John Witherspoon is a racing driver who competes in SCCA Majors. Witherspoon has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 637 ranks Witherspoon 38699th 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.
| 2025-06-07 | Road America FE2 | P13 | −44 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +34 | Road America 2024 | SCCA Majors | P12 |
| +16 | Road America 2024 | SCCA Majors | P12 |
| +4 | Road America 2024 | SCCA Majors | P12 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P31 | −44 | 637 | |
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P46 | +21 | 682 | |
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P36 | −106 | 660 | |
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −584 | 766 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Dean Oppermann | 1,350 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Steve Whitston | 2,240 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Amy Hollowell | 1,097 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Burt | 2,359 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Adam Jennerjahn | 2,179 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Kelton Jago | 1,567 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Jonathan Weisheit | 1,289 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Caleb Shrader | 3,094 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Paul Marino | 1,780 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Roy Hillenburg | 862 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38,689 | 🏳️ Marc Ulan | SCCA Regionals | 638 |
| 38,690 | 🏳️ Narcisse Triano | SVRA | 638 |
| 38,691 | 🏳️ Thomas Logan | NASA | 638 |
| 38,692 | 🏳️ Tom Ghan | SCCA Regionals | 638 |
| 38,693 | 🏳️ Bert Withers Jr. | NASA | 637 |
| 38,694 | 🏳️ Brad Hille | NASA | 637 |
| 38,695 | 🏳️ Ed Boothman | NASA | 637 |
| 38,696 | 🏳️ Ivy Wood | SCCA Regionals | 637 |
| 38,697 | 🏳️ Jennifer Gannett | NASA | 637 |
| 38,698 | 🏳️ John McCauley | NASA | 637 |
| 38,699 | 🏳️ John Witherspoon | SCCA Majors | 637 |
| 38,700 | 🏳️ Kenneth Reilly | SCCA Majors | 637 |
| 38,701 | 🏳️ Kevin Fisher | SCCA Majors | 637 |
| 38,702 | 🏳️ Pakistan Express | NASA | 637 |
| 38,703 | 🏳️ Paul Friedman | PCA Club Racing | 637 |
| 38,704 | 🏳️ Tony Sterk | SCCA Regionals | 637 |
| 38,705 | 🏳️ Allen Levy | SVRA | 636 |
| 38,706 | 🏳️ Chris Harsdorff | PCA Club Racing | 636 |
| 38,707 | 🏳️ David Savage | SCCA Regionals | 636 |
| 38,708 | 🏳️ Dean Daugharthy | NASA | 636 |
| 38,709 | 🏳️ Kevin Stuckey | SCCA Majors | 636 |
John Witherspoon races in a multiclass national amateur and professional series, competing in the FE2 class of SCCA Majors in a spec Mazda-powered Formula Enterprise car. He is a developing driver with a rating of 637, competing among a mixed field that ranges from club-level entrants to graded professionals.[1]
Witherspoon has four seasons of racing on record, from 2021 through 2025, with eleven starts in SCCA Majors. He currently sits 31st in the championship standings after one round of the 2025 season.[2]
His regular opponents include Dean Oppermann, a club-level driver with extensive SCCA experience, and Steve Whitston, a competitive amateur who won the 2024 SCCA Runoffs FE2 championship. Witherspoon typically finishes behind both. He has beaten the 2024 SCCA Runoffs FE2 champion Adam Jennerjahn once and the competitive amateur Tom Burt once across their shared racing.