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🇺🇸 Cal Niday

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Kurtis Kraft.
Driver facts
Full name
Cal Niday
Born
29 April 1914(b. 1914)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Kurtis Kraft
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
3
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
4,499
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
4,499
Rank 1961 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Cal Niday is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Niday has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,499 ranks Niday 1961th of 40,105 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
1955 form
Last 3 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1955-05-30Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayFormula 1DNF+18
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+62Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1954Formula 1P10
+18Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1955Formula 1DNF
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1955▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100100P15+184,499
1954▸Formula 1Stevens100000P16+624,488
1953▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100100P14+3,1014,451
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Niday finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Duane Carter6,1763030%
🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann6,17531233%
🇺🇸 Sam Hanks6,12132167%
🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen6,07031233%
🇺🇸 Paul Russo6,0673030%
🇺🇸 Jack McGrath6,04631233%
🇺🇸 Jimmy Davies6,00731233%
🇺🇸 Walt Faulkner5,99631233%
🇺🇸 Johnnie Parsons5,99232167%
🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan5,98731233%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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1,952🇳🇱 Boy LungerFormula 14,503
1,953🇨🇭 Nicolas LeutwilerWEC4,503
1,954🇺🇸 David BlockIMSA WeatherTech4,501
1,955🇧🇪 James RuffierFIA GT Championship4,501
1,956🇫🇷 Léo RousselGT World Challenge Europe4,501
1,957🇩🇪 Maxime OostenGT World Challenge Asia4,501
1,958🇫🇷 Patrice GoueslardFIA GT Championship4,501
1,959🇨🇿 Jiri Pisarik24H Series4,500
1,960🇳🇿 Will BamberLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,500
1,961🇺🇸 Cal NidayFormula 14,499
1,962🇯🇵 Rintaro KuboSuper GT4,499
1,963🇧🇷 Tiago GeronimiFormula 3 Euro Series4,499
1,964🇺🇸 Todd KlueverNASCAR Xfinity4,499
1,965🇦🇺 Ashley WalshSupercars Championship4,498
1,966🇦🇹 Egon AllgäuerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,498
1,967🇨🇭 Henri MoserNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,498
1,968🇵🇱 Tymoteusz KucharczykEuroformula Open4,498
1,969🇺🇸 Corey LaJoieNASCAR Truck4,497
1,970🇺🇸 Myatt SniderNASCAR Xfinity4,497
1,971🇦🇹 Simon ReicherGT World Challenge Europe4,497
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Cal Niday is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Niday has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,499 ranks Niday 1961th of 40,105 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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