Donald Placeres is a racing driver who competes in SCCA Regionals. Placeres has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 9 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 866 ranks Placeres 34633th 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.
| 2025-09-21 | Daytona International Speedway HP | P2 | +56 |
| 2025-09-20 | Daytona International Speedway HP | P3 | −51 |
| 2025-07-26 | Daytona International Speedway HP | P1 | +165 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +165 | Daytona International Speedway 2025 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +75 | Sebring Club Course 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| +58 | Sebring Club Course 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| +55 | Daytona International Speedway 2025 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +170 | 866 | |
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | −25 | 696 | |
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −48 | 721 | |
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −580 | 770 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Gerald Wilcox | 717 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Russ McBride | 1,299 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Efren Salinero | 1,108 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Albert LazoHigher-rated | 1,891 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Juan GiolHigher-rated | 1,018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34,623 | 🏳️ Anthony Storino | NASA | 866 |
| 34,624 | 🏳️ Bertil Lundqvist | PCA Club Racing | 866 |
| 34,625 | 🏳️ Bret DiGiacomo | NASA | 866 |
| 34,626 | 🏳️ Caleb Childs | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,627 | 🏳️ Chad Fisher | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,628 | 🏳️ Dan Cavalletto | NASA | 866 |
| 34,629 | 🏳️ Dan Jabbori | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,630 | 🏳️ David Thede | NASA | 866 |
| 34,631 | 🏳️ Denis Larue | PCA Club Racing | 866 |
| 34,632 | 🏳️ Donald O'Keefe | SVRA | 866 |
| 34,633 | 🏳️ Donald Placeres | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,634 | 🏳️ Douglas Hedges | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,635 | 🏳️ Edward Copley | SVRA | 866 |
| 34,636 | 🏳️ Eric Stoller | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,637 | 🏳️ Eve Brenner | NASA | 866 |
| 34,638 | 🏳️ Jack Sparks | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,639 | 🏳️ James Holloway | NASA | 866 |
| 34,640 | 🏳️ Joseph Brenner | NASA | 866 |
| 34,641 | 🏳️ Keith Conroy | SCCA Regionals | 866 |
| 34,642 | 🏳️ Leo Massarinin | NASA | 866 |
| 34,643 | 🏳️ Leo Wanstreet | NASA | 866 |
Donald Placeres is a developing amateur racing in SCCA Regionals, a national multiclass championship mixing amateur and semi-professional entrants across 25 classes in a single race. He drives in the HP and ITEZ classes, piloting heavily modified production sports cars.[1]
Placeres has raced four seasons from 2022 to 2025, taking nine starts with one win and six podiums. In the 2025 season to date, he has won once from three rounds and sits tenth in the championship standings. His results place him mid-field among his regular opponents; he typically finishes behind Gerald Wilcox and Russ McBride, both developing drivers with 20 and 7 SCCA Regionals starts respectively. He has beaten Albert Lazo, a club-level driver with 37 starts in the series, once, and has one win over McBride from their meetings.[2]