Robby Foley

 

Raised in Randolph, New Jersey, Foley's motorsports career was kickstarted in 2010 by a severe injury sustained during a football game while attending Randolph High School, which included a torn LCL, ACL, PCL, and a broken tibia, fibula, and ankle, alongside nerve damage, leading to a consideration by his physicians of amputating the affected leg.^[2][3] However, Foley had been active in motorsports throughout his youth, taking part in autocross events with his father.^[4] The following year, Foley attended the Skip Barber Racing School.^[5] After winning the Skip Barber class of the 2015 Global MX-5 Cup, Foley was granted a $100,000 scholarship by Mazda, leading to a full season campaign with Atlanta Motorsports Group in 2016.^[6] Following several seasons in MX-5 Cup competition, Foley moved into the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Turner Motorsport in 2018, making his debut at Belle Isle in June.^[7] The following season, Foley began racing full-time with the team.^[8] Foley scored his first IMSA victory at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in July 2019.^[9] In 2020, Foley won his first official championship, winning the Pro-Am class of the GT4 America SprintX Series with co-driver Michael Dinan.^[10] The following year, Foley made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for Team Project 1.^[11]

For 2022, Foley returned for another full season with Turner Motorsport and co-driver Bill Auberlen, driving the new-for-2022 BMW M4 GT3.^[12] The duo would claim their only class victory of the season at Mid-Ohio,^[13] and tallied four total podiums to finish fourth in the GTD-class championship. During 2022, Foley also embarked on full-season campaigns in the GT World Challenge America and Michelin Pilot Challenge. Paired with Michael Dinan in the former championship, the team scored Pro-class victories at Watkins Glen and in the Indianapolis 8 Hour, where they finished as the highest entry eligible for GT World Challenge America points; third overall.^[14] In the latter series, Foley and co-driver Vin Barletta finished seventh in the GS-class championship, placing as high as fourth at Laguna Seca and VIR. Foley also took part in the 2022 24 Hours of Spa, driving for Walkenhorst Motorsport in a Turner-inspired BMW M4 GT3.^[15]

Foley returned to Turner Motorsport in 2023, once again taking part in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and Michelin Pilot Challenge.^[16] Just prior to the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, Foley was named as one of BMW North America's contracted drivers.^[17] Foley and full-time co-driver Patrick Gallagher claimed three runner-up finishes in the GTD class, concluding the championship season with a fourth-place points finish. In Pilot Challenge competition, Foley and Barletta claimed victories at Sebring and Watkins Glen,^[18][19] taking the GS-class championship by 10 points over the Rebel Rock Racing duo of Robin Liddell and Frank DePew.^[20]

• † As Foley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Team Project 1	Anders Buchardt   Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	138	DNF	DNF
Sources:[28][30]

• Robby Foley at Bell Racing
• Robby Foley at Motorsport.com
• Robby Foley driver statistics at Racing-Reference