Heather Hadley is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for Hendricks Motorsports. Hadley has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 38 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,762 ranks Hadley 10522th of 40,349 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.
| 2025-06-08 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P15 | +52 |
| 2025-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P18 | +25 |
| 2025-05-04 | Barber Motorsports Park ND2 | P15 | +56 |
| 2025-05-03 | Barber Motorsports Park ND2 | P13 | +78 |
| 2025-03-02 | St- Petersburg Street Course ND2 | P21 | −8 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +110 | St- Petersburg Street Course 2025 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P10 |
| +97 | St- Petersburg Street Course 2023 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P8 |
| +88 | Road America 2023 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P7 |
| +78 | Barber Motorsports Park 2025 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P13 |
| +65 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2024 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P10 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Hendricks Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | +268 | 2,762 |
| 2024 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | BSI Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −197 | 2,494 |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P54 | −60 | |||
| 2023 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Spark Performance | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +1,401 | 2,751 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver | 4,261 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Nate CiceroFIA Silver | 4,135 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher | 4,098 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 28% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA Bronze | 3,161 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Peter AtwaterFIA Bronze | 2,759 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Gresham WagnerFIA Silver | 3,285 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Woody Heimann | 2,559 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 30% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron JeansonneFIA Silver | 4,721 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 11% |
| 🇨🇦 Jonathan NeudorfFIA Silver | 3,018 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 John Jodoin | 2,847 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold | 5,398 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Ben KeatingFIA Bronze, 5× champion | 4,660 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Westin WorkmanFIA Silver, 2× champion | 4,525 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,512 | 🇺🇸 Mike McDowell | Star Mazda Championship | 2,763 |
| 10,513 | 🏳️ Paul Fix | Trans-Am | 2,763 |
| 10,514 | 🏳️ Peter Beaulieu | SCCA Regionals | 2,763 |
| 10,515 | 🏳️ Aaron Turkey | NASCAR Canada Series | 2,762 |
| 10,516 | 🇦🇩 Alex Loan | Formula Renault Eurocup | 2,762 |
| 10,517 | 🇺🇸 Alexander Searle | SCCA Regionals | 2,762 |
| 10,518 | 🇺🇸 Bruno Colombo | GT4 America | 2,762 |
| 10,519 | 🇺🇸 Dave House | SCCA Regionals | 2,762 |
| 10,520 | 🇺🇸 Dave Smith | ARCA Menards West | 2,762 |
| 10,521 | 🏳️ Greg Pickett | Trans-Am | 2,762 |
| 10,522 | 🇺🇸 Heather Hadley | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,762 |
| 10,523 | 🇩🇰 Jacob BIDSTRUP | Ferrari Challenge | 2,762 |
| 10,524 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Bohlman | NASCAR Truck | 2,762 |
| 10,525 | 🇺🇸 Lou Goss | NASCAR Truck | 2,762 |
| 10,526 | 🏳️ Michael Wonnenberg | SCCA Majors | 2,762 |
| 10,527 | 🏳️ Robert Bell | WEC | 2,762 |
| 10,528 | 🇪🇸 Steven Berndtson | Prototype Winter Series | 2,762 |
| 10,529 | 🇨🇦 Stewart Hayward | NASCAR Truck | 2,762 |
| 10,530 | 🇺🇾 Tomás Granzella | Prototype Cup Germany | 2,762 |
| 10,531 | 🇨🇭 Valerio Presezzi | 24H Series | 2,762 |
| 10,532 | 🏳️ Weng Mok | WEC | 2,762 |
Hadley is a semi-professional competing in a national single-class championship that fields amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals in the same race. She races Mazda MX-5 Cup cars for Hendricks Motorsports in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin, her primary series since 2023, and has made occasional starts in SCCA Regionals in Spec Miata machinery.[1]
Across three seasons Hadley has accumulated 36 starts in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, finishing 29th in the 2025 championship standings through eight rounds. She regularly faces two professional competitors, Jared Thomas and Nate Cicero, both FIA Silver graded; she typically finishes behind both. She has beaten established professional Connor Zilisch, an FIA Gold driver with 34 starts in this series and concurrent runs in NASCAR Xfinity and the NASCAR Cup Series, twice; and has finished ahead of professional Aaron Jeansonne three times.[2]