Jody Firth is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in WEC for Murphy Prototypes. Firth has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,693 ranks Firth 4983th of 40,105 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2012-08-26 | Silverstone LMP2 | P9 | −5 |
| 2012-06-16 | LE MANS LMP2 | DNF | −89 |
| 2012-05-05 | Spa-Francorchamps LMP2 | P3 | +120 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +120 | Spa-Francorchamps 2012 | WEC | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ▸WEC | Murphy Prototypes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +2,351 | 3,701 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Sam HancockFIA Silver | 5,340 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Olivier PlaFIA Platinum | 5,240 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇫🇷 Soheil AyariFIA Silver | 5,159 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Ricardo Gonzalez | 5,086 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Elton JulianFIA Bronze | 5,007 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇫🇷 Franck MailleuxFIA Gold | 4,915 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇨🇭 Jean-Denis DeletrazFIA Bronze | 4,897 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇷🇺 Roman RusinovFIA Gold | 4,831 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Simon Dolan | 4,788 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇻🇪 Vicente Potolicchio | 4,725 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Bertrand BaguetteFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 5,857 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇳🇱 Renger van der ZandeFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,815 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Stefan JohanssonHigher-rated | 5,477 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,973 | 🇷🇺 Andrey Mukovoz | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,695 |
| 4,974 | 🇺🇸 Rick Fuller | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,695 |
| 4,975 | 🇯🇵 Tatsuya Tanigawa | Super GT | 3,695 |
| 4,976 | 🇺🇸 Willie Blevins | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,695 |
| 4,977 | 🇺🇸 Aaron Dudley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,694 |
| 4,978 | 🇺🇸 Allen Applegate | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,694 |
| 4,979 | 🇮🇩 Anderson Tanoto | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,694 |
| 4,980 | 🇺🇸 Bosco Lowe | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,694 |
| 4,981 | 🇺🇸 Doug Harrington | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,694 |
| 4,982 | 🇧🇪 Christian Reip Wolfgang | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,693 |
| 4,983 | 🇬🇧 Jody Firth | WEC | 3,693 |
| 4,984 | 🇩🇰 Magnus Gustavsen | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,693 |
| 4,985 | 🇫🇷 Paul TROJANI | Le Mans Cup | 3,693 |
| 4,986 | 🇦🇪 Alvise RODELLA | European Le Mans Series | 3,692 |
| 4,987 | 🇩🇰 Jan Jønck | GB3 | 3,692 |
| 4,988 | 🇺🇸 Jordan Missig | Indy NXT | 3,692 |
| 4,989 | 🇬🇧 Martin Rich | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,692 |
| 4,990 | 🇮🇩 Philo Paz Armand | GP2 Series | 3,692 |
| 4,991 | 🇺🇸 Reed Sorenson | NASCAR Cup Series | 3,692 |
| 4,992 | 🇯🇵 Takashi Kasai | Italian F4 | 3,692 |
| 4,993 | 🇪🇪 Markus Kajak | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,691 |
Jody Firth is a British semi-professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 3,703, placing him in the semi-professional band. This level describes drivers who win in pro-am and one-make classes and run at the mid-pack among full professionals; most paid drivers outside the top championships sit here. Firth's career record on file spans a single season in 2012, when he contested the World Endurance Championship with Murphy Prototypes. Across three starts, he secured one podium finish and averaged a sixth-place classification, demonstrating competitiveness in a field that included elite-level drivers.[1]
The podium came against a genuinely strong field. Among the drivers Firth finished ahead of in individual races were Bertrand Baguette, a Platinum-graded professional and two-time champion of major series; Stefan Johansson, an elite-level competitor; and Christijan Albers, an established professional. He beat Jean-Denis Deletraz, a Bronze-graded professional, twice. These were one-off results rather than sustained patterns, but they confirm that Firth operated at a competitive standard in endurance racing. Murphy Prototypes itself was a midfield team without race wins on record, which contextualises both the team's and Firth's position within that grid.[2]
The record concludes with his 2012 WEC campaign. Some years later, around 2014, Firth was reported to be racing in the British GT Championship, though no results from that series appear in his current file. The driver is now retired from competitive racing.