Jim Walsh is a racing driver who competes in Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West for Competition Motorsports. Walsh has recorded 3 wins and 13 podiums from 18 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,806 ranks Walsh 17834th of 39,251 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.
| 2025-05-17 | Circuit of the Americas 992 M | P4 | −121 |
| 2025-05-17 | Circuit of the Americas 992 M | P2 | +81 |
| 2025-04-06 | Sonoma Raceway 992 M | P2 | +114 |
| 2025-04-05 | Sonoma Raceway 992 M | P2 | +131 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +166 | Auto Club Speedway 2006 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +147 | Auto Club Speedway 2007 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +131 | Sonoma Raceway 2025 | Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West | P2 |
| +131 | Auto Club Speedway 2007 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +115 | Sonoma Raceway 2025 | Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West | Competition Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | ↑230+206 | 1,806 |
| 2011 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −103 | 1,370 | |
| 2010 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +96 | 1,473 | |
| 2007 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +360 | 1,376 | |
| 2006 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −333 | 1,017 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Pete Altmann | 400 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Donald E Pickering | 1,322 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🏳️ Gregory E Ross | 1,212 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🏳️ John Trefethen | 880 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Don Gagne | 752 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Richard T Price | 1,094 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott BlindFIA Bronze | 3,659 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Wesley Hoaglund | 924 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Joseph Osha | 1,002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Michael Boardman | 880 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇮🇪 Michael AvenattiHigher-rated | 4,555 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle WashingtonFIA Bronze | 4,003 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Joel JohnsonHigher-rated | 2,954 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17,824 | 🇩🇪 Michael Schröder | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,808 |
| 17,825 | 🏳️ Mike Dellutri | American Endurance Racing | 1,808 |
| 17,826 | 🇸🇪 Allan Runnagard | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,807 |
| 17,827 | 🇺🇸 Austin Smith | SCCA Majors | 1,807 |
| 17,828 | 🇩🇪 Christian Teichert | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,807 |
| 17,829 | 🏳️ Heoko Eichenberg | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,807 |
| 17,830 | 🇺🇸 John Hurley | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,807 |
| 17,831 | 🏳️ Rodger Coan | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,807 |
| 17,832 | 🏳️ Darin McNeal | World Racing League | 1,806 |
| 17,833 | 🏳️ Jason Shultz | American Endurance Racing | 1,806 |
| 17,834 | 🏳️ Jim Walsh | Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West | 1,806 |
| 17,835 | 🏳️ Matthew Sisson | American Endurance Racing | 1,806 |
| 17,836 | 🏳️ Steffen Schmid | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,806 |
| 17,837 | 🏳️ Steve Herchenrider, Sr. | American Endurance Racing | 1,806 |
| 17,838 | 🏳️ Thomas Kugelmann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,806 |
| 17,839 | 🏳️ Günter Stipp Marko | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,805 |
| 17,840 | 🇬🇧 James Breakell | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,805 |
| 17,841 | 🏳️ Joe Blanks | SCCA Regionals | 1,805 |
| 17,842 | 🇫🇷 Julien Rueflin | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,805 |
| 17,843 | 🇺🇸 Valen Venkatesh | Radical Cup NA | 1,805 |
| 17,844 | 🇳🇱 Xavier Maasen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,805 |
Jim Walsh races in two national amateur and semi-professional Porsche championships. He competes in PCA Club Racing, a 16-class multiclass series, and the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West, a four-class multiclass championship where he races for Competition Motorsports. In the Sprint Challenge he drives a 992 M-class Porsche.[1]
Walsh has raced for 19 years across these two series. In PCA Club Racing from 2006 to 2011, he took 3 wins and 10 podiums from 14 starts across the GTC3 and GTC5 Porsche classes. He returned to competition in 2025 with Competition Motorsports in the Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West, where he took 3 podiums from 4 rounds and finished second in the championship standings.[2]
His regular opposition in PCA Club Racing has been Pete Altmann and Donald E Pickering, both developing drivers; Walsh typically finishes ahead of Altmann and runs closely matched with Pickering. His strongest scalp came against Scott Blind, an entry-level professional and 2025 Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West champion, whom he beat once.