Aristotle N. Balogh (born March 29, 1964) is an American businessman, technology executive and racing driver who last competed in the LMP3 class of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge for Toney Driver Development. He has held executive roles at Yahoo, Google and Airbnb.

Business ventures In 1999, Balogh joined Verisign as the company's vice president of engineering, before being promoted to senior vice president for operations three years later. Balogh then left the company to join Yahoo in 2008 as its CTO, but ultimately stepped down from his positions just two years later. In 2011, Balogh was set to join StumbleUpon as the vice president of engineering, but never spent a day at the company, as he moved to Google as its vice president of engineering. Seven years later, Balogh left Google to work at Airbnb's CTO, a position he held until late 2025.

Career Balogh made his car racing debut in 2016, competing in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge for Porsche-fielding Next Level European. Racing alongside Greg Liefooghe in his rookie season, Balogh scored a lone podium at VIR en route to a 14th-place points finish. Moving to BMW-aligned BimmerWorld Racing for 2017, Balogh and Liefooghe took a best result of fifth at the same venue to end the season 14th in points. In parallel, the pair competed for Stephen Cameron Racing in the GTS Am-Am class of the SprintX GT Championship Series, taking five wins and finishing on the podium in all ten races to clinch the title, as the team switched from an Aston Martin to a BMW mid-season.

Moving up to CTSCC's Grand Sport class for 2018 with Stephen Cameron Racing and jumping Mercedes-AMG and BMW machinery, Balogh scored a best result of fourth at Sebring to take 11th in points. In 2019, he raced on a part-time basis in the newly-rebranded Michelin Pilot Challenge for a cast of teams, most notably taking an overall podium at VIR. After a one-off appearance in the series in 2020 for Stephen Cameron Racing, Balogh joined Jr III Racing to compete in the IMSA Prototype Challenge in 2021, partnering first his daughter Natasha and later LMP3 professional Garett Grist. Towards the end of the year, Balogh remained with the team to make his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut at Petit Le Mans, finishing second in LMP3 with Grist and Spencer Pigot.

In 2022, Balogh remained with JR III Racing for a dual campaign in the IMSA Prototype Challenge and the LMP3 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Between the two campaigns, Balogh took a best result of second three times in the latter, as he and Grist ended the season third in points. Continuing with the team for most of the season in 2023, Balogh equalled his best result of second at Mosport, before switching to Tower Motorsports to make his LMP2 debut at the season-ending Petit Le Mans alongside IndyCar duo Kyffin Simpson and Scott McLaughlin. After not racing in 2024, Balogh reunited with Garett Grist to enter the first two rounds of the 2025 Le Mans Cup for Inter Europol Competition in LMP3 Pro-Am, before joining Toney Driver Development to compete in the endurance rounds of the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge in 2026. Competing on a part-time basis in the series, Balogh won at VIR and took two other podiums to clinch the series' inaugural Endurance Challenge title.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2016 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge – ST Next Level European 10 0 0 0 1 157 14th SprintX GT Championship Series – GTS Stephen Cameron Racing 2 0 0 0 1 158 11th Pirelli World Challenge – TC 2 0 0 0 0 76 30th Pirelli World Challenge – GTS 1 0 0 0 0 68 36th Trans-Am – TA3 1 0 0 0 0 18 21st2017 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge – ST BimmerWorld Racing 9 0 0 0 0 199 14th SprintX GT Championship Series – GTS Am-Am Stephen Cameron Racing 10 5 1 2 10 2361st Pirelli World Challenge – TC 12 0 0 0 0 118 9th Pirelli World Challenge – GTSA 5 2 0 1 3 83 12th 2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge – GS Stephen Cameron Racing 10 0 0 0 0 199 11th2019 GT4 America Series – Sprint Am Stephen Cameron Racing 2 0 0 0 0 24 18th GT4 America Series – SprintX Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 1 28 10th Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS Automatic Racing AMR 2 0 0 0 011224th BimmerWorld Racing 2 0 0 0 1 KohR Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 Stephen Cameron Racing 1 0 0 0 0 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS Stephen Cameron Racing 1 0 0 0 0 24 52nd2021 IMSA Prototype Challenge – LMP3–1 Jr III Racing 5 0 0 0 1 1180 9th Masters Endurance Legends USA – Proto 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 15th IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP3 Jr III Motorsports 1 0 0 0 1 343 19th2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge Jr III Racing 4 0 0 0 1 1250 4th IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP3 Jr III Motorsports 6 0 0 0 4 19423rd2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP3 Jr III Motorsports 3 0 0 0 1 913 12th IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP2 Tower Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 264 27th 2025 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 Pro-Am Inter Europol Competition 2 0 0 0 0 1 30th 2026IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge – LMP3Toney Driver Development 6 1 0 0 3 1690 8thSources: Season still in progress.

Complete Michelin Pilot Challenge results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2016 Next Level European Street Tuner Porsche Cayman DAY SEB LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA ATL 14th 157 2017 BimmerWorld Racing Street Tuner BMW 328i (F30) DAY SEB COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL 14th 1992018Stephen Cameron RacingGrand Sport Mercedes-AMG GT4 DAY SEB11th199 BMW M4 GT4 MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA ATL2019 Automatic Racing AMRGrand Sport Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT4 DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS LIM24th112 BimmerWorld Racing BMW M4 GT4 ELK VIR KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 LGA Stephen Cameron Racing BMW M4 GT4 ATL 2020 Stephen Cameron Racing Grand Sport Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT4DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MOH1 MOH2 ATL LAG SEB 52nd 24

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points 2021 Jr III Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY SEB MOH WGL WGL ELK PET 19th 343 2022 Jr III Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY SEB MOH WGL MOS ELK PET3rd19422023Jr III Motorsports LMP3Ligier JS P320Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8DAYSEBWGLMOSELKIMS 12th 913Tower Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8PET 27th 264

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantClassChassis1234567RankPoints 2025 Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Pro-Am Ligier JS P325 BAR LEC LMS1 LMS2 SPA SIL POR 30th 1

Complete IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2026 Toney Driver Development LMP3 Ligier JS P325 DAY1 DAY2 AUS11 AUS12 SEB AUS2 MOH1 MOH2 VIR MOS1 MOS2 ELK ATL1 ATL2 8th 1690

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