Christian Bogle

Christian Bogle (born March 6, 2001) is an American race car driver from Covington, Louisiana.[1][2] He is scheduled to compete for HMD Motorsports in Indy NXT.[3]

Christian Bogle
NationalityUnited States American
Born (2001-03-06) March 6, 2001 (age 23)
Covington, Louisiana,
United States
Indy Lights career
Debut season2021
Current teamHMD Motorsports
Car number7
Starts54
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2021, 2022, 2023

Early career

Lower formulae

Having foregone a career in karting, Bogle made his racing debut in 2018, competing in the F4 United States Championship for Jay Howard's team in the latter half of the campaign. He failed to score any points, taking a best finish of 17th place in New Jersey.

For the 2019 season, the American would perform double duties with the Jay Howard Driver Development outfit, racing in both the F4 US and U.S. F2000 National championships.[4][5] The latter would see no meaningful results, with a sole top ten finish in Toronto helping Bogle to 17th in the standings, although in the former a pair of wins at the Circuit of the Americas, the first of his single-seater career, put Bogle tenth in the overall table.[6]

Remaining with JHDD, Bogle would embark on another season of U.S. F2000 in 2020.[7] The start to the season yielded a pair of top-ten results, before Bogle was forced to wait until the penultimate round for his next finish inside the top ten. He ended his season 15th in the drivers' standings.

Indy Lights

The American progressed to the Indy Lights series for 2021, teaming up with Carlin to partner Alex Peroni.[8] Whilst his teammate took a podium in Indianapolis, Bogle remained in the lower half of the top ten for the majority of the season, getting a highest placing of seventh at Detroit, which placed him eleventh overall at the conclusion of the campaign.

HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing was Bogle's destination for the 2022 Indy Lights season, where he would be joined by Linus Lundqvist and Danial Frost throughout the entirety of the year.[9] Even though Bogle improved his best result compared to the previous year, scoring a fourth place in Detroit, he would remain eleventh in the championship, a mere 277 points behind Lundqvist, who won the title.

For 2023, the American stayed on with HMD for a season in the newly rebranded Indy NXT series.[10]

Sportscar career

2022 saw Bogle taking his first step into sportscar racing, as he joined Team Virage for the final two rounds of the Le Mans Cup. He finished 20th at Spa, before retiring from the race in Portimão.

Bogle teamed up with Indy NXT rookie Nolan Siegel and amateur driver Charles Crews for the Asian Le Mans Series at the start of 2023.[11] Driving for Inter Europol Competition in the LMP2 category, the season opener in Dubai would start out promisingly, with Crews taking pole position, although a comparatively slow stint saw Bogle lose positions during the middle part of the race. Siegel later got the team back up to podium places, before a wheel issue with under half an hour to go forced the team to retire.[12][13] A turnaround came the following day, as Bogle seemed much more settled within the car, helping the team to take victory on Sunday.[14]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2018Formula 4 United States ChampionshipJay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development80000043rd
Atlantic Championship200000NC
F2000 Championship200000NC
2019U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipJay Howard Driver Development1500009317th
Formula 4 United States Championship1120025410th
2020U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipJay Howard Driver Development17000014415th
Formula 4 United States Championship[15]201000NC
2021Formula Regional Americas ChampionshipJay Howard Driver Development800004115th
Indy LightsCarlin20000022711th
2022Indy LightsHMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing14000029811th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3Team Virage200000NC
2023Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2Inter Europol Competition41201395th
Indy NXTHMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing14000026611th
2023-24Asian Le Mans Series - GTProject 1500001121st
2024Indy NXTHMD Motorsports

* Season still in progress.

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2019Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentSTP
15
STP
19
IMS
16
IMS
15
LOR
15
ROA
11
ROA
15
TOR
10
TOR
13
MDO
15
MDO
15
POR
16
POR
18
LAG
18
LAG
14
17th93
2020Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentROA
6
ROA
9
MOH
19
MOH
14
MOH
13
LOR
16
IMS
15
IMS
15
IMS
15
MOH
11
MOH
11
MOH
13
NJM
11
NJM
12
NJM
8
STP
10
STP
18
15th144

Indy Lights / Indy NXT

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920RankPoints
2021CarlinALA
10
ALA
10
STP
11
STP
12
IMS
12
IMS
12
DET
13
DET
7
RDA
9
RDA
8
MDO
10
MDO
13
GTW
8
GTW
9
POR
10
POR
8
LAG
11
LAG
11
MDO
12
MDO
10
11th227
2022HMD Motorsports w/ Dale Coyne RacingSTP
9
ALA
14
IMS
7
IMS
14
DET
4
DET
14
RDA
12
MDO
8
IOW
10
NSH
7
GTW
11
POR
11
LAG
9
LAG
10
11th298
2023HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne RacingSTP
12
BAR
7
IMS
18
DET
6
DET
15
ROA
13
MDO
16
IOW
13
NSH
12
IMS
13
GMP
11
POR
4
LAG
11
LAG
16
11th266
2024HMD MotorsportsSTP
10
BAR
13
IMS
9
IMS
15
DET
11
ROA
14
LAG
LAG
MDO
IOW
GTW
POR
MIL
NSH
13th*109*

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

YearTeamClassCarEngine12345Pos.Points
2023Inter Europol CompetitionLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DUB
1

Ret
DUB
2

1
ABU
1

4
ABU
2

NC
5th39
2023–24Team Project 1GTBMW M4 GT3BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6SEP
1

18
SEP
2

10
DUB
7
ABU
1

8
ABU
2

15
21st11

References