Daniel Cara is a racing driver from United States who competes in Ligier JS F4 Series. Cara has recorded 2 wins and 10 podiums from 39 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,387 ranks Cara 6334th of 40,308 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.
| 2025-08-03 | New Jersey Lottery | P7 | −63 |
| 2025-08-02 | New Jersey Lottery | P5 | −22 |
| 2025-06-22 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | P3 | +17 |
| 2025-06-22 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | P6 | −42 |
| 2025-06-21 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | P5 | −23 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +119 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2023 | US F4 | P2 |
| +115 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2023 | US F4 | P4 |
| +96 | NOLA Motorsports Park 2023 | US F4 | P6 |
| +93 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2023 | US F4 | P3 |
| +89 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2023 | US F4 | P6 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Ligier JS F4 Series | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −104 | 3,387 | |
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −123 | 3,491 | |
| 2023 | ▸US F4 | Cará Origin Motorsports | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +865 | 3,614 |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −136 | |||
| 2022 | ▸US F4 | Cará Origin Motorsports | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | ↑475−94 | 2,886 |
| 2021 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | +1,154 | 2,504 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Tyke Durst | 2,565 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Titus SherlockFIA Silver | 3,411 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% |
| 🇨🇦 Patrick Woods-Toth | 3,851 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 17% |
| 🇦🇺 Jesse Lacey | 3,469 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 Bacon Zelenka | 2,837 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 83% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Costello | 3,279 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% |
| 🏳️ Alex Berg | 2,425 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 18% |
| 🇺🇸 Landan Matriano Lim | 2,242 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 94% |
| 🇦🇷 Luciano Martínez | 2,775 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 88% |
| 🇺🇸 Tanner DeFabis | 2,701 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Max TaylorHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,601 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇮🇱 Ariel ElkinHigher-rated | 4,138 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Hannah GreenemeierFIA Silver | 4,027 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,324 | 🇦🇺 Jarrod Hughes | Supercars Championship | 3,390 |
| 6,325 | 🇬🇧 Euan McKay | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,389 |
| 6,326 | 🇺🇸 Joe Bush | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,389 |
| 6,327 | 🇦🇷 Marcelo Agrelo | Turismo Carretera | 3,389 |
| 6,328 | 🇺🇸 Braden Eves | USF Pro 2000 | 3,388 |
| 6,329 | 🇧🇷 Bruno RIBEIRO | European Le Mans Series | 3,388 |
| 6,330 | 🇺🇸 Don Yount | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,388 |
| 6,331 | 🇬🇧 Gabriel Stilp | British F4 | 3,388 |
| 6,332 | 🇺🇸 Robbie Montinola | Star Mazda Championship | 3,388 |
| 6,333 | 🇬🇧 Ross Warburton | Le Mans Cup | 3,388 |
| 6,334 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Cara | Ligier JS F4 Series | 3,387 |
| 6,335 | 🇫🇷 Romain Vozniak | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,387 |
| 6,336 | 🇺🇸 Jake Pedersen | 24H Series | 3,386 |
| 6,337 | 🇬🇧 Lewis Gilbert | BTCC | 3,386 |
| 6,338 | 🇬🇧 Richard Meins | Le Mans Cup | 3,386 |
| 6,339 | 🇯🇵 Taiyou Iida | Super GT | 3,386 |
| 6,340 | 🇩🇪 Alexander Prinz | 24H Series | 3,385 |
| 6,341 | 🇫🇷 Anthony Nahra | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,385 |
| 6,342 | 🇱🇧 Christopher Feghali | Spanish F4 | 3,385 |
| 6,343 | 🇺🇸 David Morales | USF Pro 2000 | 3,385 |
| 6,344 | 🇶🇦 Ibrahim Al Abdulghani | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,385 |
Daniel Cara is an entry-level professional racing in national single-class and multiclass open-wheel championships in the United States. He races for Cará Origin Motorsports, competing primarily in US F4 and the Ligier JS F4 Series in spec Formula 4 machinery. His rating of 3,387 places him among drivers establishing themselves at the professional level through consistent racing against mixed amateur and professional fields.[1]
Cara's record spans five seasons from 2021 to 2025 across four championships. His most extensive campaign came in US F4, where he accumulated 23 starts over 2022 and 2023, finishing sixth in the 2023 championship standings with three podiums. He has also contested the Ligier JS F4 Series, where he has taken one win and three additional podiums from eleven starts in 2025. His SCCA Majors appearances, limited to four starts across two seasons, produced one win and three podiums across the FE2 and FX classes; he also made a single start in SKUSA SuperNationals Pro Shifter in 2021.[2]
In the fields he races regularly, Cara typically finishes ahead of semi-professional competitors such as Tyke Durst, a driver with 46 USF Pro 2000 starts and 32 US F4 entries. He runs closely matched with Titus Sherlock, an entry-level professional and 2025 Formula Regional Americas champion who has raced 38 Formula Regional Americas rounds, and has finished ahead of professionals including Max Taylor, who won the 2024 USF Juniors championship with 20 Indy NXT starts, and Ariel Elkin, a driver with 17 Italian F4 starts and 16 in each of USF Juniors and USF Pro 2000.