Gian Buffomante is a racing driver from United States who competes in Trans-Am TA2. Buffomante has recorded 7 wins and 19 podiums from 60 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,607 ranks Buffomante 5410th of 40,308 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.
| 2026-09-20 | Virginia International Raceway TA2 | P7 | +58 |
| 2026-09-05 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park TA2 | P6 | +40 |
| 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 | −140 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +132 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2025 | Trans-Am TA2 | P4 |
| +126 | Virginia International Raceway 2024 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| +117 | NOLA Motorspark Park 2024 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| +107 | Road America 2023 | SCCA Majors | P16 |
| +100 | NOLA Motorspark Park 2024 | SCCA Majors | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +136 | 3,607 | |
| ▸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 | +105 | 3,486 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −259 | |||
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P68 | +8 | |||
| ▸NASCAR Truck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | ↑628−15 | |||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −201 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +586 | 3,219 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +178 | |||
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | ↑1,110−6 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P63 | +1 | 1,351 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P72 | +194 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jared OdrickFIA Bronze | 2,882 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 55% |
| 🏳️ Adrian Wlostowski | 3,893 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38% |
| 🏳️ Eric Cayton | 3,088 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Cale Phillips | 3,070 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,637 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% |
| 🇺🇸 Doug Winston | 2,832 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 76% |
| 🏳️ Jim Gallaugher | 2,418 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt Gray | 1,764 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% |
| 🏳️ Barry Boes | 3,187 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% |
| 🏳️ Keith Prociuk | 3,288 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle BuschFIA Platinum, 6× champion | 5,958 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Ross ChastainHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,946 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Kaden HoneycuttHigher-rated | 5,829 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,400 | 🇦🇹 Felix Neuhofer | 24H Series | 3,609 |
| 5,401 | 🇺🇸 Kody Swanson | ARCA Menards Series | 3,609 |
| 5,402 | 🇺🇸 Robby Benton | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,609 |
| 5,403 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Harrison | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,608 |
| 5,404 | 🇺🇸 Johnny McFadden | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,608 |
| 5,405 | 🇮🇹 Lodovico Laurini | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,608 |
| 5,406 | 🇺🇸 Nathan Stacy | Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final | 3,608 |
| 5,407 | 🇻🇪 Bruno Palli | Star Mazda Championship | 3,607 |
| 5,408 | 🇺🇸 Chris Horn | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,607 |
| 5,409 | 🇺🇸 Dom Cicero | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,607 |
| 5,410 | 🇺🇸 Gian Buffomante | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,607 |
| 5,411 | 🇺🇸 Lehman Keen | WEC | 3,607 |
| 5,412 | 🇷🇺 Sergey Titarenko | 24H Series | 3,607 |
| 5,413 | 🇨🇦 James Dayson | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,606 |
| 5,414 | 🇺🇸 Kyle Martel | NASCAR Truck | 3,606 |
| 5,415 | 🇩🇪 Michael Kapfinger | GT Winter Series | 3,606 |
| 5,416 | 🇷🇴 Mihnea STEFAN | Le Mans Cup | 3,606 |
| 5,417 | 🇺🇸 Paul Holton | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,606 |
| 5,418 | 🇦🇺 Shae Davies | 24H Series | 3,606 |
| 5,419 | 🇺🇸 Wyatt Foster | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,606 |
| 5,420 | 🏳️ Brian McAtee | Star Mazda Championship | 3,605 |
Gian Buffomante is an entry-level professional racing driver competing in American national motorsports. He holds an FIA Silver grade, which places him among drivers developing toward the full-professional categories in endurance and sportscar racing. Buffomante races primarily in Trans-Am TA2, a single-class championship, and competes across SCCA's multiclass regional and national events in spec and silhouette machinery, currently driving for Nitro Motorsports in his full-time effort.[1]
His record spans four seasons from 2023 onward, with 58 starts yielding 7 wins and 19 podiums across multiple series. In SCCA Regionals he has taken 4 wins from 17 starts; in SCCA Majors, 3 wins from 18 starts across FE2 Formula Enterprise, GT2 silhouette, and SRF3 spec racer machinery. Trans-Am TA2 has been his primary focus since 2024, with 19 starts through the series' current campaign, where he currently sits eleventh in the championship standings after seven rounds raced so far. His most extensive single-series appearance came in Trans-Am TA2, where he continues to build experience against a consistent field of regional and national competitors.[2]
Buffomante has raced closely against semi-professional drivers and entry-level professionals who form the core of the TA2 and SCCA grids. Among established professionals he has faced, he defeated Kyle Busch, an Xfinity and Cup Series champion with a Platinum FIA grade, once in his sole NASCAR Truck appearance in 2025, and has beaten Ross Chastain, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series champion, once as well. His record against regular opponents including semi-professional Bronze-graded Jared Odrick and entry-level professional Adrian Wlostowski, a NASA racing champion with substantial Trans-Am TA2 experience, shows him closely matched.