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 5837th 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.
| 2008-07-25 | Portland International Raceway | P25 | ā96 |
| 2008-07-25 | Portland International Raceway | P23 | ā74 |
| 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 | āøStar Mazda Championship | B1 Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | ā169 | 3,508 |
| 2007 | āøStar Mazda Championship | R-Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +5 | 3,677 |
| 2006 | āøStar Mazda Championship | R-Sport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | ā45 | 3,672 |
| 2005 | āøStar Mazda Championship | Blueacre Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | ā2,750ā20 | 3,717 |
| 2004 | āøNASA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | ā363 | 987 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| šŗšø Patrick O'Neill | 3,110 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| šŗšø Phil Fogg Jr | 2,872 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| šØš¦ Christopher CummingFIA Bronze | 4,537 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| šŗšø Michael Guasch | 4,385 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| šŗšø Brian ThienesFIA Bronze | 3,173 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| šŗšø Dan Tomlin Jr. | 3,008 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| šŗšø Dan Tomlin III | 2,984 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| šŗšø Frank McCormick | 2,817 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| šŗšø Dave HouseFIA Bronze | 2,761 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| šŗšø Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| šŗšø John PewFIA Silver | 5,098 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| šŗšø John Michael EdwardsHigher-rated, 1Ć champion | 5,078 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| š®šŖ Peter DempseyFIA Bronze | 4,761 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,827 | š§šŖ Peter Guelinckx | 24H Series | 3,512 |
| 5,828 | š©šŖ Zino-Ferret Fahlke | Prototype Cup Europe | 3,512 |
| 5,829 | š§š· Adalberto Baptista | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,511 |
| 5,830 | š³ļø Mia Flewitt | British GT Championship | 3,511 |
| 5,831 | šŗšø Ryan Booth | Radical Cup NA | 3,511 |
| 5,832 | šš° Sunny Wong | TCR World Tour | 3,511 |
| 5,833 | šŗšø Jody Ridley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,510 |
| 5,834 | šØš¦ John Lloyd | Star Mazda Championship | 3,510 |
| 5,835 | š©šŖ Siegfried Venema | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,510 |
| 5,836 | š§šŖ Albert Vanierschot | FIA GT Championship | 3,509 |
| 5,837 | šŗšø Brian Johnson | Star Mazda Championship | 3,508 |
| 5,838 | š¬š§ Isaac Smith | TCR World Tour | 3,508 |
| 5,839 | šÆšµ Masataka Kawaguchi | Super GT | 3,508 |
| 5,840 | š®š¹ Barry Waddell | Zenith Racing Series | 3,507 |
| 5,841 | šØš¦ Brody Goble | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,507 |
| 5,842 | šØš¦ Connor Bell | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,507 |
| 5,843 | šŗšø Dwayne Leik | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,507 |
| 5,844 | š³ļø Marcio Campos | Stock Light | 3,507 |
| 5,845 | šŗšø Mark Kvamme | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,507 |
| 5,846 | šŗšø Ronnie Davidson | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,507 |
| 5,847 | šŗšø Brandon Newey | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,506 |
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.