Frankie Montecalvo

Frank Montecalvo
Frank Montecalvo
Nationality	American
Born	December 28, 1990; Highlands, New Jersey, United States
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	AIM Vasser Sullivan
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

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

Career

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]

Montecalvo's Lexus RC F GT3 at Watkins Glen in 2022.

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]

Personal life

As of October 2020, Montecalvo is not a professional racing driver, working a day job at his family's recycling business.[11]

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete American Le Mans Series results

(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

(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	IMS	PET		4th*	2261*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

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

External links

Official website of Frankie Montecalvo
Frankie Montecalvo at Lexus Motorsports

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