Franck Fréon


Franck Fréon is a French race car driver.
He began his career in the French Renault 5 Turbo Championship in 1986 and 1987 then competed in French Formula Three from 1988 to 1989. In 1990 he competed in International Formula 3000 and failed to qualify for four of his first five race attempts, but was credited with 5th place in his first successful start although he did not finish the race. He subsequently left his team and joined another for the final two races of the year where he qualified but failed to point. His fifth place was good enough for 19th in the championship.
He moved to the United States and participated in Indy Lights from 1991 to 1993 capturing 4 wins and finishing runner up in both the 1992 and 1993 standings, behind Robbie Buhl and Bryan Herta respectively. However, he had trouble finding a good team in CART, making 4 starts for 3 different teams in the 1994 season with a best finish of 12th in his CART debut at the Long Beach Grand Prix. 1995 wasn't much better as Fréon finished 15th in the Long Beach season opener, then failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in a 3 year old Lola chassis and returned 5 months later only to fail to make the show at Laguna Seca Raceway.
Franck Fréon then ventured into endurance car racing, driving marginally competitive LMP vehicles in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1995 to 1999. He then signed onto the Chevrolet factory team to drive the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R. He teamed with Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell to win the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2001. He continued with the team until 2004.
Nearing his retirement, Franck Fréon leveraged his knowledge, experience and passion for cars to establish his business in 1998.

Career Results

Complete International Formula 3000 results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1990ApomatoxDON
DNQ
SIL
DNQ
PAU
5
JER
DNQ
MNZ
DNQ
PER
HOC
BRH
BIR
19th2
1990Galaxy RacingBUG
14
NOG
16
19th2

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
1991Fréon Racing Services
LBH
4

PHX
7

MIL
3

DET
2

POR
2

CLE
6

MEA
6

TOR
4

DEN
6

MDO
3

NAZ
9

LS
8
4th121
1992Landford Racing
PHX
11

LBH
1

DET
5

POR
1

MIL
4

LOU
2

TOR
12

CLE
1

VAN
4

MDO
6

NAZ
2

LS
3
2nd159
1993John Martin Racing
PHX
9

LBH
2

DET
18

POR
4

MIL
1

NHA
3

TOR
2

CLE
7

VAN
5

MDO
6

NAZ
3

LS
17
2nd122

CART

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
1994Project Indy
SRF

PHX

LBH
12

INDY

MIL

DET

POR
15

CLE

TOR

MIS

MDO

NHM
32nd1
1994Euromotorsport
VAN
DNQ

ROA
29

NZR
32nd1
1994Indy Regency Racing
LS
18
32nd1
1995Project Indy
MIA

SRF

PHX

LBH
15

NZR
36th0
1995Indy Regency Racing
INDY
DNQ

MIL

DET

POR

ROA

TOR

CLE

MIS

MDO

NHM

VAN
36th0
1995Payton/Coyne Racing
LS
DNQ
36th0

24 Hours of Le Mans