# James Roe (racing driver)

James Roe Jr. (born 11 October 1998) is an Irish racing driver. He currently competes in Indy NXT driving the No. 29 Honda for Andretti Autosport and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving for Pratt Miller Motorsports. He previously drove for TJ Speed Motorsports in 2022. Roe previously competed in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Turn 3 Motorsport. Roe is a nephew of former racing driver Michael Roe.

## Racing career
### Indy Pro 2000

On February 22, 2021, it was announced that Roe would be joining Turn 3 Motorsport to compete in the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship. Roe managed to get his first win of the season at the final race in Mid-Ohio, finishing ahead of Enaam Ahmed and 2021 series champion, Christian Rasmussen.

### Indy NXT

For the 2022 season, Roe moved to TJ Speed Motorsports to compete in the Indy Lights series. He scored three top ten finishes in his nine races with the team before contesting two rounds with HMD. As Roe missed the final three races, he ended up 12th in the standings.
On January 4, 2023, it was announced that Roe would compete full-time in the 2023 Indy NXT season for Andretti Autosport. Having fought for the win at the Indianapolis Road Course, Roe scored his first podium in the series, finishing second. He ended the season seventh in the championship, finishing ahead of Jamie Chadwick but behind Hunter McElrea and Louis Foster in the teammate battle. In 2024, Roe remained in Indy NXT and once again partnered Chadwick and Foster at Andretti. During a patchy first half of the season, which included three retirements, Roe managed to score a sole podium at Barber, finishing third. At the first oval race in Iowa, Roe took the first pole position of his NXT career, setting the series' lap record at the track in the process. Having led the vast majority of the race, Roe was passed by teammate Foster late on and finished second.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2016-17 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Rasgaira Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 11th |
| 2018 | F2000 Championship Series | ArmsUp Motorsports | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 414 | 2nd |
| 2018 | U.S. F2000 National Championship | Swan-RJB Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 30th |
| 2019 | F3 Americas Championship | Global Racing Group | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 5th |
| 2020 | Formula Regional Americas Championship | Global Racing Group | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 7th |
| 2021 | Indy Pro 2000 Championship | Turn 3 Motorsport | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 243 | 7th |
| 2022 | Indy Lights | TJ Speed Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 12th |
| 2022 | Indy Lights | HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 12th |
| 2022 | Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am | Imperiale Racing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2022 | International GT Open | Imperiale Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23rd |
| 2023 | Indy NXT | Andretti Autosport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 335 | 7th |
| 2024 | Indy NXT | Andretti Global | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 316 | 6th |
| 2025 | Indy NXT | Andretti Global | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Pratt Miller Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 9th |
$^†$ As Roe Jr. was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. *Season still in progress.

## Motorsports career results

Formula 4 UAE Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
| 2016-17 | Rasgaira Motorsports | DUB 4 | DUB 4 | DUB 3 | ABU 5 | ABU | ABU | ABU | DUB | DUB | DUB | ABU | ABU | ABU | ABU | ABU | ABU | ABU | ABU | 11th | 49 |

### American open-wheel results
#### F2000 Championship Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2018 | ArmsUp Motorsports | ATL 6 | ATL 3 | WGL 8 | WGL 1 | VIR 15 | VIR 1 | MOH 8 | MOH 3 | PIT Ret | PIT 5 | SPM 3 | SPM Ret | NJM 1 | NJM 3 | 2nd | 414 |

#### U.S. F2000 National Championship Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2018 | Swan-RJB Motorsports | STP 1 | STP 2 | IMS 1 12 | IMS 2 5 | LOS | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | TOR 1 | TOR 2 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | MOH 3 | POR 1 | POR 2 | 30th | 26 |

#### Formula 3 Americas Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
| 2019 | Global Racing Group | BAR 4 | BAR 7 | ATL 4 | ATL Ret | ATL 6 | PIT 5 | PIT 7 | PIT 6 | VIR 8 | VIR 5 | VIR 5 | ROA 1 | ROA 6 | SEB 6 | SEB 5 | SEB 5 | 5th | 147 |

#### Formula Regional Americas Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
| 2020 | Global Racing Group | MOH 5 | MOH 12 | VIR Ret | VIR 8 | VIR 9 | BAR 8 | BAR 9 | BAR 8 | SEB 9 | SEB 7 | SEB 4 | HMS 5 | HMS 6 | HMS 9 | COA 7 | COA 5 | COA 6 | 7th | 92 |

#### Indy 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 | Turn 3 Motorsport | ALA 1 15 | ALA 2 11 | STP 1 13 | STP 2 16 | IMS 1 8 | IMS 2 10 | IMS 3 11 | LOR 11 | ROA 1 6 | ROA 2 10 | MOH 1 8 | MOH 2 11 | GMP 4 | NJM 1 6 | NJM 2 10 | NJM 3 5 | MOH 1 11 | MOH 2 1* | 7th | 243 |

#### Indy Lights / Indy NXT

(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 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | TJ Speed Motorsports | STP 13 | BAR 13 | IMS 13 | IMS 13 | DET 7 | DET 9 | RDA 7 | MDO 12 | IOW 13 | | | | | | 12th | 219 |
| 2022 | HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing | | | | | | | | | | NSH 12 | GMP 8 | POR | LAG | LAG | 12th | 219 |
| 2023 | Andretti Autosport | STP 17 | BAR 5 | IMS 7 | DET 10 | DET 6 | RDA 5 | MDO 12 | IOW 9 | NSH 4 | IMS 2 | STL 15 | POR 8 | LAG 9 | LAG 15 | 7th | 335 |
| 2024 | Andretti Global | STP 16 | BAR 3 | IMS 15 | IMS 4 | DET 16 | RDA 18 | LAG 5 | LAG 19 | MDO 15 | IOW 2* | GMP 10 | POR 16 | MIL 6 | NSH 4 | 6th | 316 |
| 2025 | Andretti Global | STP 20 | BAR | IMS | IMS | DET | GMP | RDA | MDO | IOW | LAG | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | 20th* | 10* |
* Season still in progress.