Jay Smith is a racing driver who last raced in International GT. Smith has recorded 0 wins and 4 podiums from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,357 ranks Smith 10521th of 15,530 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2024-10-05 | VIR · GT4.R | P6 | −95 |
| 2024-10-05 | VIR · GT4.R | P6 | −93 |
| 2024-06-16 | Indianapolis · GT4.R | P3 | −96 |
| 2024-06-15 | Indianapolis · GT4.R | P3 | −94 |
| 2024-06-15 | Indianapolis · GT4.R | P2 | +43 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸International GT | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −336 | 1,357 | |
| 2023 | ▸International GT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +5 | 1,693 | |
| 2022 | ▸International GT | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −112 | 1,688 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Tom Pank | 3,130 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% |
| 🏳️ Reg Williams | 3,570 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Bob NeapoleFIA BRONZE | 1,937 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🏳️ David Tuaty | 3,154 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Juan Gonzalez | 1,360 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom LongFIA GOLD | 2,917 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Mark Mathys | 1,852 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Mark Sandridge | 1,847 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Juan Fayen | 1,807 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Juan Gonzalez Jr | 1,640 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Mike SkeenFIA SILVER · 1× CHAMPION | 3,512 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Jay Smith competed in International GT from 2022 to 2024, accumulating eleven starts across three seasons with four podium finishes but no wins. He finished sixth in the 2024 season after claiming three podiums across five rounds. His average finishing position of fourth place reflects the relatively tight competition he faced in a series that blends ungraded amateurs with a smaller cohort of professionally experienced drivers.[1]
Smith's record against his most frequent rivals tells a consistent story of outmatching in isolated performances against stronger opposition but struggling as a pattern. He beat the three-time champion Tom Pank twice across eleven shared races, and scored single victories over Reg Williams, Mike Skeen and David Tuaty, all of whom held substantially higher ratings. However, these results were exceptions rather than patterns; across the broader sample, Smith finished behind Williams in seven of eight races, behind Pank in nine of eleven, and behind Tom Long, a Gold graded former champion, in three of four meetings. His rating of 1,357 places him well below the professional tier and reflects a career at the club level of motorsport, where occasional upsets against stronger drivers are possible but do not overcome the underlying competitive gap.[2]