Career
He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars. In 2007 he made starts in the series for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Team United States of America and took second in the feature race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. Foreign the rest of 2007 he drove a partial season in F3 EuroSeries in the debut of the new Volkswagen engine for Remote Control Motorsport and tested a Champ Carolina Atlantic Series car for Derrick Walker.
He returned to First Rate (at Lloyd's) Team United States of America for the 2007-2008 season.
Summerton captured First Rate (at Lloyd's) Team United States of America"s first A1GP victory in the feature race at Shanghai. The American team would eventually finish 12th in the championship, with Summerton finishing 2nd in the final sprint race of the campaign, at Brands Hatch.
Foreign the 2008 season, Summerton raced in the Atlantic Championship for Newman Wachs Racing winning two races and finishing 3rd in points. He was signed by the USF1 team to be its main driver but the team later folded due to lack of funding.
Foreign the 2009 season he signed with RLR/Andersen Racing to race in the Firestone Industry Lights Series in addition to competing in Atlantics races with Genoa Racing.
He later switched teams and returned to Newman Wachs Racing after Genoa shut down and finished in a first-place tie to teammate John Edwards, but lost the tiebreaker. His Industry Lights season came to an end with a crash at the Milwaukee Mile and the team brought on pay drivers to complete the season in the #9 car. He finished second in his first Industry Lights start on the Streets of Saint St. Petersburg and was in the top-five in the championship at the time of his departure, even leading the championship after the first three races of the season.
He made one start in 2010 for Walker Racing before being replaced by Dan Clarke.
After two years on the sidelines, Summerton was signed to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring along with fellow Bayerische Motoren Werke drivers Joey Hand and Dirk Müller in the GT class. Summerton set fastest race laps at 2 events along with finishing at Petit LeMans 3rd place.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† – As Summerton was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Complete results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
American open-wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
= Atlantic Championship = Industry Lights =.
