Joe Pruskowski is a racing driver who last raced in Star Mazda Championship. Pruskowski has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 9 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,816 ranks Pruskowski 3144th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2002-10-11 | Road Atlanta | P11 | +60 |
| 2002-09-22 | Laguna Seca | P39 | −164 |
| 2002-08-17 | Mosport | P5 | +90 |
| 2002-07-20 | RFK Stadium | P14 | — |
| 2002-07-06 | Road America | P4 | +119 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +132 | 3,882 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Moses Smith | 4,251 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🏳️ Justin Pruskowski | 3,915 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🏳️ John Olsen | 3,834 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🏳️ John Mefford | 3,828 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 Guy CosmoFIA GOLD | 3,814 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Scott Kusy | 3,809 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🏳️ Aaron Ogus | 3,454 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🇺🇸 Rob WalkerFIA BRONZE | 3,202 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Weyland | 2,589 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| 🏳️ Tim Jennings | 4,100 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SpeedFIA PLATINUM · 1× CHAMPION | 6,742 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan JusticeHIGHER-RATED | 4,119 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇻🇪 Luis SchiavoHIGHER-RATED · 1× CHAMPION | 4,101 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,134 | 🇫🇷 Tanart Sathienthirakul | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,822 |
| 3,135 | 🇩🇪 Michael Waldherr | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,820 |
| 3,136 | 🇺🇸 Aaron Walker | British GT Championship | 3,819 |
| 3,137 | 🇨🇦 Derek White | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,819 |
| 3,138 | 🇺🇸 Gray Gaulding | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,819 |
| 3,139 | 🇬🇧 Lorcan Hanafin | European Le Mans Series | 3,819 |
| 3,140 | 🇬🇧 Matthew Bell | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,819 |
| 3,141 | 🇩🇪 Martin Hippe | European Le Mans Series | 3,818 |
| 3,142 | 🇬🇧 Robin Liddell | GT World Challenge America | 3,818 |
| 3,143 | 🇵🇱 Theo Micouris | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,817 |
| 3,144 | 🏳️ Joe Pruskowski | Star Mazda Championship | 3,816 |
| 3,145 | 🇬🇧 Sam Hancock | WEC | 3,815 |
| 3,146 | 🇺🇸 Charles Crews | European Le Mans Series | 3,814 |
| 3,147 | 🇫🇷 Enzo Geraci | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,814 |
| 3,148 | 🇺🇸 Guy Cosmo | International GT | 3,814 |
| 3,149 | 🇳🇴 Marius Nakken | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,814 |
| 3,150 | 🇩🇪 Moritz Wiskirchen | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,814 |
| 3,151 | 🇯🇵 Tsubasa Abe | Super GT | 3,814 |
| 3,152 | 🇺🇸 Brian Frisselle | Star Mazda Championship | 3,812 |
| 3,153 | 🇬🇧 Isaac Phelps | GB4 | 3,812 |
| 3,154 | 🇫🇷 Quentin Antonel | European Le Mans Series | 3,811 |
Joe Pruskowski is a semi-professional driver whose career encompasses a single season of Star Mazda Championship competition in 2002. His Racer Rating of 3,816 places him in the semi-professional band, a level at which drivers win in pro-am and one-make classes and typically compete mid-pack among full professionals. Pruskowski completed nine starts in the 2002 Star Mazda Championship without securing a win or podium finish, averaging a 16th-place classification across his races and finishing sixth in the championship standings.[1]
Pruskowski's record against his most frequent rivals reveals a driver at the middle order of his field. Against 2002 Star Mazda Champion Moses Smith, Pruskowski finished ahead once but trailed him eight times across their nine shared races, a gap consistent with Smith's higher rating of 4,251. His head-to-head records against John Olsen, John Mefford, and Scott Kusy show balanced competition, with Pruskowski winning five encounters against each and losing four, placing him in direct peer territory with drivers rated between 3,809 and 3,834. Against FIA Gold driver Guy Cosmo, Pruskowski never finished ahead in nine races, indicating a clear disparity. Notably, Pruskowski finished ahead of 2002 Star Mazda Champion Moses Smith once and ahead of 2003 Star Mazda Champion Luis Schiavo twice, though these isolated results came against stronger opposition rather than representing patterns of out-qualifying his peers.