Jeff Bennett is a racing driver who competes in American Endurance Racing. Bennett has recorded 9 wins and 20 podiums from 43 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,574 ranks Bennett 11037th of 23,088 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.
| 2026-05-30 | VIR · Class 2 | P7 | −86 |
| 2026-05-29 | VIR · Class 2 | P4 | +5 |
| 2026-05-03 | Watkins Glen · Class 1 | P2 | −76 |
| 2026-05-02 | Watkins Glen · Class 1 | P1 | +47 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −110 | 1,574 | |
| 2025 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +123 | 1,684 | |
| 2024 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +582 | 1,561 | |
| 2023 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P58 | −23 | 979 | |
| 2022 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P30 | +75 | 1,002 | |
| 2020 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P112 | −118 | 927 | |
| 2019 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P56 | +45 | 927 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Thomas Lee | 2,682 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19% |
| 🏳️ Shawn Dewey | 2,391 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam George | 2,899 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11% |
| 🏳️ Iain Barber | 2,419 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% |
| 🏳️ Karsten Richards | 2,219 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Robert Goldlust | 400 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Connolly | 1,022 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🏳️ Chris Hebert | 721 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% |
| 🏳️ Riccardo Terrell | 1,566 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% |
| 🏳️ Michael Qiao | 1,621 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler ChambersHIGHER-RATED | 3,484 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron WalkerFIA SILVER | 3,444 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Todd ArcherFIA BRONZE | 3,235 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11,027 | 🏳️ Chris Rallo | American Endurance Racing | 1,576 |
| 11,028 | 🏳️ Doug Seim | SCCA Regionals | 1,576 |
| 11,029 | 🏳️ Jody O'Donnell | SVRA | 1,576 |
| 11,030 | 🏳️ Joe Cudby | American Endurance Racing | 1,576 |
| 11,031 | 🏳️ Roberto Dalla Costa | International GT | 1,576 |
| 11,032 | 🏳️ Mike Bakinowski | SCCA Majors | 1,575 |
| 11,033 | 🇺🇸 Will Edwards | SVRA | 1,575 |
| 11,034 | 🇺🇸 Arul Venkatesh | Radical Cup NA | 1,574 |
| 11,035 | 🏳️ Bryan Heitman | SCCA Majors | 1,574 |
| 11,036 | 🏳️ Cohen Craft | SCCA Majors | 1,574 |
| 11,037 | 🏳️ Jeff Bennett | American Endurance Racing | 1,574 |
| 11,038 | 🏳️ John Beidler | American Endurance Racing | 1,574 |
| 11,039 | 🏳️ Edward Guenther | SVRA | 1,573 |
| 11,040 | 🏳️ James Leithauser | SCCA Runoffs | 1,573 |
| 11,041 | 🏳️ James Quaile | SCCA Regionals | 1,573 |
| 11,042 | 🏳️ Mark White | SVRA | 1,573 |
| 11,043 | 🏳️ Bruce Peter | American Endurance Racing | 1,572 |
| 11,044 | 🏳️ Robert Stowell | SCCA Majors | 1,572 |
| 11,045 | 🏳️ Brian Hicks | International GT | 1,571 |
| 11,046 | 🏳️ Robert Albani | SCCA Majors | 1,571 |
| 11,047 | 🇺🇸 Sally McNulty | TC America powered by Skip Barber | 1,571 |
Jeff Bennett is a club-level endurance racer with a Racer Rating of 1,574, placing him in the developing to club racing band; this describes a driver competing consistently in regional and amateur fields rather than among full professionals. Across seven seasons from 2019 to 2026, Bennett has made 43 starts exclusively in American Endurance Racing, recording 9 wins and 20 podium finishes for an average classified result of P4.5. He remains active as of 2026, having scored a win and two podiums across four rounds in that year before finishing P12 in the season standings.[1]
Bennett's record against his regular rivals tells a clear story. He has competed frequently against Thomas Lee, a two-time American Endurance Racing Class 2 champion, across 26 shared races but finished ahead of him only 5 times against 21 defeats. The same pattern holds against Adam George, the 2024 Class 2 champion, finished ahead just twice in 19 meetings; against Shawn Dewey, 4 wins in 20 races; and against Iain Barber, 3 wins in 19 races. These are substantially stronger drivers who have beaten Bennett consistently. He has performed better against Karsten Richards, the 2022 Class 1 champion and 2023 Class 2 champion, with 3 wins in 15 races, suggesting a more competitive pairing. Bennett has occasionally reached the pace of much higher-calibre drivers in single races, beating the FIA Silver-graded Aaron Walker once and the former champion Michael Hurczyn twice across his career, but these isolated results do not constitute a pattern. His most reliable results have come against Robert Goldlust, whom he has outfinished 12 times in 14 races, though Goldlust's rating places him well below Bennett's regular opposition. Bennett's competitive position remains at the sharp end of club and amateur endurance racing, a field in which he is a regular winner among drivers of similar standing.