Adam Cornell is a racing driver who last raced in American Endurance Racing. Cornell has recorded 2 wins and 3 podiums from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,612 ranks Cornell 19800th of 40,200 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2021-04-11 | Pittsburgh International Race Complex Class 2 | P5 | −102 |
| 2021-04-10 | Pittsburgh International Race Complex Class 2 | P6 | −132 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +145 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2017 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +118 | Road Atlanta 2018 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +90 | Road Atlanta 2018 | American Endurance Racing | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −234 | 1,669 | |
| 2018 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +208 | 1,903 | |
| 2017 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +553 | 1,903 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Fabian Berger | 1,627 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Gene Mcmurray | 1,509 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Assen N. Rachev | 936 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇨🇦 Jesse LazareFIA Silver, 1× champion | 3,936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Christopher MatosHigher-rated, 2× champion | 3,201 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇦🇺 Sam SmithHigher-rated | 2,630 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,790 | 🇺🇸 Justin Smith | SCCA Regionals | 1,613 |
| 19,791 | 🏳️ Mario Rigoli | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,613 |
| 19,792 | 🏳️ Martin Patterson | American Endurance Racing | 1,613 |
| 19,793 | 🇺🇸 Robert Allaer | SCCA Majors | 1,613 |
| 19,794 | 🏳️ Steve Hermetz | American Endurance Racing | 1,613 |
| 19,795 | 🇩🇪 Tim Robertz | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,796 | 🏳️ Uwe Gase | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,797 | 🏳️ Walter Schneider | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,798 | 🏳️ Werner Weiss | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,799 | 🏳️ Wilfried Seelbach | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,800 | 🏳️ Adam Cornell | American Endurance Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,801 | 🏳️ Claudio Pecora | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,802 | 🏳️ Greg Dalgarn | NASA | 1,612 |
| 19,803 | 🇳🇱 Jeroen Kreeft | 24H Series | 1,612 |
| 19,804 | 🏳️ Joey Selmants | SCCA Regionals | 1,612 |
| 19,805 | 🏳️ John De Barros | World Racing League | 1,612 |
| 19,806 | 🏳️ Jonathan Degnan | American Endurance Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,807 | 🏳️ Jose Fabian | SCCA Regionals | 1,612 |
| 19,808 | 🇺🇸 Joseph Safina | American Endurance Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,809 | 🇦🇷 Lautaro Piñeiro | TC Mouras | 1,612 |
| 19,810 | 🏳️ Marc Russell | SVRA | 1,612 |
Adam Cornell is a club-level driver whose rating of 1,074 places him in the developing category; he raced infrequently across a four-year span with sparse results against a weak field. His record shows five starts in American Endurance Racing between 2017 and 2021, yielding two wins and three podiums. He finished on average in third position, but this reflects a tiny sample concentrated in a narrow series; his final two races in 2021 produced no podiums and a 67th-place finish.[1]
Cornell's competitive context reveals racing almost exclusively against drivers rated below 1,100, well below the semi-professional threshold. He beat Assen N. Rachev, the 2017 American Endurance Racing Class 2 champion, once in three meetings, but lost the head-to-head twice and never demonstrated a pattern of superiority. He finished ahead of stronger drivers on isolated occasions: the Silver-graded Jesse Lazare once, and national-level competitors Christopher Matos and Barry Zurbuchen once each. These scattered results against higher-calibre opposition appear incidental rather than indicative of sustained competitiveness.
Cornell retired after 2021 with a career built on occasional endurance racing rather than sustained competition. The sparse activity and closing results suggest he did not progress beyond club racing despite early wins in American Endurance Racing, and he has not raced since his final appearance at Watkins Glen in May 2021.