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| birth place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | | birth place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| dec = [[User:Forti|Forti]] (formerly [[User:V8fan12|V8fan]]) | | dec = [[User:Forti|Forti]] (formerly [[User:V8fan12|V8fan]]) | ||
| current series = [[AutoReject | | current series = [[AutoReject World Series]] | ||
| current team = {{ | | current team = {{AT}} [[Peak Motorsport]] | ||
| car number = | | car number = 16 | ||
| former teams = [[ | | former teams = {{IT}} [[Velocitas Racing]], {{CA}} [[Team Cascadia]] | ||
|}} | |}} | ||
'''Aurora Jade Summers''' (born 27 April 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian racing driver. She is currently driving for [[ | '''Aurora Jade Summers''' (born 27 April 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian racing driver. She is currently driving for [[Peak Motorsport]] in the [[2024 AutoReject World Series season|AutoReject World Series]]. Summers is the older sister of [[Dakota Summers|Dakota]] and [[Skye Summers]]. | ||
==Early career (2006-2018)== | ==Junior career== | ||
===Early career (2006-2018)=== | |||
Summers' desire to race originated from playing a variety of racing games, such as ''[[Brendon Cassidy]]'s World GP'', ''Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec'', and ''Driven''. She began karting at ten years old for her father's team, [[Peak Motorsport Canada]]. Demonstrating speed, Summers progressed into car racing and stepped on the Road to Indy ladder, performing adequately in USF2000. | Summers' desire to race originated from playing a variety of racing games, such as ''[[Brendon Cassidy]]'s World GP'', ''Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec'', and ''Driven''. She began karting at ten years old for her father's team, [[Peak Motorsport Canada]]. Demonstrating speed, Summers progressed into car racing and stepped on the Road to Indy ladder, performing adequately in USF2000. | ||
==2019 season== | ===2019 season=== | ||
Summers moved into the [[2019 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|F3 Americas Championship]] for Peak Motorsport. Points were an infrequent occurrence for Summers, but she did score a second place at the first round of Mosport Park. She finished 16th with 21 points. | Summers moved into the [[2019 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|F3 Americas Championship]] for Peak Motorsport. Points were an infrequent occurrence for Summers, but she did score a second place at the first round of Mosport Park. She finished 16th with 21 points. | ||
==2020 season== | ===2020 season=== | ||
Summers improved for the reworked [[2020 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2020 season]], becoming a regular points finisher and scoring two podiums. She finished seventh with 38 points. | Summers improved for the reworked [[2020 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2020 season]], becoming a regular points finisher and scoring two podiums. She finished seventh with 38 points. | ||
==2021 season== | ===2021 season=== | ||
However, in the build-up to [[2021 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2021]], Peak Motorsport Canada withdrew from F3 Americas due to the financial troubles that had forced its associates [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]] out of the ARWS the year prior. Summers sought refuge at Canadian upstarts [[Team Cascadia]]. Aware that her career was no longer secure owing to the state of her father's team, Summers drove her heart out for her third season in F3 Americas. She took four wins across the | However, in the build-up to [[2021 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2021]], Peak Motorsport Canada withdrew from F3 Americas due to the financial troubles that had forced its associates [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]] out of the ARWS the year prior. Summers sought refuge at Canadian upstarts [[Team Cascadia]]. Aware that her career was no longer secure owing to the state of her father's team, Summers drove her heart out for her third season in F3 Americas. She took four wins across the season, including a popular win in the wet from pole at her home race, the Canadian Tire Trophy, and one of the most astonishing junior series performances of the year at Curitiba, where she took home a grand chelem after dominating in torrid conditons. She won the championship with 95 points, 24 ahead of twice-runner-up [[Rinus VeeKay]]. | ||
==2022 season== | ===2022 season=== | ||
Peak Motorsport bought Summers a seat in Indy Lights with | Peak Motorsport bought Summers a seat in Indy Lights with [[Sentinel Motorsports]]. Despite decent performances, Summers was hit hard by the collapse of the [[Peak Motorsport Group]]. Just four rounds in, Peak's funding dried up. The carney management at Sentinel elected to replace her with the well-backed [[Curtis Hawking]]. In spite of her track record, no other Indy Lights seats would open up for Summers. Thinking of the video games that inspired her career, she retreated to the simracing scene. Notably, she won a race by one whole lap in the Grand Prix Rejects rFactor Championship under the pseudonym "SpeedingBeauty21" before being kicked out upon the discovery of Summers' (fairly obvious) identity. | ||
