Jordan Cane (born 23 May 2001) is a

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former racing driver from

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. Making his racing debut in the United States in 2015, Jordan was the youngest active Formula Car racer and was the youngest to score a point in the

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. Jordan retired from racing in July 2018, citing budgetary concerns.

Career

Jordan Cane attended the

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where he became interested in motorsports and asked his father to help him make his way into the industry. From 2012 to 2014 Jordan was competitively karting. In Jordan’s first karting experience, at

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, he broke the track record after just four sessions. In those two years, Jordan received awards such as Best Novice and entered into the British Super One Championship, where he placed 10th. Around that same time, he found himself traveling to America to try his hand at racing cars which led to attending the

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where he completed a 3-Day Racing School and an Advanced Racing School at

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. For the 2015 season, Jordan joined

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for the

. His first win as the youngest British driver in open-wheel racing took place at

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on 5 July 2015. Continuing with the momentum Cane had from

, he won two more races and placed third in the first of three at

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. The next round took

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where Jordan took home another victory and two more podiums, ending the weekend with his fourth win of the season and two-second-place finishes. He then went on to sweeping the final weekend back at

, taking all three wins which placed him 4th overall in the championship, despite missing the first six races due to age restrictions.

Racing record

Career summary

F1600 Championship Series

U.S. F2000 National Championship

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cane, Jordan 2001 births Living people English racing drivers Sportspeople from West Sussex BRDC British Formula 3 Championship drivers U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Team Pelfrey drivers Wayne Taylor Racing drivers Sportspeople from King's Lynn 21st-century English sportsmen