Elton Julian

Elton Julian (born August 16, 1974) is an American racecar driver and team owner. After driving at the

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series and IndyCar Series

Personal life

Julian was born in the Canary Islands of Spain. He grew up in Ecuador and the United States.^[1] He speaks English, French and Spanish fluently.

Racing career

Single Seat Formula Cars

Early career

Julian began his racing career in Southern California at age 13, racing go karts before moving on to Formula Ford at the Skip Barber Racing School where he won 36 races from 49 starts and four championships in 1990.

Formula Three

In

Indy Lights series at Vancouver and finished 8th. In 1993, he raced in the French Formula Three Championship and finished third in the drivers championship for the Formula Project

team.

Formula One

In 1994, Julian signed a multi-year test and reserve driver contract with the French Larrousse Formula One team, completing several tests at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. In his first test he was over half a second faster than regular driver Érik Comas and Julian was considered a potential candidate for a race seat in 1995. However, the Larrousse team closed its doors for financial reasons just before the start of the 1995 season despite last minute attempts to save the squad by the F3000 racing team DAMS and other interested parties.^[3]

Formula 3000/Formula Atlantic/Formula Nippon

In preparation for his testing duties with Larrousse, Julian entered the FIA

Atlantic Championship

starts for the PDR team resulting in a fifth-place finish at Long Beach and a DNF in Montreal.

Sports Cars

When the Larrousse Formula One team shut down in 1995, Julian turned to sports cars and drove in two

2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, which included the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[6]^[7]

He ended the inaugural FIA WEC season with eight points finishes from eight starts. His professional driving record in sports cars stands at 6 wins, 16 podiums (including the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps and Petit Le Mans), two pole positions, two fastest laps, one new lap record, and 29 finishes from 30 starts.

Team Principal

Starting in 2007 Julian began to focus on team ownership, founding

FIA GT3 in preparation for the 2013 Dubai 24 Hours endurance race, marking the international debut for the team.^[9] DragonSpeed had a successful run in Dubai under the direction of Julian, finishing 11th overall from 80 cars and 5th in the A6-Am class^[10]

and followed that up with a 17th-place finish for the Audi R8 LMS Ultra at the 2013 12 Hours of Bathurst in Australia. Julian then brought the team back to the United States to contest the 2013 American Le Mans Series in the Prototype Challenge class with Mirco Schultis, Renger Van Der Zande and Pierre Kaffer sharing driver duties. For 2014 DragonSpeed raced in the Pirelli World Challenge series, running a Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia race car in the GT-A class for driver Henrik Hedman.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
1994	Omegaland	SIL	PAU	CAT	PER	HOC	SPA 15	EST 14	MAG 13			NC	0
1996	Nordic Racing	NÜR 13	PAU DNS	PER Ret	HOC Ret	SIL 7	SPA 14	MAG 12	EST 18	MUG 14	HOC 5	14th	2

American open-wheel racing results

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

Atlantic Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1999	PDR Enterprises	LBH 5	NAZ	GAT	MIL	MTL 29	ROA	TRR	MDO	CHI	VAN	LS	HOU	18th	10

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2005	Racing for Holland	Jan Lammers John Bosch	Dome S101-Judd	LMP1	346	7th	5th
2012	Greaves Motorsport	Christian Zugel Ricardo González	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	348	12th	5th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Greaves Motorsport	LMP2	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SEB 7	SPA 12	LMS 10	SIL 17	SÃO 11	BHR 12	FUJ 14	SHA 15	26th	11

References

^ ^a ^b Dagys, John. ALMS: 10 Questions With Elton Julian Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Speed, April 26, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-31
^ Elton Julian profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, DragonSpeed, Retrieved 2010-10-31
^ Larrousse: a deal with DAMS?, GrandPrix.com, January 30, 1995, Retrieved 2011-01-19
^ "Elton Julian Archives - Michelin Alley". michelinalley.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ "American le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - 2011: Results". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ Greaves Motorsport signs Elton Julian, Ricardo Gonzalez and Christian Zugel for World Endurance Championship, Autosport, January 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-14
^ "AUTO RACING - LE MANS: Successful Shakedown for Greaves Zytek". Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
^ GRAND-AMvids (27 July 2011). "Ferrari F458 Italia GRAND-AM Test Day 2 at Daytona International Speedway". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 28 November 2016 – via YouTube.
^ "24H SERIES : INTERNATIONAL ENDURANCE SERIES POWERED BY HANKOOK". 24hseries.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ "Strong International Debut for DragonSpeed Audi R8 LMS at Dubai 24H Race - Fourtitude.com". fourtitude.com. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

External links

Elton Julian career summary at DriverDB.com

[Dag-1] Dagys, John. ALMS: 10 Questions With Elton Julian Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Speed, April 26, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-31

[2] Elton Julian profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, DragonSpeed, Retrieved 2010-10-31

[3] Larrousse: a deal with DAMS?, GrandPrix.com, January 30, 1995, Retrieved 2011-01-19

[4] "Elton Julian Archives - Michelin Alley". michelinalley.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[5] "American le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - 2011: Results". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[6] Greaves Motorsport signs Elton Julian, Ricardo Gonzalez and Christian Zugel for World Endurance Championship, Autosport, January 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-14

[7] "AUTO RACING - LE MANS: Successful Shakedown for Greaves Zytek". Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

[8] GRAND-AMvids (27 July 2011). "Ferrari F458 Italia GRAND-AM Test Day 2 at Daytona International Speedway". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 28 November 2016 – via YouTube.

[9] "24H SERIES : INTERNATIONAL ENDURANCE SERIES POWERED BY HANKOOK". 24hseries.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[10] "Strong International Debut for DragonSpeed Audi R8 LMS at Dubai 24H Race - Fourtitude.com". fourtitude.com. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

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