Josh's story so far....
Josh Bergman's profound passion for cars, and motorsport started at an early age. At 6 (in 2022) he was introduced to Carlos Iaconelli and Nelson Piquet Jr of Piquet Sports. After some testing it was clear that Josh had the talent to succeed and he started to compete in the Micro Swift Class. Winning multiple race weekends in his first year was the spring board to increased momentum.
2023 saw the consecration of the partnership between Piquet Sports and Sodi Racing USA. Josh was quickly confirmed as The Factory Driver in the Micro / Mini Class and joined the Pro Tour. In 2023 Josh won the Superkarts USA Pro Tour in Utah and continued his winning streak with race wins in Florida, Utah, Georgia Ohio and North Carolina. He finished the 2023 SKUSA Pro Tour in 3rd place and attained P2 at the USA's landmark event, SuperNats 26 in Las Vegas.
In February 2024 Josh signed a multi-year agreement to race for Kart Republic with 2024 plans focused on the US with Trinity Karting Group, as well as some efforts overseas with KR Factory Team Kidix Driver Performance.
Following a successful rookie Mini Swift season in the USA which saw numerous race wins and national podiums, Josh raced in Italy at the end of the year, where he took his maiden Italian podium in the Trofeo Ayrton Senna.
As a result of this success and demonstrable ability to run at the front in Italy Josh will be based in Europe for 2025 racing with KR Motorsport team Kidix Driver Performance.
Josh kickstarted the 2025 Season with 3 back-to-back WSK Super Master Series Victories at Round 1 in La Conca, Round 2 in Sarno and Round 3 in Lonato. This was followed with subsequent podiums in Round 4 and Round 5. This culminated in Josh being crowned the youngest ever American WSK Champion and ranking #1 in the FIA World Karting Rankings.
Latest News
Champions of the WSK Super Master Series 2025
18 March 2025
Josh Bergman (Kidix Driver Performance) was also crowned champion this season after an impressive performance in the Mini U10 class: five podiums including three wins in five events and a lead of over 100 points in the overall standings.
Lonato - 23 February 2025
MINI U10 – Third consecutive victory for Bergman
The winner of the first two rounds of the WSK Super Master Series in La Conca and Sarno, Josh Bergman (Kidix/KR-Iame-Vega), managed to prevail also in this third event at the end of a Final resolved in the last laps.
https://www.wskarting.it/NEWS/1599
Sarno - 9 February 2025
MINI U10 – Bergman takes another win in Sarno.
Josh Bergman, driving for Kidix on a KR-Iame-Vega, has once again claimed victory in the MINI U10 category, securing his second consecutive win after his success at La Conca. With this win, Bergman has further extended his lead in the championship.
https://www.wskarting.it/NEWS/1587
La Conca - 26 January 2025
MINI U10 – Bergman unstoppable in the Final.
In the MINI Gr.3 Under 10 category, the American driver Josh Bergman from the Kidix team on a KR-Iame-Vega claimed victory after quickly establishing a significant advantage.
Team News
20th January 2025
As part of my journey with KR Global Motorsport, I’ve officially joined Kidix Driver Performance for 2025.
I’ll be racing in the Mini U10 category in Europe, with the amazing support and guidance of Kart Republic’s Chairman, Dino Chiesa, and Kidix Team Principal, Alessandro Levratti.
“I am thrilled to have Josh as a key member of our team. He has already shown he can compete at the front here in Italy, and we’re looking forward to achieving great results together,” said Alessandro Levratti.
Races
Josh had much success in 2023 racing in the Micro Swift Class, winning numerous races across the US and gaining multiple podiums.
2024 saw wins and multiple national podiums, as a Top ranked driver in North America.He has attained numerous podium finishes in 2024 at major series ,including USPKS, Stars and SKUSA as well as a Podium in Italy. Furthermore, there was much success at the FIA Motorsport Games in Valencia where he represented Team USA.
In 2025 Josh will race the full Italian calendar in WSK, ACI and Trofeo races as well as others. He has started the year strongly with WSK Super Master Series victories in La Conca, Sarno and Lonato , followed by two further podiums in the Series which resulted in him wining the Championship. A further podium was achieved in the Trofeo Margutti in March 2025 which means in just two months, 6 races and 6 podiums, as well as one championship in Italy.
News and Sponsorship
Josh has been featured in the press nationally, including articles in the New York Times, EKarting News , Kart Chaser and various other publications.
Josh was recently selected as the Karting Mini driver to represent Team USA at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games in Valencia: click on the image above or the button below for press covergae of this.
Josh is the Brand Ambassador for A1 Simulation's market leading Simulator Range:
Josh's Platinum Sponsor is Malo Automotive Group - a multinational automotive dealership group representing leading brands including Ford, Toyota, and Lincoln in Latin America and The United States. For more information visit:
Josh's Helmet Sponsor is ClearRoute - a leading global technology company focussed on software delivery solutions for development teams, spanning multinational organizations. ClearRoute are the technology partner for a number of motorsports teams including McLaren and United Autosports.
