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Jorge Martín
Jorge Martín (Martinator, #89), Spanish MotoGP rider born 1998 in Madrid; 2018 Moto3 and 2024 MotoGP World Champion, first independent-team champion of the MotoGP era; rides Aprilia, joins Yamaha in 2027.
Joris Daudet
Joris Daudet (born 1991, Saintes) is a French BMX racer, 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist in 31.422 seconds, three-time world champion (2011, 2016, 2024), and double European champion who competed at four Olympics.
Jos Verstappen
Jos Verstappen (Johannes Franciscus Verstappen, born 1972), Dutch former F1 driver 1994–2003 with 107 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums, 17 points; father of four-time champion Max Verstappen; later rally driver.
Jose Moreno
Jose Moreno, José Manuel Moreno Periñán (Ratón), Spanish track cyclist born 1969 in Amsterdam; won 1 km time trial gold at Barcelona 1992 in Olympic record 1:03.342 and the 1991 world title.
Jose Torres Gil
Jose Torres Gil (José Augusto Torres Gil, nicknamed "Maligno") is an Argentine BMX Freestyle Park rider who won Olympic gold in Paris in 2024, Argentina's first medal of those Games.
Josef Landsberg
Josef Landsberg (Karl Josef Landsberg, 1890-1964), Swedish road cyclist for IFK Örebro; 1912 Stockholm Olympics team road race gold medallist, DNF individual race after being hit by a car; won the Scandinavian Race 1913-14.
Josef Newgarden
Josef Nicolai Newgarden, born 1990 in Nashville, Tennessee, is an American IndyCar driver for Team Penske, a two-time series champion and winner of back-to-back Indianapolis 500s in 2023 and 2024.
Josh Berry
Josh Berry (born 1990, Hendersonville, Tennessee) is an American NASCAR Cup Series driver, No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford, first Cup win Las Vegas 2025; ex-late-model star, 2024 SHR rookie, Legacy Motor Club 2027.
Josh McErlean
Josh McErlean (born 1999, Kilrea, Derry) is an Irish rally driver racing a Ford Puma Rally1 for M-Sport Ford in the WRC since 2025 with co-driver Eoin Treacy; career-best result 6th at Acropolis and Paraguay 2026.
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports is an American stock car racing team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Mooresville, North Carolina, which has won four Xfinity Series championships.
Juan Esteban Curuchet
Juan Esteban Curuchet (born 1965), Argentine track cyclist, six-time Olympian, Madison gold with Walter Pérez at Beijing 2008, Argentina's first Olympic cycling medal, and 2004 Madison world champion.
Juan Manuel Correa
Juan Manuel Correa, born 1999, Ecuadorian-American racing driver; 2013 karting world champion; F2 driver whose 2019 Spa crash killed Anthoine Hubert; returned via F3, F2, WEC, and Indy NXT with Cusick Morgan in 2026.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio (El Chueco), Argentine Formula One driver, five-time world champion 1951 and 1954–1957 with four teams; 24 wins in 51 starts; ranked greatest F1 driver by several statistical studies.
Juan Pablo Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya is a Colombian racing driver, born in 1975 in Bogotá, who won the 1999 CART championship as a rookie, two Indianapolis 500s, and seven Formula One races.
Juho Hänninen
Juho Hänninen, Finnish rally driver from Punkaharju; 2010 IRC champion, 2011 S-WRC world champion, 2004 Finnish N-group champion; never a full WRC season; now Toyota test driver and Jari-Matti Latvala's co-driver.
Jules Bianchi
Jules Bianchi (1989-2015), French Formula One driver for Marussia 2013-2014; scored the team's only points, ninth at Monaco 2014, and died after his Suzuka crash.
Jules Gounon
Jules Gounon, French GT and endurance racing driver born in Aubenas; 2017 ADAC GT Masters champion, Mercedes-AMG Performance Driver, three-time Bathurst 12 Hour winner, and Alpine Hypercar driver in the WEC, son of ex-F1 driver Jean-Marc Gounon.
Julian Alaphilippe
Julian Alaphilippe (born 1992) is a French retired road cyclist, two-time UCI road world champion (2020, 2021), Milan-San Remo 2019 winner, and six-time Tour de France stage winner who rode for QuickStep 2014-2024 and Tudor Pro Cycling before retiring in August 2026.
Julie Bresset
Julie Bresset, French cross-country mountain biker (VTT), born 1989 in Saint-Brieuc; 2012 London Olympic gold in women's XCO, world champion 2012 and 2013, 2011 World Cup overall winner; retired 2021 with back injury.
Junior Johnson
Junior Johnson (Robert Glenn Johnson Jr., 1931-2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner from Ronda, North Carolina; 50 Cup wins, 1960 Daytona 500, six owner championships, moonshine-runner pardoned by Reagan.
Junior World Rally Championship
The Junior World Rally Championship (Junior WRC) is the FIA's entry-level world championship for young rally drivers, begun in 2001 and now run in identical Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars.
Jurgen Colombo
Jürgen Colombo (born 1949, Zielona Góra) is a German track cyclist who won team pursuit gold for West Germany at the 1972 Munich Olympics with Hempel, Haritz, and Schumacher, plus 1971 world bronze.
Jüri Vips
Jüri Vips (born 2000, Tallinn) is an Estonian racing driver; 2017 ADAC F4 champion, Red Bull junior and F1 test/reserve driver until a June 2022 Twitch racial slur dismissal, later F2, IndyCar (RLL) and 2026 IMSA GTD Pro with McLaren.
Justin Haley (racing driver)
Justin Haley (born 1999, Winamac, Indiana), NASCAR driver; won the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona in his third Cup start for Spire Motorsports; four Xfinity wins; 2026 Kaulig Racing No. 16 Ram in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Justin Wilson (racing driver)
Justin Wilson (1978–2015), British racing driver; 2001 FIA F3000 champion (first Briton), F1 with Minardi and Jaguar in 2003, seven Champ Car/IndyCar wins; died from Pocono debris head injury; safety legacy.
Jyllands
Jyllands (Jyllands-Ringen, FDM Jyllandsringen) is Denmark's longest permanent racing circuit, a 2.300 km FIA Grade 4 track near Silkeborg opened 15 May 1966, home of Danish touring car racing and FDM driver training.
Kamui Kobayashi (小林可夢偉)
Kamui Kobayashi (小林可夢偉, born 1986) is a Japanese racing driver who races for Toyota in the WEC, won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, and took two WEC titles.
Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway: 1.5-mile tri-oval in Kansas City, Kansas, opened 2001, hosting two NASCAR Cup races yearly; STAR Bonds-financed anchor of Village West and Hollywood Casino district.
Kari Motor Speedway
Kari Motor Speedway is a 2.1 km, 15-turn clockwise FIA Grade 4 racing circuit at Chettipalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, opened in 2003, named after S. Karivardhan, and hosting F4 India, national championships, and track days.
Karl Link
Karl Link (born 1942, Herrenberg) is a German track cyclist who won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold and 1968 silver in the team pursuit, later a national coach and Stuttgart Olympic training center head; distinct from the bodybuilder and the warfarin chemist Karl Link.