🏳️ Hal Chestnut

Hal Chestnut is a developing driver at Racer Rating 548, competing in club-level regional racing. This rating places Chestnut among drivers consistently at the back of club fields or with too few races on record to have progressed beyond entry level. Chestnut has seven starts across the 2024 and 2025 seasons in SCCA Regionals competition, with no wins or podiums to date. The average finishing position of P5.7 reflects an unclassified finish in the most recent activity; across classified starts, Chestnut has typically finished outside the points.[1]

The competitive context shows Chestnut racing against a mix of club-level drivers and occasional stronger competitors. Most frequent rivals are drivers rated between 400 and 3,052, with Peter Beaulieu, the three-time defending champion of SCCA Regionals ITS, appearing five times with Chestnut trailing every encounter. Against Nicole Hecker and other mid-field club drivers, Chestnut has shown mixed form; a single finish ahead of Bronze-graded Michael Dayton and occasional results ahead of other semi-professional competitors offer early indication of potential, but the overall record of zero podiums in seven starts indicates Chestnut remains in the early stages of development as a racing driver.