James Roe (racing driver)

James Roe Jr. (born 11 October 1998) is an Irish racing driver. He competes in Indy NXT for Chip Ganassi Racing. He previously drove for TJ Speed Motorsports in 2022. Roe previously competed in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Turn 3 Motorsport. Roe is a nephew of former racing driver Michael Roe.

Racing career

Early career

Roe started racing at the age of fifteen, later than most of his peers. He and his family saved up funds and purchased his first race car, a Ginetta G20, allowing him to take part in the 2014 Ginetta Junior Ireland series.

Roe competed again in the 2015 Ginetta Junior Ireland series. He was on the podium ten times and won five races, finishing second overall.

In 2018, Roe moved from Ireland to the United States to further pursue a career in motorsport, and has been living there ever since.

Indy Pro 2000

On February 22, 2021, it was announced that Roe would be joining Turn 3 Motorsport to compete in the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship. Roe managed to get his first win of the season at the final race in Mid-Ohio, finishing ahead of Enaam Ahmed and 2021 series champion, Christian Rasmussen.

Indy NXT

For the 2022 season, Roe moved to TJ Speed Motorsports to compete in the Indy Lights series. He scored three top ten finishes in his nine races with the team before contesting two rounds with HMD. As Roe missed the final three races, he ended up twelfth in the standings.[citation needed]

On January 4, 2023, it was announced that Roe would compete full-time in the 2023 Indy NXT season for Andretti Autosport after impressing the team during a test session at Barber Motorsports Park. Having fought for the win at the Indianapolis Road Course, Roe scored his first podium in the series, finishing second. He ended the season seventh in the championship, finishing ahead of Jamie Chadwick but behind Hunter McElrea and Louis Foster in the teammate battle.

In 2024, Roe remained in Indy NXT and once again partnered Chadwick and Foster at Andretti. During a patchy first half of the season, which included three retirements, Roe managed to score a sole podium at Barber, finishing third. At the first oval race in Iowa, Roe took the first pole position of his NXT career, setting the series' lap record at the track in the process. Having led the vast majority of the race, Roe was passed by teammate Foster late on and finished second.

Roe continued driving for Andretti Autosport for the 2025 Indy NXT season. He finished 12th in the standings and failed to score a better finish than seventh in Iowa.[citation needed]

Roe switched to Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2026 season.

Endurance racing

During 2025, Roe also raced in the four Michelin Endurance Cup rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Pratt Miller Motorsports. Partnering Pietro Fittipaldi and gentleman driver Chris Cumming, he claimed a season-best result of seventh at Petit Le Mans. At the end of the year, Roe joined TF Sport to race a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R in the 2025–26 Asian Le Mans Series alongside Matt Bell and Blake McDonald.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Roe Jr. was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. *Season still in progress.

Motorsports career results

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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American open-wheel results

F2000 Championship Series

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U.S. F2000 National Championship Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

F3 / Formula Regional Americas Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Indy Lights / NXT

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

External links

• career summary at DriverDB.com