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🏳️ John Whitaker

Racing driver. NASA.

Driver facts

Full name

John Whitaker

Born

1 June 1938(b. 1938)

Current team

Series

NASA

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

896

Driver photo 3:4

Racer Rating

896

Rank 33694 of 40,700 indexed, +0 this season

FIA Categorisation

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Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

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John Whitaker is a racing driver who last raced in NASA. Whitaker has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 5 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 896 ranks Whitaker 33694th 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

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

John Whitaker is a racing driver who last raced in NASA. Whitaker has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 5 starts.[1]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2011 form

Last 5 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

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2011-07-24	Virginia International Raceway Honda Challenge 1	NASA	P6	−118
2011-07-23	Virginia International Raceway Honda Challenge 1	NASA	P6	−134
2011-06-19	Summit Point Motorsports Park Honda Challenge 1	NASA	P1	+152
2011-06-18	Summit Point Motorsports Park Honda Challenge 1	NASA	P2	+130

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+152	Summit Point Motorsports Park 2011	NASA	P1
+130	Summit Point Motorsports Park 2011	NASA	P2

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Points	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2011	▸NASA		4	1	2	0	0	0	P4	+30	896
2010	▸NASA		1	0	0	1	0	0	—	−484	866

Recent coverage

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Horse & Hound

12 Sep 2026

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Racing Welfare Brecon Beacons challenge raises more than £42,000 for racing community[2]

Everything Horse Magazine

18 Jul 2026

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Youth takes the prize in London show jumping grand prix[3]

Nancy Jaffer

23 Dec 2025

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No recent coverage found.

Head-to-head

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

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🏳️ John Oldt	2,008	5	2	3	40%
🇺🇸 Andrew Lee	946	5	2	3	40%
🏳️ Kevin Helms	1,161	4	1	3	25%
🏳️ Michael Fries	1,643	3	2	1	67%
🏳️ Chad Slagg	859	3	2	1	67%
🏳️ Karl KondorHigher-rated	1,216	2	2	0	100%

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

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
33,684	🏳️ David Fitt	NASA	896
33,685	🏳️ David Skinner	SCCA Regionals	896
33,686	🏳️ Don Dillon	NASA	896
33,687	🏳️ Eduardo Salume	SCCA Regionals	896
33,688	🏳️ Erik Roper	NASA	896
33,689	🏳️ J Draper	PCA Club Racing	896
33,690	🏳️ J. Junior	NASA	896
33,691	🏳️ Jacob Baranek	SCCA Regionals	896
33,692	🏳️ Jimmy Briere	SVRA	896
33,693	🏳️ John Carter	SVRA	896
33,694	🏳️ John Whitaker	NASA	896
33,695	🏳️ Kyle Gratke	NASA	896
33,696	🏳️ M Caraluzzi	PCA Club Racing	896
33,697	🏳️ Marc Kolbe	PCA Club Racing	896
33,698	🏳️ Mark Hain	NASA	896
33,699	🏳️ Michael Peters II	NASA	896
33,700	🏳️ Nicky Hardy	PCA Club Racing	896
33,701	🏳️ Richard Bishop-Miller	SVRA	896
33,702	🏳️ Richard Hanna	NASA	896
33,703	🏳️ Robert Colaizzi	PCA Club Racing	896
33,704	🏳️ Robert Mela nson t Melanson	SCCA Regionals	896

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