Adam Adelson is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Wright Motorsports. Adelson is a two-time champion (2024, 2025), with 12 wins and 45 podiums from 112 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,442 ranks Adelson 2106th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-10-03 | Road Atlanta GTD | P7 | +54 |
| 2026-09-20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC GTD | P6 | +43 |
| 2026-08-23 | Virginia International Raceway GTD | P10 | −61 |
| 2026-08-02 | Road America GTD | P17 | −115 |
| 2026-07-12 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GTD | P9 | −49 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +177 | Sonoma Raceway 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +167 | Sebring International Raceway 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +159 | NOLA Motorsports Park 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P1 |
| +156 | Sebring International Raceway 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 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −56 | 4,442 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | SRS Team Sorg Rennsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −373 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | HWA AG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +66 | ||
| ▸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 | +33 | 4,842 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Wright Motorsports | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +294 | ||
| ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Wright Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | +12 | ||
| 2024 | ▸GT World Challenge America | Wright Motorsports | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +121 | 4,503 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Wright Motorsports | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −183 | ||
| 2023 | ▸GT America | Wright Motorsports | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +542 | 4,566 |
| ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | NOLASPORT | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +244 | ||
| ▸GT World Challenge America | Wright Motorsports | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +473 | ||
| ▸IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | NOLASPORT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −42 | ||
| ▸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 | 4,619 | 39 | 16 | 23 | 41% |
| 🇨🇦 Parker ThompsonFIA Silver | 4,504 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 31% |
| 🇺🇸 Spencer PumpellyFIA Silver | 4,134 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 64% |
| 🇺🇸 Kenton KochFIA Gold | 5,209 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 45% |
| 🇺🇸 Jake WalkerFIA Silver | 4,071 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 Patrick GallagherFIA Silver | 5,168 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 Russell WardFIA Silver | 5,630 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 28% |
| 🇬🇧 Philip EllisFIA Gold | 5,324 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 28% |
| 🇩🇰 Frederik SchandorffFIA Gold | 4,826 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55% |
| 🇨🇷 Danny FormalFIA Silver | 4,570 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 66% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion | 6,648 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Alex LynnFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇲🇨 Arthur LeclercFIA Gold | 5,891 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,096 | 🇳🇱 Pieter Schothorst | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,446 |
| 2,097 | 🇮🇹 Roberto Bussinello | Formula 1 | 4,446 |
| 2,098 | 🇵🇹 Bernardo Sousa | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,445 |
| 2,099 | 🇩🇪 Luca-Sandro Trefz | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,445 |
| 2,100 | 🇺🇸 Myatt Snider | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,445 |
| 2,101 | 🇺🇸 Steve Park | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,445 |
| 2,102 | 🇦🇹 Klaus Bachler | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,444 |
| 2,103 | 🇸🇪 Carl Rosenblad | FIA GT Championship | 4,443 |
| 2,104 | 🏳️ Marko Hartung | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,443 |
| 2,105 | 🏳️ Victor Shaitar | WEC | 4,443 |
| 2,106 | 🇺🇸 Adam Adelson | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,442 |
| 2,107 | 🇺🇸 Darrell Waltrip | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,442 |
| 2,108 | 🏳️ Finlay Hutchison | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,442 |
| 2,109 | 🏳️ Frederic Fatien | 24H Series | 4,442 |
| 2,110 | 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Koizumi | European Le Mans Series | 4,442 |
| 2,111 | 🇯🇵 Ryo Michigami | Super GT | 4,442 |
| 2,112 | 🇮🇹 Salvatore Tavano | World Touring Car Championship | 4,442 |
| 2,113 | 🇬🇧 Tony Rolt | Formula 1 | 4,442 |
| 2,114 | 🇳🇿 Tor Graves | WEC | 4,442 |
| 2,115 | 🇳🇿 Will Bamber | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 4,442 |
| 2,116 | 🇳🇱 Ben Aucott | FIA GT Championship | 4,441 |
Adam Adelson is a professional driver racing GT3 machinery in domestic and international sports-car championships. FIA Silver graded, he competes primarily for Wright Motorsports, an established team fielding multiple drivers across IMSA and GT World Challenge series. His career spans six seasons from 2020 onward, with 112 starts across national and international endurance and sprint formats.[1]
Adelson won the 2024 GT World Challenge America Pro championship with Wright Motorsports. In that series, where he has made 22 starts, he has taken 7 wins and 15 podiums across three seasons. He has also raced in IMSA WeatherTech, the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, GT America, and Porsche Carrera Cup NA, scoring 12 wins and 45 podiums across all indexed series. His strongest stretch came in the GT World Challenge America and VP Racing championships, where he has consistently finished on the podium in multiclass, shared-driver racing against amateur and semi-professional competitors as well as graded professionals.[2]
On record against established opposition, Adelson has finished ahead of Kyle Kirkwood, an elite professional and Indy NXT champion, and Alex Lynn, a Platinum-graded professional with GP3 and Formula 3 European experience. His regular rivals in IMSA and GT World Challenge include Robby Foley, a Gold-graded professional and multi-time champion, whom Adelson runs closely against, and Parker Thompson, a Silver-graded Carrera Cup champion, whom Adelson typically outfinishes. He holds 12 podiums across the shared-driver endurance championships in his record, including a finish at the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours.