFIA Silver5,2812461825%
🇬🇧 Philip EllisFIA Gold4,9312461825%
🇺🇸 Parker ThompsonFIA Silver4,49324141058%
🇺🇸 Patrick GallagherFIA Silver5,1362361726%
🇨🇷 Danny FormalFIA Silver4,7882314961%
🇩🇰 Frederik SchandorffFIA Gold4,63223121152%
🇺🇸 Brendan IribeFIA Bronze4,32923121152%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion6,771110100%
🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,604110100%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,38561517%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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1,748🇺🇸 Blake KochNASCAR Xfinity4,590
1,749🇯🇵 Bruno SpenglerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,590
1,750🇦🇷 Ezequiel Perez CompancGT World Challenge Europe4,590
1,751🇺🇸 Jon HerbIndyCar4,590
1,752🇩🇪 Nico HantkeLe Mans Cup4,590
1,753🇫🇷 Erwan BastardEuropean Le Mans Series4,589
1,754🇨🇭 Jean-Louis HertensteinNürburgring 24 Hours4,589
1,755🇧🇷 Vitor GenzStock Car Pro Series4,589
1,756🇬🇧 Frankie BirdGT World Challenge Europe4,588
1,757🇺🇸 Manny FrancoIMSA WeatherTech4,588
1,758🇬🇧 Danny WattsWEC4,587
1,759🇺🇸 Steve WallaceNASCAR Truck4,587
1,760🇮🇹 Vittorio ZoboliFIA GT Championship4,587
1,761🇩🇪 Mike Hedlund24H Series4,586
1,762🇦🇺 Steven RichardsSupercars Championship4,586
1,763🇺🇸 Tanner GrayNASCAR Truck4,585
1,764🇯🇵 Tetsuya YamanoWhelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin4,585
1,765🇦🇹 Johannes StuckNürburgring 24 Hours4,584
1,766🇯🇵 Kanato LeFormula 34,584
1,767🇺🇸 Mike NazarukFormula 14,584
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Manny Franco is a professional-level sportscar driver rated 4,549, placing him among the sharp end of a strong national-level field. His FIA Silver categorisation denotes a professional competitor in endurance and GT racing, typically early-career or young. Franco has contested 54 races across five seasons from 2022 to 2026, primarily in IMSA and Ferrari one-make competition, with an average finish of P9.4 that reflects consistent mid-field presence rather than frontrunning pace.[1]

Franco's record shows particular strength in the Ferrari Challenge, where he has won nine of 19 starts for Ferrari Lake Forest and finished on the podium in 12 races; this one-make series represents his most competitive environment. His IMSA WeatherTech record is more modest: one win and seven podiums from 23 starts for Conquest Racing since 2024, though he has also claimed a victory in a single GT World Challenge America outing. Against his most frequent rivals, Franco shows a losing record; he finished behind Robby Foley (a 4,966-rated Gold professional and 2025 GT World Challenge America Pro-Am champion) 20 times to 7 ahead in 27 shared races, and behind Russell Ward (5,259, 2024 and 2025 IMSA WeatherTech GTD champion) 18 times to 6 ahead in 24 races. He has on occasion beaten much stronger drivers, including elite professionals Kyle Kirkwood (a 6,862-rated championship winner in multiple single-seater categories) and Maro Engel (a 6,575-rated Platinum driver and 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion), though these remain isolated results rather than patterns of dominance.[2]

Franco remains active in the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech season with Conquest Racing, where he has scored one podium in three rounds so far. His profile is that of a committed professional driver working steadily through GT and endurance racing, competitive within his field but not yet consistently beating the front-running tier of the championships he competes in.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Bottas prevails in G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame to provide Manny Franco a record-equaling sixth win on the card[1]
Oneida Dispatch
8 Aug 2026
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Bottas prevails in G2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame to provide Manny Franco a record-equaling sixth win on the card[2]
Saratoga Race Course
8 Aug 2026
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Conquest Racing, Fran Rueda Agree to Watkins Glen Endurance Role[3]
IMSA
16 Jun 2026
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