James Counterman is a racing driver who competes in American Endurance Racing. Counterman is a two-time champion (2016, 2020), with 50 wins and 96 podiums from 160 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,319 ranks Counterman 14900th 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.
| 2026-06-28 | Summit Point Motorsports Park Class 3 | P3 | +31 |
| 2026-06-27 | Summit Point Motorsports Park Class 3 | P7 | −102 |
| 2026-05-03 | Watkins Glen International Class 3 | P6 | −66 |
| 2026-05-02 | Watkins Glen International Class 3 | P2 | +59 |
| 2026-05-01 | Watkins Glen International Class 3 | P2 | +49 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +144 | Palmer Motorsports Park 2015 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +113 | Pittsburgh International Race Complex 2021 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +109 | Watkins Glen International 2018 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +109 | Summit Point Motorsports Park 2015 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +107 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2015 | American Endurance Racing | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −29 | 2,319 | |
| 2025 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +169 | 2,348 | |
| 2024 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | −101 | 2,179 | |
| 2023 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +186 | 2,281 | |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −278 | |||
| 2022 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −110 | 2,372 | |
| 2021 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +357 | 2,482 | |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +223 | |||
| 2020 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P1 | −497 | 2,371 | |
| 2019 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −79 | 2,328 | |
| ▸PCA Club Racing | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +174 | |||
| 2018 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +291 | 2,439 | |
| ▸PCA Club Racing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P42 | −68 | |||
| 2017 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +82 | 2,125 | |
| ▸PCA Club Racing | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +81 | |||
| 2016 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 18 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +489 | 2,032 | |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | −334 | |||
| 2015 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +317 | 1,667 | |
| ▸PCA Club Racing | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +206 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Sudhir Kalra | 495 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 91% |
| 🏳️ Scott Belles | 1,575 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 84% |
| 🏳️ Bill Rudtner | 1,565 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 87% |
| 🏳️ Thomas Lee | 2,782 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 76% |
| 🏳️ Benny Chong | 1,975 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Brian Cincera | 1,881 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 63% |
| 🏳️ Paul Wooding | 1,704 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 64% |
| 🏳️ Jason Woz | 1,296 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 88% |
| 🏳️ John Beidler | 1,078 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 92% |
| 🏳️ Hunt McMAHON | 2,533 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 71% |
| 🇲🇽 Daniel SuárezHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,271 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Kaz GralaFIA Silver | 4,700 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Mike SkeenFIA Silver, 1× champion | 4,209 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,890 | 🏳️ Jens Hantson | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 2,321 |
| 14,891 | 🇦🇹 Josef Strobe | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,321 |
| 14,892 | 🏳️ Beto Pontes Filho | Turismo Nacional | 2,320 |
| 14,893 | 🇩🇪 Fabio Sacchi | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,320 |
| 14,894 | 🇯🇵 Hirotaka Nakanishi | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,320 |
| 14,895 | 🇬🇧 Marcus Short | GB4 | 2,320 |
| 14,896 | 🏳️ Richard Zulman | International GT | 2,320 |
| 14,897 | 🇺🇸 Rob Fuller | Velocity Invitational | 2,320 |
| 14,898 | 🇺🇸 Bryan WALTERSDORF | Ferrari Challenge | 2,319 |
| 14,899 | 🇩🇰 Jacob Thomsen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,319 |
| 14,900 | 🏳️ James Counterman | American Endurance Racing | 2,319 |
| 14,901 | 🏳️ James Ebben | SCCA Majors | 2,318 |
| 14,902 | 🏳️ Maurizio Sala | Turismo Nacional | 2,318 |
| 14,903 | 🏳️ Diego d’Ambra | Radical Cup Europe | 2,317 |
| 14,904 | 🏳️ J.P. Southern | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 2,317 |
| 14,905 | 🏳️ Marko Stipp | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,317 |
| 14,906 | 🇨🇿 Tereza Bábicková | W Series | 2,317 |
| 14,907 | 🇺🇸 William NARANJO | Ferrari Challenge | 2,317 |
| 14,908 | 🏳️ J. Thomas Mark | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,316 |
| 14,909 | 🇺🇸 Kevan MILLSTEIN | Ferrari Challenge | 2,316 |
| 14,910 | 🏳️ Robert Holzer Hans | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,316 |
James Counterman is a competitive amateur racing in multiclass endurance and club racing series. He competes in American Endurance Racing, where he pilots Class 2, Class 3 and Class 4 production-based cars as part of a shared driver lineup in a field mixing amateurs and professionals across five classes, and in PCA Club Racing, where he races a Porsche in the SPB class in solo competition. He has been active across both series since 2015.[1]
Counterman took the American Endurance Racing championship twice, in 2016 and 2020, from 102 starts in the series that have yielded 19 wins and 53 podiums. In PCA Club Racing he has started 58 times, won 31 races and taken 43 podiums. His most recent season was 2023 in PCA Club Racing, where he scored 3 wins and 7 podiums across 9 rounds and finished ninth in the championship standings.[2]
In his regular competition Counterman typically finishes ahead of club and developing-level drivers; he has also beaten Mike Skeen, a professional and two-time champion in Trans-Am TA2 competition, twice in American Endurance Racing. His record spans both endurance and sprint racing at amateur and semi-professional level across the United States.