Gresham Wagner is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for JTR Motorsports Engineering. Wagner is a two-time champion (2021, 2024), with 30 wins and 75 podiums from 144 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,919 ranks Wagner 3877th 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.
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P30 | −160 |
| 2026-06-06 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P3 | +49 |
| 2026-03-01 | St- Petersburg Street Course (MX-5) ND2 | P7 | +36 |
| 2026-02-28 | St- Petersburg Street Course (MX-5) ND2 | P9 | +22 |
| 2026-01-23 | Daytona International Speedway ND2 | P5 | +54 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +159 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2020 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P1 |
| +124 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2020 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P1 |
| +122 | Circuit of the Americas 2025 | GT4 America | P1 |
| +112 | Road America 2020 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P2 |
| +112 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2020 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −185 | 3,919 |
| 2025 | ▸GT4 America | RAFA Racing Team | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +165 | 4,103 |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −433 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | −52 | 4,371 |
| ▸TGRNA GR Cup North America | Copeland Motorsports | 14 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +479 | ||
| 2023 | ▸TGRNA GR Cup North America | TechSport Racing | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +244 | 3,944 |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Spark Performance | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −481 | ||
| 2022 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Spark Performance | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +25 | 4,181 |
| 2021 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Spark Performance | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +560 | 4,156 |
| 2020 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Spark Performance | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | P4 | +176 | 3,982 |
| 2019 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Sick Sideways Racing | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | P6 | +200 | 3,411 |
| 2018 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Sick Sideways Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +1,860 | 3,210 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA Bronze | 3,171 | 97 | 76 | 21 | 78% |
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver | 4,024 | 83 | 40 | 43 | 48% |
| 🏳️ Selin Rollan | 3,544 | 74 | 39 | 35 | 53% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler GonzalezFIA Silver | 3,850 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Woody Heimann | 2,562 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 78% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron JeansonneFIA Silver | 4,471 | 56 | 37 | 19 | 66% |
| 🇺🇸 Justin PiscitellFIA Silver | 3,794 | 56 | 42 | 14 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Michael Carter | 3,201 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 47% |
| 🇺🇸 John Jodoin | 3,020 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 72% |
| 🇺🇸 Peter AtwaterFIA Bronze | 3,021 | 46 | 36 | 10 | 78% |
| 🇺🇸 Corey HeimFIA Silver, 3× champion | 6,417 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,519 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Giovanni RuggieroHigher-rated | 5,364 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,867 | 🇺🇸 Jason Alder | Zenith Racing Series | 3,922 |
| 3,868 | 🇬🇧 Peter Owen | FIA GT Championship | 3,922 |
| 3,869 | 🇺🇸 Jesse Little | NASCAR Truck | 3,921 |
| 3,870 | 🇯🇵 Keisuke Kunimoto | Formula V8 3.5 | 3,921 |
| 3,871 | 🇺🇸 John Schauerman | Le Mans Cup | 3,920 |
| 3,872 | 🇬🇧 Leon Wilson | GB3 | 3,920 |
| 3,873 | 🇺🇸 Mike Messer | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,920 |
| 3,874 | 🏳️ Simon Orange | GT Winter Series | 3,920 |
| 3,875 | 🇺🇸 Tom Hessert III | ARCA Menards Series | 3,920 |
| 3,876 | 🇫🇷 Alban Varutti | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,919 |
| 3,877 | 🇺🇸 Gresham Wagner | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,919 |
| 3,878 | 🇺🇸 Tyler McQuarrie | GT4 America | 3,919 |
| 3,879 | 🇺🇸 Wayne Grubb | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,919 |
| 3,880 | 🇺🇸 Clark Toppe | IMSA Mazda Prototype Lites | 3,918 |
| 3,881 | 🇺🇸 Todd Slusher | SCCA Majors | 3,918 |
| 3,882 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Piccini | WEC | 3,917 |
| 3,883 | 🇺🇸 Benny Kerley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,917 |
| 3,884 | 🇺🇸 Eric Foss | Porsche Endurance Challenge North America | 3,917 |
| 3,885 | 🇬🇧 Guy Cosmo | International GT | 3,917 |
| 3,886 | 🇺🇸 Jimmy Horton | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,917 |
| 3,887 | 🇺🇸 Travis Kittleson | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,917 |
Gresham Wagner is a professional-level sportscar and one-make racing driver rated 4,269, placing him among competitive professionals; this rating reflects a driver capable of winning in strong fields and holding his own against established competitors, though not at the elite or generational level. Wagner holds FIA Silver status, the professional categorisation for sportscar and endurance racing, and has claimed two championships across his career in 2021 and 2024. His racing has centred almost entirely on one-make competition, with 100 starts in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup since 2018 producing 14 wins and 42 podiums, punctuated by a dominant spell in the Toyota GR Cup North America in 2023 and 2024 where he won 11 of 21 races. He has begun competing in GT4 America from 2025 onwards and currently races for RAFA Racing Team at that level, picking up 3 wins and 7 podiums across 13 starts.[1]
Wagner's record against his most frequent rivals shows a competitive mid-field operator who beats some and loses to others. He has a dominant head-to-head against Alex Bachoura, a Bronze-graded driver and one-time champion, finishing ahead in 70 of 86 shared races. Against professional-level Silver-graded rivals, his record is mixed but respectable; he finished ahead of Jared Thomas, a three-time Silver champion, in 40 of 79 encounters, and split results nearly evenly with both Tyler Gonzalez and Aaron Jeansonne, the latter a stronger rated driver at 4,893. Wagner has occasionally beaten drivers of substantially higher calibre, including 18 victories against Robert Noaker, a two-time Silver champion rated 5,474, and 13 against Connor Zilisch, a Gold-graded former champion rated 5,897, though these remain exceptions within a much larger record. His average finishing position of P6.7 across 134 starts reflects consistent mid-pack competitiveness rather than front-running form.[2]
Wagner remains active in 2026, competing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup with diminished form relative to his established record; through six rounds he holds fifth place in the championship without a victory, having scored a single podium finish. His recent activity has been concentrated in one-make racing after his GT4 campaign in 2025, during which he shared victories with Gonzalez at Barber Motorsports Park.