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 2,942 ranks Nixon 5645th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. 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 | −80 |
| 2016-05-14 | Watkins Glen International · ND1 | P6 | +105 |
| 2016-04-30 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca · ND1 | P7 | +104 |
| 2016-04-29 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca · ND1 | P17 | +28 |
| 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 | P14 | +156 | 3,005 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA GOLD | 5,081 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Kenny MurilloFIA SILVER | 4,021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Ashton HarrisonFIA SILVER | 3,805 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Max Faulkner | 3,540 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Zachry LeeFIA BRONZE | 3,402 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA BRONZE | 3,340 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 John DeanFIA BRONZE | 3,294 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Chris Stone | 3,293 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Matt Fassnacht | 3,219 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Nathanial Sparks | 3,214 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Mason FilippiFIA SILVER | 4,430 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Nikko RegerFIA SILVER · 1× CHAMPION | 4,018 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,635 | 🏳️ Kieron O'Rourke | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 2,945 |
| 5,636 | 🇺🇸 Michael Gesser | Star Mazda Championship | 2,945 |
| 5,637 | 🏳️ Brandon Lemke | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,944 |
| 5,638 | 🇦🇺 Glen Wood | Bathurst 12 Hour | 2,944 |
| 5,639 | 🇩🇪 Mirco Schultis | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 2,944 |
| 5,640 | 🇪🇸 Nacho Tuñon | Spanish F4 | 2,944 |
| 5,641 | 🏳️ Donovan Bonilla | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,943 |
| 5,642 | 🏳️ Grant Palmer | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,943 |
| 5,643 | 🇧🇷 Werner Neugebauer | GT4 America | 2,943 |
| 5,644 | 🇺🇸 Bud Grossenbacher | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 2,942 |
| 5,645 | 🏳️ Gareth Nixon | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,942 |
| 5,646 | 🇺🇸 Jordan RickSegrini | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 2,942 |
| 5,647 | 🇩🇪 Kevin Kratz | ADAC Formula 4 | 2,942 |
| 5,648 | 🇩🇰 Klitgaard Christensen Michael | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,942 |
| 5,649 | 🏳️ Jamie Tucker | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,941 |
| 5,650 | 🏳️ Rene Robichaud | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 2,941 |
| 5,651 | 🇪🇸 Santiago Concepcion Serrano | European Le Mans Series | 2,941 |
| 5,652 | 🇺🇸 Carson Brown | Trans-Am TA2 | 2,940 |
| 5,653 | 🇨🇦 Michal Chlumecky | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 2,940 |
| 5,654 | 🇺🇸 Omar BALKISSOON | Radical Cup NA | 2,940 |
| 5,655 | 🇩🇪 Peter Terting | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,940 |
Gareth Nixon is a competitive amateur, rated 2,942. This places him at the level of club and regional racing; the front of club fields where drivers are quick and usually self-funded, racing against professionals rather than with them.[1]
Nixon's record spans a single season in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin in 2016, where he started four races for Nixon Investments without recording a win or podium. He finished fourteenth in the final standings with an average finishing position of 13.8. His most frequent rivals included Robby Foley, a much stronger FIA Gold-graded professional and later champion of GT World Challenge America Pro-Am, against whom Nixon finished ahead twice and behind twice across their four shared races. Nixon also beat Kenny Murillo, an FIA Silver-graded professional, in all four races they contested together, and finished ahead of Ashton Harrison, another FIA Silver driver, three times out of four meetings. Against lower-rated competitors such as Zachry Lee and Alex Bachoura, both FIA Bronze-graded champions in endurance series, Nixon's head-to-head records were more mixed, splitting results evenly or finishing behind them.
Nixon retired after the 2016 season, leaving a record of four starts and no wins across a single one-make series. His competitive context shows he raced among semi-professional and professional drivers, and while he occasionally finished ahead of graded competitors, his season as a whole placed him toward the back of the field.