🇺🇸 Dan Weyland

Dan Weyland is a competitive amateur driver, rated 2,589. This places him at the front of club racing; quick and consistent enough to race against professionals, but not at their level. His record spans six seasons in the Star Mazda Championship between 2002 and 2007, with 33 starts across that period and an average finish of 26th place.[1]

Weyland's head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals tells a mixed story typical of this tier. Against John Faulkner, a semi-professional driver, Weyland finished ahead in nine of thirty shared races but behind in twenty-one; a similar pattern holds against Jon Brownson, an FIA Bronze graded driver, where Weyland managed only four wins in twenty-seven encounters. His record against Dan Tomlin Jr., Steve Cook, and Ryan Justice was more competitive, winning roughly two races for every three he lost. Most strikingly, Weyland finished ahead of Moses Smith, the 2002 Star Mazda champion, in twenty-two of twenty-four races they shared, though Smith's rating suggests this reflects their changing circumstances over time rather than consistent superiority.

Weyland's isolated finishes ahead of established professionals like Scott Speed, Michael McDowell, Jonathan Bomarito, and Ricky Taylor show occasional breaks with stronger competition, but these cannot be characterised as patterns and do not alter his standing. He raced primarily for Eurosports Racing during his career, which fielded drivers of similar calibre. Weyland retired from active competition after 2007.