Gian Buffomante is a racing driver from United States who competes in Trans-Am TA2. Buffomante has recorded 6 wins and 18 podiums from 54 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,509 ranks Buffomante 5721th of 38,983 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.
| 2026-07-19 | Watkins Glen International TA2 | P5 | +85 |
| 2026-07-19 | Watkins Glen International TA2 | P9 | +33 |
| 2026-06-28 | Road America TA2 | P28 | −139 |
| 2026-06-21 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway TA2 | P7 | +55 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course P3 | P5 | −27 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +129 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 2025 | Trans-Am TA2 | P4 |
| +127 | VIRginia International Raceway 2024 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| +115 | NOLA Motorspark Park 2024 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| +103 | Road America 2023 | SCCA Majors | P16 |
| +99 | Road America 2023 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +39 | 3,509 | |
| ▸IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | Toney Driver Development | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −15 | ||
| 2025 | ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +94 | 3,485 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −263 | |||
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P59 | +25 | |||
| ▸NASCAR Truck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | ↑626−13 | |||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −203 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +579 | 3,219 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P39 | +31 | |||
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | ↑1,210−6 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P52 | +55 | 1,405 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P72 | +185 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jared OdrickFIA Bronze | 2,863 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52% |
| 🏳️ Adrian Wlostowski | 3,807 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🏳️ Eric Cayton | 3,130 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% |
| 🏳️ Cale Phillips | 3,049 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% |
| 🏳️ Jim Gallaugher | 2,422 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt Gray | 1,744 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% |
| 🏳️ Barry Boes | 3,200 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Doug Winston | 2,834 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,458 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Keith Prociuk | 3,294 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle BuschFIA Platinum, 6× champion | 5,985 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Ross ChastainHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,946 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Kaden HoneycuttHigher-rated | 5,671 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,711 | 🇭🇰 Sunny Wong | TCR World Tour | 3,511 |
| 5,712 | 🇩🇪 Alexander Hardt | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,510 |
| 5,713 | 🇺🇸 Jody Ridley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,510 |
| 5,714 | 🇨🇦 John Lloyd | Star Mazda Championship | 3,510 |
| 5,715 | 🇺🇸 Josh Sarchet | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,510 |
| 5,716 | 🏳️ Mia Flewitt | British GT Championship | 3,510 |
| 5,717 | 🇩🇪 Siegfried Venema | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,510 |
| 5,718 | 🇺🇸 Vincent Barletta | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,510 |
| 5,719 | 🇧🇪 Albert Vanierschot | FIA GT Championship | 3,509 |
| 5,720 | 🇨🇦 Brody Goble | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,509 |
| 5,721 | 🇺🇸 Gian Buffomante | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,509 |
| 5,722 | 🇺🇸 Mark Kvamme | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,509 |
| 5,723 | 🇺🇸 Brian Johnson | Star Mazda Championship | 3,508 |
| 5,724 | 🇬🇧 Isaac Smith | TCR World Tour | 3,508 |
| 5,725 | 🇯🇵 Masataka Kawaguchi | Super GT | 3,508 |
| 5,726 | 🇮🇹 Davide Larini | Italian F4 | 3,507 |
| 5,727 | 🇺🇸 Dwayne Leik | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,507 |
| 5,728 | 🇳🇱 Luc Breukers | 24H Series | 3,507 |
| 5,729 | 🇧🇷 Ricardo Gracia | Spanish F4 | 3,507 |
| 5,730 | 🇺🇸 Ronnie Davidson | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,507 |
| 5,731 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Booth | Radical Cup NA | 3,507 |
Gian Buffomante is a Silver-graded semi-professional driver competing across multiple national American championships. He races single-seaters and sports cars in SCCA club and national multiclass events, and has made selective starts in higher-profile series including Trans-Am TA2 and the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge. His primary ride is with Nitro Motorsports in Trans-Am TA2, where he is currently in his first full season at that level.[1]
Over four seasons from 2023 to 2026, Buffomante has compiled six wins and eighteen podiums across fifty-four starts. He has built his record primarily in SCCA competition, taking three wins and nine podiums in the Majors series and three wins and nine podiums in the Regionals; both fields mix amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals on the same grid. His move into Trans-Am TA2 in 2024 represents a step toward established single-series competition; he has made nineteen starts there so far and sits eleventh in the 2026 championship standings as the season continues. He has taken starts in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, racing LMP3 prototypes for Toney Driver Development, and made one NASCAR Truck appearance in 2025.[2]
Buffomante competes regularly against semi-professional and entry-level professional drivers established in Trans-Am and SCCA national competition. He runs closely matched with Jared Odrick, a Bronze-graded semi-professional and 2023 PCA Club Racing champion who has logged extensive Trans-Am TA2 and SCCA Majors experience, and with Adrian Wlostowski, an entry-level professional and former NASA Super Touring 2 champion with over sixty Trans-Am starts. In occasional meetings with drivers from higher categories, he has finished ahead of Kyle Busch, a multiple NASCAR Xfinity champion and Platinum-graded Platinum professional, and Ross Chastain, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series champion, each once.