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🇧🇷 James Nelson
Racing driver from Brazil. SCCA Regionals.
Driver facts
Full name
James Nelson
Born
25 July 1985(b. 1985)
Nationality
Brazil
Current team
Series
SCCA Regionals
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
9
Career starts
16
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
1,213
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
1,213Rank 24816 of 40,308 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
James Nelson is a racing driver from Brazil who competes in SCCA Regionals. Nelson has recorded 1 win and 9 podiums from 16 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,213 ranks Nelson 24816th of 40,308 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.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 16 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2025-06-08 | Road America SRF3 | P47 | −66 |
| 2025-06-01 | Pueblo Motorsports Park SRF3 | P4 | +18 |
| 2025-05-31 | Pueblo Motorsports Park SRF3 | P3 | +74 |
| 2025-04-27 | JaJunta Raceway SRF3 | P4 | +22 |
| 2025-04-27 | JaJunta Raceway SRF3 | P3 | +55 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +143 | La Junta Raceway 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +74 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2025 | SCCA Majors | P3 |
| +64 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2021 | SCCA Majors | P3 |
| +56 | JaJunta Raceway 2025 | SCCA Regionals | P3 |
| +54 | La Junta Raceway 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Pueblo Motorsports Park4 starts+6
JaJunta Raceway5 starts+4
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | +140 | 1,213 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P47 | +27 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −73 | 1,046 | |
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P44 | +32 | 1,119 | |
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | −263 | 1,087 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Nelson finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Jim Tibor Jr | 1,569 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% |
| 🏳️ Karl Flessa | 661 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% |
| 🏳️ Douglas Cox | 1,243 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Cameron | 1,033 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🏳️ David Roth | 500 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Ron Willard | 415 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Michael C Cameron | 2,161 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Tanya Hrabal | 464 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Rob Pielsticker | 2,239 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Dwight Rider | 1,123 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ John BlackHigher-rated | 3,209 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Grant VogelHigher-rated | 2,492 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Mike DaviesHigher-rated | 1,865 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,308 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24,806 | 🇨🇦 Lee Cornett | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,214 |
| 24,807 | 🏳️ Nicholas Barbato | NASA | 1,214 |
| 24,808 | 🇦🇷 Nicolás Palau | TC Pista Mouras | 1,214 |
| 24,809 | 🏳️ Phillip Isabel | NASA | 1,214 |
| 24,810 | 🏳️ Rius Billing | NASA | 1,214 |
| 24,811 | 🏳️ Youri Bebic | PCA Club Racing | 1,214 |
| 24,812 | 🏳️ C. Brady | NASA | 1,213 |
| 24,813 | 🏳️ Doug Young | NASA | 1,213 |
| 24,814 | 🇦🇷 Guillermo Yané | TC Pista Mouras | 1,213 |
| 24,815 | 🇺🇸 Howard Robinson | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
| 24,816 | 🇧🇷 James Nelson | SCCA Regionals | 1,213 |
| 24,817 | 🇺🇸 Jay Jackson | SCCA Regionals | 1,213 |
| 24,818 | 🏳️ Kevin Leparski | SVRA | 1,213 |
| 24,819 | 🏳️ Laurent Fumex | SCCA Regionals | 1,213 |
| 24,820 | 🇧🇪 Marc Stessens | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,213 |
| 24,821 | 🏳️ Mark Sherwood | SVRA | 1,213 |
| 24,822 | 🏳️ Matthew Erickson | NASA | 1,213 |
| 24,823 | 🏳️ Mike Carr | American Endurance Racing | 1,213 |
| 24,824 | 🏳️ Mitchell Pagerey | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
| 24,825 | 🏳️ Nicholas W Summers | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
| 24,826 | 🏳️ Sean Foster | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
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