==2023 season== | ===2023 season=== | ||
Funding did not return, and Summers was strongly contemplating a full-time campaign in the Formula One eSports Championship. However, [[Velocitas Racing]], a team in the newly-formed [[2023 AutoReject 3000 Series season|AutoReject 3000 Series]], offered her a lifeline. Thrilled at the prospect of returning to the tarmac, she accepted to race alongside [[Salva al-Bashir]]. | Funding did not return, and Summers was strongly contemplating a full-time campaign in the Formula One eSports Championship. However, [[Velocitas Racing]], a team in the newly-formed [[2023 AutoReject 3000 Series season|AutoReject 3000 Series]], offered her a lifeline. Thrilled at the prospect of returning to the tarmac, she accepted to race alongside [[Salva al-Bashir]]. Six pole positions, two fastest laps, and four wins were enough to place her second behind [[Katie May]]. | ||
==ARWS career== | |||
===2024 season=== | |||
For [[2024 AutoReject World Series season|2024]], Summers was finally granted her big break, signing with [[Peak Motorsport]]'s ARWS team for their return to the world stage. The team would use the reliable but underpowered [[Yangwang]] engines. | |||
==Complete Career Results== | |||
===Formula 3 Americas results=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" | |||
! Year | |||
! Team | |||
! 1 | |||
! 2 | |||
! 3 | |||
! 4 | |||
! 5 | |||
! 6 | |||
! 7 | |||
! 8 | |||
! 9 | |||
! 10 | |||
! 11 | |||
! 12 | |||
! 13 | |||
! 14 | |||
! 15 | |||
! 16 | |||
! 17 | |||
! 18 | |||
! 19 | |||
! 20 | |||
! 21 | |||
! DC | |||
! Pts | |||
|- | |||
! [[2019 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2019]] | |||
! [[Peak Motorsport Canada]] | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| NEV<br/>1<br/><small>19</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| NEV<br/>2<br/><small>25</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| URU<br/>1<br/><small>15</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| URU<br/>2<br/><small>12</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| NED<br/>1<br/><small>17</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| NED<br/>2<br/><small>15</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ''ONT<br/>1''<br/><small>2</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ONT<br/>2<br/><small>18</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| SAO<br/>1<br/><small>10</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| SAO<br/>2<br/><small>10</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| CHI<br/>1<br/><small>9</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| CHI<br/>2<br/><small>16</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| RIO<br/>1<br/><small>16</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| RIO<br/>2<br/><small>11</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| MON<br/>1<br/><small>11</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| MON<br/>2<br/><small>12</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| BUE<br/>1<br/><small>15</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| BUE<br/>2<br/><small>17</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| ''TRO<br/>1''<br/><small>6</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| TRO<br/>2<br/><small>20</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| AME<br/><br/><small>23</small> | |||
! 16th | |||
! 21 | |||
|- | |||
! [[2020 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2020]] | |||
! [[Peak Motorsport Canada]] | |||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ''RJM''<br/><small>2</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| POR<br/><small>Ret</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| LRP<br/><small>13</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| AHR<br/><small>3</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| CUR<br/><small>5</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| VBF<br/><small>9</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| SNM<br/><small>Ret</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| MOS<br/><small>5</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| BUE<br/><small>9</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| COA<br/><small>Ret</small> | |||
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! 7th | |||
! 38 | |||
|- | |||
! [[2021 FIA Formula 3 Americas Championship season|2021]] | |||
