Joe Foster is a racing driver from United States who last raced in 24H Series for CP Racing. Foster is a one-time champion (2018), with 7 wins and 23 podiums from 51 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,061 ranks Foster 3337th of 40,349 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.
| 2024-03-23 | Mugello GT3 | P3 | +77 |
| 2024-01-27 | Dubai Autodrome GT3 | P12 | −14 |
| 2024-01-21 | Yas Marina Circuit GT3 | P6 | +24 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +140 | Pergusa 2020 | 24H Series | P1 |
| +140 | Kuwait Motor Town 2022 | 24H Series | P1 |
| +119 | LE MANS 2013 | WEC | P4 |
| +118 | Kuwait Motor Town 2023 | 24H Series | P1 |
| +103 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2022 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸24H Series | CP Racing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +87 | 4,061 |
| 2023 | ▸24H Series | CP Racing | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P6 | +89 | 3,974 |
| 2022 | ▸24H Series | CP Racing | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +263 | 3,885 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | CP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +103 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | CP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −137 | ||
| 2021 | ▸24H Series | CP Racing | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −164 | 3,656 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | CP Racing Mercedes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −180 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | CP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +63 | ||
| 2020 | ▸24H Series | CP Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +140 | 3,715 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | CP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −220 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | CP Racing Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −197 | ||
| 2019 | ▸24H Series | CP Racing | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | −93 | 4,214 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | CP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −253 | ||
| 2018 | ▸24H Series | PROsport Performance | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | −29 | 4,318 |
| 2017 | ▸24H Series | PROsport Performance | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +29 | 4,464 |
| 2016 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Automatic Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −47 | 4,542 |
| 2014 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Dempsey Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P36 | ↑881−214 | 4,607 |
| ▸WEC | Dempsey Racing - Proton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +72 | ||
| 2013 | ▸WEC | Dempsey Del Piero-Proton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +2,519 | 3,869 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Elmar Grimm | 3,812 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% |
| 🇩🇪 Johannes Dr. Kirchhoff | 3,611 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🇩🇪 Alfred RenauerFIA Silver | 4,152 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇩🇪 Pierre KafferFIA Gold | 3,902 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41% |
| 🇩🇪 Max Edelhoff | 3,634 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% |
| 🇩🇪 Ralf BohnFIA Bronze | 4,041 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19% |
| 🏳️ Daniel AllemannFIA Bronze | 4,393 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 27% |
| 🇩🇪 Ingo Vogler | 3,676 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🇩🇪 Gustav Edelhoff | 3,495 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Robert RenauerFIA Silver | 4,174 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,404 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,398 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,319 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,327 | 🇮🇳 Tarun Reddy | GB3 | 4,066 |
| 3,328 | 🇺🇸 Troy Cline | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,065 |
| 3,329 | 🇨🇳 Gerrard Xie | Formula 3 | 4,064 |
| 3,330 | 🇺🇸 Ron Young | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,064 |
| 3,331 | 🇩🇪 Roald GOETHE | 24H Series | 4,063 |
| 3,332 | 🇮🇹 Marcello Zani | FIA GT Championship | 4,062 |
| 3,333 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Staropoli | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,062 |
| 3,334 | 🇺🇸 Tyler Rypkema | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 4,062 |
| 3,335 | 🇷🇺 Aleksei Dudukalo | World Touring Car Championship | 4,061 |
| 3,336 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Butler | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,061 |
| 3,337 | 🇺🇸 Joe Foster | 24H Series | 4,061 |
| 3,338 | 🇱🇹 Julius Adomavičius | 24H Series | 4,061 |
| 3,339 | 🇧🇷 Leonardo Escorpioni | USF Pro 2000 | 4,061 |
| 3,340 | 🇺🇸 Ron Lamell Jr. | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,061 |
| 3,341 | 🇧🇪 Hans Willems | FIA GT Championship | 4,060 |
| 3,342 | 🇫🇷 Hugo Valente | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,060 |
| 3,343 | 🇧🇷 João Horto | Star Mazda Championship | 4,060 |
| 3,344 | 🇧🇪 Benjamin Lessennes | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,059 |
| 3,345 | 🏳️ Franjo Kovac | 24H Series | 4,059 |
| 3,346 | 🇯🇵 Keiichi Nishimiya | Formula 3 Macau | 4,059 |
| 3,347 | 🇬🇧 Mark Richards | Le Mans Cup | 4,059 |
Foster is a professional endurance racing driver who spent his indexed career in multiclass sportscar championships across North America and Europe. FIA Bronze-graded, he raced primarily for CP Racing in the 24H Series from 2017 onward, sharing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and GT3 machinery in a field that mixes amateurs with graded professionals. His early years included brief campaigns in IMSA and WEC with Dempsey Racing.[1]
His record centres on the 24H Series, where he accumulated 36 starts over eight seasons and took seven wins and 23 podiums. He won the 24H Series championship in 2018 with CP Racing. He was also a regular in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the Nürburgring 24 Hours, each bringing four starts, and raced in IMSA WeatherTech and the Pilot Challenge domestically; his only WEC appearances came early in his career, two starts in 2013 and 2014 that left him 20th in the final championship standings.[2]
Foster's strongest regular competition came from entry-level professionals in the 24H Series. He ran closely with Elmar Grimm and Johannes Kirchhoff, who won the A6-AM class championship in 2019, and proved capable against higher-graded opposition; he finished ahead of Jake Dennis, a Platinum-graded established professional and 2023 Formula E champion, and Kevin Estre, a Platinum-graded two-time WEC champion with significant IMSA and Nürburgring experience.