J.W.Roberts is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Team GDT. Roberts has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 40 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,934 ranks Roberts 8977th of 40,700 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2011-09-16 | Laguna Seca | P13 | −1 |
| 2011-09-02 | Baltimore | P12 | −31 |
| 2011-08-26 | Sonoma Raceway | P14 | −28 |
| 2011-08-05 | Trois-Rivieres | P9 | +28 |
| 2011-08-05 | Trois-Rivieres | P12 | −39 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +46 | Iowa 2010 | Star Mazda Championship | P9 |
| +39 | Road America 2010 | Star Mazda Championship | P11 |
| +37 | Laguna Seca 2008 | Star Mazda Championship | P14 |
| +37 | Trois-Rivieres 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | P12 |
| +31 | Portland International Raceway 2008 | Star Mazda Championship | P16 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Team GDT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −202 | 2,934 |
| 2010 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Team GDT | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +11 | 3,136 |
| 2009 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Team GDT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −73 | 3,125 |
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Team GDT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −233 | 3,198 |
| 2007 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Hickham Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −177 | 3,431 |
| 2006 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Hickham Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +2,258 | 3,608 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,092 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 8% |
| 🇨🇦 Rusty Mitchell | 4,690 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor De PhillippiFIA Gold | 5,481 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 10% |
| 🇫🇷 Tristan VautierFIA Gold | 5,143 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 15% |
| 🇧🇷 João Horto | 4,060 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 20% |
| 🇨🇴 Tatiana CalderónFIA Silver | 3,974 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Gerry KrautFIA Bronze | 3,731 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% |
| 🇻🇪 Carlos Linares | 3,055 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Nick Andries | 4,040 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22% |
| 🇩🇰 Gustavo MenezesFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,435 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Conor DalyFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,394 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,967 | 🏳️ Matt Dusek | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 2,936 |
| 8,968 | 🏳️ Murilo Fiore | Turismo Nacional | 2,936 |
| 8,969 | 🇧🇷 Nélson Neto | F4 Brasil | 2,936 |
| 8,970 | 🇦🇹 Philpp Eng | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,936 |
| 8,971 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Hanley | McLaren Trophy America | 2,935 |
| 8,972 | 🇱🇹 Domas Raudonis | 24H Series | 2,935 |
| 8,973 | 🏳️ Donovan Bonilla | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,935 |
| 8,974 | 🇺🇸 John Saurino | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 2,935 |
| 8,975 | 🇬🇧 Daniel Welch | BTCC | 2,934 |
| 8,976 | 🇩🇪 Der Bommel | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,934 |
| 8,977 | 🇺🇸 J.W.Roberts | Star Mazda Championship | 2,934 |
| 8,978 | 🇩🇪 Nico Monien | Formula 3 Euro Series | 2,934 |
| 8,979 | 🇳🇿 Steve Owen | Supercars Championship | 2,934 |
| 8,980 | 🇺🇸 Brian Kamisky | ARCA Menards West | 2,933 |
| 8,981 | 🇩🇪 Florian Wolf | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,933 |
| 8,982 | 🏳️ Jack Morris | Star Mazda Championship | 2,933 |
| 8,983 | 🇨🇦 Jonathan Reaume | ARCA Menards West | 2,933 |
| 8,984 | 🇮🇹 Sabino Marco Pietro DE CASTRO | Le Mans Cup | 2,933 |
| 8,985 | 🇦🇹 Stefan Fürtbauer | Italian F4 | 2,933 |
| 8,986 | 🇭🇰 Tony Chan Chi Wai | TCR World Tour | 2,933 |
| 8,987 | 🇸🇪 Alfred Nilsson | 24H Series | 2,932 |
J.W. Roberts is a competitive amateur who raced in the Star Mazda Championship between 2006 and 2011. His rating of 2,712 places him at the entry level of competitive club and regional racing; this denotes a driver who is quick and holds a real competition licence, but consistently races outside the top tier of professional fields. Across six seasons and 40 starts, Roberts scored no wins or podiums and averaged a finishing position of 16th, competing primarily for Team GDT.[1]
Roberts's record against his regular rivals shows a consistent pattern of finishing behind stronger drivers. Against semi-professional and professional fields, he won only isolated results: he finished ahead of Tristan Vautier, the 2011 Star Mazda champion, on three occasions; Conor Daly, the 2010 Star Mazda champion, once; and Gustavo Menezes, a Gold-graded sportscar professional, twice. However, these scattered results stand against much larger sample sizes in the opposite direction. In 25 shared races with Caio Lara, Roberts finished ahead only twice and behind 23 times. Against Rusty Mitchell over 23 races, he managed five wins and 18 losses. Connor De Phillippi, a Gold-graded professional, finished ahead of Roberts in 17 of their 19 encounters. These head-to-head records show Roberts was outpaced by the field's competitive core.
Roberts retired from racing in 2011 after finishing 18th in the final Star Mazda Championship round. His career belonged entirely to a single series and a single team, and produced no wins across 40 attempts against professional and semi-professional company.