Frankie Montecalvo

Frank Montecalvo
Frank Montecalvo
Nationality	American
Born	December 28, 1990 (age 33); Highlands, New Jersey, United States
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	AIM Vasser Sullivan
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	12
Former teams	Scuderia Corsa ; Alex Job Racing ; PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
Wins	1
Podiums	11
Poles	4
Previous series
2010–2011 ; 2015–2017	American Le Mans Series ; Pirelli World Challenge
Championship titles
2015	Pirelli World Challenge – GTA Class

Frank Montecalvo (born December 28, 1990) is an American racing driver who currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.^[1]

Early life[edit]

A native of Highlands, New Jersey, Montecalvo attended high school at St. John Vianney High School.^[2]

Career[edit]

In 2012, Montecalvo took part in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for Luxury Racing in the GTE Am class.^[3] The team started fourth in class^[4] but failed to finish the race, retiring with crash damage after 146 laps. Montecalvo returned to Le Mans in 2014, replacing Enzo Potolicchio in the 8 Star Motorsports GTE Am entry.^[5]^[6] In 2015 Montecalvo won the GTA class of the Pirelli World Challenge.^[7]

Prior to the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, Montecalvo joined AIM Vasser Sullivan in the GTD class, driving alongside Townsend Bell.^[8] Montecalvo scored his first IMSA victory in August 2020 at Road America.^[9] In 2023, Montecalvo returned for his fifth consecutive season with the team, and his second with Aaron Telitz as his co-driver.^[10] That season, Montecalvo claimed his second career IMSA victory, supporting a Lexus GT-class sweep at the 2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.^[11]

Personal life[edit]

As of August 2023, Montecalvo is not a professional racing driver, working a day job at his family's recycling business.^[12]^[13]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	KONI Sports Car Challenge - GS	Kinetic Motorsports	6	0	?	?	0	112	26th
2010	IMSA Prototype Lites - L1	Gunnar Racing	9	1	0	1	1	90	11th
	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge - GS	Multimatic Motorsports	5	0	0	1	0	39	36th
	American Le Mans Series - LMPC	Genoa Racing	4	0	0	0	1	37	16th
2011	American Le Mans Series - LMPC	CORE Autosport	9	0	0	0	4	130	2nd
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Luxury Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Luxury Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge - ST	Multimatic Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	6	86th
2013	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge - GS	Multimatic Motorsports	9	0	0	0	2	191	15th
2013	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Ram Racing	5	0	0	0	3	63	5th
2014	United SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	10	0	0	0	2	255	4th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	8 Star Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	24	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	8 Star Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2015	Pirelli World Challenge - GTA	DragonSpeed	20	7	6	6	14	2073	1st
2016	Pirelli World Challenge - GTA	DIME Racing	14	2	5	7	8	1200	3rd
2016	24H Series - A6-Pro	Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	1	?	?
2017	Pirelli World Challenge SprintX - GT Pro-Am	AIM Autosport	9	0	5	0	4	156	4th
	Pirelli World Challenge - GTS	ANSA Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	31	16th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alex Job Racing	4	0	0	0	0	83	32nd
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	5	0	0	0	0	109	17th
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	AIM Vasser Sullivan	11	0	0	0	3	236	8th
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	AIM Vasser Sullivan	10	1	2	0	2	223	13th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Vasser Sullivan Racing	12	0	0	0	3	2538	8th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Vasser Sullivan Racing	12	0	2	0	3	2602	8th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Vasser Sullivan Racing	11	1	0	0	2	2927	3rd
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Vasser Sullivan

Complete American Le Mans Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2010	Genoa Racing	LMPC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet 6.2L LS3 V8	SEB	LBH	LGA	UTA	LIM	MDO 5	ELK 5	MOS 3	PET 5	16th	37
2011	CORE Autosport	LMPC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet 6.2L LS3 V8	SEB 2	LBH 4	LIM 5	MOS 2	MDO 6	ELK 3	BAL 3	LGA 4	PET 5