! [[Team Cascadia]] | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| BAR<br/><small>1</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| GMT<br/><small>1</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| SDM<br/><small>3</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| TEC<br/><small>Ret</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| NET<br/><small>4</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 4TH<br/><small>12</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''CAN'''<br/><small>1</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ORE<br/><small>2</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''CAP'''''<br/><small>1</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| CHG<br/><small>12</small> | |||
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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''1st''' | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''95''' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
=== AutoReject 3000 Series Results=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" | |||
! Year | |||
! Team | |||
! 1 | |||
! 2 | |||
! 3 | |||
! 4 | |||
! 5 | |||
! 6 | |||
! 7 | |||
! 8 | |||
! 9 | |||
! 10 | |||
! 11 | |||
! 12 | |||
! 13 | |||
! 14 | |||
! 15 | |||
! 16 | |||
! 17 | |||
! 18 | |||
! DC | |||
! Pts | |||
|- | |||
! [[2023 AutoReject 3000 Series season|2023]] | |||
! [[Velocitas Racing]] | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | IMO<br/>1<br/><small>'''4'''</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f" | IMO<br/>2<br/><small>3</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | MON<br/><br/><small>9</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff" | NUR<br/>1<br/><small>14</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | NUR<br/>2<br/><small>5</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf" | EST<br/>1<br/><small>'''2'''</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff" | EST<br/>2<br/><small>13</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf" | BRN<br/>1<br/><small>1</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | BRN<br/>2<br/><small>10</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | BRH<br/><br/><small>7</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf" | TXS<br/>1<br/><small>'''1'''</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf" | TXS<br/>2<br/><small>'''''1'''''</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#cfcfff" | SEP<br/>1<br/><small>12</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SEP<br/>2<br/><small>9</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#ffffbf" | FUJ<br/>1<br/><small>'''''1'''''</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#efcfff" | FUJ<br/>2<br/><small>'''Ret'''</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SUZ<br/>1<br/><small>10</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfffdf" | SUZ<br/>2<br/><small>9</small> | |||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''2nd''' | |||
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''160''' | |||
|} | |||
=== AutoReject World Series Results=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Team | |||
! Chassis | |||
! Engine | |||
! 1 | |||
! 2 | |||
! 3 | |||
! 4 | |||
! 5 | |||
! 6 | |||
! 7 | |||
! 8 | |||
! 9 | |||
! 10 | |||
! 11 | |||
! 12 | |||
! 13 | |||
! 14 | |||
! 15 | |||
! 16 | |||
! DC | |||
! Pts | |||
|- | |||
! [[2024 AutoReject World Series season|2024]] | |||
! [[Peak Motorsport]] | |||
! Peak P4-XXIV "Apogee" | |||
! Yangwang BYDARWS24 | |||
| MON<br/><small></small> | |||
| MED<br/><small></small> | |||
| LUX<br/><small></small> | |||
| GER<br/><small></small> | |||
| CRI<br/><small></small> | |||
| GRS<br/><small></small> | |||
| NUS<br/><small></small> | |||
| ITA<br/><small></small> | |||
| GBR<br/><small></small> | |||
| CAN<br/><small></small> | |||
| RNO<br/><small></small> | |||
| SUS<br/><small></small> | |||
| MAL<br/><small></small> | |||
| KIN<br/><small></small> | |||
| JPN<br/><small></small> | |||
| AUS<br/><small></small> | |||
! NC | |||
! 0 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
[[Category:F1RWRS Drivers]] | |||
[[Category:Drivers]] | |||
[[Category:Canadian Drivers]] | [[Category:Canadian Drivers]] | ||
[[Category:Female drivers]] | [[Category:Female drivers]] | ||
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]] |
Latest revision as of 16:18, 21 July 2025
Nationality | ![]() |
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Born | 27 April 1996 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
DEC Holder | Forti (formerly V8fan) |
Current Series | AutoReject World Series |
Current Team | ![]() |
Car Number | 16 |
Former Teams | ![]() ![]() |
Aurora Jade Summers (born 27 April 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian racing driver. She is currently driving for Peak Motorsport in the AutoReject World Series. Summers is the older sister of Dakota and Skye Summers.
Junior career
Early career (2006-2018)
Summers' desire to race originated from playing a variety of racing games, such as Brendon Cassidy's World GP, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, and Driven. She began karting at ten years old for her father's team, Peak Motorsport Canada. Demonstrating speed, Summers progressed into car racing and stepped on the Road to Indy ladder, performing adequately in USF2000.
