# Christian Brooks

Christian Brooks (born September 29, 2000) is an American racing driver. He currently competes in INDY NXT racing series for HMD Motorsports in the #39 car and the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship driving for Pabst Racing in the #19 car. Brooks previously drove for Turn 3 Motorsport in the USF Pro 2000 Championship and previously competed in the USF2000 Championship with Exclusive Autosport. Brooks is the only driver to win four times at the streets of St. Petersburg out of all racing categories including IndyCar.

## Career
### Rallycross
#### 2017

In 2017, Brooks competed in the Global RallyCross Championship driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in GRC Lites. He took three wins and nine podiums en route to finish second in the standings.

#### 2018

Brooks would return to rallycross with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in 2018. He would compete in the newly formed Americas Rallycross Championship after the Global RallyCross Championship shut down at the end of 2017. He would finish second in the championship with four podiums in five races.

### Formula 4 United States Championship

In 2019, Brooks would move up from karting to open-wheel racing driving for Jay Howard Driver Development in the Formula 4 United States Championship. Brooks would go on to have a competitive season with two wins and eight podiums finishing third in the championship.

### USF2000 Championship
#### 2020

On March 7, 2020, it was announced that Brooks would make his USF2000 Championship debut driving for Exclusive Autosport. At the final round of the season in St. Petersburg, Brooks would qualify in pole position for the first time all year and go on to get his first win in the series. He would finish fifth in the championship. Brooks was Rookie of the year.

#### 2021

Brooks would return to the series for the 2021 season once again driving for Exclusive Autosport. At the second round in St. Petersburg, he would take pole for the first race. Brooks would go on to win the race after a lengthy cleanup due to a major crash that took out six competitors. He would also win the second race at St. Petersburg after battling with Kiko Porto during the final laps of the race. Brooks would finish sixth in the championship with two poles, two wins, and four podiums.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2017 | Global RallyCross Championship | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 12 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 9 | 692 | 2nd |
| 2018 | Americas Rallycross Championship | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 5 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 4 | 114 | 2nd |
| 2019 | Formula 4 United States Championship | Jay Howard Driver Development | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 128 | 3rd |
| 2020 | USF2000 Championship | Exclusive Autosport | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 284 | 5th |
| 2021 | USF2000 Championship | Exclusive Autosport | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 257 | 6th |
| 2021 | Indy Pro 2000 Championship | Exclusive Autosport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17th |
| 2022 | Indy Pro 2000 Championship | Exclusive Autosport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | USF Pro 2000 Championship | Turn 3 Motorsport | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 22nd |
| 2024 | USF Pro 2000 Championship | Pabst Racing | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 6th |
| 2024 | Indy NXT | HMD Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 16th |
*Season still in progress.

## Motorsports career results
### American open-wheel racing results
#### USF2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
| 2020 | Exclusive Autosport | ROA 1 8 | ROA 2 20 | MOH 1 6 | MOH 2 5 | MOH 3 4 | LOR 5 | IMS 1 9 | IMS 2 3 | IMS 3 2 | MOH 4 4 | MOH 5 4 | MOH 6 8 | NJMP 1 4 | NJMP 2 7 | NJMP 3 5 | STP 1 20 | STP 2 1* | | 5th | 284 |
| 2021 | Exclusive Autosport | ALA 1 5 | ALA 2 5 | STP 1 1* | STP 2 1 | IMS 1 3* | IMS 2 5 | IMS 3 DSQ | LOR 5 | ROA 1 5 | ROA 2 20 | MOH 1 11 | MOH 2 8 | MOH 3 6 | NJMP 1 3 | NJMP 2 10 | NJMP 3 17 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | 6th | 257 |

#### Indy Pro 2000 Championship / USF Pro 2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
| 2021 | Exclusive Autosport | ALA 1 | ALA 2 | STP 1 | STP 2 | IMS 1 | IMS 2 | IMS 3 | LOR | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | GMP | NJMP 1 | NJMP 2 | NJMP 3 | MOH 3 5 | MOH 4 5 | 17th | 34 |
| 2022 | Exclusive Autosport | STP 1 DNS | STP 2 DNS | ALA 1 | ALA 2 | IMS 1 | IMS 2 | IMS 3 | IRP | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | TOR 1 | TOR 2 | GMP | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | Turn 3 Motorsport | STP 1 1* | STP 2 6 | SEB 1 | SEB 2 | IMS 1 | IMS 2 | IRP | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | TOR 1 8 | TOR 2 4 | COA 1 | COA 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | 22nd | 79 |
| 2024 | Pabst Racing | STP 1 2 | STP 2 5 | LOU 1 8 | LOU 2 10 | LOU 3 7 | IMS 1 8 | IMS 2 5 | IMS 3 7 | IRP 11 | ROA 1 5 | ROA 2 2 | ROA 3 2 | MOH 1 3 | MOH 2 18 | TOR 1 | TOR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | 6th | 232 |
*Season still in progress.

#### Indy NXT

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2024 | HMD Motorsports | STP | BAR | IMS | IMS | DET | RDA | LGA 8 | LGA 7 | MDO 5 | IOW 5 | GMP 7 | POR 5 | MIL 10 | NSH 9 | 16th | 208 |