🇨🇦 Zachary Vanier

Zachary Vanier is a professional driver competing in national-level GT racing in North America, racing GT3 cars in solo sprint competition and multiclass endurance series. FIA Silver-graded, he has spent the bulk of his career with JDX Racing in Porsche Carrera Cup NA, where he races the 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup car alongside occasional starts in IMSA's premier endurance championships and GT World Challenge America. His record spans three seasons from 2024 to 2026 and totals 27 starts.[1]

In Porsche Carrera Cup NA, Vanier took three wins and seven podiums across 20 starts in the pro class field mixing amateurs and professionals. He graduated to GT3 machinery in 2026, making his GT World Challenge America debut for McCann Racing with two podiums in five starts, and contested a single IMSA WeatherTech start for Pfaff Motorsports at Long Beach. In the Porsche Endurance Challenge, a multiclass series on which his single indexed start came in 2025, he won his race outright.[2]

His most consistent competition in Carrera Cup has come against Ryan Yardley, the 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup NA champion and a driver with Formula Regional Americas and multiple GT series experience; Vanier typically finishes behind him. Against Jimmy Llibre, an entry-level professional with 34 Carrera Cup starts, Vanier has usually run ahead. Among his strongest scalps are victories over Miguel Molina, an established professional and Platinum-graded driver who won the 2021 European Le Mans Series LMGTE title, and Robby Foley, a Gold-graded professional and 2025 GT World Challenge America Pro-Am champion.