Chris Nelson is a racing driver who last raced in Star Mazda Championship. Nelson has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,184 ranks Nelson 4897th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2003-09-07 | Laguna Seca | P14 | +43 |
| 2003-07-26 | Sonoma Raceway | P23 | −36 |
| 2003-06-15 | Laguna Seca | P33 | −117 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −110 | 3,184 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Michael McDowellFIA GOLD | 6,310 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Moses Smith | 4,251 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Justice | 4,119 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇻🇪 Luis Schiavo | 4,101 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ James Goughary | 4,073 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Jamie Bach | 3,970 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Glenn Cooper | 3,944 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle Kelley | 3,944 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Anderson | 3,931 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Michael Potekhen | 3,881 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,887 | 🇺🇸 Cam Aliabadi | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,189 |
| 4,888 | 🇺🇸 Douglas Oakley | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,189 |
| 4,889 | 🇮🇹 Gary Cester | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,189 |
| 4,890 | 🇺🇸 Steven Clemons | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,189 |
| 4,891 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Dovizioso | DTM | 3,188 |
| 4,892 | 🇺🇸 Jared Odrick | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,188 |
| 4,893 | 🇧🇷 Jonatan Jorge | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,188 |
| 4,894 | 🇧🇷 Ozz Negri | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,188 |
| 4,895 | 🇯🇵 Shunji Okumoto | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,188 |
| 4,896 | 🏳️ Austin Kaszuba | Formula Regional Americas | 3,184 |
| 4,897 | 🏳️ Chris Nelson | Star Mazda Championship | 3,184 |
| 4,898 | 🇭🇰 Chun Cheong Ip | British GT Championship | 3,184 |
| 4,899 | 🏳️ Oscar Bitar | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,184 |
| 4,900 | 🏳️ Alex Papadopulos | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,183 |
| 4,901 | 🇺🇸 Phil Saville | Star Mazda Championship | 3,183 |
| 4,902 | 🇨🇦 Thomas Collingwood | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,183 |
| 4,903 | 🇬🇧 Lloyd Read | Indy NXT | 3,182 |
| 4,904 | 🇬🇧 Max Cornelius | GB3 | 3,182 |
| 4,905 | 🇷🇺 Sergey Titarenko | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,182 |
| 4,906 | 🇷🇺 Yuri Baiborodov | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,182 |
| 4,907 | 🇬🇧 Barry Horne | BTCC | 3,181 |
Chris Nelson competed in the Star Mazda Championship in 2003, a single season that produced three race starts and no podium finishes. His Racer Rating of 3,184 places him at the semi-professional level; he raced among competitive drivers but did not establish himself as a consistent front-runner in the fields he entered.[1]
Nelson's 2003 campaign proved difficult against the calibre of opposition. He finished an average of 23rd place across his three starts and recorded a losing head-to-head record against nearly all the established drivers he faced. Most notably, he ran behind Michael McDowell, Luis Schiavo, and Moses Smith in all their shared races; McDowell would go on to win the 2004 Star Mazda Championship, and both Schiavo and Smith had won the championship in the years immediately prior to Nelson's entry. He managed a single victory over Ryan Justice, a professional-level driver, though Justice won their head-to-head contest by two races to one. Nelson showed occasional competitiveness against drivers at his own level and below, but these results were isolated within a season cut short by the lack of competitive pace.[2]
Nelson's racing career on record ended with his 2003 season. The biographical record indicates a subsequent career in stock car racing and major international single-seater categories, but those activities fall outside the scope of this database's coverage.