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🏳️ Ben Harper

Racing driver. Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Car #340.
Driver facts
Full name
Ben Harper
Current team
Car #340
Series
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
20
Career DNFs
6
Racer Rating
689
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
689
RANK 34125 / 37,606 INDEXED · +0 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Ben Harper is a racing driver who last raced in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Car #340. Harper has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 20 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 689 ranks Harper 34125th of 37,606 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
2015 form
LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
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Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
2015-10-03Nürburgring Nordschleife · Cup 1Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieDNF−58
2015-09-05Nürburgring Nordschleife · Cup 1Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP7+22
2015-08-22Nürburgring Nordschleife · Cup 1Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieDNF−122
2015-07-04Nürburgring Nordschleife · Cup 1Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieDNF−134
2015-06-20Nürburgring Nordschleife · Cup 1Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP5+58
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2015▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieCar #340600300P30−181689
2014▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieCar #340600100P38−40980
2013▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieCar #340800200P31−90910
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
MOST-RACED & STRONGEST-BEATEN · TIMES HARPER FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🏳️ Marcel Hartl1,374134931%
🇫🇮 Ilkka Kariste1,025126650%
🏳️ Marc Legel983124833%
🇫🇮 Juha Hannonen1,506112918%
🇨🇭 Willy Hüppi1,380116555%
🇫🇮 Jari Nuoramo1,349112918%
🇩🇪 Thorsten WolterFIA BRONZE2,556103730%
🇩🇪 Axel Jahn1,110104640%
🇩🇪 Maximilian HackländerFIA SILVER3,70793633%
🇩🇪 Christian Gebhardt3,66093633%
🇹🇷 Mehmet Kaya MustafaHIGHER-RATED · 1× CHAMPION4,616110100%
🇩🇪 Volker StrycekFIA BRONZE4,59521150%
🇩🇪 Michael JoosFIA SILVER3,894110100%
RACED WHEEL-TO-WHEEL, NOT AS TEAM-MATES
On the leaderboard
GLOBAL RANK · 37,606 DRIVERS INDEXED
#DriverSeriesRating
34,115🏳️ Greg BarrowsPCA Club Racing690
34,116🏳️ Jeremiah FoxNASA690
34,117🏳️ Jim VogelPCA Club Racing690
34,118🏳️ John A RicciPCA Club Racing690
34,119🏳️ John DuckettNASA690
34,123🏳️ mike detotaNASA690
34,120🏳️ Namy TranSCCA Majors690
34,121🏳️ Stefan MuellerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie690
34,122🏳️ William BifulcoSCCA Regionals690
34,124🏳️ Barrett ShipmanNASA689
34,125🏳️ Ben HarperNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie689
34,126🏳️ Chuck ChristensenVelocity Invitational689
34,127🏳️ Greg GomolkaNASA689
34,128🏳️ Harry VerstynenNASA689
34,129🏳️ Mario FunkSCCA Regionals689
34,130🏳️ Matthew PothBMW CCA Club Racing689
34,131🏳️ Randy MillerNASA689
34,139🏳️ rich mishlerNASA689
34,132🏳️ Robert NewtonPCA Club Racing689
34,133🏳️ Scott MackelaSCCA Regionals689
34,134🏳️ Scott TuckerWEC689
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Ben Harper is a club-level racing driver whose rating of 689 places him in the developing category; this is the level of consistent participation in club and regional racing, without the wins and podium finishes that mark progression to higher competition. Across three seasons from 2013 to 2015, Harper made 20 starts in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a German endurance racing championship. He did not win or podium in any of those races and finished on average in eighth place among classified starters.[1]

Harper's head-to-head record against his regular rivals shows him split almost evenly, with slight losses to most of them. Against Marcel Hartl and Marc Legel, both semi-professional club-level drivers, Harper finished behind more often than ahead. He held a winning record only against Ilkka Kariste and Willy Hüppi, and won three races against Maximilian Hackländer, a Silver-graded professional. These occasional victories against stronger drivers represent isolated good results rather than a pattern of competitive strength; his broader record shows consistent mid-field running in a relatively modest field without the consistency to break through to podium finishes.[2]

Harper is retired from racing as of 2015, when his most recent series appearance ended with a thirty-fourth place finish in his final round. His career was a regional endurance racing effort with no championships or notable results to his name.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
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