Brian Johnson is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for B1 Racing. Johnson has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 8 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,508 ranks Johnson 5804th 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.
| 2008-07-25 | Portland International Raceway | P25 | −96 |
| 2008-07-25 | Portland International Raceway | P23 | −74 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +26 | Willow Springs Raceway 2004 | NASA | P3 |
| +5 | Laguna Seca 2007 | Star Mazda Championship | P18 |
| +2 | Road America 2006 | Star Mazda Championship | P19 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | B1 Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −169 | 3,508 |
| 2007 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | R-Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +5 | 3,677 |
| 2006 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | R-Sport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −45 | 3,672 |
| 2005 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Blueacre Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | ↑2,750−20 | 3,717 |
| 2004 | ▸NASA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | −363 | 987 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Patrick O'Neill | 3,110 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Phil Fogg Jr | 2,872 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇨🇦 Christopher CummingFIA Bronze | 4,420 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Guasch | 4,385 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Brian ThienesFIA Bronze | 3,084 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Tomlin Jr. | 3,008 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Tomlin III | 2,984 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Frank McCormick | 2,817 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Dave HouseFIA Bronze | 2,761 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 John PewFIA Silver | 5,098 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 John Michael EdwardsHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,078 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA Bronze | 4,186 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,794 | 🇩🇪 Zino-Ferret Fahlke | Prototype Cup Europe | 3,512 |
| 5,795 | 🏳️ Mia Flewitt | British GT Championship | 3,511 |
| 5,796 | 🇭🇰 Sunny Wong | TCR World Tour | 3,511 |
| 5,797 | 🇩🇪 Alexander Hardt | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,510 |
| 5,798 | 🇺🇸 Jody Ridley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,510 |
| 5,799 | 🇨🇦 John Lloyd | Star Mazda Championship | 3,510 |
| 5,800 | 🇩🇪 Siegfried Venema | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,510 |
| 5,801 | 🇧🇪 Albert Vanierschot | FIA GT Championship | 3,509 |
| 5,802 | 🇺🇸 Gian Buffomante | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,509 |
| 5,803 | 🇦🇺 Jack Taylor | GB3 | 3,509 |
| 5,804 | 🇺🇸 Brian Johnson | Star Mazda Championship | 3,508 |
| 5,805 | 🏳️ Connor Bell | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,508 |
| 5,806 | 🇬🇧 Isaac Smith | TCR World Tour | 3,508 |
| 5,807 | 🇯🇵 Masataka Kawaguchi | Super GT | 3,508 |
| 5,808 | 🇨🇦 Brody Goble | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,507 |
| 5,809 | 🇮🇹 Davide Larini | Italian F4 | 3,507 |
| 5,810 | 🇺🇸 Dwayne Leik | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,507 |
| 5,811 | 🇳🇱 Luc Breukers | 24H Series | 3,507 |
| 5,812 | 🇧🇷 Ricardo Gracia | Spanish F4 | 3,507 |
| 5,813 | 🇺🇸 Ronnie Davidson | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,507 |
| 5,814 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Booth | Radical Cup NA | 3,507 |
Brian Johnson is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,511 places him in the competitive amateur band; this level describes quick drivers usually racing at club and regional standard, or entry-level professional fields where they compete against full-time racers rather than alongside them. His competitive record spans four seasons from 2005 to 2008, concentrated in the Star Mazda Championship, where he made six starts for B1 Racing without recording a win or podium finish. His average finishing position across all classified starts was P22.7, reflecting consistent mid-field or lower-grid status in a single-seater feeder series.[1]
Johnson's head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals shows him trading results near his own level. He finished ahead of Phil Fogg Jr. and Patrick O'Neill once each across five shared races with each driver, both rated as competitive amateurs like himself, while he failed to finish ahead of Christopher Cumming, a much stronger established professional, in four races. He holds a winning record against Frank McCormick and traded results evenly with Michael Guasch and Bronze-graded Brian Thienes. His occasional finishes ahead of stronger drivers including 2008 Star Mazda Champion John Michael Edwards and FIA Bronze-rated Peter Dempsey and Mark Patterson represent isolated results rather than patterns of dominance. Johnson retired from racing after 2008 and has since pursued other interests, including endurance driving events in later years.