Chris Clarke is a racing driver from United States who competes in Mustang Challenge for Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing. Clarke has recorded 9 wins and 21 podiums from 88 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,362 ranks Clarke 14065th 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.
| 2026-06-27 | Watkins Glen International DHL | P3 | +72 |
| 2026-06-26 | Watkins Glen International DHL | P2 | +118 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course DHL | P6 | −152 |
| 2026-06-06 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course DHL | P5 | −104 |
| 2026-05-03 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca DHL | P2 | +73 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +165 | Sebring International Raceway 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +146 | Sebring Club Course 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +145 | Sebring Modified School Course 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +136 | Sebring International Raceway 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +117 | Watkins Glen International 2026 | Mustang Challenge | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Mustang Challenge | Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | ↑300+287 | 2,362 |
| ▸SVRA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +67 | |||
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P56 | +24 | |||
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P51 | −142 | |||
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | −52 | 1,825 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P87 | +137 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P77 | +46 | 1,740 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P67 | −97 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | +652 | 1,792 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | +187 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | −398 | 952 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Nick Leverone | 2,550 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 21% |
| 🏳️ Mical Fountain | 1,963 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 26% |
| 🏳️ Jesse Singer | 1,214 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 52% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,458 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Frankie Barroso | 3,437 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 16% |
| 🏳️ Mathias Ramirez | 2,697 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 24% |
| 🏳️ Alex Acosta | 1,640 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 38% |
| 🏳️ Alfredo Zedan | 1,621 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 63% |
| 🏳️ Danny Steyn | 3,180 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 14% |
| 🇺🇸 Will Robinson | 2,783 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam CravenFIA Bronze, 1× champion | 4,591 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler GonzalezFIA Silver, 1× champion | 3,850 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Ben MaierFIA Silver | 3,847 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,055 | 🇫🇷 Tom Le Brech | French F4 | 2,365 |
| 14,056 | 🇨🇦 Townsend James | British GT Championship | 2,365 |
| 14,057 | 🏳️ Wheeler Joe | British GT Championship | 2,365 |
| 14,058 | 🏳️ Evan Jacobs | SCCA Regionals | 2,364 |
| 14,059 | 🇩🇪 Rene Steurer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,364 |
| 14,060 | 🏳️ Spencer Pumpleppy | International GT | 2,364 |
| 14,061 | 🇩🇪 Ulrich Berg | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,364 |
| 14,062 | 🏳️ Daniel Moreno | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 2,363 |
| 14,063 | 🇩🇪 Jörg Kittelmann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,363 |
| 14,064 | 🇺🇸 Ava Schletz | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 2,362 |
| 14,065 | 🇺🇸 Chris Clarke | Mustang Challenge | 2,362 |
| 14,066 | 🇳🇱 Dennis de Borst | 24H Series | 2,362 |
| 14,067 | 🏳️ Kirk Haag | SCCA Majors | 2,362 |
| 14,068 | 🏳️ Kristian Jeffrey | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,362 |
| 14,069 | 🇩🇪 Marco Müller | 24H Series | 2,362 |
| 14,070 | 🇺🇸 Randy Mueller | World Racing League | 2,362 |
| 14,071 | 🏳️ Saeed Al Mouri | 24H Series | 2,362 |
| 14,072 | 🇫🇷 Thierry Blaise | 24H Series | 2,362 |
| 14,073 | 🇬🇧 William Paul | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,362 |
| 14,074 | 🇯🇵 Yasuyoshi Yamamoto | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,362 |
| 14,075 | 🇨🇦 David Smith | ARCA Menards West | 2,361 |
Chris Clarke is in the first season of his racing career, competing in 2026 across two series with a rating of 2,326 placing him in a club-level field. Through eleven starts he has accumulated six podiums without a victory, averaging a fourth-place finish. His racing has centered on the Mustang Challenge, where he scored all six podiums across eight starts for Paley Motorsport with AAG Racing; he also made three SVRA appearances with no top-three results.[1]
Clarke's competitive record shows promise against drivers in his immediate peer group. He has beaten Paolo Salvatore and Joseph Dederichs in six of eight shared races each, and finished ahead of Nicholas Smither five times from six encounters. More notably, Clarke has finished ahead of stronger drivers multiple times; he has beaten Tom Tait, an FIA Bronze graded driver three places higher in rating, on three occasions from eight shared races, and also bested Jon DeGaynor twice and Derric Carter once despite both being more experienced competitors. Against Michael Saia, a driver rated substantially higher at 3,040, Clarke has finished behind him in all three meetings.
The Mustang Challenge podiums represent the bulk of Clarke's early success and suggest he has found a competitive level suited to his current ability. His recent activity places him in SVRA, where results have yet to translate to top-three finishes.