🏳️ Chris Applegate

Chris Applegate is a competitive amateur racer, rated 2,551. This places him in club and regional racing, the level at which drivers typically race self-funded or part-funded and compete regularly against professionals without matching their consistency or wins across stronger fields.[1]

Applegate has recorded eight starts across two seasons from 2025 to 2026, split between American Endurance Racing and the Zenith Racing Series. In endurance racing he collected four podiums from six starts without a win, finishing on average in the top three. His sole victory came in the Zenith Racing Series in 2026 with Kingpin Racing, where he took two podiums from two starts. Across all racing his average finish position stands at third, a strong figure that reflects his skill at mixing with faster drivers without dominating fields.

His competitive record shows even split: he finished level with both Lorenzo Dipillo and Mike Dipillo across six shared races, winning three and losing three to each. Against Robert Ames he holds a 2–4 record. More instructive is his performance against graded professionals and stronger ungraded drivers. Applegate has twice beaten Michael Tosi, an FIA Bronze driver rated 3,352, and twice defeated Andrew Heffring, an FIA Silver driver rated 2,939. These remain isolated results rather than a pattern of dominance, but they show Applegate can match drivers well above his rating on their day. He remains behind the pace of the FIA Silver and Bronze drivers he has encountered, finishing behind all three in their shared races.