Liam Loiacono (; born 12 February 2008) is an Australian racing driver who last competed in the USF2000 Championship for Jay Howard Driver Development.
Early and personal life Liam Loiacono was born on 12 February 2008 in Macmasters Beach, New South Wales, Australia. His father, Paul Loiacono is the founder and managing director of forklift dealership Forklogic, as well being an amateur race car driver. He was raised in Macmasters Beach before moving to Noosa in 2021 alongside his older brother Oliver, also a racing driver.
Career Loiacono made his single-seater debut in late 2022, racing in the Australian Formula Ford for Forklogic. After racing in two of the final three rounds, Loiacono came back to the series in 2023. He won the Queensland series after taking four wins in the season-ending round at Morgan Park Raceway. Returning to Formula Ford competition in 2024, Loiacono took his maiden Formula Ford wins at Morgan Park Raceway, before taking a further two wins at Sydney Motorsport Park, on his way to fourth in the Australian standings and winning the Duratec title in November of that year.
After testing with them at the end of 2024 and also racing for them in the final round of the YACademy Winter Series, Loiacono stayed with Jay Howard Driver Development for the 2025 USF Juniors season. After finishing sixth on debut in race one at NOLA Motorsports Park, Loiacono set a new track record to take pole for race two, but lost the lead at the start and ultimately finished second. Following the round at Barber where he finished no higher than sixth, Loiacono set the lap record in race one at Mid-Ohio to finish fifth in race one, before taking his maiden series win in race two after passing João Vergara at the start. In the series' second trip to Mid-Ohio, Loiacono finished fourth in race one, before inheriting the win in race two following Ty Fisher's post-race disqualification. After winning all three races at Road America, Loiacono only scored one podium in the final round at Portland as he finished runner-up in points to Leonardo Escorpioni.
The following year, Loiacono continued with JHDD as he stepped up to the USF2000 Championship. In his rookie season in the series, Loiacono took a best result of fourth at both Indianapolis and IRP as he ended the year 17th in points after missing the final three rounds on budget constraints. During 2026, Loiacono also raced at the Bathurst 6 Hour for his family team, winning the event in the A1 class alongside his brother Oliver and Alex Holzl.
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesPodiumsPointsPosition 2022Formula Ford AustraliaForklogic 6 0 0 0 0 13 27th2023Formula Ford AustraliaBF Racing 12 0 0 0 0 5 23rdPitcher Partners Sydney 300Heli Material Handling 1 0 0 0 0 NC2024Australian Formula Ford Series – DuratecBF Racing 20 3 2 5 9 234 4thVictorian Formula Ford Championship – Duratec 15 2 1 4 8 328 3rdNSW Formula Ford Championship – Ford Fiesta 3 2 0 0 3 86 12thQueensland Formula Ford 1600 Championship 3 1 0 0 3 52 6thHi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour – Class A1Forklogic 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2025YACademy Winter SeriesJay Howard Driver Development 3 0 0 0 1 9 9thUSF Juniors 16 5 4 5 7 3322nd2026USF2000 ChampionshipJay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR 11 0 0 1 0 111 17th Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour – Class A1Loiacono / Holzl Racing 1 1 0 0 1 1stSource: * Season still in progress.
American open-wheel racing results USF Juniors (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints2025 Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentNOL1NOL2NOL3ALA1ALA2ALA3MOH11MOH12MOH21MOH22ROA1ROA2ROA3POR1POR2POR32nd332
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints 2026 Jay Howard Driver Developmentpowered by ECR STP1 STP2 IMS1 IMS2 IMS3 IRP ROA11 ROA12 ROA13 MOH1 MOH2 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 ROA21 ROA22 ROA2317th111
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