James Vance is a racing driver from Canada who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Baker Racing. Vance has recorded 2 wins and 8 podiums from 67 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,341 ranks Vance 6426th of 38,983 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.
| 2026-08-01 | Road America TCR | P11 | −79 |
| 2026-07-11 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park TCR | P5 | +57 |
| 2026-06-27 | Watkins Glen International TCR | P9 | −29 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course TCR | P12 | −72 |
| 2026-05-02 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca TCR | P10 | −68 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +159 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2020 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| +150 | VIRginia International Raceway 2019 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| +119 | Road Atlanta 2025 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P3 |
| +99 | Watkins Glen International 2022 | IMSA WeatherTech | P4 |
| +95 | Road Atlanta 2019 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Baker Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −70 | 3,341 |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | BSI Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +35 | ||
| 2025 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Baker Racing | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −115 | 3,377 |
| 2024 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Deily Motorsports LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −158 | 3,492 |
| 2023 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Deily Motorsports LLC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −162 | 3,650 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | FastMD Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −15 | ||
| 2022 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | FastMD Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +119 | 3,827 |
| 2021 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | FASTMD RACING | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −198 | 3,708 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | FastMD Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +95 | ||
| 2020 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | FASTMD Racing with Speed Syndicate | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +18 | 3,613 |
| 2019 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Fast MD Racing | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −2 | 3,876 |
| 2017 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | MINI JCW Team | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −572 | 3,795 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | BAR1 Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −113 | ||
| 2016 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | MINI JCW Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −342 | 3,931 |
| 2015 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Performance Tech Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | +3,344 | 4,694 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Harry GottsackerFIA Silver | 3,816 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 28% |
| 🇨🇦 Mark WilkinsFIA Gold | 3,782 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 28% |
| 🇺🇸 Mason FilippiFIA Silver | 4,140 | 39 | 10 | 29 | 26% |
| 🇦🇷 Roy Block | 3,564 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 63% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan EversleyFIA Gold | 3,310 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 58% |
| 🇨🇦 Stephen SimpsonFIA Silver | 4,148 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 59% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael JohnsonFIA Silver | 2,510 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 63% |
| 🇺🇸 Tim LewisFIA Bronze | 3,703 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 48% |
| 🇺🇸 Mat Pombo | 3,606 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 41% |
| 🇺🇸 Chad GilsingerFIA Bronze | 3,261 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 48% |
| 🇮🇹 Max AngelelliFIA Gold | 5,739 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇷 Felipe FragaFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,617 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 George KurtzFIA Bronze, 3× champion | 5,604 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,416 | 🇯🇵 Shozo Tagahara | Super GT | 3,344 |
| 6,417 | 🇺🇸 Anderson Bowen | ARCA Menards Series | 3,343 |
| 6,418 | 🇪🇸 Santiago Concepción Serrano | Le Mans Cup | 3,343 |
| 6,419 | 🇺🇸 Sean Johnston | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,343 |
| 6,420 | 🇩🇪 Dirk Layer | PCA Club Racing | 3,342 |
| 6,421 | 🇺🇸 J.R. Robbs | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,342 |
| 6,422 | 🇺🇸 Janine Shoffner | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,342 |
| 6,423 | 🇺🇸 Tyler Chambers | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,342 |
| 6,424 | 🇷🇺 Artem Lobanenko | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,341 |
| 6,425 | 🇩🇪 Daniele Di Amato | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,341 |
| 6,426 | 🇨🇦 James Vance | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,341 |
| 6,427 | 🇦🇹 Josef Haider | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,341 |
| 6,428 | 🇩🇪 Moritz Oehme | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,341 |
| 6,429 | 🇷🇴 Petru Florescu | FIA Formula 3 European | 3,341 |
| 6,430 | 🏳️ | WEC | 3,340 |
| 6,431 | 🇺🇸 Bryan Reffner | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,340 |
| 6,432 | 🇦🇷 Diego AventíN | Turismo Carretera | 3,340 |
| 6,433 | 🇶🇦 Ghanim Al Ali | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,340 |
| 6,434 | 🇫🇷 Michel Mitieus | 24H Series | 3,340 |
| 6,435 | 🇩🇪 Nicholas Otto | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,340 |
| 6,436 | 🇯🇵 Teruhiko Hamano | Super GT | 3,340 |
James Vance is a semi-professional sportscar and endurance racing driver rated 3,652, placing him among mid-field competitors in professional-level GT racing. His FIA Silver categorisation denotes a professional driver, typically early-career, racing alongside and against full professionals in the sportscar and endurance disciplines. Across ten seasons from 2016 to 2026, Vance has accumulated 64 starts with 2 wins and 8 podiums, primarily in the IMSA Pilot Challenge series where he has competed for Baker Racing.[1]
Vance's record against regular rivals reveals a driver consistently outpaced by established professionals. In 39 shared races against Harry Gottsacker, a champion-rated Silver driver, Vance finished ahead only 11 times while finishing behind 28; similar patterns emerged against Mason Filippi and multiple FIA Gold-graded drivers including Mark Wilkins and Stephen Simpson, in each case winning the head-to-head less than half as often as losing it. Roy Block and Ryan Eversley, both established professionals, also regularly finished ahead of Vance in shared fields. His average finishing position of P9.1 across classified starts reflects this mid-pack standing. Occasionally Vance has beaten significantly stronger drivers, including FIA Gold-graded professionals Malthe Jakobsen, Nolan Siegel and Tom Gamble, though these were isolated results rather than sustained competitive patterns.
Vance's career has centred on IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he scored both his wins and the bulk of his podiums over eleven seasons. His recent activity includes sporadic entries into the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2026, where he remains unplaced. Baker Racing, his primary team through much of this period, carries no wins across its own record and fields drivers in the mid-to-lower professional band; the team was entered with two Audis for the 2026 Michelin Pilot Challenge season.