Christian Bogle (born March 6, 2001) is an American

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from

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. He is scheduled to compete for HMD Motorsports in Indy NXT.

Early career

Lower formulae

Having foregone a career in karting, Bogle made his racing debut in 2018, competing in the F4 United States Championship for Jay Howard's team in the latter half of the campaign. He failed to score any points, taking a best finish of 17th place in

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. For the 2019 season, the American would perform double duties with the

Jay Howard Driver Development Jay Howard (born 16 February 1981) is a British professional race car driver who competes in the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500 and resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. Howard was the 2005 US Formula Ford Zetec champion (now known as the Coo ...

outfit, racing in both the F4 US and U.S. F2000 National championships. The latter would see no meaningful results, with a sole top ten finish in

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helping Bogle to 17th in the standings, although in the former a pair of wins at the

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, the first of his single-seater career, put Bogle tenth in the overall table. Remaining with JHDD, Bogle would embark on another season of

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in 2020. The start to the season yielded a pair of top-ten results, before Bogle was forced to wait until the penultimate round for his next finish inside the top ten. He ended his season 15th in the drivers' standings.

Indy Lights

The American progressed to the

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series for 2021, teaming up with Carlin to partner

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. Whilst his teammate took a podium in Indianapolis, Bogle remained in the lower half of the top ten for the majority of the season, getting a highest placing of seventh at

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, which placed him eleventh overall at the conclusion of the campaign. HMD Motorsports with

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was Bogle's destination for the 2022 Indy Lights season, where he would be joined by Linus Lundqvist and

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throughout the entirety of the year. Even though Bogle improved his best result compared to the previous year, scoring a fourth place in

, he would remain eleventh in the championship, a mere 277 points behind Lundqvist, who won the title. For 2023, the American stayed on with HMD for a season in the newly rebranded Indy NXT series.

Sportscar career

2022 saw Bogle taking his first step into

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, as he joined Team Virage for the final two rounds of the Le Mans Cup. He finished 20th at

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, before retiring from the race in

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. Bogle teamed up with Indy NXT rookie

Nolan Siegel Nolan Siegel (born November 8, 2004) is an American racing driver. He currently competes in the Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports w/ Dale Coyne Racing. Siegel previously competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with DEForce Racing. Care ...

and amateur driver

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for the

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at the start of 2023. Driving for

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in the

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category, the season opener in

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would start out promisingly, with Crews taking pole position, although a comparatively slow stint saw Bogle lose positions during the middle part of the race. Siegel later got the team back up to podium places, before a wheel issue with under half an hour to go forced the team to retire. A turnaround came the following day, as Bogle seemed much more settled within the car, helping the team to take victory on Sunday.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Indy Lights

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogle, Christian 2001 births Living people American racing drivers Racing drivers from Louisiana Atlantic Championship drivers U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Indy Lights drivers Formula Regional Americas Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers Dale Coyne Racing drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers United States F4 Championship drivers Le Mans Cup drivers HMD Motorsports drivers