Jonathan Ghormley joined AJ Foyt Racing over the off season as front end mechanic to Santino Ferrucci’s No.14 Sexton Properties Chevrolet.
Ghormley comes from California, just a short distance from Long Beach, the venue for this weekend’s third round of the 2025 INDYCAR season.
Ahead of the race, Ghormley sat down with AJ Foyt Racing.
How did you become interested in motorsports?
JG: “Going to college in Monterey I could hear the cars at Laguna Seca from my dorm room. One day we decided to go check it out and ended up getting to sit on the pit wall during an ALMS practice session. That was the coolest thing I had ever seen, and I had to be a part of it.”
Where/when was the first race you attended?
JG: “The story goes, I attended sprint car races at Ascot Raceway when I was in diapers but, I have no memory of it. The first race I can remember was also sprint cars at Paris Auto Speedway.”
When and where did you start your professional career in racing? When did you realize you could make a career out of it?
JG: “I attended Russell in 2005 and went right from there into the Formula Atlantic series as a full time second mechanic.”
Have you ever raced cars yourself?
JG: “I did get to compete in the six-race series in the Russell cars, but nothing serious. I’m a mechanic not a driver. I’m much more interested in building and creating mechanical things than I am in piloting them.”
Please list the major series you’ve worked in.
JG: “I was fortunate to start my career right when the new 016 Atlantic car came out in 2006. I was a second and then lead mechanic with U.S. Racetronics until the series folded in 2009. I worked with the Pro Mazda team GDT for the 2010 season winning the Master’s Class. In 2011, I was the only full time mechanic for 11 Spec Racer Fords with MBI Racing, winning the regional SCCA championship. That year I also flew in for Core Autosport winning the Team and Driver Championships in the LMPC class of the ALMS series. In 2012, I moved to Indianapolis to work for HVM in the Indycar series.