JP Southern is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Ruckus Racing. Southern has recorded 1 win and 1 podium from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,727 ranks Southern 4845th of 40,349 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.
| 2024-08-03 | Road America GS | P22 | −123 |
| 2024-06-09 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course GS | P4 | +126 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +147 | Road Atlanta 2017 | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | P1 |
| +126 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2024 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P4 |
| +97 | Daytona International Speedway 2019 | Trans-Am TA2 | P6 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Ruckus Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | ↑413+2 | 3,727 |
| 2019 | ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | ↑850+97 | 3,312 | |
| 2017 | ▸Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +1,015 | 2,365 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Dillon MachavernFIA Silver | 4,348 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Kenton KochFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,209 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Patrick GallagherFIA Silver, 1× champion | 5,168 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron JeansonneFIA Silver | 4,721 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,836 | 🇪🇸 Fran Rueda | European Le Mans Series | 3,728 |
| 4,837 | 🇫🇷 Joffrey De Narda | Le Mans Cup | 3,728 |
| 4,838 | 🇧🇪 Nicolas Baert | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,728 |
| 4,839 | 🇺🇸 Ray Huff | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,728 |
| 4,840 | 🇺🇸 Robby Lyons | ARCA Menards Series | 3,728 |
| 4,841 | 🇩🇪 Arnd Meier | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,727 |
| 4,842 | 🇺🇸 Davey Johnson | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,727 |
| 4,843 | 🇺🇸 Gary Balough | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,727 |
| 4,844 | 🇦🇷 Germán Todino | Turismo Carretera | 3,727 |
| 4,846 | 🇦🇺 Jayden Kelly | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,727 |
| 4,845 | 🇺🇸 JP Southern | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,727 |
| 4,847 | 🇺🇸 Alex Popow Jr. | US F4 | 3,726 |
| 4,848 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Choquette | NASCAR Truck | 3,726 |
| 4,849 | 🇧🇪 Xavier Knauf | 24H Series | 3,726 |
| 4,850 | 🇺🇸 Codie Rohrbaugh | NASCAR Truck | 3,725 |
| 4,851 | 🇺🇸 John Blankenship | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,725 |
| 4,852 | 🇷🇺 Nikita Zlobin | Formula V8 3.5 | 3,725 |
| 4,853 | 🇺🇸 Chris Miller | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,724 |
| 4,854 | 🏳️ Ethan Brown | GT Winter Series | 3,724 |
| 4,855 | 🇲🇨 Marc Gindorf | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,724 |
| 4,856 | 🇿🇦 Mika Abrahams | GB3 | 3,724 |
JP Southern is an entry-level professional who raced in national endurance and single-seater championships across the United States between 2017 and 2024. He holds an FIA Silver grade, placing him below the full-professional tiers. His most recent indexed activity came in 2019, when he competed in Trans-Am TA2, piloting one of the series' tube-frame V8 silhouette cars.[1]
Southern's record spans five starts across three series. He won once in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series in 2017, racing its formula car championship class. His only other indexed podium came from the same series that year. His two most recent starts came in 2024 for Ruckus Racing in the IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he drove a GT4-level production-based sports car in the GS class of the multiclass endurance grid.[2]
Southern encountered established professionals throughout his career. He beat Kenton Koch, a Gold-graded driver and multiple champion in GT4 America and GT World Challenge America, once in their meetings. He also finished ahead of Patrick Gallagher, a Silver-graded professional and former Mazda MX-5 Cup champion, once. Against Dillon Machavern, a Silver-graded professional and 2017 IMSA Pilot Challenge GS champion who was a regular opponent across multiple series, Southern typically finished behind him.