Julian DaCosta is a racing driver from United States who competes in ARCA Menards West for Austin Canvas and Awning (Nick Tucker). DaCosta has recorded 2 wins and 14 podiums from 79 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,136 ranks DaCosta 7533th 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.
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P3 | +126 |
| 2026-06-06 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P21 | −16 |
| 2026-05-02 | Shasta Speedway | DNF | −89 |
| 2026-04-11 | Tucson Speedway | P10 | −10 |
| 2026-03-05 | Phoenix Raceway | DNF | −88 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +156 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2024 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P2 |
| +127 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2026 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P3 |
| +106 | Road Atlanta 2025 | Trans-Am TA2 | P3 |
| +98 | VIRginia International Raceway 2023 | SCCA Majors | P7 |
| +95 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2024 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P7 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸ARCA Menards West | Austin Canvas and Awning (Nick Tucker) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −301 | 3,136 |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | BSI Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +33 | ||
| ▸ARCA Menards Series | Austin Canvas and Awning ( Nick Tucker ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −79 | ||
| 2025 | ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +149 | 3,484 | |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | BSI Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +13 | ||
| ▸ARCA Menards Series | Venturini Motorsports ( Billy Venturini ) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | ↑21+110 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +246 | 3,191 |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P68 | −284 | |||
| ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +107 | |||
| ▸TGRNA GR Cup North America | BSI Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +101 | ||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P19 | — | 3,021 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +107 | |||
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Hixon Motor Sports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | ↑760−94 | ||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +9 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P48 | +182 | 2,239 | |
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −49 | |||
| 2021 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +757 | 2,107 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,458 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher | 3,810 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Gresham WagnerFIA Silver | 3,919 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Tyler GonzalezFIA Silver | 3,850 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37% |
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver | 4,024 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 12% |
| 🇨🇦 Jonathan NeudorfFIA Silver | 3,009 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 Will Robinson | 2,783 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 76% |
| 🇺🇸 Nate CiceroFIA Silver | 4,140 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Frankie Barroso | 3,437 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA Bronze | 3,171 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,519 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 29% |
| 🇺🇸 Jesse LoveHigher-rated, 2× champion | 5,279 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇲🇽 Ernesto RiveraHigher-rated | 5,244 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,523 | 🇮🇹 Roberto Plati | FIA GT Championship | 3,138 |
| 7,524 | 🇫🇷 Baptiste Berthelot | Formula Regional Americas | 3,137 |
| 7,525 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Kidd | Zenith Racing Series | 3,137 |
| 7,526 | 🇩🇰 Christian Stubbe Olsen | Le Mans Cup | 3,137 |
| 7,527 | 🇺🇸 Dave Lind | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,137 |
| 7,528 | 🏳️ Oleksandr Partyshev | Formula Regional European | 3,137 |
| 7,529 | 🇩🇪 Thorsten Wolter | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,137 |
| 7,530 | 🇺🇸 Brad Gross | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,136 |
| 7,531 | 🇺🇸 Brandon Sperling | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,136 |
| 7,532 | 🇲🇽 Enrique Baca | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,136 |
| 7,533 | 🇺🇸 Julian DaCosta | ARCA Menards West | 3,136 |
| 7,534 | 🇧🇷 Luiz Felipe Branquinho | Italian F4 | 3,136 |
| 7,535 | 🇮🇹 Marco Erminio BONANOMI | Le Mans Cup | 3,136 |
| 7,536 | 🇧🇪 Michael De Keersmaecker | FIA GT Championship | 3,136 |
| 7,537 | 🇧🇪 Patrick Smets | FIA GT Championship | 3,136 |
| 7,538 | 🏳️ Peter Stingray | Star Mazda Championship | 3,136 |
| 7,539 | 🇺🇸 Rey ACOSTA III | Le Mans Cup | 3,136 |
| 7,540 | 🇿🇦 Arnold Neveling | 24H Series | 3,135 |
| 7,541 | 🇳🇱 Dennis Retera | 24H Series | 3,135 |
| 7,542 | 🇦🇷 Francisco Monarca | Spanish F4 | 3,135 |
| 7,543 | 🏳️ Jordan Wisely | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,135 |
Julian DaCosta is a semi-professional driver rated 3,488, placing him in the semi-professional band where drivers win in pro-am and one-make classes and run mid-pack among full professionals. The FIA grades him Silver for endurance racing, denoting a professional-level driver who is early in his career. Across six seasons from 2021 to 2026, DaCosta has made 41 starts primarily in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he has contested 26 races for BSI Racing without a win but with two podiums. He has also raced in Trans-Am TA2, the TGRNA GR Cup, and the SCCA Runoffs, accumulating three podiums across all series.[1]
DaCosta's competitive record shows him finishing mid-pack in fields of professional and semi-professional drivers. His average finish sits at P14.1 across classified starts. Against his most frequent rivals, a cohort of established professionals and former champions, he runs inconsistently: he has a losing head-to-head record against higher-rated drivers including FIA Silver champion Jared Thomas (3 wins against 23 losses in 26 shared races), two-time champion Gresham Wagner (10 wins against 18 losses in 28 shared races), and single-champion Jeremy Fletcher (7 wins against 20 losses in 27 shared races). He has beaten stronger drivers occasionally, including Gold-graded two-time champion Connor Zilisch three times and Corey Day four times across their careers, though these results stand against much larger loss tallies. DaCosta has shown competitive moments against lower-rated rivals, holding a winning record against both Alex Bachoura and Woody Heimann, though against higher-rated drivers and in larger samples he consistently finishes behind them. His most recent activity places him ninth in the 2026 Mazda MX-5 Cup standings after four rounds.