John Dempsey is a racing driver from United States who competes in McLaren Trophy America for RWE Motorsport. Dempsey has recorded 3 wins and 7 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,948 ranks Dempsey 8813th 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.
| 2025-10-17 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC Pro-Am | P5 | โ143 |
| 2025-10-16 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC Pro-Am | P3 | โ5 |
| 2025-08-17 | Road America Pro-Am | P1 | +149 |
| 2025-08-16 | Road America Pro-Am | P3 | +35 |
| 2025-07-20 | Virginia International Raceway Pro-Am | P1 | +171 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +186 | Virginia International Raceway 2025 | McLaren Trophy America | P1 |
| +171 | Virginia International Raceway 2025 | McLaren Trophy America | P1 |
| +149 | Road America 2025 | McLaren Trophy America | P1 |
| +148 | Circuit of the Americas 2025 | McLaren Trophy America | P2 |
| +134 | Sonoma Raceway 2025 | McLaren Trophy America | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | โธMcLaren Trophy America | RWE Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +1,598 | 2,948 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐จ๐ฆ Jesse LazareFIA Silver | 3,666 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Alexandra HainerFIA Bronze | 2,962 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Canaan O'ConnellFIA Silver | 2,669 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Brandon KreutzFIA Bronze | 2,524 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Eric FilgueirasFIA Silver | 3,600 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Tom KopczynskiFIA Bronze | 3,030 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Jason GuzmanFIA Bronze | 2,599 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Chris LeichtweisFIA Bronze | 2,599 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| ๐บ๐ธ George LawrenceFIA Bronze | 2,566 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Tanner HarveyFIA Silver | 3,515 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Jon LancasterFIA Gold | 4,461 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Spencer BucknumFIA Silver, 1ร champion | 3,269 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,803 | ๐ณ๏ธ Chase Buscaglia | ARCA Menards Series | 2,949 |
| 8,804 | ๐ง๐ท Ciro Sobral | Italian F4 | 2,949 |
| 8,805 | ๐ง๐ช Joรซl Vanloocke | 24H Series | 2,949 |
| 8,806 | ๐บ๐ธ Laura Hayes | GT4 America | 2,949 |
| 8,807 | ๐ฉ๐ช Matthias Hoffsรผmmer | 24H Series | 2,949 |
| 8,808 | ๐บ๐ธ Max Root | GT4 America | 2,949 |
| 8,809 | ๐ฆ๐บ Nathan Kumar | Le Mans Cup | 2,949 |
| 8,810 | ๐จ๐ญ Patrick Niederhauser | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,949 |
| 8,811 | ๐บ๐ธ Denny Stripling | GT4 America | 2,948 |
| 8,812 | ๐จ๐ญ Eron Rexhepi | Italian F4 | 2,948 |
| 8,813 | ๐บ๐ธ John Dempsey | McLaren Trophy America | 2,948 |
| 8,814 | ๐จ๐ณ Ken Tian Kai | TCR World Tour | 2,948 |
| 8,815 | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Mikkel C. Johansen | Prototype Cup Germany | 2,948 |
| 8,816 | ๐ณ๏ธ Simon Gregg | Trans-Am | 2,948 |
| 8,817 | ๐ณ๏ธ Adrian Spescha | 24H Series | 2,947 |
| 8,818 | ๐ณ๏ธ Andrew Cummings | Road to Le Mans | 2,947 |
| 8,819 | ๐บ๐ธ Bob Pawlowski | ARCA Menards East | 2,947 |
| 8,820 | ๐บ๐ธ Lia Block | F1 Academy | 2,947 |
| 8,822 | ๐บ๐ธ Alex Quarterley | ARCA Menards Series | 2,946 |
| 8,821 | ๐บ๐ธ . โHashโ | GT World Challenge America | 2,946 |
| 8,823 | ๐บ๐ธ Michael Gesser | Star Mazda Championship | 2,946 |
John Dempsey is a semi-professional endurance racing driver competing in McLaren Trophy America, a multiclass championship where he drives a McLaren in the Pro-Am class for RWE Motorsport. Graded FIA Bronze, he is an amateur competing alongside graded professionals and semi-professionals in shared-car racing. His first season on record is 2025.[1]
Dempsey finished second in the McLaren Trophy America Pro-Am championship across the full 10-round season with three wins and seven podiums from ten starts. He was closely matched throughout the year with two regular opponents: Jesse Lazare, the series champion and an entry-level professional with significant experience in IMSA Pilot Challenge and other professional categories, and Alexandra Hainer, a fellow Bronze-graded driver and semi-professional. Dempsey beat Lazare four times across their season together and finished ahead of Jon Lancaster, a professional driver graded FIA Gold with extensive single-seater racing including Formula V8 3.5 and Formula 3 Euro Series experience, in at least one race.[2]