Affonso Giaffone is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in IndyCar for Chitwood Motorsports. Giaffone has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,386 ranks Giaffone 707th of 40,700 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.
| 1997-10-11 | Las Vegas 500K | P15 | +18 |
| 1997-08-17 | Pennzoil 200 | P18 | −66 |
| 1997-07-26 | Visionaire 500 | P4 | +125 |
| 1997-06-29 | Samsonite 200 | P9 | +58 |
| 1997-06-07 | True Value 500 | P20 | −65 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +125 | Visionaire 500 1997 | IndyCar | P4 |
| +58 | Samsonite 200 1997 | IndyCar | P9 |
| +55 | Las Vegas 500K 1997 | IndyCar | P10 |
| +17 | Las Vegas 500K 1997 | IndyCar | P15 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ▸IndyCar | Chitwood Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +4,036 | 5,386 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Tony Stewart | 6,497 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇧🇷 Marco Greco | 5,550 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 🇳🇱 Arie Luyendyk | 5,503 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% |
| 🇨🇴 Roberto Guerrero | 5,143 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverFIA Gold | 5,131 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier | 5,098 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton | 5,092 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar | 5,675 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear | 5,665 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇸🇪 Kenny Bräck | 5,583 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% |
| 🇮🇹 Vincenzo SospiriFIA Silver, 1× champion | 5,869 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 697 | 🇧🇷 Pedro Piquet | Formula 2 | 5,400 |
| 698 | 🇧🇷 Gaetano Di Mauro | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,399 |
| 699 | 🇬🇧 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | GP2 Series | 5,397 |
| 700 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Long | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,395 |
| 701 | 🇺🇸 Conor Daly | NASCAR Truck | 5,394 |
| 702 | 🇺🇸 Mauro Baldi | FIA GT Championship | 5,394 |
| 703 | 🇬🇧 Peter Gethin | Formula 1 | 5,394 |
| 704 | 🇵🇹 Filipe Albuquerque | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,390 |
| 705 | 🇿🇦 Dave Charlton | Formula 1 | 5,389 |
| 706 | 🇧🇪 Kurt Mollekens | FIA GT Championship | 5,387 |
| 707 | 🇧🇷 Affonso Giaffone | IndyCar | 5,386 |
| 708 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Harper | WEC | 5,386 |
| 709 | 🇮🇹 Valentino Rossi | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,381 |
| 710 | 🇫🇷 Stéphane Grégoire | IndyCar | 5,380 |
| 711 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Pier Guidi | WEC | 5,379 |
| 712 | 🇩🇰 Kristian Kolby | International Formula 3000 | 5,379 |
| 713 | 🇧🇷 Mario Moraes | IndyCar | 5,379 |
| 714 | 🇧🇪 Stoffel Vandoorne | WEC | 5,379 |
| 715 | 🇪🇸 Alex Soler-Roig | Formula 1 | 5,378 |
| 716 | 🇦🇺 James Wharton | Formula 3 | 5,378 |
| 717 | 🇺🇸 Christian Eckes | NASCAR Truck | 5,377 |
Affonso Giaffone is a retired Brazilian racing driver who competed as an established professional in IndyCar, a national single-class championship run on oval tracks in the United States. He drove for Chitwood Motorsports, a small operation that fielded four drivers across the index.[1]
Giaffone's indexed career consists of eight starts in the 1997 IndyCar season, the only year in which he appears in this database. He finished 21st in the championship standings. Racing on oval circuits exclusively, he finished ahead of established professionals including the 1997 IndyCar champion Tony Stewart on two occasions and the 1995 International Formula 3000 champion Vincenzo Sospiri twice; he was closely matched against Marco Greco, another IndyCar regular of that season, splitting their head-to-head meetings.[2]
The field mixed amateur and semi-professional drivers alongside graded professionals. Giaffone typically finished behind Stewart but proved capable of beating drivers who had reached the top level of open-wheel racing elsewhere, a level of performance consistent with his established professional standing.