Ben Harper is a racing driver from United Kingdom 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 1,597 ranks Harper 19987th of 40,200 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2015-10-03 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 1 | DNF | −53 |
| 2015-09-05 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 1 | P7 | +30 |
| 2015-08-22 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 1 | DNF | −111 |
| 2015-07-04 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 1 | DNF | −127 |
| 2015-06-20 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 1 | P5 | +51 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +125 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2013 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P4 |
| +88 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2013 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P6 |
| +68 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2014 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P5 |
| +52 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2015 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P6 |
| +51 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2015 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #340 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −158 | 1,597 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #340 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −5 | 1,857 |
| 2013 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #340 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +410 | 1,760 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇮 Juha Hannonen | 2,571 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 30% |
| 🇫🇮 Jari Nuoramo | 2,348 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 30% |
| 🏳️ Mario Merten | 2,613 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% |
| 🇨🇭 Willy Hüppi | 2,480 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🏳️ Marc Legel | 1,996 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🏳️ Marcel Hartl | 2,287 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22% |
| 🇫🇮 Ilkka Kariste | 1,804 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 33% |
| 🇫🇮 Hannu Luostarinen | 2,428 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% |
| 🇩🇪 Jürgen Nett | 2,283 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Alexander Schula | 2,404 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 27% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael JoosFIA Silver | 4,362 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇹🇷 Mehmet Kaya MustafaHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,298 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Moritz OestreichFIA Silver | 3,893 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,977 | 🇩🇰 Kasper Larsen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,598 |
| 19,978 | 🏳️ Mike Gilbert | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,598 |
| 19,979 | 🏳️ Mike Kresser | PCA Club Racing | 1,598 |
| 19,980 | 🏳️ Pete Granata | American Endurance Racing | 1,598 |
| 19,981 | 🏳️ Ralf Schütze | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,598 |
| 19,982 | 🇦🇺 Richard Gartner | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,598 |
| 19,983 | 🏳️ Roy Shanholtz | American Endurance Racing | 1,598 |
| 19,984 | 🏳️ Rüdiger Bernhard | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,598 |
| 19,985 | 🏳️ Alex Brosseau | American Endurance Racing | 1,597 |
| 19,986 | 🏳️ Barry Battle | NASA | 1,597 |
| 19,987 | 🇬🇧 Ben Harper | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,597 |
| 19,988 | 🏳️ Christopher Lund | American Endurance Racing | 1,597 |
| 19,989 | 🏳️ Doc Possien | American Endurance Racing | 1,597 |
| 19,990 | 🏳️ Gary Derian | American Endurance Racing | 1,597 |
| 19,991 | 🏳️ Michael Sussman | American Endurance Racing | 1,597 |
| 19,992 | 🏳️ Patrick Mäkelin | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,597 |
| 19,993 | 🏳️ Peter Mcnamara | American Endurance Racing | 1,597 |
| 19,994 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Crenascoli | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,596 |
| 19,995 | 🇺🇸 Chris Drake | PCA Club Racing | 1,596 |
| 19,996 | 🇺🇸 Eric Ives | American Endurance Racing | 1,596 |
| 19,997 | 🏳️ Fernando Nogueras Alvarez | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,596 |
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.