Aurora Straus is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Murillo Racing. Straus has recorded 1 win and 3 podiums from 45 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,051 ranks Straus 8250th of 40,308 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.
| 2026-09-19 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC GS | P21 | +5 |
| 2026-08-22 | Virginia International Raceway GS | P16 | +45 |
| 2026-08-01 | Road America GS | P14 | +66 |
| 2026-07-11 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GS | P22 | −8 |
| 2026-06-27 | Watkins Glen International GS | P19 | +24 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +179 | Daytona International Speedway 2023 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P6 |
| +156 | Daytona International Speedway 2017 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P4 |
| +145 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2026 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P8 |
| +114 | Sebring International Raceway 2017 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P5 |
| +107 | Watkins Glen International 2016 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P8 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Murillo Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +423 | 3,051 |
| 2025 | ▸Radical Cup NA | PRIMAL Racing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +24 | 2,629 |
| ▸GT4 America | TPC Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +40 | ||
| ▸PCA Club Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −187 | |||
| 2023 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Crucial Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +161 | 2,752 |
| ▸International GT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | −36 | |||
| 2020 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Turner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −2 | 2,628 |
| 2019 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −349 | 2,628 | |
| ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | BimmerWorld Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P31 | −32 | ||
| 2018 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Automatic Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −74 | 2,630 |
| 2017 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | RS1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +437 | 3,011 |
| 2016 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | ModSpace/Monticello Motor Club | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | ↑1,350−505 | 3,018 |
| ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | RS1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +193 | ||
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P45 | +1,668 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold | 4,992 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Owen TrinklerFIA Bronze | 2,772 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 58% |
| 🇬🇧 Stevan McAleerFIA Gold | 4,445 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 Gregory LiefoogheFIA Silver | 3,842 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Tim ProbertFIA Bronze | 2,385 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 48% |
| 🇺🇸 Spencer PumpellyFIA Silver | 4,310 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Drake KemperFIA Bronze | 2,751 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Brent MosingFIA Bronze | 3,330 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Eric FossFIA Silver | 3,913 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% |
| 🇺🇸 James ClayFIA Bronze | 3,316 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Chase BriscoeHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,552 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Austin CindricFIA Silver, 2× champion | 6,339 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Nolan SiegelFIA Gold | 5,455 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,240 | 🇬🇧 Ben STONE | Le Mans Cup | 3,053 |
| 8,241 | 🇺🇸 Cavan O'Keefe | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,053 |
| 8,242 | 🇬🇧 Dave Coyne | International Formula 3000 | 3,053 |
| 8,243 | 🇯🇵 Jun Harada | FIA GT Championship | 3,053 |
| 8,244 | 🏳️ Matt Round-Garrido | Formula Regional Americas | 3,053 |
| 8,245 | 🏳️ Peter Ensor | SCCA Majors | 3,053 |
| 8,246 | 🏳️ Sven Mller | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,053 |
| 8,247 | 🇺🇸 Casey Smith | NASCAR Truck | 3,052 |
| 8,248 | 🏳️ Mark Farmer | British GT Championship | 3,052 |
| 8,249 | 🏳️ Nick Bruni | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,052 |
| 8,250 | 🇺🇸 Aurora Straus | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,051 |
| 8,251 | 🇨🇭 Bernard Santal | International Formula 3000 | 3,051 |
| 8,252 | 🏳️ Christian Hoagland | SCCA Majors | 3,051 |
| 8,253 | 🇨🇭 Iradj Alexander-David | 24H Series | 3,051 |
| 8,254 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Allen | SCCA Majors | 3,051 |
| 8,255 | 🇦🇺 Sebastien Amadio | S5000 | 3,051 |
| 8,256 | 🇫🇷 Walter Meloni | FIA GT Championship | 3,051 |
| 8,257 | 🇫🇷 Alexandre VIRON | Road to Le Mans | 3,050 |
| 8,258 | 🇸🇪 Edvin Hellsten | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,050 |
| 8,259 | 🇺🇸 John Geesbreght | GT4 America | 3,050 |
| 8,260 | 🇱🇹 Leonardas Dirzys | 24H Series | 3,050 |
Aurora Straus is an entry-level professional racing in national multiclass endurance championships. She holds an FIA Silver grading, placing her below the full-professional Gold and Platinum grades in endurance racing. Straus drives GT4-level and production-based sports cars for Murillo Racing in the IMSA Pilot Challenge, where she has made 25 starts since 2016, sharing the car with co-drivers as part of the series' crewed format. She also races for TPC Racing and PRIMAL Racing in GT4 America and Radical Cup NA respectively.[1]
Across eight seasons and 44 starts in indexed racing, Straus has taken one win and three podiums. Her sole victory came in Radical Cup NA in 2025, a single-driver sprint series that sits apart from her primary endurance schedule. She finished 23rd in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup championship in 2016 and scored a podium in PCA Club Racing. In the IMSA Pilot Challenge, her main series, she has accumulated starts without a podium finish in the championship's shared-car format, where co-driver performance affects results as much as her own.[2]
Straus races in fields mixing amateur through professional competitors, regularly encountering established professionals and FIA graded drivers. She has finished ahead of NASCAR Cup Series regulars including Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric, both established or elite professionals, in single race meetings. Among her consistent opponents in IMSA Pilot Challenge are Robby Foley, an FIA Gold-graded 2025 GT World Challenge America Pro-Am champion with extensive WeatherTech and Pilot Challenge experience, and Owen Trinkler, a semi-professional who won the 2018 IMSA Pilot Challenge GS title; both are closely matched with her in head-to-head racing.