Jackson Lee (racing driver)

Jackson Lee (born September 6, 2002) is an American racing driver.^[1] He currently competes in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America and in 2025 raced with Forty7 Motorsports & Wayne Taylor Racing.^[2][3][4] He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Browning Chapman Ford F-150 for Team Reaume.

Lee began racing in quarter midgets at seven years old, mostly at Mini Indy at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis and added karting in 2013, predominantly in regional events at New Castle Motorsports Park.^[5]

In 2018, Lee won a partial scholarship in the Lucas Oil School of Racing Shootout at Sebring International Raceway.^[6]

Lee won the first race of the season at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and led the championship^[7] near the midpoint of the season^[8] before finishing fourth with two wins and six podiums.^[9] He also competed in a weekend for Rice Race Prep in FRP F1600 at Summit Point which included second and fourth place finishes.

Lee joined Rice Race Prep for the 2020 F1600 Championship^[10] and was sitting second in points with two wins and seven straight podiums ^[11] when he was named as Team USA Scholarship winner^[12] which prompted a switch to BRSCC National Formula Ford 1600 in England. The program with Low Dempsey Racing included a podium in the heat race^[13] and tenth place finish in the Formula Ford Festival Grand Final at Brands Hatch.^[14] The Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone included a fourth place finish in the heat race but a DNF after contact in the Grand Final.^[15]

Lee was the highest points finisher for JHDD ^[16] in his rookie season in the Road to Indy^[17] with a best finish of ninth at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the fastest race lap in race 2 at Mid Ohio. He competed in 15 of the 18 races.

After posting the second quickest lap in the 2021 post-season open test at the Indianapolis, Lee signed with Cape Motorsports for 2022.^[18] The season included a seventh place finish in the opening weekend at St. Petersburg and top-ten finishes at Barber Motorsports Park and Mid Ohio before extensive crash damage expenses ended the season with five events remaining.

Lee moved up a step in 2023 to race for former Indy Lights race winner Peter Dempsey and Turn 3 Motorsport for a partial season. A fifth place finish at Sebring^[19] and a top-ten at Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course event were the highlights.

Lee made his sports car debut during the Indy 8 Hour event in October at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He raced for AOA Racing in TC America in the top TCX class. He was fastest in the only practice^[20] and finished seventh and fourth in the two races after qualifying sixth.^[21]

Lee finished seventh and sixth in the opening event at Daytona for Czabok-Simpson Porsche and then second in both races for van der Steur Aston Martin at St. Petersburg with the fastest lap in race 1 and most laps led in race 2.^[22]

Lee competed in five events in the top support series in IMSA with multiple teammates and earned a best finish of 11th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.^[23]

In the opening weekend at Daytona, Lee finished sixth and second. Race 2 included a drive from ninth to second in wet conditions and represented the first podium for CSM.^[24]

Lee contested the first half of the season with Forty7 Motorsports^[25] in both the Am and Pro-Am class with a different teammate in each of the three weekends. He scored a podium in the Am class^[26] in the opening event at Sebring and a pole for race 2. He also secured a podium as the finishing driver in Pro-Am in race 1 at Laguna Seca. Lee then moved to Wayne Taylor Racing and the Pro-Am class with Trent Hindman for the Road America and Indianapolis events. The pair of former Team USA Scholarship winners won three of four races in class and finished second overall in both races at Indianapolis.^[27][28] Lee won the pole as fastest qualifier in class at Indianapolis. He did not compete in the final two rounds at Misano, Italy.

On February 5, 2026, it was announced that Lee will attempt to make his debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the St. Petersburg street circuit, driving the No. 22 Ford for Team Reaume.^[29][30]

Lee is the son of longtime NBC Sports and FOX Sports IndyCar Series & IMSA sportscar broadcaster Kevin Lee.^[31] He has been part of the Motorsports Engineering program at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.^[32]

* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

* Season still in progress.