Ethan Jacobs is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for JDH Racing. Jacobs has recorded 10 wins and 32 podiums from 74 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,621 ranks Jacobs 5321th 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.
| 2026-10-02 | Road Atlanta ND2 | P5 | +78 |
| 2026-10-01 | Road Atlanta ND2 | P8 | +57 |
| 2026-09-20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC ND2 | P12 | +10 |
| 2026-09-19 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC ND2 | P26 | −126 |
| 2026-08-23 | Virginia International Raceway ND2 | P11 | +31 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +148 | Brainerd International Raceway 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +112 | Brainerd International Raceway 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| +107 | Blackhawk Farms 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| +105 | NOLA Motorspark Park 2024 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +104 | Blackhawk Farms 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JDH Racing | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +35 | 3,621 |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +34 | |||
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −110 | |||
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +353 | 3,662 | |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Advanced Autosports | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −60 | ||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +35 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | ↑706+286 | 3,334 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P63 | +38 | |||
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Advanced Autosports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +68 | ||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +67 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | ↑127+819 | 2,169 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | +343 | |||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +100 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Cam Ebben | 3,606 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 69% |
| 🇺🇸 Justin Adakonis | 3,707 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 39% |
| 🇺🇸 Logan Stretch | 3,182 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 71% |
| 🇨🇦 Marcello Paniccia | 3,235 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 65% |
| 🇺🇸 Will Robinson | 2,868 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 81% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Novak | 2,493 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Nathan Nicholson | 3,566 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,895 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Frankie Barroso | 3,597 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 59% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Gossett | 3,932 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52% |
| 🇫🇷 Sebastien BourdaisFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,279 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron JeansonneFIA Silver | 4,721 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Westin WorkmanFIA Silver, 2× champion | 4,525 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,311 | 🇷🇺 Sergey Peregudov | 24H Series | 3,624 |
| 5,312 | 🇷🇺 Stanislav Sidoruk | 24H Series | 3,624 |
| 5,313 | 🇦🇺 Andres Latorre | 24H Series | 3,623 |
| 5,314 | 🇺🇸 Michael Whelden | SCCA Regionals | 3,623 |
| 5,315 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Nash | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,623 |
| 5,316 | 🇯🇵 Kenta Kumagai | Super Formula Lights | 3,622 |
| 5,317 | 🇧🇴 Pedro Pablo Calbimonte | World Racing League | 3,622 |
| 5,318 | 🇨🇦 Brandon Thomas | Star Mazda Championship | 3,621 |
| 5,319 | 🇦🇺 Christian Jones | SCCA Regionals | 3,621 |
| 5,320 | 🇬🇧 Dan Wells | Formula 3 Macau | 3,621 |
| 5,321 | 🇺🇸 Ethan Jacobs | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,621 |
| 5,322 | 🇬🇧 George King | Le Mans Cup | 3,621 |
| 5,323 | 🇨🇦 Jesse Webb | GT4 America | 3,621 |
| 5,324 | 🇦🇷 Leonel Pernía | TCR World Tour | 3,621 |
| 5,325 | 🇩🇪 Nico Göhler | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,621 |
| 5,326 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas SCHATZ | Le Mans Cup | 3,621 |
| 5,327 | 🇯🇵 Tim Verbergt | FIA GT Championship | 3,621 |
| 5,328 | 🇦🇹 Andrew Thompson | PCA Club Racing | 3,620 |
| 5,329 | 🇧🇪 Ayrton Redant | 24H Series | 3,620 |
| 5,330 | 🇦🇲 Martin Sarukhanyan | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,620 |
| 5,331 | 🇺🇸 Chad Chaffin | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,619 |
Ethan Jacobs is an entry-level professional racing solo in national multiclass sprint championships; he competes primarily in SCCA Majors and SCCA Regionals, where he drives tube-frame GT2 silhouettes and spec Mazda MX-5s across multiple classes. He also races the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup for JDH Racing, a single-marque spec series, and has made one appearance in Trans-Am TA2.[1]
Over four seasons from 2023 to 2026, Jacobs has taken ten wins and thirty-two podiums across seventy-four starts. His strongest results have come in SCCA Majors with six wins and twenty podiums in thirty-seven starts, and in SCCA Regionals with four wins and eight podiums from twelve starts. His record in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup sits at two podiums from twenty starts with JDH Racing. In 2026, his first full season in the Mazda Cup, he currently holds eleventh in the championship standings with one podium from fourteen rounds raced so far.[2]
In SCCA's multiclass fields Jacobs regularly finishes ahead of Cam Ebben, an entry-level professional competitor with fifty-two Majors starts. Against Justin Adakonis, another entry-level professional and regular in the Mazda Cup with twenty-nine starts in that series, the two are closely matched. He has finished ahead of established professional Sebastien Bourdais, a Platinum-graded driver who was champion of International Formula 3000 and has raced in IndyCar and IMSA WeatherTech, and has also beaten Aaron Jeansonne, a professional with fifty-six Mazda Cup starts and experience in Porsche Carrera Cup North America.