Adam Adelson is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Wright Motorsports. Adelson is a one-time champion (2024), with 12 wins and 45 podiums from 108 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,529 ranks Adelson 1895th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-07-12 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GTD | P9 | −50 |
| 2026-06-28 | Watkins Glen International GTD | P2 | +135 |
| 2026-05-31 | Sonoma Raceway CLASS | P4 | −36 |
| 2026-05-14 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP-X | P2 | +65 |
| 2026-05-03 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca GTD | P4 | +92 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +177 | Sonoma International Raceway 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +166 | Sebring 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +159 | NOLA Motorsports Park 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +156 | Sebring 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +151 | Tire Rack.com Battle On The Bricks 2024 | IMSA WeatherTech | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Wright Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +19 | 4,529 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | SRS Team Sorg Rennsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −374 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | HWA AG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +65 | ||
| ▸Velocity Invitational | 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Comp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −37 | ||
| 2025 | ▸IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | Wright Motorsports | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +50 | 4,855 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Wright Motorsports | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +289 | ||
| ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Wright Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | +10 | ||
| 2024 | ▸GT World Challenge America | Wright Motorsports | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +120 | 4,506 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Wright Motorsports | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −184 | ||
| 2023 | ▸GT America | Wright Motorsports | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +541 | 4,570 |
| ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | NOLASPORT | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +246 | ||
| ▸GT World Challenge America | Wright Motorsports | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +472 | ||
| ▸IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | NOLASPORT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −37 | ||
| ▸24H Series | Herberth Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +143 | ||
| 2022 | ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | Premier Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | ↑2,592−519 | 3,206 |
| 2020 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −217 | 1,133 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold | 4,768 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 42% |
| 🇺🇸 Parker ThompsonFIA Silver | 4,493 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 31% |
| 🇺🇸 Spencer PumpellyFIA Silver | 4,138 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 66% |
| 🇺🇸 Kenton KochFIA Gold | 5,064 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 Jake WalkerFIA Silver | 4,211 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Patrick GallagherFIA Silver | 5,136 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Russell WardFIA Silver | 5,281 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 31% |
| 🇬🇧 Philip EllisFIA Gold | 4,931 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 31% |
| 🇨🇷 Danny FormalFIA Silver | 4,788 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 65% |
| 🇩🇰 Frederik SchandorffFIA Gold | 4,632 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion | 6,771 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Alex LynnFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 James CaladoFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 5,953 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,885 | 🇬🇧 Justin Keen | FIA GT Championship | 4,532 |
| 1,886 | 🇺🇸 Mike Alexander | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,532 |
| 1,887 | 🇹🇭 Sak Nana | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,532 |
| 1,888 | 🇩🇪 Ben Bünnagel | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,531 |
| 1,889 | 🇺🇸 Bill Schindler | Formula 1 | 4,531 |
| 1,890 | 🇳🇱 Roelof Wunderink | Formula 1 | 4,531 |
| 1,891 | 🇫🇷 David Terrien | FIA GT Championship | 4,530 |
| 1,892 | 🇺🇸 Duncan Ende | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,530 |
| 1,893 | 🇮🇹 Simone Iaquinta | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 4,530 |
| 1,894 | 🇺🇸 Sterling Marlin | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,530 |
| 1,895 | 🇺🇸 Adam Adelson | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,529 |
| 1,896 | 🇺🇸 Michael Cooper | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,529 |
| 1,897 | 🇬🇧 Peter Dumbreck | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,529 |
| 1,898 | 🇫🇷 Sean Gelael | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,529 |
| 1,899 | 🇧🇷 Valdeno Brito | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,529 |
| 1,900 | 🇧🇷 Cacá Bueno | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,528 |
| 1,901 | 🇺🇸 Johnnie Tolan | Formula 1 | 4,528 |
| 1,902 | 🇺🇸 Robert Pressley | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,528 |
| 1,903 | 🇬🇧 Senna Proctor | BTCC | 4,528 |
| 1,904 | 🇺🇸 Ben Devlin | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,527 |
| 1,905 | 🇺🇸 Brad Coleman | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,527 |
Adam Adelson is a professional-level sportscar and endurance racing driver with a Racer Rating of 4,925, placing him in the professional band; this is the calibre of driver who runs at the sharp end of national-level competition and beats semi-professionals routinely. The FIA categorises him as Silver, a professional rating within sportscar racing that typically denotes a young or early-career full-time competitor. Adelson has raced for five seasons from 2022 onward across a range of IMSA and GT series, accumulating 86 starts with 6 wins and 32 podiums. His primary home has been Wright Motorsports, where he has completed 46 of those starts and secured 5 of his wins; the team itself fields competitive machinery and has produced drivers of substantially higher standing than Adelson.[1]
His most regular rivals place him in a competitive mid-field. Against Robby Foley and Parker Thompson, both Gold or Silver graded drivers and former champions, Adelson has struggled in head-to-head records, trailing Foley 20 times to 15 wins and Thompson 24 times to 11 across 35 shared races apiece. He has run more evenly with Kenton Koch, a three-time champion of much stronger overall standing, finishing ahead 13 times and behind 15. Against Spencer Pumpelly, a fellow Silver driver, Adelson has held a clear advantage, finishing ahead 18 times to 9. These patterns suggest a driver who competes as a peer among Silver-graded professionals and occasionally outpaces higher-rated Gold drivers, but does not consistently beat them. Adelson has notched isolated victories over genuinely elite opposition; he has beaten Eddie Cheever twice, and has single results ahead of Kyle Kirkwood, Kamui Kobayashi, and Alex Lynn, all of whom carry ratings above 6,200 and championship credentials far exceeding his own.
In his most recent activity through 2026, Adelson continues to race actively in IMSA's endurance and sprint series, most notably competing in the WeatherTech championship and appearing at marquee events such as the Nürburgring 24 Hours, where he secured a podium finish in a single start for HWA AG.