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🇺🇸 Johnny O'Connell

Racing driver from United States. McLaren Trophy America, Flying Lizard Motorsports.
Driver facts
Full name
Johnny O'Connell
Born
24 July 1962(b. 1962)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Flying Lizard Motorsports
Series
McLaren Trophy America
Status
Active
Career wins
3
Career podiums
22
Career starts
43
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,127
Johnny O'Connell
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,127
Rank 3015 of 38,983 indexed, -622 this season
FIA Categorisation
Bronze
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Johnny O'Connell is a racing driver from United States who competes in McLaren Trophy America for Flying Lizard Motorsports. O'Connell has recorded 3 wins and 22 podiums from 43 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,127 ranks O'Connell 3015th 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 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-06-14Road Atlanta AmMcLaren Trophy AmericaP7−191
2026-06-13Road Atlanta AmMcLaren Trophy AmericaP4−93
2026-03-29Sonoma Raceway AmMcLaren Trophy AmericaP6−167
2026-03-28Sonoma Raceway AmMcLaren Trophy AmericaP6−171
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+98Dura-Lube 200 1996IndyCarP5
+69Virgina International Raceway 2024GT AmericaP1
+63Indy 200 1996IndyCarP7
+57Nashville 2023GT AmericaP1
+55Nashville 2023GT AmericaP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Nashville4 starts+31
Indianapolis4 starts+15
Struggles
NOLA Motorsports Park4 starts-30
Sebring4 starts-16
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸McLaren Trophy AmericaFlying Lizard Motorsports400000—−6224,127
2024▸GT AmericaSKI Autosports14112000P2−1254,749
▸GT World Challenge AmericaSKI Autosports202000—−7
▸SCCA Regionals100000P32−116
2023▸GT AmericaSKI Autosports1628000P4−5514,997
2013▸NASCAR XfinityJR Motorsports100000P37+255,548
1998▸FIA GT ChampionshipDAMS100000P18+515,522
1997▸IndyCarBlueprint Racing100000P28+305,471
1996▸IndyCarCunningham Motorsports300000—+4,1215,471
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times O'Connell finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Jason DaskalosFIA Bronze4,11632131941%
🇩🇪 Mirco SchultisFIA Bronze3,09924240100%
🇺🇸 Kyle WashingtonFIA Bronze4,1521917289%
🇺🇸 George KurtzFIA Bronze5,6041871139%
🇺🇸 Memo GidleyFIA Bronze4,9141641225%
🇺🇸 Justin RothbergFIA Silver4,800169756%
🇺🇸 Alex VogelFIA Bronze2,95516160100%
🇺🇸 Todd TreffertFIA Bronze2,7911410471%
🇺🇸 Jason BellFIA Bronze3,2981311285%
🇺🇸 Andy WilzochFIA Bronze2,75212120100%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated6,49742250%
🇺🇸 Michael McDowellFIA Gold, 1× champion6,008110100%
🇩🇪 Michael BartelsHigher-rated, 3× champion5,967110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
3,005🇭🇰 Jonathan HuiBathurst 12 Hour4,129
3,006🇫🇷 Patrick HuismanNürburgring 24 Hours4,129
3,007🇧🇪 Tom Van RompuyAsian Le Mans Series4,129
3,008🇺🇸 Tony WarrenNASCAR Xfinity4,129
3,009🇺🇸 Andy SanterreNASCAR Xfinity4,128
3,010🇪🇸 Belen GarciaEuropean Le Mans Series4,128
3,011🇪🇸 Bruno MéndezFormula V8 3.54,128
3,012🇸🇪 Hampus EricssonLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,128
3,013🇵🇹 Gary AylesFIA GT Championship4,127
3,014🇬🇧 James FletcherGB34,127
3,015🇺🇸 Johnny O'ConnellMcLaren Trophy America4,127
3,016🇩🇰 Simon BirchGT World Challenge Europe4,127
3,017🇺🇸 Burney LamarNASCAR Xfinity4,126
3,018🇺🇸 Cecil EuniceNASCAR Xfinity4,126
3,019🇺🇸 Josh WilliamsNASCAR Xfinity4,126
3,020🇺🇸 Matt TravisGT4 America4,126
3,021🇺🇸 Nathan ButtkeNASCAR Xfinity4,126
3,022🇮🇪 Robert CreganGP3 Series4,126
3,023🇺🇸 Scott AndersonIndy NXT4,126
3,024🇦🇷 Agustín CanapinoTurismo Carretera4,125
3,025🇺🇦 Oleksandr GaydayNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,125
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Johnny O'Connell is a racing driver from United States who competes in McLaren Trophy America for Flying Lizard Motorsports. O'Connell has recorded 3 wins and 22 podiums from 43 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,127 ranks O'Connell 3015th 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
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