Austin Jurs: The Rising GT4 Racing Driver to Watch

At just 19 years old, Austin Jurs is doing something almost no one in professional motorsport does at his age competing as a pro GT driver, co-owning his own race team, and building an audience of more than 500,000 followers, all at the same time. This is the story of how a young racer became one of the most talked-about names in American GT racing.

A Driver With a Different Path

Most drivers spend their early career focused on one thing: going fast. Austin Jurs is going fast too but he's also rewriting what a modern racing driver can be.

In 2025, alongside his father Todd Jurs, Austin co-founded Advance Motorsports, a McLaren customer racing team. That makes him something genuinely rare in the paddock: a professional driver who is also a team owner and founder. It's a driver-plus-owner structure that hands him creative control over how his career and his team are built and it's a big part of what sets him apart from the field.

Today, Austin competes in Pirelli GT4 America, one of the most competitive professional GT championships in North America, behind the wheel of the No. 131 McLaren Artura GT4.

Racing at the Highest Level, Young

Reaching GT4 America as a teenager is no small feat. The series draws professional and semi-professional drivers from around the world, fielding cars from McLaren, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Aston Martin, Toyota, and Ford across iconic American circuits.

Austin's 2026 season with the McLaren Artura GT4 has already produced standout moments including a pole position at Sonoma Raceway, where he and co-driver Jonathan Neudorf showed front-running pace early in a race weekend. Moments like that are exactly the kind of raw speed that marks a driver on the way up.

Backed by McLaren Customer Racing's technical collaboration and global GT ecosystem, Austin has a professional development environment few young drivers get access to the kind of foundation that turns promising rookies into championship contenders.

More Than a Driver: A Storyteller

Here's where Austin's story gets truly modern. While competing at the professional level, he's also become one of the fastest-growing personalities in motorsport not just as a driver, but as a founder and storyteller.

By sharing real, behind-the-scenes access to life inside professional racing, Austin has built an audience of 500,000+ followers generating tens of millions of views every month. Across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, his platforms pull 40M+ views a month, giving fans a window into GT racing that most drivers never open.

That combination genuine on-track ability plus authentic storytelling is what makes him stand out in a sport that's increasingly won as much on connection as on lap times. He sits at the intersection of pro racing and creator culture, a place very few drivers occupy.

What's Next for Austin Jurs

Austin's trajectory points in one direction: up. With a growing fan following, a competitive McLaren program, factory-level support, and a rare ownership stake in his own future, he's building something that extends well beyond a single season.

For race fans, that means more of the racing, the content, and the behind-the-scenes access that made his following explode in the first place. For a young driver already balancing the roles of competitor, founder, and creator, the most exciting chapters are still ahead.

Follow Austin Jurs

Want to follow one of motorsport's fastest-rising names? Catch Austin on and off the track:

• Instagram: @Austinjursracing

• YouTube: youtube.com/@austinjursracing

• Website: austinjursracing.com

Keep an eye on the No. 131 McLaren Artura GT4 this is a driver just getting started.