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🇺🇸 Dave Sapienza

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Sapienza Enterprises (Judith Thilberg).
Driver facts
Full name
Dave Sapienza
Born
1 January 1965(b. 1965)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Sapienza Enterprises (Judith Thilberg)
Series
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
1
Career starts
82
Career DNFs
23
Racer Rating
2,977
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
2,977
Rank 8658 of 40,349 indexed, +2 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Dave Sapienza is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for Sapienza Enterprises (Judith Thilberg). Sapienza has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 82 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,977 ranks Sapienza 8658th of 40,349 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-28Stafford Motor SpeedwayDNF−95
2026-08-22New Hampshire Motor SpeedwayP8+130
2026-08-05Thompson SpeedwayP15+24
2026-07-01Seekonk SpeedwayP17−49
2026-05-16Seekonk SpeedwayP23−52
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+130New Hampshire Motor Speedway 2026NASCAR Whelen Modified TourP8
+127New Smyrna Speedway 2023NASCAR Whelen Modified TourP7
+123Jennerstown Speedway 2020NASCAR Whelen Modified TourP2
+114Riverhead Raceway 2018NASCAR Whelen Modified TourP4
+113New Hampshire Motor Speedway 2021NASCAR Whelen Modified TourP7
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
New Smyrna Speedway4 starts+26
Jennerstown Speedway4 starts+21
New Hampshire Motor Speedway7 starts+18
Riverhead Raceway11 starts+4
Struggles
Stafford Motor Speedway9 starts-46
Monadnock Speedway5 starts-10
Thompson Speedway16 starts-8
Seekonk Speedway5 starts-1
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Sapienza finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Justin Bonsignore4,68680107013%
🇺🇸 Craig Lutz4,15478314740%
🇺🇸 Eric Goodale3,99578275135%
🇺🇸 Tommy Catalano3,66070294141%
🇺🇸 Doug Coby3,90869125717%
🇺🇸 Melissa Fifield2,03769571283%
🇺🇸 Ron Silk4,5306876110%
🇺🇸 Kyle Bonsignore3,79866244236%
🇺🇸 Patrick Emerling4,40664154923%
🇺🇸 Ken Heagy2,60963432068%
🇺🇸 Ryan PreeceHigher-rated6,5042671927%
🇺🇸 Burt MyersHigher-rated5,603157847%
🇺🇸 Austin BeersHigher-rated, 1× champion4,816443417%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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8,651🇯🇵 Keito MatsuiSuper Formula Lights2,979
8,652🇫🇷 Payton WestcottF1 Academy2,979
8,653🇧🇷 Bruno CarneiroInternational GT2,978
8,654🇰🇬 Kirill KutskovGB32,978
8,655🇦🇹 Laura Kraihamer24H Series2,978
8,656🇫🇷 Stéphane DenoualGT World Challenge Europe2,978
8,657🇦🇺 Tommy SmithIndy NXT2,978
8,658🇺🇸 Dave SapienzaNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour2,977
8,659🏳️ Harbir DassFormula Regional Americas2,977
8,660🇲🇽 Jaiden ReynaARCA Menards West2,977
8,661🇮🇹 Mattia FerrariItalian F42,977
8,662🇺🇸 Scott MeltonARCA Menards Series2,977
8,663🏳️ Alexander MortimerWEC2,976
8,664🇫🇷 Christian PhilipponWEC2,976
8,665🇮🇹 Giuseppe CiprianiFormula V8 3.52,976
8,666🇰🇪 Jeremy WahomeGB32,976
8,667🏳️ Joe FederlTrans-Am TA22,976
8,668🇬🇧 Moran GottNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,976
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