Dan Swanbeck is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Pro Mazda Championship for World Speed Motorsports. Swanbeck has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,174 ranks Swanbeck 7441th 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2016-09-09 | Laguna Seca | P9 | −53 |
| 2016-09-09 | Laguna Seca | P7 | +3 |
| 2016-09-09 | Laguna Seca | P10 | −77 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +3 | Laguna Seca 2016 | Pro Mazda Championship | P7 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | World Speed Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +1,824 | 3,174 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold | 7,094 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Will OwenFIA Silver | 4,583 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron TelitzFIA Gold | 4,450 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Nicolas JaminFIA Gold | 4,225 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇦🇷 Nicolas Dapero | 4,183 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Jacob Parsons | 3,883 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 TJ FischerFIA Silver | 3,866 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Joseph Burton-Harris | 3,237 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Moises de la Vara | 3,196 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Eberle | 3,165 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,431 | 🇫🇷 Philippe Bonnel | 24H Series | 3,176 |
| 7,432 | 🇦🇺 Sam Shahin | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,176 |
| 7,433 | 🏳️ Tom Pank | International GT | 3,176 |
| 7,434 | 🇨🇳 Ye Hongli | 24H Series | 3,176 |
| 7,435 | 🇸🇰 Zdeno Mikulasko | 24H Series | 3,176 |
| 7,436 | 🇦🇷 Esteban Gini | Turismo Carretera | 3,175 |
| 7,437 | 🇳🇿 John Nicholson | Formula 1 | 3,175 |
| 7,438 | 🇺🇸 Luke Powers | Formula Regional Americas | 3,175 |
| 7,439 | 🏳️ Max Coates | Porsche Carrera Cup GB | 3,175 |
| 7,440 | 🏳️ Bas Lammers | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,174 |
| 7,441 | 🇺🇸 Dan Swanbeck | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,174 |
| 7,442 | 🇩🇪 Holger Harmsen | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,174 |
| 7,443 | 🇺🇸 John Salerno | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,174 |
| 7,444 | 🇨🇦 Larry Jackson | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,174 |
| 7,445 | 🇵🇾 Oscar BITTAR | Le Mans Cup | 3,174 |
| 7,446 | 🇩🇪 Oswald Karch | Formula 1 | 3,174 |
| 7,447 | 🇫🇷 Paul Cauhaupe | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,174 |
| 7,448 | 🇺🇸 Robert O'Brien | Formula 1 | 3,174 |
| 7,449 | 🇦🇪 Salem Alketbi | 24H Series | 3,174 |
| 7,450 | 🇺🇸 Brian Thienes | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 3,173 |
| 7,451 | 🇮🇹 Clemente Biondetti | Formula 1 | 3,173 |
Dan Swanbeck is a semi-professional driver with a rating of 3,170, a level that represents the entry end of professional motorsport; drivers at this rating typically win in pro-am and one-make classes and run mid-pack in stronger fields. His career record shows a single season of competition in 2016, confined to three starts in the Pro Mazda Championship with World Speed Motorsports. He did not finish on the podium in any of those races and ended the season with an average finishing position of eighth, a middle-of-the-field outcome that aligns with his rating.[1]
Swanbeck's three rounds provided exposure to the sharp end of a professional single-seater field. His most frequent competitors included Aaron Telitz, who won the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship itself, and Pato O'Ward, a Gold-graded driver who would go on to win the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech PC and the 2018 Indy NXT championships. Against this calibre, Swanbeck's results were uncompetitive; he finished ahead of O'Ward once and behind him twice, and he failed to beat Telitz, Nicolás Dapero, or Nicolas Jamin in any of their three shared races. He did manage single victories over Will Owen, another Silver-graded competitor, and TJ Fischer, but these isolated results against mid-field opponents in a three-race sample offer limited indication of his standing in the field. His career ended in 2016 with retirement from racing.