John Hotz is a racing driver who competes in SCCA Regionals. Hotz has recorded 26 wins and 91 podiums from 195 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,354 ranks Hotz 14664th 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.
| 2026-09-07 | Summit Point Main Circuit SM | P3 | +44 |
| 2026-09-07 | Summit Point Main Circuit SSM | P5 | +10 |
| 2026-09-06 | Summit Point Main Circuit SM | P4 | +41 |
| 2026-09-06 | Summit Point Main Circuit SSM | P7 | +6 |
| 2026-09-06 | Summit Point Main Circuit SM | P2 | +56 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +100 | Summit Point Motorsports Park 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P1 |
| +98 | Summit Point Motorsports Park 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P2 |
| +87 | Homestead-Miami Speedway 2022 | SCCA Majors | P14 |
| +85 | Circuit of the Americas 2022 | SCCA Majors | P14 |
| +80 | Summit Point Motorsports Park 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 29 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +181 | 2,354 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P63 | −192 | |||
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 34 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +277 | 2,365 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P64 | −480 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 32 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −50 | 2,567 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P67 | −118 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 35 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +607 | 2,735 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P54 | −85 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 29 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +635 | 2,213 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | +453 | |||
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P62 | −225 | 1,125 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Michael Cohen | 808 | 87 | 85 | 2 | 98% |
| 🏳️ Michael LaMaina | 1,658 | 83 | 78 | 5 | 94% |
| 🏳️ Theodore Cahall | 1,979 | 75 | 71 | 4 | 95% |
| 🏳️ James Roberts | 512 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Robert Cahall | 1,559 | 67 | 65 | 2 | 97% |
| 🏳️ Jeremy Butz | 2,713 | 62 | 49 | 13 | 79% |
| 🏳️ Kipp Gaynor | 1,652 | 59 | 56 | 3 | 95% |
| 🏳️ Jordan Fureman | 2,834 | 56 | 28 | 28 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Jay Bindrim | 1,228 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 98% |
| 🏳️ Arif Kazim | 2,015 | 53 | 35 | 18 | 66% |
| 🇳🇿 Matthew PayneFIA Gold | 6,136 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam CravenFIA Bronze, 1× champion | 4,519 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Thomas AnnunziataHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,406 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,654 | 🇱🇺 Charles Oakes | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,356 |
| 14,655 | 🏳️ Grant Lipsky | World Racing League | 2,356 |
| 14,656 | 🇺🇸 Henry HUMMEL | Ferrari Challenge | 2,356 |
| 14,657 | 🇩🇪 Tom Nittel | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,356 |
| 14,658 | 🇺🇸 Will Conklin | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 2,356 |
| 14,659 | 🇺🇸 Chris Hutter | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 2,355 |
| 14,660 | 🇦🇺 Jonathan Venter | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,355 |
| 14,661 | 🇳🇱 Bert Mets | 24H Series | 2,354 |
| 14,662 | 🇳🇱 Bob Stevens | 24H Series | 2,354 |
| 14,663 | 🇬🇧 Chris Harris | SCCA Regionals | 2,354 |
| 14,664 | 🏳️ John Hotz | SCCA Regionals | 2,354 |
| 14,665 | 🇳🇱 Jos Stevens | 24H Series | 2,354 |
| 14,666 | 🇫🇷 Josh Bednarski | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,354 |
| 14,667 | 🏳️ Joshua PETN-PRO Bednarski | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,354 |
| 14,668 | 🇺🇸 Shane Fox | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,354 |
| 14,669 | 🏳️ Steve Introne | SCCA Regionals | 2,354 |
| 14,670 | 🏳️ Thomas Henriksson | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,354 |
| 14,671 | 🇺🇸 Trevor Russell | SCCA Regionals | 2,354 |
| 14,672 | 🏳️ Chris Ohmacht | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,353 |
| 14,673 | 🏳️ Daniel Langon | NASA | 2,353 |
| 14,674 | 🏳️ Fabio Ebrahim | Turismo Nacional | 2,353 |
John Hotz is a competitive amateur racer competing in national solo sprint racing across multiple classes in the SCCA Regionals and Majors series. He drives production-based cars in the ITA class and spec Mazda MX-5 Miatas in the SM and SSM classes. He currently races for no team affiliation on record.[1]
Across six seasons from 2021 to 2026, Hotz has compiled 195 starts with 26 wins and 91 podiums. His primary focus is the SCCA Regionals series, where he has started 159 times and earned 26 wins and 90 podiums. In the higher-calibre SCCA Majors field, which mixes amateurs with graded professionals, he has started 36 times with a single podium finish. In the 2026 SCCA Regionals season now underway, Hotz sits second in the championship standings after 29 rounds raced so far, with 3 wins and 13 podiums to date.[2]
Hotz typically finishes ahead of his regular competitors in the Regionals field, including the developing driver Michael Cohen and club-level regular Michael LaMaina. He has also beaten stronger opposition; he finished ahead of Matthew Payne, an established professional with a Gold FIA rating who competes in the Supercars Championship, in two SCCA Majors meetings, and ahead of Sam Craven, a professional and 2025 GT4 America Pro-Am champion, once in the same series.