Johnny Mantz is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Mantz has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,956 ranks Mantz 2932th of 15,348 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.
| 1953-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P17 | −23 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −22 | 2,956 |
Johnny Mantz was an American racing driver whose recorded career consisted of a single Formula 1 start in 1953, driving for Kurtis Kraft. He failed to score in that appearance, finishing twentieth. The Racer Rating of 2,956 places him in the amateur to semi-professional range, reflecting limited documented competitive activity.[1]
Mantz's one Grand Prix outing provides minimal basis for assessing his capabilities against contemporary Formula 1 competition. Kurtis Kraft, the team that fielded him, was a constructor that accumulated five race wins across its entire history in the index and drew a varied driver roster; its strongest represented driver, Jim Rathmann, competed at a substantially higher level. The headline references suggest Mantz may have pursued racing beyond the single Formula 1 round recorded here, particularly in stock car racing and possibly Indianapolis car racing, but no results from those efforts appear in the supplied record. His career remains defined solely by that single, unscored Grand Prix appearance before his retirement from active racing.