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 3,170 ranks Swanbeck 4938th 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.
| 2016-09-09 | Laguna Seca | P9 | −56 |
| 2016-09-09 | Laguna Seca | P7 | +2 |
| 2016-09-09 | Laguna Seca | P10 | −79 |
| 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 | −133 | 3,170 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA GOLD | 7,265 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Will OwenFIA SILVER | 4,866 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇫🇷 Nicolas JaminFIA GOLD | 4,531 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron TelitzFIA GOLD | 4,360 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇦🇷 Nicolás Dapero | 4,186 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 TJ FischerFIA SILVER | 3,984 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇦🇺 Jacob Parsons | 3,868 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Joseph Burton-Harris | 3,234 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Moises de la Vara | 3,026 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Kory Enders | 2,962 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,928 | 🇦🇩 Frank Porte | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,173 |
| 4,929 | 🇷🇴 Kikko Galbiati | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,173 |
| 4,930 | 🇦🇺 Richard Goddard | FIA Formula 3 European | 3,173 |
| 4,931 | 🇮🇹 Alessandro Perullo | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,172 |
| 4,932 | 🇹🇭 Angus Whiteside | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,172 |
| 4,933 | 🇺🇸 David Porcelli | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,172 |
| 4,934 | 🇺🇸 Erik Evans | British GT Championship | 3,172 |
| 4,935 | 🏳️ Danny Steyn | SCCA Runoffs | 3,171 |
| 4,936 | 🇺🇸 Tony Buffomante | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,171 |
| 4,937 | 🇺🇸 Wyatt Foster | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,171 |
| 4,938 | 🇺🇸 Dan Swanbeck | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,170 |
| 4,939 | 🇺🇸 Ken Fukuda | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,170 |
| 4,940 | 🇺🇸 Richard Haskell | Star Mazda Championship | 3,170 |
| 4,941 | 🇺🇸 Stan Kohls | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,170 |
| 4,942 | 🇨🇳 Zhongwei Wang | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,170 |
| 4,943 | 🇧🇪 Ghislain Cordeel | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,169 |
| 4,944 | 🇺🇸 Jagger Jones | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 3,169 |
| 4,945 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Mosing | SVRA | 3,169 |
| 4,946 | 🇺🇸 John Megrue | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,169 |
| 4,947 | 🇬🇧 Scott Sumpton | BTCC | 3,169 |
| 4,948 | 🇬🇧 Alex Walker | British GT Championship | 3,167 |
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.