Jensen Mechelke is a racing driver who competes in NASA for Mazda Miata. Mechelke has recorded 0 wins and 9 podiums from 14 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,971 ranks Mechelke 16761th of 40,200 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.
| 2026-07-18 | Sonoma Raceway Spec Miata | P2 | +98 |
| 2026-07-18 | Sonoma Raceway Spec Miata | P3 | +85 |
| 2026-07-17 | Sonoma Raceway Spec Miata | P2 | +104 |
| 2026-06-13 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park Spec Miata | P5 | +50 |
| 2026-06-10 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park Spec Miata | P3 | +100 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +132 | Chuckwalla Valley Raceway 2026 | NASA | P2 |
| +105 | Sonoma Raceway 2026 | NASA | P2 |
| +100 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2026 | NASA | P3 |
| +98 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2026 | NASA | P2 |
| +98 | Sonoma Raceway 2026 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +621 | 1,971 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Evan Donnell | 2,090 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Casey MoyerFIA Silver | 3,347 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🏳️ Nathaniel Spitz | 2,369 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Carter Knight | 1,895 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| 🏳️ Jameson Gwinup | 1,763 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Ryan Zust | 1,751 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🏳️ Anthony White | 1,683 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| 🏳️ Dan Johnson | 1,111 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🏳️ Patryk Skowronski | 655 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🏳️ Richard Lucquet | 627 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🇺🇸 Austin VarcoHigher-rated | 2,757 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Will D'EliaHigher-rated | 2,725 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🏳️ Jason BleakHigher-rated | 2,393 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16,750 | 🇩🇪 Daniel Nölken | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,972 |
| 16,751 | 🏳️ Dave O'Brien | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,972 |
| 16,752 | 🏳️ Jörg Klinkhammer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,972 |
| 16,753 | 🇺🇸 Kenneth Gregg | McLaren Trophy America | 1,972 |
| 16,754 | 🏳️ Max Pfeffer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,972 |
| 16,755 | 🇦🇷 Nicolás Jaime | TC Pista Mouras | 1,972 |
| 16,756 | 🇺🇸 Blake Berryhill | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,971 |
| 16,757 | 🏳️ Derek Schofield | SCCA Regionals | 1,971 |
| 16,758 | 🇨🇦 Eric Kunz | TC America powered by Skip Barber | 1,971 |
| 16,759 | 🇩🇪 Hendrik van Danwitz | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,971 |
| 16,761 | 🏳️ Jensen Mechelke | NASA | 1,971 |
| 16,760 | 🏳️ JP Southern Jr. | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,971 |
| 16,762 | 🏳️ Ricky Dominguez | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,971 |
| 16,763 | 🏳️ Rowan Gill | SCCA Majors | 1,971 |
| 16,764 | 🏳️ Russell Boyle | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,971 |
| 16,765 | 🏳️ Juan Carlos Esguerra | World Racing League | 1,970 |
| 16,766 | 🏳️ Markus Tesch | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,970 |
| 16,767 | 🏳️ Achim Berg | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,969 |
| 16,768 | 🏳️ Andy Chittum | SCCA Majors | 1,969 |
| 16,769 | 🏳️ Andy Smedegard | Zenith Racing Series | 1,969 |
| 16,770 | 🏳️ Earl Tucker IV | PCA Club Racing | 1,969 |
Jensen Mechelke is a competitive amateur racing in NASA, a national multiclass championship that fields amateurs and professionals together across fifteen classes in a single race. He drives a Mazda MX-5 Miata in the Spec Miata class and is in his first indexed season of racing.[1]
Through 14 rounds of the 2026 NASA season so far, Mechelke has taken nine podiums and sits tenth in the championship standings. His record places him closely matched against regular opponents Evan Donnell, a competitive amateur with 13 SCCA Regionals starts and 12 NASA starts, and Casey Moyer, an entry-level professional and FIA Silver-graded driver with 44 NASA starts and 12 SCCA Regionals starts. Mechelke has beaten Moyer five times and Austin Varco, a semi-professional with 21 NASA starts, twice.[2]
The Spec Miata field at NASA includes Moyer and Donnell as established regulars of the class; Mechelke's nine podiums in fourteen starts place him among the front-runners in a competitive grid for a driver still in his opening season.