Charles Barnes is a racing driver who competes in PCA Club Racing. Barnes has recorded 3 wins and 5 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,933 ranks Barnes 17431th 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.
| 2025-11-23 | Circuit of the Americas GTA4 | DNF | −101 |
| 2025-11-23 | Circuit of the Americas GTA4 | DNF | −84 |
| 2025-11-22 | Circuit of the Americas GTA4 | P6 | −25 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +133 | ECR 2.7 Miles CCW 2021 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| +116 | Eagles Canyon Raceway 2022 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +73 | Eagles Canyon Raceway 2023 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +50 | Eagles Canyon Raceway 2023 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +50 | Circuit of the Americas 2021 | SCCA Majors | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −209 | 1,933 | |
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +124 | 2,143 | |
| 2022 | ▸International GT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | ↑920−231 | 2,019 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +116 | |||
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −136 | 1,214 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ R. Paul Evans | 532 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott BlindFIA Bronze | 3,787 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Rene Robichaud | 3,318 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Matthew SiegalFIA Silver | 3,264 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Blake McGovern | 2,961 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Joel Johnson | 2,901 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Frank Vitiello | 2,795 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Bill FenechFIA Bronze | 2,437 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Nicholas Groombridge | 1,745 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Rene Molina | 1,523 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Mark BodenHigher-rated, 3× champion | 3,452 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Justin OakesHigher-rated, 1× champion | 3,240 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Marc AustinFIA Bronze | 3,126 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17,421 | 🏳️ Cameron Beattie | NASA | 1,934 |
| 17,422 | 🏳️ Christian Wack | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,934 |
| 17,423 | 🏳️ Felix Horn | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,934 |
| 17,424 | 🏳️ Herbert von Danwitz | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,934 |
| 17,425 | 🇦🇷 Mariano Ponce de León | TC Pista | 1,934 |
| 17,426 | 🏳️ Norbert Pauls | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,934 |
| 17,427 | 🇨🇭 Sabine Amweg | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,934 |
| 17,428 | 🇨🇭 Viktor Schyrba | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,934 |
| 17,429 | 🏳️ Zane Morse | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,934 |
| 17,430 | 🏳️ Ayaly Kanoivicki | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,933 |
| 17,431 | 🏳️ Charles Barnes | PCA Club Racing | 1,933 |
| 17,432 | 🇦🇷 Fabián Pisandelli | TC Pista | 1,933 |
| 17,433 | 🏳️ Heinz PETN-Guest Schuoler | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,933 |
| 17,434 | 🏳️ James Hamman | International GT | 1,933 |
| 17,435 | 🏳️ Marcelo Calcagnotto | NASA | 1,933 |
| 17,436 | 🇦🇹 Marcus Nikowitsch | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,933 |
| 17,437 | 🏳️ Michael Palaszynski | SCCA Regionals | 1,933 |
| 17,438 | 🏳️ Norbert Bolte | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,933 |
| 17,439 | 🏳️ Paul-Martin Dose | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,933 |
| 17,440 | 🏳️ Axel Hörger | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,932 |
| 17,441 | 🏳️ Benjamin Hyland | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,932 |
Charles Barnes is a club-level driver racing solo in national amateur and semi-professional multiclass championships. He competes in SCCA Majors, where he drives a tube-frame silhouette GT car in the GT2 class, and has also raced in International GT's GT4.0 class, which runs Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars, and in PCA Club Racing's GTA4 class for Porsches.[1]
Across four indexed seasons from 2021 to 2025, Barnes has made 12 starts and taken 3 wins and 5 podiums. His strongest stretch came in SCCA Majors, where he won twice and finished on the podium four times across six starts between 2021 and 2023. He also recorded a podium finish in International GT in 2022. His most recent racing was in SCCA Majors in 2023, where he took 2 wins and 2 podiums from 2 rounds but finished 11th in the championship standings. PCA Club Racing brought 3 starts in 2025 without a podium.[2]
Barnes typically finishes ahead of R. Paul Evans, a developing driver who has raced SCCA Majors regularly, but usually finishes behind Scott Blind, an entry-level professional and multiple Porsche series champion. He has beaten entry-level professionals Mark Boden, a former Trans-Am and SCCA Runoffs champion with 53 SCCA Majors starts, and Justin Oakes, a 2021 Trans-Am champion, once each in their head-to-head meetings.