Zachary Vanier
| Zachary Vanier | |
|---|---|
 Vanier in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| Born | 9 June 2003 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 2022 2020 | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America – 992 Pro-Am Sports Car Championship Canada – GT4 Canadian Touring Car Championship – TCR |
Zachary Vanier (born 9 June 2003) is a Canadian racing driver competing in GT World Challenge America for McCann Racing. A Porsche Carrera Cup North America graduate, he made his IMSA debut in 2026 at Long Beach for Pfaff Motorsports.
Career
[edit]Vanier began karting in 2013, competing until 2017.[1] During his time in karting, Vanier most notably won the 2016 Canadian National Karting Championship in the Briggs & Stratton Junior category.[2] Making his single-seater debut in the Canadian F1600 Championship Series and Formule 1600 Canada in 2018,[3] Vanier finished fifth in the former's points and scored a lone win in the latter at Mont-Tremblant.[4]
Returning to both series for 2019,[5] Vanier found more success in the latter, scoring six wins and standing on the podium in all but one of the 18 races to secure runner-up honors in the Class A standings.[6] At the end of 2019, Vanier also competed in the Formula Ford Festival for Cliff Dempsey Racing.[7] Vanier then switched to TCR competition for 2020, as he joined Audi-affiliated Pfaff Motorsports to compete in the Canadian Touring Car Championship.[8] In his only season in the series, Vanier won five of the six races he raced in as he secured the TCR title.[9] A one-off appearance in the GT4 class of the Sports Car Championship Canada for Multimatic Motorsports then followed in 2021,[10] before joining the series on a full-time basis for Pfaff Motorsports the following year.[11] Racing a McLaren in the GT4 class, Vanier won six times and took two other podiums to clinch the class title at season's end.[12]
Stepping up to Porsche Carrera Cup North America for JDX Racing in 2024,[13] Vanier kicked off the year with a win at Miami,[14] before scoring further wins at Road Atlanta and Circuit of the Americas en route to a third-place points finish.[15][16] Remaining with JDX Racing for his sophomore season in the series,[17] as a member of the Porsche North America Junior Program,[18] Vanier took wins at Watkins Glen and Indianapolis, as well as seven other podiums to end the season third in points for the second year in a row.[19][20][21]
Continuing with Porsche machinery for 2026, Vanier joined McCann Racing to make the step-up to GT3 competition in the Pro class of GT World Challenge America.[22] During 2026, Vanier also made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at Long Beach, competing in the GTD class in Pfaff Motorsports's Lamborghini Temerario GT3.[23][24]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Canadian National Karting – Mini Max | 13th | |
| 2014 | Canadian National Karting Championship – Briggs & Stratton Junior | 8th | |
| 2015 | Canadian National Karting – Rotax Junior | 18th | |
| 2016 | Canadian National Karting – Rotax Junior | 16th | |
| Canadian National Karting Championship – Briggs & Stratton Junior | 1st | ||
| 2017 | Coupe de Montreal – Briggs & Stratton Junior | 6th | |
| Sources:[1] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Series Canada – Class A | BARC/Britain West Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 225 | 5th |
| Formule 1600 Canada | 1 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Series Canada – Class A | BARC | 18 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 396 | 2nd |
| Formule 1600 Canada | |||||||||
| F1600 Championship Series | Britain West Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 22nd | |
| Formula Ford Festival | Cliff Dempsey Racing/ Team Canada Scholarship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | DNF | |
| SCCA Majors Nationwide – Formula F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 34th | ||
| 2020 | Canadian Touring Car Championship – TCR | Pfaff Motorsports | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 866 | 1st |
| 2021 | Sports Car Championship Canada – GT4 | Multimatic Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Sports Car Championship Canada – GT4 | Pfaff Motorsports | 10 | 6 | 8 | 429 | 1st | ||
| Porsche Sprint Challenge North America – 991 | MDK Motorsports | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2023 | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America – 992 Pro-Am | MDK Motorsports | 14 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 704 | 1st |
| 2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | JDX Racing | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 233 | 3rd |
| Porsche Endurance Championship North America – GT3 Cup Pro-Am | MVII Racing by Regal Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 10th | |
