🇺🇸 Anton Dias Perera

Anton Dias Perera is a retired American driver who competes at the professional level in sportscar racing, holding an FIA Bronze rating that reflects his status as an amateur driver racing primarily in endurance and GT competition. His Racer Rating of 4,039 places him in the professional band; this level represents a driver who might front a national championship field or hold a competitive seat at a strong feeder series, though in his case the record shows a career defined more by consistent participation than by outright dominance. Across four seasons from 2020 to 2023, Dias Perera made 32 starts, nearly all of them in the IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he accumulated two podium finishes but no wins. His average finishing position of P15.8 describes a mid-field competitor; he raced primarily for Lone Star Racing and occasionally for Riley Motorsports.[1]

Dias Perera's competitive record against his peers reveals the nature of his performance. He faced professional and semi-professional opposition consistently, sharing the grid with drivers such as Robby Foley, an FIA Gold graded driver and GT World Challenge America Pro-Am champion, and Robin Liddell, who won the 2023 IMSA Pilot Challenge GS title. Against Foley, Dias Perera finished ahead in seven of 32 meetings but behind in 25; against Liddell, the split was eight ahead and 21 behind across 29 races. Other regular rivals included Eric Foss, a former IMSA Pilot Challenge ST champion, and several FIA Silver graded professionals. On isolated occasions, Dias Perera proved capable of beating much stronger drivers; he finished ahead of Chase Briscoe, an elite professional rated 6,814, twice across their meetings, and also beat Austin Cindric, a two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, once. These results remain exceptions rather than patterns within his record, which shows him as a steady participant in a competitive GT field rather than a threat to the front-runners.