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Rookie Micro Swift Year - 2023
Rookie Micro Swift Year - 2023
Rookie Micro Swift Year - 2023
Rookie Mini Swift Year - 2024
Rookie Micro Swift Year - 2023
Rookie Micro Swift Year - 2023
Partners
Sponsors
Mentors
Dino Chiesa
Paul Di Resta
Paul Di Resta
Dino Chiesa is the principal and owner of Kart Republic. Mr Chiesa is one of the most respected and iconic team managers in the paddock. His career started as a driver in 1980, then quickly as a technician from 1984, where he supported the victorious karting careers of drivers like Alessandro Zanardi, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Nyck De Vries, Lance Stroll and many others.
He has reached yet another pinnacle consistently winning with his own chassis brand Kart Republic.
Mr Chiesa is considered to be the leading figure in Karting worldwide.
Paul Di Resta
Paul Di Resta
Paul Di Resta
Paul Di Resta is a British racing driver from Scotland, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport in their LMH entry and for United Autosports in the IMSA LMP2 Championship.
He drove in Formula One for Force India from 2011 to 2013, and became a driver for the Williams F1 team in 2016 and 2017. He is also a former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) , Formula 3 and British Karting champion. He was a reserve F1 driver for McLaren for the 2022 season, and is also a former commentator for Sky Sports' coverage of F1.
Paul manages the interests of a handful of the best young drivers in the world of motorsport who are considered to be the sport's rising stars.
Josh is advised and guided by Paul who recently commented in the Press, "I’m very excited to be part of the foundations behind Josh and work with his family on his journey. I know how committed they all are to rise to the top of the Sport. This program brings memories back when my family did the same thing with me, now with my experience I will do my best to make it successful and we all have our jobs to do. His 2024 season finished with a great result and look to build on that for 2025."
Jay Howard
Paul Di Resta
Tom Blomqvist
Jay Howard was born in the UK, moved to the U.S. full time in 2005. He had immediate success by winning the USF2000 Championship and Rookie of the Year Honors. With a total of nine wins on the season, Jay broke the win record of eventual Indy 500 winner Dan Weldon. In 2006, Jay claimed the Indy Pro Series (Indy Lights) Championship and Rookie of the Year Honors while driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports with two wins, two pole positions and seven podium finishes in 12 starts. This was an essential step to the top-level of open-wheel racing.
In the US Josh drives for Jay's Kart Republic Factory Team - Based in Westfield, IN—just minutes from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jay's team is housed in a state-of-the-art race shop specifically designed to maximize the performance of both car and driver. Including an in-house simulator, custom machinery and dyno tuning center. The team was set up with a focus on providing the very best environment in the junior ranks of motorsport. Jay is the only driver in history to win the USF2000 championship as a driver and a team owner. To achieve this level of success, Jay has worked hard to make the best people and resources available to the driver development program. From former F1 and INDYCAR engineers, mechanics and drivers, to the latest technology and software, the program was built to give drivers the best tools to attain their goals.
Tom Blomqvist
Jonathan Kotyk USA Driver Coach
Tom Blomqvist
After rising to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, he secured a drive with BMW in the DTM. At 21, he became the youngest driver to win a DTM race with BMW . At the end of the 2017 DTM season, Blomqvist began racing in a variety of series and specialties, from Formula E, to the World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship as a member of BMW’s factory programs. Blomqvist scored his first 24 Hours of Spa victory in 2018 as well as runner up in the 12 Hours of Bathurst in 2020. Blomqvist spent 2021 racing in the WEC in LMP2. He finished second at the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours and ended the season second in the LMP2 driver’s championship.Blomqvist joined MSR in 2022 for his first full-season IMSA effort and won the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona. He bookended the season with a win at the Motul Petit Le Mans which yielded a championship title for the team.
In 2023, Blomqvist took on a new challenge as the top IMSA category transitioned to hybrid machines. Blomqvist won his second Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Following this success he drove multiple IndyCar races in 2023 and signed with Meyer Shank Racing to pilot the Number 60 Indy Car entry in 2024. During 2024 Blomqvist also raced for Whelen Cadillac Racing in the IMSA Series. In 2025 Blomqvist will continue with IMSA back with Meyer Shank Racing.
Arnaud (Koko) Kozlinski Driver Coach
Jonathan Kotyk USA Driver Coach
Jonathan Kotyk USA Driver Coach
Koko rose through the ranks of Karting from an early age winning National Championships in France before becoming European Vice Champion. In 2009 he was crowned World Champion in a memorable race in the rain in Macau. This was followed by numerous further podiums at the pinnacle of World Karting.
After his karting career as a driver he held various senior roles in the CRG and Tony Kart race teams respectively and then focussed back on cadet karting winning numerous WSK and National Titles with young drivers in 2023 and 2024.
In January 2025 Koko became Josh's exclusive race engineer and driver coach in Europe, working full time to develop Josh as a driver as part of the relationship with Kart Republic.
Jonathan Kotyk USA Driver Coach
Jonathan Kotyk USA Driver Coach
Jonathan Kotyk USA Driver Coach
Jonathan is an experienced, data driven Driver Coach. He has won numerous titles and coached a variety of champions across multiple Kart and vehicle classes. Jonathan's expertise and intuition has been vital in Josh's development on the Kart Republic chassis.
Contact Us
JB Racing Inc.
USA: PO Box 705, Linville, NC 28646, United States
EU: Via Eridio 36, 25015 Desenzano Del Garda , Italy Tel: +1 3059898949 Email: Info@JoshBergmanRacing.com
