Ben Jacobs is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for JDH Racing. Jacobs has recorded 2 wins and 7 podiums from 64 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,446 ranks Jacobs 13916th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-09-11 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | P4 | +51 |
| 2026-07-26 | Road America SRF3 | P9 | −6 |
| 2026-07-25 | Road America SRF3 | P12 | −34 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P36 | −93 |
| 2026-06-06 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P32 | −61 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +117 | Blackhawk Farms 2025 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +109 | Homestead-Miami Speedway 2024 | SCCA Majors | P8 |
| +108 | Road America 2025 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +89 | Blackhawk Farms 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P7 |
| +84 | Hallett Motor Racing Circut 2024 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JDH Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | ↑1,032−345 | 2,446 |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P61 | −236 | |||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +52 | ||
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P73 | +189 | 1,943 | |
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +27 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P63 | +58 | 1,727 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | ↑644−174 | |||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +2 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P60 | +100 | 1,198 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P73 | +250 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P115 | −502 | 848 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Scott Monroe | 2,246 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10% |
| 🏳️ Todd Vanacore | 1,993 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt Gray | 1,764 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 57% |
| 🏳️ Charles Pigeon | 922 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 57% |
| 🏳️ Craig Wheatley | 847 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 81% |
| 🏳️ Brian Schofield | 3,232 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% |
| 🏳️ Bobby Sak | 2,583 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% |
| 🏳️ James Goughary | 2,271 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22% |
| 🏳️ Tyler Fox | 1,591 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% |
| 🏳️ Justin Elder | 2,524 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 44% |
| 🇫🇷 Sebastien BourdaisFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,279 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver, 2× champion | 4,261 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy FletcherHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,098 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13,906 | 🇩🇪 Thomas Heinrich | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,448 |
| 13,907 | 🇳🇱 Alex van t'Hoff | 24H Series | 2,447 |
| 13,908 | 🇩🇪 Alexander Kolb | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,447 |
| 13,909 | 🏳️ Anthony Snow | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,447 |
| 13,910 | 🇺🇸 Blake ROSSER | Ferrari Challenge | 2,447 |
| 13,911 | 🏳️ Enrico Prosperi | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,447 |
| 13,912 | 🇫🇷 Guillaume Roman | 24H Series | 2,447 |
| 13,913 | 🇦🇹 Gunther Ofenmacher | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,447 |
| 13,914 | 🇮🇹 Tiziano Cappelletti | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,447 |
| 13,915 | 🇺🇸 Ayden Kirk | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 2,446 |
| 13,916 | 🇺🇸 Ben Jacobs | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,446 |
| 13,917 | 🇫🇷 Edouard Borgna | Formula Regional European | 2,446 |
| 13,918 | 🇯🇵 Taketoshi Matsui | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,446 |
| 13,919 | 🏳️ Umberto Milletti | SCCA Majors | 2,446 |
| 13,920 | 🇺🇸 Adam Johnson | ChampCar Endurance Series | 2,445 |
| 13,921 | 🇩🇰 Henrik KAMSTRUP | Ferrari Challenge | 2,445 |
| 13,922 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Rocco | SVRA | 2,445 |
| 13,923 | 🏳️ Lloyd Mack Jr. | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,445 |
| 13,924 | 🏳️ Pipo Massa | GT Winter Series | 2,445 |
| 13,925 | 🏳️ Robeson Clay Russell | SCCA Majors | 2,445 |
| 13,926 | 🏳️ D Hetzer Thomas | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,444 |
Ben Jacobs is a competitive amateur racing in SCCA national championships across multiple classes. He competes primarily in SCCA Majors, where he races EP, GT2 and P2 machinery, and SCCA Regionals in spec and one-design sports cars. His current ride is with JDH Racing in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he sits 22nd in the championship standings through six rounds of the 2026 season.[1]
Across five indexed seasons from 2022 to 2026, Jacobs has taken two wins and seven podiums from 64 starts. Both wins came in SCCA Majors competition. His record in the national pro-am field divides clearly by series; he has won and taken multiple podiums in SCCA Majors over four seasons, taken one podium in SCCA Regionals, and appeared twice at the SCCA Runoffs. He made his only international start in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie in 2026, a shared-car endurance event. The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup entry represents his first full campaign in single-make racing.[2]
In SCCA Majors, a multiclass national championship mixing amateurs and professionals across 25 classes, Jacobs typically finishes behind his regular competitors Scott Monroe and Todd Vanacore, both competitive amateurs with far more extensive records in the series. He has finished ahead of Jared Thomas, the three-time Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup champion, once across their meetings in that series.