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🇺🇸 Buddy Rice

Racing driver from United States. IMSA WeatherTech, BAR1 Motorsports.
Driver facts
Full name
Buddy Rice
Born
31 January 1976(b. 1976)
Nationality
United States
Current team
BAR1 Motorsports
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Retired
Career wins
3
Career podiums
13
Career starts
111
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
4,649
Buddy Rice
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,649
Rank 1638 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Buddy Rice is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for BAR1 Motorsports. Rice has recorded 3 wins and 13 podiums from 111 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,649 ranks Rice 1638th of 38,983 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
2017 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2017-10-07Road Atlanta PCIMSA WeatherTechP2+11
2017-08-06Road America PCIMSA WeatherTechP3−150
2017-07-02Watkins Glen International PCIMSA WeatherTechP2−4
2017-05-06Circuit of the Americas PCIMSA WeatherTechP3−156
2017-03-18Sebring International Raceway PCIMSA WeatherTechP4−180
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+153Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix 2005IndyCarP2
+143Iowa Speedway 2007IndyCarP4
+139Michigan Indy 400 2002IndyCarP2
+137Kansas Indy 300 2004IndyCarP1
+135Camping World IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen 2008IndyCarP4
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2017▸IMSA WeatherTechBAR1 Motorsports605000P3−5184,649
2011▸IndyCar300000P25+235,167
2009▸SKUSA SuperNationals100100—−2355,145
2008▸IndyCar1800000P17+1595,380
▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—−228
2007▸IndyCar1700000P10+4215,449
▸SKUSA SuperNationals100100—−281
2006▸IndyCar1400000P15−3795,309
2005▸IndyCarRahal Letterman Racing1602000P14−5735,688
2004▸IndyCarRahal Letterman Racing1635050P3+4786,260
2003▸IndyCarRed Bull Cheever Racing1300000P21−2725,782
2002▸IndyCarRed Bull Cheever Racing501000P12+4,7056,055
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Rice finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇧🇷 Helio CastronevesFIA Platinum4,200102247824%
🇬🇧 Dan Wheldon5,80098287029%
🇧🇷 Tony KanaanFIA Platinum3,95897207721%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,37796306631%
🇧🇷 Vitor Meira5,61094405443%
🇿🇦 Tomas Scheckter5,25486434350%
🇺🇸 Ed Carpenter5,20283493459%
🇺🇸 Sam Hornish Jr.5,54581265532%
🇺🇸 Scott SharpFIA Platinum4,85881374446%
🇺🇸 A.J. Foyt IV5,24579562371%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion7,02461517%
🇬🇧 Mike ConwayFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,42021150%
🇬🇧 Dario FranchittiHigher-rated, 4× champion6,34669214830%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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1,633🇨🇿 Erik Janis24H Series4,654
1,634🇬🇧 Dean SmithGP3 Series4,652
1,635🇵🇹 Paul Dalla LanaWEC4,651
1,636🇫🇷 Adrien CHILALe Mans Cup4,650
1,637🇪🇸 Celso MiguezFormula V8 3.54,650
1,638🇺🇸 Buddy RiceIMSA WeatherTech4,649
1,639🇺🇸 Joey HandIMSA WeatherTech4,649
1,640🇬🇧 Nigel MoorePrototype Cup Europe4,649
1,641🇦🇺 Gianmarco PradelGB34,648
1,642🇺🇸 Myles RoweIndy NXT4,648
1,643🇩🇪 Nico MenzelNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,646
1,644🇺🇸 Timothy PetersNASCAR Truck4,645
1,645🇧🇷 Arthur GamaStock Car Pro Series4,644
1,646🇫🇮 Atte MustonenFormula 3 Euro Series4,644
1,647🇺🇸 Brennan PooleNASCAR Xfinity4,644
1,648🇺🇸 Alec UdellEuropean Le Mans Series4,643
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Buddy Rice is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for BAR1 Motorsports. Rice has recorded 3 wins and 13 podiums from 111 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,649 ranks Rice 1638th of 38,983 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
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