🏳️ B. Cates

B. Cates is a retired driver who competed in NASA racing during 2007 and 2008, accumulating nine starts across two seasons. With a Racer Rating of 1,227, Cates sits in the developing amateur band, indicating consistent presence in club-level competition but without the results to demonstrate sustained strength against professional fields. The average finishing position of P3.8 across all starts reflects occasional success mixed with mid-field finishes typical of this level.[1]

Cates recorded one win and five podiums in the NASA series, with most of this success concentrated in 2008, when four of the five podium finishes came in the final four rounds. Head-to-head records against regular rivals show mixed performance. Cates finished ahead of A. Olson, a stronger-rated driver, in two of five shared races but trailed Olson in three others. Against lower-rated competitors such as D. Cates, A. Ellis, and J. Benton, Cates held a clean record, finishing ahead in all five shared races with each. The record against R. Ellis and R. Burke was similarly one-sided in Cates' favour, suggesting the ability to beat drivers in and around the same competitive band but without dominance over the field as a whole.