🏳️ Gary Vizioli

Gary Vizioli is a club-level racing driver whose Racer Rating of 1,883 places him among competitive amateurs; he raced in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series across four seasons from 2016 to 2019, accumulating 23 starts, 3 wins and 5 podiums. His average finish of P5.3 across classified races masks a career pattern of racing against stronger fields than his own rating. Vizioli beat established professionals multiple times, most notably finishing ahead of Alexander Koreiba, an FIA Silver graded driver, on three occasions, and Ryan Nash, also FIA Silver, the same number of times. He also recorded single victories over Steven Thomas, an FIA Bronze driver and later a series champion in international GT racing.[1]

However, Vizioli's head-to-head records against his most frequent rivals show the limits of these achievements. Against Jeff Stern, the 2019 Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series Masters champion, Vizioli finished ahead in only 3 of 16 shared races. Against Ryan Nash he managed 3 ahead finishes in 12 races, and against Mo Smith, the 2016 Masters champion, 3 ahead in 11 races. His record against Alexander Koreiba stood at 3 wins in 8 races, but this represented the stronger competitive showing of his career. Against Bill Shields and Gus Doppes, drivers closer to his own level, Vizioli split results evenly, winning neither the head-to-head nor losing it decisively.

Vizioli's career ended in 2019 after a final three-round campaign in the same series yielded no wins or podiums and a finish of P30, closing out a four-year tenure in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series as a mid-field competitor in club-level single-seat racing.