🏳️ Gary Bufkin

Gary Bufkin is a developing driver currently competing in Porsche Sprint Challenge racing in North America. His Racer Rating of 1,489 places him at the club level of motorsport; this means he is competing in entry-level professional and semi-professional fields, racing against drivers with real competition licences but in a context where the fields do not consistently include top-tier professionals. Bufkin has completed one season of racing on record, comprising six starts across two related Porsche Sprint Challenge series in 2025 for ProSport Competition. He has recorded one podium finish from those starts, with an average finishing position of sixth.[1]

Bufkin's early record shows modest progress against semi-professional opposition. Among his most frequent rivals are established competitors graded as FIA Bronze or holding championship credentials; most notably, he finished ahead of Tom Kopczynski, a Bronze-graded driver rated 3,552, once from four shared races. He also beat Dan Ammann and Greg Cecchi, both Bronze-graded professionals, in single races, though these results came alongside multiple finishes behind them across their head-to-head records. His most consistent outperformance came against Paul Bonderson, an FIA Bronze driver, whom he beat three times in four shared races. Against the field's strongest driver, Alain Scalzo, a former champion rated 3,750, Bufkin failed to finish ahead across four encounters.

Bufkin's single podium came in the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West series, where he finished fifth overall in the 2025 season. With only one competitive season completed, his record remains too limited to establish clear patterns, though his ability to occasionally beat established semi-professional drivers suggests potential room for development at this level of racing.