Joseph Safina is a racing driver from United States who last raced in American Endurance Racing. Safina has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,612 ranks Safina 19808th of 40,200 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.
| 2017-10-21 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Class 3 | P5 | +74 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +73 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2017 | American Endurance Racing | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | +298 | 1,648 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Dan CorcoranHigher-rated | 3,660 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Greg VandersluisHigher-rated | 3,365 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael HurczynFIA Silver, 2× champion | 3,056 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,798 | 🏳️ Werner Weiss | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,799 | 🏳️ Wilfried Seelbach | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,613 |
| 19,800 | 🏳️ Adam Cornell | American Endurance Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,801 | 🏳️ Claudio Pecora | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,802 | 🏳️ Greg Dalgarn | NASA | 1,612 |
| 19,803 | 🇳🇱 Jeroen Kreeft | 24H Series | 1,612 |
| 19,804 | 🏳️ Joey Selmants | SCCA Regionals | 1,612 |
| 19,805 | 🏳️ John De Barros | World Racing League | 1,612 |
| 19,806 | 🏳️ Jonathan Degnan | American Endurance Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,807 | 🏳️ Jose Fabian | SCCA Regionals | 1,612 |
| 19,808 | 🇺🇸 Joseph Safina | American Endurance Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,809 | 🇦🇷 Lautaro Piñeiro | TC Mouras | 1,612 |
| 19,810 | 🏳️ Marc Russell | SVRA | 1,612 |
| 19,811 | 🏳️ Maximillian Weidler | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,612 |
| 19,812 | 🏳️ Rick Dittman | SCCA Majors | 1,612 |
| 19,813 | 🏳️ Robin Greenhalgh | Radical Cup Europe | 1,612 |
| 19,814 | 🏳️ Trygve Isaacson | PCA Club Racing | 1,612 |
| 19,815 | 🏳️ Aryan Narola | USF Juniors | 1,611 |
| 19,816 | 🏳️ Billy Griffin | Trans-Am | 1,611 |
| 19,817 | 🏳️ Gary Gerlacher | American Endurance Racing | 1,611 |
| 19,818 | 🏳️ Joseph Lattanzi | SCCA Regionals | 1,611 |
Joseph Safina is a retired American endurance racer. His record on this database comprises a single start in American Endurance Racing in 2017, where he finished 109th in a large field. The rating of 1,036 places him in the developing bracket; at this level, drivers are consistently at the rear of club fields or have too few races on record to have moved off entry level.[1]
Safina's one recorded appearance saw him classified ahead of several drivers with considerably stronger credentials, including multiple American Endurance Racing class champions and a Silver-graded professional. However, a single result against such rivals cannot establish a pattern of competitive strength, particularly given his remote finishing position and the scale of the field he was racing in. The outcome reflects the nature of large-grid endurance racing rather than head-to-head competitiveness over a career.[2]
His broader racing history, documented outside this database, includes participation in major endurance events such as the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Dubai 24 Hour, as well as IMSA SportsCar Championship competition. His recorded competitive activity ended in 2017.