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2014	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet 6.2L LS3 V8	DAY 4	SEB 9	LGA 4	KAN 4	WGL 3	IMS 5	ELK 7	VIR 8	COT 4	PET 3			4th	255
2017	Alex Job Racing	GTD	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2L V10	DAY 6	SEB 15	LBH	COT	DET	WGL 14	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 6	32nd	83
2018	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	DAY 5	SEB 17	MDO	DET	WGL 10	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA 9	PET 5		17th	109
2019	AIM Vasser Sullivan	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0L V8	DAY 2	SEB 9	MDO 5	DET 3	WGL 9	MOS 3	LIM 13	ELK 9	VIR 7	LGA 11	PET 11		8th	236
2020	AIM Vasser Sullivan	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0L V8	DAY 12	DAY 2	SEB 5	ELK 1	VIR 10	ATL 5	MDO 10	CLT	PET 8	LGA 8	SEB 9		13th	223
2021	Vasser Sullivan Racing	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0L V8	DAY 13	SEB 6	MDO 2	DET 5	WGL 11	WGL 2	LIM 10	ELK 6	LGA 10	LBH 13	VIR 13	PET 3	8th	2538
2022	Vasser Sullivan Racing	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	DAY 15	SEB 7	LBH 3	LGA 8	MDO 3	DET 4	WGL 16	MOS 6	LIM 8	ELK 3	VIR 4	PET 13	8th	2602
2023	Vasser Sullivan Racing	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	DAY 5	SEB 5	LBH 3	MON 14	WGL 1	MOS 6	LIM 12	ELK 5	VIR 5	IMS 14	PET 16		3rd	2927
2024	VasserSullivan	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8	DAY 15	SEB 13	LBH 15	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			15th*	599*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Luxury Racing	Pierre Ehret Gunnar Jeannette	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	146	DNF	DNF
2014	8 Star Motorsports	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	330	21st	4th

References[edit]

^ "Frank Montecalvo - IMSA". imsa.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Champion Race Car Driver Still Calls Highlands Home". tworivertimes.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Interview: Gunnar Jeannette and Frank Montecalvo". 24h-lemans.com. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Jeannette and Montecalvo to start fourth at Le Mans". Motorsport.com. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ "Enzo Potolicchio out, Frankie Montecalvo in for 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans". us.motorsport.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Highlands Native To Race LeMans". The Monmouth Journal. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "Montecalvo, Thompson Win GTA/GTC Championships". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo Join AIM VASSER SULLIVAN". imsa.com. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Townsend Bell, Frankie Montecalvo Victorious in Lexus RC F GT3 at Road America". prnewswire.com. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Dagys, John (13 December 2022). "Telitz, Montecalvo to Continue in Vasser Sullivan's GTD Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "Lexus is Luxe at the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen". Speed Sport. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Montecalvo Juggling Work, Race Life Balance". sportscar365.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Staab, R.C. (20 August 2023). "Frankie Montecalvo Talks Racing, Training and His Favorite Jersey Drive". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links[edit]

Official website of Frankie Montecalvo
Frankie Montecalvo at Lexus Motorsports

[IMSA-1] "Frank Montecalvo - IMSA". imsa.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[2] "Champion Race Car Driver Still Calls Highlands Home". tworivertimes.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[3] "Interview: Gunnar Jeannette and Frank Montecalvo". 24h-lemans.com. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[4] "Jeannette and Montecalvo to start fourth at Le Mans". Motorsport.com. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

[5] "Enzo Potolicchio out, Frankie Montecalvo in for 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans". us.motorsport.com. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[6] "Highlands Native To Race LeMans". The Monmouth Journal. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[7] "Montecalvo, Thompson Win GTA/GTC Championships". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[8] "Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo Join AIM VASSER SULLIVAN". imsa.com. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[9] "Townsend Bell, Frankie Montecalvo Victorious in Lexus RC F GT3 at Road America". prnewswire.com. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[10] Dagys, John (13 December 2022). "Telitz, Montecalvo to Continue in Vasser Sullivan's GTD Entry". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[11] "Lexus is Luxe at the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen". Speed Sport. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[12] "Montecalvo Juggling Work, Race Life Balance". sportscar365.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[13] Staab, R.C. (20 August 2023). "Frankie Montecalvo Talks Racing, Training and His Favorite Jersey Drive". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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