2019 season
Summers moved into the F3 Americas Championship for Peak Motorsport. Points were an infrequent occurrence for Summers, but she did score a second place at the first round of Mosport Park. She finished 16th with 21 points.
2020 season
Summers improved for the reworked 2020 season, becoming a regular points finisher and scoring two podiums. She finished seventh with 38 points.
2021 season
However, in the build-up to 2021, Peak Motorsport Canada withdrew from F3 Americas due to the financial troubles that had forced its associates Peak Aeroracing Engineering out of the ARWS the year prior. Summers sought refuge at Canadian upstarts Team Cascadia. Aware that her career was no longer secure owing to the state of her father's team, Summers drove her heart out for her third season in F3 Americas. She took four wins across the season, including a popular win in the wet from pole at her home race, the Canadian Tire Trophy, and one of the most astonishing junior series performances of the year at Curitiba, where she took home a grand chelem after dominating in torrid conditons. She won the championship with 95 points, 24 ahead of twice-runner-up Rinus VeeKay.
2022 season
Peak Motorsport bought Summers a seat in Indy Lights with Sentinel Motorsports. Despite decent performances, Summers was hit hard by the collapse of the Peak Motorsport Group. Just four rounds in, Peak's funding dried up. The carney management at Sentinel elected to replace her with the well-backed Curtis Hawking. In spite of her track record, no other Indy Lights seats would open up for Summers. Thinking of the video games that inspired her career, she retreated to the simracing scene. Notably, she won a race by one whole lap in the Grand Prix Rejects rFactor Championship under the pseudonym "SpeedingBeauty21" before being kicked out upon the discovery of Summers' (fairly obvious) identity.
2023 season
Funding did not return, and Summers was strongly contemplating a full-time campaign in the Formula One eSports Championship. However, Velocitas Racing, a team in the newly-formed AutoReject 3000 Series, offered her a lifeline. Thrilled at the prospect of returning to the tarmac, she accepted to race alongside Salva al-Bashir. Six pole positions, two fastest laps, and four wins were enough to place her second behind Katie May.
ARWS career
2024 season
For 2024, Summers was finally granted her big break, signing with Peak Motorsport's ARWS team for their return to the world stage. The team would use the reliable but underpowered Yangwang engines.
Complete Career Results
Formula 3 Americas results
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Peak Motorsport Canada | NEV 1 19 |
NEV 2 25 |
URU 1 15 |
URU 2 12 |
NED 1 17 |
NED 2 15 |
ONT 1 2 |
ONT 2 18 |
SAO 1 10 |
SAO 2 10 |
CHI 1 9 |
CHI 2 16 |
RIO 1 16 |
RIO 2 11 |
MON 1 11 |
MON 2 12 |
BUE 1 15 |
BUE 2 17 |
TRO 1 6 |
TRO 2 20 |
AME 23 |
16th | 21 |
2020 | Peak Motorsport Canada | RJM 2 |
POR Ret |
LRP 13 |
AHR 3 |
CUR 5 |
VBF 9 |
SNM Ret |
MOS 5 |
BUE 9 |
COA Ret |
7th | 38 | |||||||||||
2021 | Team Cascadia | BAR 1 |
GMT 1 |
SDM 3 |
TEC Ret |
NET 4 |
4TH 12 |
CAN 1 |
ORE 2 |
CAP 1 |
CHG 12 |
1st | 95 |
AutoReject 3000 Series Results
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Velocitas Racing | IMO 1 4 |
IMO 2 3 |
MON 9 |
NUR 1 14 |
NUR 2 5 |
EST 1 2 |
EST 2 13 |
BRN 1 1 |
BRN 2 10 |
BRH 7 |
TXS 1 1 |
TXS 2 1 |
SEP 1 12 |
SEP 2 9 |
FUJ 1 1 |
FUJ 2 Ret |
SUZ 1 10 |
SUZ 2 9 |
2nd | 160 |
AutoReject World Series Results
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Peak Motorsport | Peak P4-XXIV "Apogee" | Yangwang BYDARWS24 | MON |
MED |
LUX |
GER |
CRI |
GRS |
NUS |
ITA |
GBR |
CAN |
RNO |
SUS |
MAL |
KIN |
JPN |
AUS |
NC | 0 |