🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe

Racing driver from Canada. NASCAR Truck Series, Pfaff Motorsports.

Driver facts

Full name

James Hinchcliffe

Born

5 December 1986(b. 1986)

Nationality

Canada

Current team

Pfaff Motorsports

Series

NASCAR Truck Series

Status

Active

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,604

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,604

RANK 345 / 12,285 INDEXED · +43 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Gold

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 7H AGO

James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian racing driver best known for his career in the IndyCar Series, where he competed from 2011 until 2021 and built a reputation as one of the more recognizable Canadian talents of his generation. Since moving away from full-time open-wheel competition, he has continued his driving career in sports car racing, currently competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Pfaff Motorsports. Alongside his driving duties, Hinchcliffe has become a familiar voice to motorsport audiences as a commentator for IndyCar broadcasts on FOX Sports and for occasional Formula One coverage on F1TV.[1]

Across 74 career starts in his current record, Hinchcliffe has claimed 4 wins and 12 podium finishes, though he has yet to secure a championship. His Racer Rating stands at 4,632, placing him 671st among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale. In the 2026 season, he has taken 1 podium finish without a win through 16 rounds, sitting 17th in the standings, a status that reflects a driver still actively competing and contributing results within the IMSA WeatherTech field.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

James Hinchcliffe is a racing driver from Canada who competes in NASCAR Truck Series for Pfaff Motorsports. Hinchcliffe has recorded 4 wins and 12 podiums from 75 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,604 ranks Hinchcliffe 345th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2026 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED JUST NOW AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	IMSA WeatherTech	Pfaff Motorsports	1	0	0	0	P114	+65	4,604
	NASCAR Truck Series	Pfaff Motorsports	1	0	0	0	P49	−22
2025	IMSA WeatherTech	Pfaff Motorsports	2	0	0	0	P136	−129	4,561
2024	IMSA WeatherTech	Pfaff Motorsports	3	0	0	0	P123	−66	4,690
2021	IndyCar	Pfaff Motorsports	16	0	1	0	P17	−263	4,756
2020	IndyCar	Pfaff Motorsports	6	0	0	0	P18	+93	5,019
2019	IndyCar	Pfaff Motorsports	17	0	1	0	P6	−37	4,927
2018	IndyCar	Pfaff Motorsports	16	1	2	0	P4	+314	4,963
2010	Indy NXT	Team Moore Racing	13	3	8	4	P15	−351	4,649

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES HINCHCLIFFE FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Will Power	5,358	56	21	35	38%
🇳🇿 Scott Dixon	5,767	55	8	47	15%
🇺🇸 Josef Newgarden	5,476	55	9	46	16%
🇺🇸 Alexander Rossi	5,246	55	16	39	29%
🇺🇸 Graham Rahal	5,161	55	21	34	38%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato	5,014	55	23	32	42%
🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud	4,772	55	16	39	29%
🇺🇸 Ryan Hunter-Reay	4,692	55	24	31	44%
🇫🇷 Sébastien Bourdais	4,856	52	27	25	52%
🇬🇧 Max Chilton	4,479	45	34	11	76%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 7H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia