João Vergara (born 28 May 2007) is a Brazilian racing driver who last competed for VRD Racing in the USF2000 Championship.
Personal life Vergara is the nephew of Oswaldo Negri Jr., a fellow racing driver who won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.
Career Vergara began karting in 2018. Racing primarily in Brazil, most notably winning the 2020 Copa São Paulo title in the Junior Max rookie class, before moving to the U.S. in 2021.
In 2022, Vergara made his single-seater debut in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series, before winning a scholarship to race in the series full-time in early 2023. In his only season in the series, Vergara took five wins and eight other podiums to clinch runner-up honors behind Hudson Schwartz.
The following year, Vergara moved to Exclusive Autosport to make his debut in USF Juniors. In his first season in the series, Vergara scored a best result of fourth at Road America and eight other top ten finishes to end the year eighth overall. Switching to VRD Racing for the 2025 season, as a finalist for the 2026–27 IMSA Diverse Driver Scholarship, Vergara began the season with a win and a third-place finish at NOLA. After finishing no lower than fifth at Barber, Vergara took both pole positions in the first Mid-Ohio round and scored his second win of the season in race one. In the remaining three rounds, Vergara finished second in both races of the second Mid-Ohio round and closed out the season with a podium in Portland to secure third in points.
Continuing with VRD for 2026, Vergara moved up to the USF2000 Championship. After finishing second on debut at St. Petersburg, Vergara finished no higher than sixth across the following three rounds, before matching his best result of second in race one at Mid-Ohio and ending the year sixth overall with another podium at Road America.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2020Florida Winter Tour – Mini Rok31st 2021SKUSA SuperNationals – KA 100 JuniorOrsolon Racing43rdSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2022 Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series 6 0 0 0 0 158 12th 2023 Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series 15 5 ? ? 13 4292nd 2024 USF Juniors Exclusive Autosport 16 0 0 0 0 158 8th 2025 USF Juniors VRD Racing 16 2 2 1 6 2923rd 2026 USF2000 Championship VRD Racing 18 0 0 0 3 257 6thSources:
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) YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints2024 Exclusive AutosportNOL1NOL2NOL3ALA1ALA2VIR1VIR2VIR3MOH1MOH2ROA1ROA2ROA3POR1POR2POR38th1582025 VRD RacingNOL1NOL2NOL3ALA1ALA2ALA3MOH11MOH12MOH21MOH22ROA1ROA2ROA3POR1POR2POR33rd292
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints 2026 VRD Racing STP1 STP2 IMS1 IMS2 IMS3 IRP ROA11 ROA12 ROA13 MOH1 MOH2 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 ROA21 ROA22 ROA236th257
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