🏳️ Aidan Fassnacht

Aidan Fassnacht is a semi-professional driver, rated 2,896, who competed in single-seater racing across two seasons from 2021 to 2022 before retiring. He raced primarily in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin, where he recorded one win and two podiums from 14 starts in 2022 while driving for McCumbee McAleer Racing, and won once from two SCCA Majors starts in 2021. His overall record across 16 starts yielded two wins and four podiums, though his average finishing position of 15.2 placed him outside the midfield of the fields he entered. Fassnacht's rating places him at the competitive amateur level; he was consistently racing against semi-professionals and full-time drivers.[1]

The calibre of his opposition illustrates the strength differential. Among frequent rivals, Fassnacht regularly raced against Connor Zilisch, an FIA Gold driver and 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, though he finished ahead of him only four times across 14 shared races. He also competed with Aaron Jeansonne, an FIA Silver professional, beating him five times in fourteen meetings, and Anthony Mcintosh, a multiple Lamborghini Super Trofeo and GT4 champion, finishing ahead of him nine times. Jared Thomas, a three-time Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup ND2 champion also in the same series, won their head-to-head battles decisively by finishing ahead eleven times in fourteen races. Fassnacht's results show him performing as the junior member of the fields he entered, outrunning some semi-professionals and occasionally troubling established ones, but unable to sustain competitiveness over distance.