| 2025 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | JDX Racing | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 250 | 3rd |
| Porsche Endurance Championship North America – GT3 Cup Pro-Am | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 214 | 2nd | ||
| 2026 | GT World Challenge America – Pro | McCann Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10* | 5th* |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD | Pfaff Motorsports | * | * | ||||||
| Sources:[1] | |||||||||
† As Vanier was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup North America results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | JDX Racing | Pro | SEB 1 7 |
SEB 2 12 |
MIA 1 2 |
MIA 2 1 |
CGV 1 7 |
CGV 2 5 |
WGL 1 5 |
WGL 2 4 |
ROA 1 14 |
ROA 2 2 |
IMS 1 5 |
IMS 2 18 |
ATL 1 1 |
ATL 2 3 |
COT 1 1 |
COT 2 3 |
3rd | 233 |
| 2025 | JDX Racing | Pro | SEB 1 6 |
SEB 2 3 |
MIA 1 28 |
MIA 2 3 |
CGV 1 3 |
CGV 2 3 |
WGL 1 4 |
WGL 2 1 |
ROA 1 2 |
ROA 2 4 |
IMS 1 1 |
IMS 2 3 |
ATL 1 9 |
ATL 2 4 |
COT 1 4 |
COT 2 2 |
3rd | 250 |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Lamborghini Temerario GT3 | Lamborghini L411 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH 14 |
LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 52nd* | 193* |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Zachary Vanier | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sudbury's Vanier races to national karting title". thesudburystar.com. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Formule 1600 : Didier Schraenen signe la pole position au Grand Prix du Canada". poleposition.ca (in French). 9 June 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Résultats classique automne 2018 / 2018 Falls classic race results". f1600canada.com (in French). 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Formule 1600 | Zachary Vanier tient bon: 3e podium du week-end pour le Trifluvien Martin Brousseau". lhebdojournal.com (in French). 10 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "F1600 Canada : Olivier Bédard champion; Zachary Vanier auteur de deux des trois victoires au Mont-Tremblant". poleposition.ca (in French). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Jonathan Browne wins Formula Ford Festival in dominant style". formulascout.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "L'équipe Pfaff arrête l'IMSA GTD et engagera Zachary Vanier en CTCC !". poleposition.ca (in French). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Zachary Vanier, 17 ans et déjà champion de course automobile". radio-canada.ca (in French). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "SCCC Alumni: Zachary Vanier, Canada's Next Sports Car Star?". dailysportscar.com. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Zach Vanier, Jérimy Daniel et Jean-François Hevey lauréats des courses SportsCar Canada à Calabogie". poleposition.ca (in French). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "12 courses réparties en 4 événements - dont le GP3R - au calendrier 2023 de la série SportsCar Canada". poleposition.ca (in French). 10 November 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "JDX Confirms Expanded Four-Car Carrera Cup Effort". sportscar365.com. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Zach Vanier takes the checkered flag at Miami Grand Prix". sudburysports.com. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Vanier Wins Race 1 at Road Atlanta". sportscar365.com. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Yardley Takes COTA Finale Win; Class Champions Crowned". sportscar365.com. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Le Canadien Zach Vanier de retour en Porsche Carrera Cup Amérique du Nord pour viser le titre 2025". poleposition.ca (in French). 24 February 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "PMNA Reveals Expanded Porsche Junior Program". sportscar365.com. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "JDX's Vanier Triumphs in Chaotic Race 2 at The Glen". sportscar365.com. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Vanier Wins Race 1 in Indy for JDX Racing". sportscar365.com. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Pursuit: Catching up with Sudbury GT3 racer Zach Vanier". sudbury.com. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Les brèves du samedi 28 février". endurance-info.com (in French). 28 February 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Pfaff Motorsports Enters Temerario GT3 At Long Beach". dailysportscar.com. 30 March 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ O'Connell, RJ (18 April 2026). "Years Of Hard Work, Achievement, Led Vanier To IMSA Debut". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Zachary Vanier career summary at DriverDB.com