Chad Gilsinger is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for HART. Gilsinger has recorded 3 wins and 11 podiums from 51 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,237 ranks Gilsinger 7053th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-10-02 | Road Atlanta TCR | P8 | +3 |
| 2026-09-11 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | P4 | −21 |
| 2026-08-01 | Road America TCR | P8 | +2 |
| 2026-06-27 | Watkins Glen International TCR | P4 | +101 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course TCR | P7 | +56 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +165 | Daytona International Speedway 2026 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P2 |
| +156 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2011 | NASA | P1 |
| +151 | Virginia International Raceway 2016 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| +146 | Road America 2016 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P2 |
| +142 | Sebring International Raceway 2025 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +304 | 3,237 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −21 | ||
| 2025 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +204 | 2,953 |
| 2024 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −31 | 2,749 |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −390 | |||
| 2023 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −192 | 3,170 |
| 2022 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART (Honda of America Race Team) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −148 | 3,362 |
| 2020 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −125 | 3,510 |
| 2019 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −462 | 3,510 |
| 2018 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | HART | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | ↑441−54 | 3,747 |
| 2016 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HART | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | ↑1,933+484 | 3,709 |
| 2011 | ▸NASA | Honda S2000 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −58 | 1,292 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Harry GottsackerFIA Silver | 3,581 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Mason FilippiFIA Silver | 4,165 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 31% |
| 🇨🇦 Mark WilkinsFIA Gold | 3,527 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 31% |
| 🇺🇸 Tim LewisFIA Bronze | 3,521 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 25% |
| 🇦🇷 Roy Block | 3,562 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 38% |
| 🇨🇦 James VanceFIA Silver | 3,182 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 54% |
| 🇨🇦 Denis DupontFIA Silver | 4,052 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Preston Brown | 3,944 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 46% |
| 🇨🇦 Karl WittmerFIA Silver | 3,872 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 21% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler GonzalezFIA Silver | 4,012 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 52% |
| 🇺🇸 Sean RayhallFIA Gold | 4,881 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Elliott SkeerFIA Gold | 4,707 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler MaxsonFIA Silver, 1× champion | 4,706 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,043 | 🇮🇹 Eugenio Pisani | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,239 |
| 7,044 | 🇬🇧 Mike DEWHIRST | Ferrari Challenge | 3,239 |
| 7,045 | 🇺🇸 Rafael Martinez | GT4 America | 3,239 |
| 7,046 | 🏳️ Reema Juffali | 24H Series | 3,239 |
| 7,047 | 🇩🇪 Robin Brezina | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,239 |
| 7,048 | 🏳️ Steve Cote | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,239 |
| 7,050 | 🇦🇹 Davide Campana | FIA GT Championship | 3,238 |
| 7,049 | 🇫🇷 "steve Brooks" | 24H Series | 3,238 |
| 7,051 | 🇯🇵 Tetsuji Tamanaka | Super GT | 3,238 |
| 7,052 | 🇺🇸 Tommy Regan | NASCAR Truck | 3,238 |
| 7,053 | 🇺🇸 Chad Gilsinger | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,237 |
| 7,054 | 🇧🇷 Gabriel Fonseca | US F4 | 3,237 |
| 7,055 | 🇺🇸 Joseph Burton-Harris | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,237 |
| 7,056 | 🇦🇷 Juan B. De Benedictis | Turismo Carretera | 3,237 |
| 7,057 | 🏳️ Justin Oakes | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,237 |
| 7,058 | 🇩🇪 Robin Chrzanowski | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,237 |
| 7,059 | 🇮🇹 Sandro Pelatti | TCR World Tour | 3,237 |
| 7,060 | 🇮🇹 Stefano D'Aste | 24H Series | 3,237 |
| 7,061 | 🇳🇱 Dane ARENDSEN | Le Mans Cup | 3,236 |
| 7,062 | 🇺🇸 Preston Lambert | Euroformula Open | 3,236 |
| 7,063 | 🇨🇳 Zhang Yaqi | 24H Series | 3,236 |
Chad Gilsinger is an entry-level professional competing in multiclass endurance racing, FIA Bronze graded. He races primarily for HART in IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he shares a production-based ST or TCR car with teammates across a national field mixing amateurs with graded professionals. Over a racing career spanning 2011 to 2026, Gilsinger has taken 51 starts and 3 wins.[1]
His record centres on IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he has made 44 starts for HART since 2016, taking one win and eight podiums. A single entry in IMSA WeatherTech's GTD class in 2018 yielded no result of note. He added three starts in American Endurance Racing's multiclass Class 3 in 2024, collecting a podium. His earliest indexed racing came in NASA's Honda Challenge in 2011, where he won both races he entered. In 2026, Gilsinger has begun competing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels and currently sits 22nd in the championship standings with one round run so far.[2]
Gilsinger regularly races against drivers of equivalent standing; he usually finishes behind Harry Gottsacker and Mason Filippi, both entry-level professionals and TCR champions within IMSA Pilot Challenge. His most notable results have come against stronger opposition. He has beaten Sean Rayhall, a professional graded Gold who has raced IMSA WeatherTech at length and competed in Indy NXT, once in a shared-car race. He has finished ahead of Elliott Skeer, another Gold-graded professional with extensive IMSA and GT World Challenge experience, twice. His recent activity includes a podium finish at Sebring and a second-place finish at Daytona in the 2026 season.