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🏳️ John Rudolf

Racing driver. SVRA.
Driver facts
Full name
John Rudolf
Current team
Series
SVRA
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
1
Career starts
12
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
1,066
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
1,066
Rank 26908 of 38,983 indexed, -60 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

John Rudolf is a racing driver who competes in SVRA. Rudolf has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 12 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 1,066 ranks Rudolf 26908th of 38,983 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 12 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-05-23Lime Rock SVRASVRAP7+59
2026-05-23Lime Rock SVRASVRAP15βˆ’123
2026-05-22Lime Rock SVRASVRAP11+4
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+157SVRA 2025SVRAP2
+93SVRA 2025SVRAP5
+84SVRA 2025SVRAP6
+74SVRA 2025SVRAP7
+59Lime Rock 2026SVRAP7
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026β–ΈSVRA300000β€”βˆ’591,066
2025β–ΈSVRA901000β€”βˆ’2241,126
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Rudolf finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ David LeckoFIA Bronze3,536123925%
🏳️ Eric Haagenson1,737127558%
🏳️ William Ewald1,4341221017%
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Steven Smith700128467%
🏳️ Eric Arms1,110114736%
🏳️ Jeremy Zumwalt2,22292722%
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Cory DeedsFIA Bronze3,02684450%
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Henry DruryFIA Silver2,68882625%
🏳️ Maxwell Waithman1,8207070%
🏳️ Preston Peabbles1,34474357%
🏳️ Tom SheehanHigher-rated2,87221150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
26,898🏳️ Dan ChapmanSVRA1,066
26,899🏳️ Dan HardeePCA Club Racing1,066
26,900🏳️ David BaconBMW CCA Club Racing1,066
26,901🏳️ Double TroubleNASA1,066
26,902🏳️ Edward TatiosAmerican Endurance Racing1,066
26,903🏳️ Fabrizio RimicciVelocity Invitational1,066
26,904🏳️ Issac SchumacherNASA1,066
26,905🏳️ J. HollandNASA1,066
26,906🏳️ Jimmy A CabreraSCCA Regionals1,066
26,907🏳️ John E BuhlerPCA Club Racing1,066
26,908🏳️ John RudolfSVRA1,066
26,909🏳️ Kameron ChandlerNASA1,066
26,910🏳️ Keith HnatiukPCA Club Racing1,066
26,911🏳️ Kyle GreenfieldSCCA Majors1,066
26,923🏳️ leroy GiorgioNASA1,066
26,912🏳️ Matt GoralNASA1,066
26,913🏳️ N NorthamPCA Club Racing1,066
26,914🏳️ Phil BuffingtonNASA1,066
26,915🏳️ R MillsPCA Club Racing1,066
26,916🏳️ Robert StokerVelocity Invitational1,066
26,917πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Scot YoungNASA1,066
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John Rudolf is a Swedish racing driver competing at club level, with a Racer Rating of 963. This places him among developing competitors; he has raced consistently enough to establish a record, but is finishing well behind the front of the fields he contests. Rudolf has competed exclusively in SVRA, a club-racing series, across two seasons from 2025 to 2026, amassing 12 starts with one podium finish and an average result of tenth place.[1]

Rudolf's record against his regular rivals reveals a driver consistently outpaced in his peer group. He has lost his head-to-head records against every strong competitor he has faced regularly; most notably, he finished behind Maxwell Waithman, the 2025 SVRA champion, in all 12 of their shared races, and behind David Lecko, an FIA Bronze-graded driver, in nine of twelve meetings. His wins against stronger drivers have been occasional: he beat Lecko three times, finished ahead of Cory Deeds four times, and had isolated victories over higher-rated drivers such as Henry Drury and Tom Sheehan. These results against established professionals show Rudolf capable of isolated strong performances, but not of sustaining competitiveness at that level.[2]

In his most recent activity through 2026, Rudolf finished 190th in his three SVRA rounds without scoring points or podiums, continuing a pattern of struggling to consistently match the pace of the field. He remains active in club racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
The art of racing[1]
Notre Dame Magazine
5 Apr 2017
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