33 Facts About Sage Karam

Sage Rennie Karam was born on March 5,1995 and is an American professional racing driver.

Sage Karam competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 53 Toyota GR Supra for Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen.

Sage Karam previously competed full-time and part-time in the IndyCar Series.

Sage Karam is the 2013 champion in what is the Indy NXT Series.

Sage Karam raced go-karts at Oakland Valley Race Park in Cuddebackville, New York in his youth.

Sage Karam won nine of twelve races and the pole in all but one race and dominated the championship.

For winning the championship, as a part of the Road to Indy program and the Mazdaspeed development ladder, Sage Karam won a prize package valued at US$350,000 that allowed him to compete in the Star Mazda Championship in 2011, again with Andretti Autosport.

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Sage Karam won back-to-back oval races at the Milwaukee Mile and Iowa Speedway and finished fifth in points, winning rookie of the year honors.

Sage Karam returned to the team and series in 2012 and improved to third in points with three race wins.

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Sage Karam won the Indy Lights title that year, becoming the eighth rookie to win the series championship.

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Sage Karam was signed by Chip Ganassi Racing to compete in a number of endurance sportscar races in the United SportsCar Championship in 2014.

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Sage Karam ran in the 24 Hours of Daytona, driving the No 01 car alongside Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Jamie McMurray, and the 12 Hours of Sebring in the No 02, next to IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan.

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Sage Karam took the wheel for his second stint with the car in fourth place and proceeded to drive to the lead again before handing off to Dixon, who was then knocked off course of a back-marker, leaving them in sixth place at race end.

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Sage Karam competed at the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the factory-supported team, where his best class finish was fifth at Mosport Park.

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At the next race, in Detroit, during a heavy downpour, Sage Karam was on pole with 90 seconds left in qualifying when IndyCar canceled the session due to track conditions.

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Steadily improving from his 23rd qualifying slot on grid, into the top 10, Sage Karam crashed on lap 94, going into Townsend Bell in Turn One.

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Sage Karam joined the team again in 2018, sponsored by Wix, but crashed the car on lap 154.

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On May 23,2021, Sage Karam joined Will Power of Australia and Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland as the final three drivers to qualify in the 11th and last row for the 105th running of the Indy 500.

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Sage Karam earned the seventh position, his best Indy 500 finish ever.

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Sage Karam performed well, never finishing lower than second and earned a win at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

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Sage Karam finished second in the championship standings, earning five wins and seven podiums.

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On July 26,2021, it was announced that Sage Karam would make his NASCAR debut in the No 31 for Jordan Anderson Racing in the Xfinity Series' Pennzoil 150 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

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Sage Karam signed with Alpha Prime Racing for a part-time Xfinity schedule in 2022.

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At Road America, Sage Karam had an on-road scuffle with Noah Gragson, resulting in Gragson intentionally spinning out Sage Karam and triggering a 13-car pileup on lap 25.

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On September 14,2022, Sage Karam stated in an interview with Dustin Albino from Jayski that he would like to have a full-time NASCAR ride in 2023 after having run part-time in 2021 and 2022.