Gareth Nixon is a racing driver who last raced in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for Nixon Investments. Nixon has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,940 ranks Nixon 8938th 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2016-05-15 | Watkins Glen International ND1 | P25 | −82 |
| 2016-05-14 | Watkins Glen International ND1 | P6 | +100 |
| 2016-04-30 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca ND1 | P7 | +102 |
| 2016-04-29 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca ND1 | P17 | +30 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +103 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P7 |
| +100 | Watkins Glen International 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P6 |
| +29 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P17 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Nixon Investments | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +1,650 | 3,000 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold | 4,779 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Kenny MurilloFIA Silver | 3,887 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Nikko RegerFIA Silver | 3,819 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Ashton HarrisonFIA Silver | 3,672 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Max Faulkner | 3,513 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇦🇺 Chris Stone | 3,261 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Zachry LeeFIA Bronze | 3,243 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Sarah Montgomery | 3,213 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Mark Drennan | 3,189 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 John DeanFIA Bronze | 3,059 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Mason FilippiFIA Silver, 1× champion | 4,165 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,928 | 🇸🇲 Luciano Privitelio | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2,942 |
| 8,929 | 🇺🇸 Rick Tackman | ARCA Menards Series | 2,942 |
| 8,930 | 🏳️ Shawn Umphries | NASA | 2,942 |
| 8,931 | 🇨🇳 Zhou Yun Jie | TCR World Tour | 2,942 |
| 8,932 | 🇺🇸 David Roberts | SVRA | 2,941 |
| 8,933 | 🇨🇦 Erika Hoffmann | GT4 America | 2,941 |
| 8,934 | 🇩🇪 Murad Sultanov | 24H Series | 2,941 |
| 8,935 | 🇩🇪 Tobias Vazquez | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,941 |
| 8,936 | 🇨🇦 Amber Balcaen | ARCA Menards Series | 2,940 |
| 8,937 | 🇺🇸 Devin Dodson | ARCA Menards West | 2,940 |
| 8,938 | 🏳️ Gareth Nixon | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,940 |
| 8,939 | 🇺🇸 Michael O'Dell | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,940 |
| 8,940 | 🇩🇪 Ralf Kraus | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,940 |
| 8,941 | 🇫🇷 Xavier Michel | 24H Series | 2,940 |
| 8,942 | 🇵🇹 André Fernandes | GT Winter Series | 2,939 |
| 8,943 | 🇬🇧 Barry Horne | BTCC | 2,939 |
| 8,944 | 🇮🇹 Edoardo Bacci | 24H Series | 2,939 |
| 8,945 | 🇺🇸 L.B. Skaggs | ARCA Menards Series | 2,939 |
| 8,946 | 🇩🇪 Pierre Ehret | GT Winter Series | 2,939 |
| 8,947 | 🏳️ Qarrar Firhand | British F4 | 2,939 |
| 8,948 | 🏳️ Sara Thorne | NASCAR Canada Series | 2,939 |
Gareth Nixon is an entry-level professional racing in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, a single-class national championship that fields amateur and semi-professional drivers alongside graded professionals. He raced the ND1 class Mazda MX-5 Cup car for Nixon Investments.[1]
Nixon's indexed record spans one season in 2016, when he started four rounds of the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup and finished thirteenth in the championship standings.[2]
He raced alongside a field that included professional-graded drivers. Robby Foley, since a two-time IMSA Pilot Challenge champion and winner of the 2025 GT World Challenge America Pro-Am, finished ahead of Nixon overall; Nixon nonetheless beat him twice across their meetings. Mason Filippi, later the 2026 IMSA Pilot Challenge TCR champion, also raced the series and finished ahead of Nixon in the season standings, though Nixon took two race finishes over him as well. Kenny Murillo, another entry-level professional who competed in the same four rounds, typically finished behind Nixon.