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 3,814 ranks Pruskowski 4445th of 40,200 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.
| 2002-10-11 | Road Atlanta | P11 | +58 |
| 2002-09-22 | Laguna Seca | P39 | −163 |
| 2002-08-17 | Mosport | P5 | +87 |
| 2002-07-20 | RFK Stadium | P14 | −2 |
| 2002-07-06 | Road America | P4 | +118 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +117 | Road America 2002 | Star Mazda Championship | P4 |
| +87 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2002 | Star Mazda Championship | P8 |
| +87 | Mosport 2002 | Star Mazda Championship | P5 |
| +80 | Sonoma Raceway 2002 | Star Mazda Championship | P11 |
| +58 | Road Atlanta 2002 | Star Mazda Championship | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +2,527 | 3,877 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Guy CosmoFIA Gold | 3,917 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Justin Pruskowski | 3,907 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🇳🇴 John Olsen | 3,827 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🏳️ John Mefford | 3,825 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 Moses Smith | 3,564 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🏳️ Aaron Ogus | 3,476 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🇺🇸 Rob WalkerFIA Bronze | 3,457 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🏳️ Scott Kusy | 3,076 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Weyland | 2,178 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Nastasi | 3,730 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 James GueFIA Bronze | 5,106 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan JusticeHigher-rated | 4,083 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇻🇪 Luis SchiavoHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,049 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,435 | 🇺🇸 Gregory Liefooghe | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,815 |
| 4,436 | 🇩🇪 Herman Buurman | FIA GT Championship | 3,815 |
| 4,437 | 🇮🇹 Paolo Gnemmi | 24H Series | 3,815 |
| 4,438 | 🇳🇱 Rob van der Zwaan | FIA GT Championship | 3,815 |
| 4,439 | 🇯🇵 Ryohei Sakaguchi | Super GT | 3,815 |
| 4,440 | 🇩🇪 Torsten Kratz | 24H Series | 3,815 |
| 4,441 | 🇺🇸 Billy Hogan | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,814 |
| 4,442 | 🇬🇧 Cameron Nelson | British F4 | 3,814 |
| 4,443 | 🇺🇸 Dirk Stephens | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,814 |
| 4,444 | 🇫🇷 Henri Louveau | Formula 1 | 3,814 |
| 4,445 | 🏳️ Joe Pruskowski | Star Mazda Championship | 3,814 |
| 4,446 | 🇦🇹 Moritz Sager | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,814 |
| 4,447 | 🇹🇭 Ratanakul Prutirat | FIA GT Championship | 3,814 |
| 4,448 | 🇺🇸 Tom Usry | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,814 |
| 4,449 | 🇺🇸 William Wykeham | FIA GT Championship | 3,814 |
| 4,450 | 🇺🇸 Zach Veach | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,814 |
| 4,451 | 🇨🇦 Al Pease | Formula 1 | 3,813 |
| 4,452 | 🇯🇵 Lee Jung Woo | Super GT | 3,813 |
| 4,453 | 🇧🇪 Simon Balcaen | 24H Series | 3,813 |
| 4,454 | 🇲🇴 Célio Alves Dias | World Touring Car Championship | 3,812 |
| 4,455 | 🇩🇪 Elmar Grimm | 24H Series | 3,812 |
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.