Zachary Vanier

Zachary Vanier (born 9 June 2003) is a Canadian racing driver competing in GT World Challenge America for McCann Racing. A Porsche Carrera Cup North America graduate, he made his IMSA debut in 2026 at Long Beach for Pfaff Motorsports.

Vanier began karting in 2013, competing until 2017.^[1] During his time in karting, Vanier most notably won the 2016 Canadian National Karting Championship in the Briggs & Stratton Junior category.^[2] Making his single-seater debut in the Canadian F1600 Championship Series and Formule 1600 Canada in 2018,^[3] Vanier finished fifth in the former's points and scored a lone win in the latter at Mont-Tremblant.^[4]

Returning to both series for 2019,^[5] Vanier found more success in the latter, scoring six wins and standing on the podium in all but one of the 18 races to secure runner-up honors in the Class A standings.^[6] At the end of 2019, Vanier also competed in the Formula Ford Festival for Cliff Dempsey Racing.^[7] Vanier then switched to TCR competition for 2020, as he joined Audi-affiliated Pfaff Motorsports to compete in the Canadian Touring Car Championship.^[8] In his only season in the series, Vanier won five of the six races he raced in as he secured the TCR title.^[9] A one-off appearance in the GT4 class of the Sports Car Championship Canada for Multimatic Motorsports then followed in 2021,^[10] before joining the series on a full-time basis for Pfaff Motorsports the following year.^[11] Racing a McLaren in the GT4 class, Vanier won six times and took two other podiums to clinch the class title at season's end.^[12]

Stepping up to Porsche Carrera Cup North America for JDX Racing in 2024,^[13] Vanier kicked off the year with a win at Miami,^[14] before scoring further wins at Road Atlanta and Circuit of the Americas en route to a third-place points finish.^{[15] [16]} Remaining with JDX Racing for his sophomore season in the series,^[17] as a member of the Porsche North America Junior Program,^[18] Vanier took wins at Watkins Glen and Indianapolis, as well as seven other podiums to end the season third in points for the second year in a row.^{[19] [20] [21]}

Continuing with Porsche machinery for 2026, Vanier joined McCann Racing to make the step-up to GT3 competition in the Pro class of GT World Challenge America.^[22] During 2026, Vanier also made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at Long Beach, competing in the GTD class in Pfaff Motorsports's Lamborghini Temerario GT3.^{[23] [24]}

^† As Vanier was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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• Zachary Vanier career summary at DriverDB.com

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Canadian racing drivers
• Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury
• Racing drivers from Ontario
• Formula Ford drivers
• Porsche Carrera Cup North America drivers
• GT World Challenge America drivers
• WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
• Pfaff Motorsports drivers
• Multimatic Motorsports drivers

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