🇺🇸 Manny FRANCO

Manny Franco is a professional sportscar driver racing with Conquest Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship, graded FIA Silver. He competes across multiple series including Ferrari Challenge, where he drives P-class Ferrari 488 and 296 Challenge cars, and has raced in GT World Challenge competitions in both America and Europe. His current activity is in the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech season, where three rounds have been completed so far.[1]

Franco's record spans five seasons from 2022 to the present, with 63 starts across six series. His strongest results come in Ferrari Challenge, where he has won nine of his 13 career victories and earned 12 of his 24 podiums in 19 starts. In GT World Challenge America he took three wins and five podiums across ten starts in 2023. His IMSA WeatherTech campaign began in 2024 and has so far produced one win and seven podiums from 23 starts. In the current 2026 season he sits 23rd in the championship standings with one podium from the three rounds raced to date.[2]

Franco regularly races against established professionals and champions. He has finished ahead of Scott McLaughlin, an elite professional and two-time Supercars champion who has raced in IndyCar and IMSA, and has beaten Kyle Kirkwood, an elite professional who won the Indy NXT championship and has competed in IndyCar. Against his most frequent opponents, professional Gold-graded Matthew Bell he is closely matched, but he typically finishes behind Robby Foley, another Gold-graded professional who is more experienced in IMSA WeatherTech and GT World Challenge competition.