🇺🇸 Jerry Kaufman

Jerry Kaufman is a club-level driver racing in national amateur and semi-professional multiclass championships, holding a Bronze FIA grade for endurance and sportscar racing. He races primarily in BMW CCA Club Racing, where he competes in BMWs in the IP class; he has also run campaigns in American Endurance Racing across multiple classes, IMSA Pilot Challenge in the ST class for BimmerWorld Racing, and most recently joined Zenith Racing Series in the ZR2 class for Morehead Speed Works.[1]

Across eight seasons from 2014 to 2020 and a return in 2026, Kaufman has taken 11 wins and 25 podiums from 58 starts. His primary success came in BMW CCA Club Racing, where he won nine races and took 20 podiums across 29 starts, establishing himself as a regular fixture near the front of the IP class. In American Endurance Racing, a multiclass endurance series mixing amateurs and professionals, he scored two wins and five podiums in shared-car racing from 21 starts across three classes. He contested six starts in IMSA Pilot Challenge with BimmerWorld Racing in 2016.[2]

In his regular company, Kaufman has proved consistently competitive against established club regulars. He typically finishes ahead of developing-level drivers and sits closely matched with Scott Reiman, the 2021 BMW CCA Club Racing IP champion and a veteran of both club racing and American Endurance Racing. He has finished ahead of FIA Gold-graded professionals Sean Rayhall, a Road to Le Mans competitor and Indy NXT driver, and Elliott Skeer, a GT World Challenge America regular, on isolated occasions. He currently leads Zenith Racing Series in 14th, with rounds still to come in the 2026 season.