🏳️ Aaron Applegate

Aaron Applegate is a competitive amateur racer with a Racer Rating of 2,551, placing him in the club-racing band of drivers who compete regularly at the entry end of professional and semi-professional fields. His record spans two seasons from 2025 to 2026 across endurance and single-seater racing, with eight starts yielding one win and six podium finishes. His average finishing position of third place reflects consistent front-running capability in the fields he has contested.[1]

Applegate's primary experience lies in American Endurance Racing, where he completed six starts across 2025 and 2026 without a race win but scored four podiums. His competitive record against rival drivers in that series shows mixed results; he holds an even head-to-head record against both Lorenzo Dipillo and Mike Dipillo, each pair having raced three times with Applegate ahead in half. Against lower-rated competitors such as Robert Ames, Applegate finished ahead twice in six meetings. However, he has faced stronger opposition in other lineups; drivers graded FIA Bronze and Silver such as Cory Deeds, Tyler Sharinn, and Marc Sharinn all finished ahead of him in all three shared races apiece, indicating a skill gap at that level. Applegate has had isolated success against established professionals, notably beating FIA Bronze driver Michael Tosi twice and FIA Silver driver Andrew Heffring twice, though these instances remain singular rather than part of a broader pattern of competing with that calibre.

More recently, Applegate moved to the Zenith Racing Series in 2026, where he drove for Kingpin Racing and scored one win and two podiums across two starts. This brief stint in a fresh series and team partnership suggests an active career trajectory, though his overall profile remains that of a front-running driver in club and semi-professional racing rather than an established professional competitor.