John Mefford is a racing driver who last raced in Star Mazda Championship. Mefford has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,828 ranks Mefford 3116th 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.
| 2003-09-07 | Laguna Seca | P6 | +104 |
| 2003-06-15 | Laguna Seca | P30 | −103 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +2 | 3,905 | |
| 2002 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +153 | 3,903 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Moses Smith | 4,251 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% |
| 🏳️ John Olsen | 3,834 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Weyland | 2,589 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% |
| 🇺🇸 Steve Cook | 2,563 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% |
| 🏳️ Justin Pruskowski | 3,915 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🏳️ Joe Pruskowski | 3,816 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Guy CosmoFIA GOLD | 3,814 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Scott Kusy | 3,809 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Nastasi | 3,745 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 John Faulkner | 3,647 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SpeedFIA PLATINUM · 1× CHAMPION | 6,742 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael McDowellFIA GOLD · 1× CHAMPION | 6,310 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan JusticeHIGHER-RATED | 4,119 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,106 | 🇪🇸 Xavier Lloveras | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,833 |
| 3,107 | 🇩🇪 Thomas Holzer | WEC | 3,832 |
| 3,108 | 🇫🇷 Gregoire Demoustier | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,831 |
| 3,109 | 🏳️ Howie Disavino III | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,831 |
| 3,110 | 🇦🇹 Lukas Dunner | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,831 |
| 3,111 | 🇩🇰 Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,831 |
| 3,112 | 🇩🇪 Daniele Di Amato | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,830 |
| 3,113 | 🇬🇧 Mark Sansom | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,830 |
| 3,114 | 🇬🇧 Rupert Svendsen-Cook | FIA Formula 3 European | 3,830 |
| 3,115 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Piccini | WEC | 3,829 |
| 3,116 | 🏳️ John Mefford | Star Mazda Championship | 3,828 |
| 3,117 | 🏳️ Max Tullman | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,828 |
| 3,118 | 🇿🇦 Sisa Ngebulana | GB3 | 3,828 |
| 3,119 | 🏳️ Baltazar Leguizamon | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,827 |
| 3,120 | 🇨🇦 Braydon Arthur | TC America powered by Skip Barber | 3,827 |
| 3,121 | 🇺🇸 David Starr | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,827 |
| 3,122 | 🇪🇸 Jordi Gené | Formula 3 Macau | 3,827 |
| 3,123 | 🇯🇵 Naohiro Furuya | Super GT | 3,827 |
| 3,124 | 🇨🇿 Petr Ptácek | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,827 |
| 3,125 | 🇮🇪 James Roe | Indy NXT | 3,826 |
| 3,126 | 🇬🇧 Johnny Mowlem | WEC | 3,826 |
John Mefford is a semi-professional driver rated 3,828, a level that represents competitive entry to pro-am racing and the ability to beat slower amateur fields, though typically not to sustain results against full professionals. His record consists of eleven starts across two seasons in the Star Mazda Championship between 2002 and 2003, yielding no wins and no podium finishes; he averaged 15th place among drivers he completed races against.[1]
Mefford raced in a field populated by drivers of mixed standing. Moses Smith, the 2002 Star Mazda champion and a significantly stronger competitor, finished ahead of Mefford ten times against a single occasion when Mefford prevailed; this disparity reflects the gulf between them. Against mid-field rivals more closely matched to his own level, the picture was more mixed. Mefford beat John Olsen five times in eleven shared races, finished ahead of both Dan Weyland and Steve Cook in the majority of their meetings, and maintained a roughly even record with Joe Pruskowski. The most notable moments in Mefford's record are isolated: he finished ahead of Scott Speed, an elite professional and eventual 2004 Formula Renault Eurocup champion, and Michael McDowell, who would become the 2004 Star Mazda champion, in single races each. These results stand as exceptions rather than patterns within a brief career that never yielded results in the front order. Mefford retired from racing after 2003 with no championships and no podiums.