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🇬🇧 John Davidson

Racing driver from United Kingdom. NASA, Thunder Roadster.

Driver facts

Full name

John Davidson

Born

18 April 1979(b. 1979)

Nationality

United Kingdom

Current team

Thunder Roadster

Series

NASA

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

1,010

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

1,010

Rank 30185 of 40,700 indexed, -10 this season

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 144h ago

John Davidson is a developing driver who raced in NASA, a national multiclass championship in which amateurs and semi-professionals share track time with graded professionals. He competed in the Thunder Roadster class, running purpose-built tube-frame roadsters with motorcycle engines, primarily for 600 racing.[1]

Davidson's racing record spans two seasons from 2013 to 2014, with 14 starts in NASA. He finished 19th in the championship standings across seven rounds in 2014, his final season.[2]

He typically finished behind regular opponents Randy Suddreth and Kevin Mewborn, both developing drivers with substantially more NASA experience. He beat professional Jordan Anderson once across their meetings and competitive amateur Ed Bull once.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

John Davidson is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in NASA for Thunder Roadster. Davidson has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 14 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 1,010 ranks Davidson 30185th of 40,700 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2014 form

Last 14 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

Tap a row for the full race

2014-07-05	Carolina Motorsports Park Thunder Roadster	NASA	P4	+85
2014-05-18	Carolina Motorsports Park Thunder Roadster	NASA	P4	+36
2014-05-17	Carolina Motorsports Park Thunder Roadster	NASA	P5	+58
2014-04-13	Roebling Road Raceway Thunder Roadster	NASA	P5	+62
2014-04-12	Roebling Road Raceway Thunder Roadster	NASA	P9	−14

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+85	Carolina Motorsports Park 2014	NASA	P4
+63	Roebling Road Raceway 2014	NASA	P5
+58	Carolina Motorsports Park 2014	NASA	P5
+46	Carolina Motorsports Park 2013	NASA	P8
+37	Carolina Motorsports Park 2014	NASA	P4

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Carolina Motorsports Park8 starts+4

Roebling Road Raceway4 starts+2

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Points	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2014	▸NASA	Thunder Roadster	7	0	0	0	0	0	P19	+218	1,020
2013	▸NASA	600 racing Thunder Roadster	7	0	0	0	0	0	P24	−548	802

Recent coverage

Lights out for Wick pupils’ Formula One experience[1]

John O'Groat Journal

21 Sep 2025

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Loch Ness sunset leaves us racing the darkness at Dores[2]

John O'Groat Journal

10 Nov 2024

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Davidson family forms new EuroNASCAR team Lux Motorsport[3]

Speedway Digest

13 Jan 2024

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No recent coverage found.

Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Davidson finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🏳️ Randy Suddreth	962	13	2	11	15%
🏳️ Kevin Mewborn	970	12	2	10	17%
🏳️ Darrel Hamilton	1,021	11	4	7	36%
🏳️ Song-Yih Tu	761	11	2	9	18%
🏳️ Brad Daugherty	725	10	3	7	30%
🏳️ Ralph Nolan	1,633	9	2	7	22%
🏳️ Tim Sosebee	400	9	6	3	67%
🏳️ Scott Lanford	1,532	8	3	5	38%
🇺🇸 Jeff Williams	929	8	4	4	50%
🏳️ Lee Barnard	400	8	6	2	75%
🇺🇸 Jordan AndersonHigher-rated	4,158	2	2	0	100%
🇺🇸 Ed BullHigher-rated	2,043	2	1	1	50%
🏳️ Adam DiamondHigher-rated	2,031	2	2	0	100%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
30,175	🇬🇧 Christopher Karras	PCA Club Racing	1,010
30,176	🏳️ Cole Gibson	SCCA Majors	1,010
30,177	🏳️ Daniel Goff	SCCA Majors	1,010
30,178	🏳️ Dave Stone	Velocity Invitational	1,010
30,179	🇺🇸 David Collier	NASA	1,010
30,180	🏳️ David Gronke	PCA Club Racing	1,010
30,181	🏳️ Doug Lawson	PCA Club Racing	1,010
30,182	🏳️ Elazar Mann	SCCA Regionals	1,010
30,183	🏳️ Jeners Nieves	NASA	1,010
30,184	🏳️ John Bianchi	NASA	1,010
30,185	🇬🇧 John Davidson	NASA	1,010
30,186	🏳️ John Dearing	NASA	1,010
30,187	🏳️ Kane Greenleaf (Teen SM)	NASA	1,010
30,188	🏳️ Kerry Hopkins	NASA	1,010
30,189	🏳️ L Jitts	PCA Club Racing	1,010
30,190	🇺🇸 Lee Robert	NASA	1,010
30,191	🏳️ M Peebles	PCA Club Racing	1,010
30,192	🏳️ Manny Desilva	NASA	1,010
30,193	🏳️ Mark Lange	NASA	1,010
30,194	🏳️ Mark Simmons	NASA	1,010
30,195	🇺🇸 Mike Trent	NASA	1,010

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