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🇺🇸 Bobby Dotter

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Xfinity, Ware Racing Enterprises.

Driver facts

Full name

Bobby Dotter

Born

11 July 1960(b. 1960)

Nationality

United States

Current team

Ware Racing Enterprises

Series

NASCAR Xfinity

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

211

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,182

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,182

Rank 2851 of 40,700 indexed, -107 this season

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 0h ago

Bobby Dotter was a professional stock car racing driver who spent fifteen seasons in NASCAR Xfinity, competing for Ware Racing Enterprises and D-R Racing from 1982 to 2004. He raced primarily on ovals, where he took his single victory and all six of his podium finishes across 211 starts in the series.[1]

Dotter finished his final indexed season in 2004 with a 37th-place championship standing after one round. His record across his full career placed him among entry-level professionals; he ran consistently against drivers at his own level, including regular matchups with Tommy Houston and Steve Grissom, the 1993 NASCAR Xfinity champion, both of whom he met many times over. Dotter also finished ahead of established professionals including the 1997 IndyCar champion Tony Stewart on six occasions and Gold-graded Jamie McMurray once. His father, Bob Dotter, was a three-time champion of the Automobile Racing Club of America.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Bobby Dotter is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity for Ware Racing Enterprises. Dotter has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 211 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,182 ranks Dotter 2851th of 40,700 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2004 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

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2004-06-26

Milwaukee

P26

−22

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+159	Bristol 1992	NASCAR Xfinity	P3
+153	New River Valley 1992	NASCAR Xfinity	P1
+147	O''Reilly 1988	NASCAR Xfinity	P6
+137	Hickory 1988	NASCAR Xfinity	P6
+126	Loudon 1993	NASCAR Xfinity	P3

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Watkins Glen International5 starts+31

Hickory14 starts+22

Nazareth8 starts+22

Loudon11 starts+20

Struggles

Dover14 starts-30

Michigan4 starts-28

Atlanta4 starts-27

Charlotte11 starts-27

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2004	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Ware Racing Enterprises	1	0	0	0	P37	−22	4,289
2001	▸NASCAR Xfinity		1	0	0	0	P37	+1	4,311
1998	▸NASCAR Xfinity		2	0	0	0	P44	+55	4,309
1997	▸NASCAR Xfinity		1	0	0	0	P40	−8	4,254
1996	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Shoemaker Racing	19	0	0	0	P37	−422	4,263
1995	▸NASCAR Xfinity	Dotter Racing	25	0	0	1	P16	−352	4,685
1994	▸NASCAR Xfinity	D-R Racing	28	0	2	0	P17	−27	5,037
1993	▸NASCAR Xfinity	D-R Racing	28	0	2	2	P17	+893	5,064
1992	▸NASCAR Xfinity	D-R Racing	28	1	2	0	P23	−105	4,171
1991	▸NASCAR Xfinity	D-R Racing	31	0	0	0	P27	−317	4,276
1990	▸NASCAR Xfinity	D-R Racing	29	0	0	0	P20	+536	4,594
1989	▸NASCAR Xfinity	D-R Racing	1	0	0	0	P42	+109	4,058
1988	▸NASCAR Xfinity		15	0	0	1	P30	−76	3,948
1985	▸NASCAR Xfinity		1	0	0	0	P33	+13	4,024
1982	▸NASCAR Xfinity		1	0	0	0	P40	+2,660	4,010

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Dotter finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Tommy Houston	3,993	189	91	98	48%
🇺🇸 Steve Grissom	3,619	162	62	100	38%
🇺🇸 Robert Pressley	4,528	148	63	85	43%
🇺🇸 Tracy Leslie	4,171	147	79	68	54%
🇺🇸 Kenny Wallace	4,399	142	51	91	36%
🇺🇸 Joe Nemechek	2,996	137	51	86	37%
🇺🇸 David Green	3,966	134	47	87	35%
🇺🇸 Elton Sawyer	4,808	133	73	60	55%
🇺🇸 Tom Peck	4,216	131	61	70	47%
🇺🇸 Chuck Bown	4,141	128	46	82	36%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1× champion	6,497	10	6	4	60%
🇺🇸 Jamie McMurrayFIA Gold	5,923	1	1	0	100%
🇺🇸 Elliott SadlerHigher-rated	5,904	14	7	7	50%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed

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2,841	🇳🇿 Jamie Derbyshire	FIA GT Championship	4,185
2,842	🇯🇵 Kei Cozzolino	Asian Le Mans Series	4,185
2,843	🇺🇸 Mike Dillon	NASCAR Xfinity	4,185
2,845	🇬🇧 Jürgen von Gartzen	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	4,184
2,846	🇬🇧 Leo Machitski	British GT Championship	4,184
2,847	🇮🇹 Emanuele Busnelli	Le Mans Cup	4,183
2,848	🇺🇸 J.R. Fitzpatrick	NASCAR Canada Series	4,183
2,849	🇦🇷 Nicolas Dapero	Indy NXT	4,183
2,850	🇻🇪 Rodolfo Gonzalez	IndyCar	4,183
2,851	🇺🇸 Bobby Dotter	NASCAR Xfinity	4,182
2,852	🇧🇷 Renan Guerra	Stock Car Pro Series	4,182
2,853	🇧🇷 AJ Muss	GT World Challenge Europe	4,181
2,854	🇩🇪 Alberto Di Folco	GT World Challenge Europe	4,181
2,855	🇩🇪 Felipe Laser	Le Mans Cup	4,181
2,856	🇯🇵 Guliano Alesi	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	4,181
2,857	🇪🇸 Jordi Gené	FIA World Touring Car Cup	4,181
2,858	🇵🇱 Robert Lukas	24H Series	4,181
2,859	🇬🇧 Tom Papadopoulos	IMSA WeatherTech	4,181
2,860	🇺🇸 Leland Honeyman Jr.	NASCAR Xfinity	4,180
2,861	🇬🇧 Matthew Graham	British GT Championship	4,180

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