🇺🇸 Justin Raphael

Justin Raphael is a retired American driver who holds a Racer Rating of 2,486, placing him in the competitive amateur band; this level describes the entry end of professional fields and strong club racing, where drivers are quick and usually racing against paid professionals rather than among them. His FIA categorisation is Bronze, denoting an amateur or gentleman driver in sportscar and endurance racing, typically competing alongside professional-level competitors.[1]

Raphael's record spans two seasons from 2016 to 2020 across 14 starts. He competed in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2016, running ten rounds without a podium finish and ending the season in 29th place. He returned to racing four years later in American Endurance Racing in 2020, where he scored two podium finishes across four starts. His average finishing position across all classified starts was 16th. His head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals was mixed; he beat Ashton Harrison, an FIA Silver-graded professional, eight times across ten shared races, but finished behind FIA Gold-graded Robby Foley eight times in ten meetings. He also recorded occasional wins against established professionals including Nikko Reger, the 2018 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup champion, three times across their encounters.