Jp Southern's Racing Career History

Made the step up to the GT World Challenge European Endurance Series with Paul Motorsport in the Lamborghini GT3 EVO 2.
This championship is considered to be the most competitive GT3 Championship in the world. Our goal is simple: fight for wins and podiums through hardwork and determination

Offered a two race package in the ADAC GT Masters in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO 2 at the RedBull Ring and the Hockenheimring. This marked Jp's first races in his career to be hired as a Pro Driver
Podium in first ever GT3 race at the RedBull Ring in the rain
Ran a full season of testing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo EVO 2 and the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 with VSR (Vincenzo Sospiri Racing) in collaboration with Lamborghini.
Trained with factory engineers and drivers to develop and master skills in the GT3 and Super Trofeo platforms, testing at various tracks throughout the year in Italy.
Full season of coaching with TLM Racing in the IGT (Porsche GT3 Cup) and WRL (Aston Martin GT4) championships in America.
Coached multiple clients in a weekend, doing data and video debriefs, engineering debriefs, and psychological debriefs to help better the client’s understanding and know how of the car and its characteristics.

After the Trans Am TA2 Championship, Jp's path in racing was unclear. No money, no influence and no real goal. Until, April of 2021 when T3 Motorsport reached out looking for a driver in the ADAC GT4 Germany Championship.
Lived in Germany for a year, working at the team’s workshop daily, learning the ins and outs of professional racing. It was here where Jp would quickly realize his real goal in life, to become a professional racing driver.
Earned 1 podium and 1 pole position to end the year in the ADAC GT4 Germany Championship.
Heading into 2022, secured an agreement to drive in the DTM Trophy Championship with T3 Motorsport as well as to manage their Rolex Daytona 24 Hours GTD effort.
DTM Trophy - secured 1 podium, multiple fastest race laps and 2 pole positions.
Rolex Daytona 24 - secured drivers, acquired personnel for the race, arranged travel and logistics for the car, crew, and equipment, arranged suppliers for gear, secured a racing hauler/ pit equipment for the race, coordinated T3's entry with IMSA as well as accommodated any need during the Roar and 24 Hour weekend.
Faced a few challenges during the event but ultimately ended up P8 overall in GTD and finished as the highest placed Lamborghini in both GTD Pro and GTD.

Offered a one-off race at Daytona in the Trans Am TA2 Series, finished finish 6th overall in a stacked grid.
Competed in the TA2 Southern Cup Championship, finished no lower than 5th place overall (1 DNF due to brake failure), securing the Southern Cup Championship.
Being teammates with Mike Skeen, Jp was quickly able to learn car dynamics in a closed wheel car and worked closely with team engineer to setup his own car during the race weekends.

Competed in the first two seasons of the FR Americas Championship under the team name 'Southern Motorsports'. With minimal funding, secured multiple podiums and successes.

Competed in two racing weekends in the Formula Atlantic with K-Hill Motorsports, where Jp competed and won in 4 races, including the track record at COTA. This was a big step up from the Lucas Oil School cars and taught Jp the basics of aerodynamics and speed.

5x National Karting Champion in the WKA championship.
Started karting at the age of 5 and slowly progressed through the ladder of professional karting in the Midwest.
Promoted to factory driver for TopKart with plans to race in Europe before enduring 2 broken ankles and legs at the SKUSA Supernationals.
Came back after a long 9 month rehab to win the following national championship with TopKart before progressing into cars.