Joseph J Needham is a racing driver who last raced in PCA Club Racing. Needham has recorded 0 wins and 3 podiums from 27 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 658 ranks Needham 38491th 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.
| 2011-08-26 | New Jersey Motorsports Park E | P5 | +5 |
| 2011-08-26 | New Jersey Motorsports Park E | DNF | −110 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +93 | Watkins Glen International 2008 | PCA Club Racing | P4 |
| +72 | Summit Point Motorsports Park 2006 | PCA Club Racing | P3 |
| +69 | Watkins Glen International 2009 | PCA Club Racing | P10 |
| +63 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2009 | PCA Club Racing | P3 |
| +55 | Watkins Glen International 2009 | PCA Club Racing | P13 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P65 | −105 | 658 | |
| 2010 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P59 | −103 | 763 | |
| 2009 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P44 | −71 | 866 | |
| 2008 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +122 | 937 | |
| 2007 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −115 | 815 | |
| 2006 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −82 | 930 | |
| 2004 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | −338 | 1,012 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Chris Reinsborough | 1,416 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Fred Constantineau | 1,570 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| 🏳️ Dennis L Wasser | 1,361 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🏳️ Uli Furtmair | 1,269 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% |
| 🏳️ Gene Raymondi | 1,255 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Robert Carrington | 548 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🏳️ William C Richter | 1,716 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Gary Radocchio | 934 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% |
| 🇺🇸 Jim Sherman | 400 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Holmes | 1,056 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael MartinFIA Bronze | 2,340 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Evan CloseHigher-rated | 2,309 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Dwayne MosesFIA Bronze | 1,784 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38,481 | 🏳️ Doug Radix | SVRA | 659 |
| 38,482 | 🏳️ E. Smith | NASA | 659 |
| 38,483 | 🏳️ Jamie Beck | NASA | 659 |
| 38,484 | 🏳️ Michael A Criscito | PCA Club Racing | 659 |
| 38,485 | 🏳️ Michael Allenbaugh | SCCA Regionals | 659 |
| 38,486 | 🏳️ Mike Marks | SCCA Regionals | 659 |
| 38,487 | 🏳️ Steve Pistora | NASA | 659 |
| 38,488 | 🏳️ Bryan Shugg | NASA | 658 |
| 38,489 | 🏳️ Caleb Crandall | SCCA Regionals | 658 |
| 38,490 | 🇺🇸 Fred Fulton | NASA | 658 |
| 38,491 | 🏳️ Joseph J Needham | PCA Club Racing | 658 |
| 38,492 | 🏳️ Maurice Montgomery | PCA Club Racing | 658 |
| 38,493 | 🇦🇺 Richard Brown | NASA | 658 |
| 38,494 | 🏳️ Wayne May | NASA | 658 |
| 38,495 | 🏳️ Allen G Jorgensen | PCA Club Racing | 657 |
| 38,496 | 🏳️ Casey Wills | NASA | 657 |
| 38,497 | 🏳️ Harold W Lattimore | PCA Club Racing | 657 |
| 38,498 | 🏳️ John Bares | PCA Club Racing | 657 |
| 38,499 | 🏳️ John Byram | PCA Club Racing | 657 |
| 38,500 | 🏳️ Kazimierz Sperling | NASA | 657 |
| 38,501 | 🏳️ Mark Lueker | SCCA Regionals | 657 |
Joseph J Needham was a developing amateur competing in PCA Club Racing, a national multiclass championship mixing amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals in a single race. He raced Porsches across three classes, D, E and G, over seven seasons beginning in 2004.[1]
His career comprised 27 starts in PCA Club Racing between 2004 and 2011, yielding three podiums. He finished 65th in the championship standings in his final season, 2011, when he raced twice.[2]
Needham typically finished behind regular Chris Reinsborough and held a closely matched record against Fred Constantineau, who has a broader racing background including NASA competition. Among stronger drivers, he beat Evan Close, a competitive amateur with 135 PCA Club Racing starts and American Endurance Racing experience, once; and Dwayne Moses, an FIA Bronze driver with 164 club-level starts, twice.