Ken Nielsen is a racing driver who last raced in PCA Club Racing. Nielsen has recorded 23 wins and 61 podiums from 92 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,440 ranks Nielsen 22498th 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.
| 2020-09-20 | Summit Point Motorsports Park GTB1 | DNF | −159 |
| 2020-09-19 | Summit Point Motorsports Park GTB1 | P4 | −4 |
| 2020-09-19 | Summit Point Motorsports Park GTB1 | P5 | −33 |
| 2020-08-16 | New Jersey Motorsports Park GTB1 | P3 | −17 |
| 2020-08-16 | New Jersey Motorsports Park GTB1 | P1 | +70 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +163 | Sebring International Raceway 2015 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +143 | Watkins Glen International 2017 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +126 | Watkins Glen International 2015 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +124 | Sebring International Raceway 2018 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +119 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2016 | PCA Club Racing | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −187 | 1,880 | |
| 2019 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 16 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +396 | 1,962 | |
| 2018 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +281 | 2,018 | |
| 2017 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −39 | 1,641 | |
| 2016 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P2 | −342 | 1,472 | |
| 2015 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +888 | 1,261 | |
| 2014 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −841 | 1,575 | |
| 2013 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +142 | 1,724 | |
| 2012 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +419 | 1,583 | |
| 2011 | ▸PCA Club Racing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −187 | 1,163 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Scott Asplundh | 1,108 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Brent Asplundh | 1,332 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 82% |
| 🏳️ Michael Embler | 1,735 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 85% |
| 🏳️ Todd Pajonas | 1,373 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 77% |
| 🏳️ Kenneth Pryor | 1,506 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Ken Agena | 2,173 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 74% |
| 🏳️ Griff Asplundh | 2,168 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 78% |
| 🏳️ Franklin Pray | 2,094 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 39% |
| 🏳️ David Kuchrawy | 2,351 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 71% |
| 🏳️ Jim Pappas | 400 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 90% |
| 🇺🇸 Anton Dias PereraFIA Bronze | 3,096 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 William TallyFIA Bronze | 2,900 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Angus RogersFIA Bronze | 2,890 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22,488 | 🇩🇪 Robert Neumann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,441 |
| 22,489 | 🏳️ Tony Martin | American Endurance Racing | 1,441 |
| 22,490 | 🏳️ V Pizzino | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,441 |
| 22,491 | 🇺🇸 David Maher | American Endurance Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,492 | 🏳️ David Nagler | SCCA Majors | 1,440 |
| 22,493 | 🏳️ E Wong | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,494 | 🏳️ Edward Gill | American Endurance Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,495 | 🏳️ Greg Eick | SCCA Regionals | 1,440 |
| 22,496 | 🇩🇪 Harald Rettich | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,440 |
| 22,497 | 🇺🇸 Jim Peterson | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,498 | 🏳️ Ken Nielsen | PCA Club Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,499 | 🏳️ L Allard III | SCCA Regionals | 1,440 |
| 22,500 | 🏳️ Michael Trieu | American Endurance Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,501 | 🏳️ Omar Hilmi | PCA Club Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,502 | 🇺🇸 Pat Smith | NASA | 1,440 |
| 22,503 | 🏳️ Ryan Dunham | American Endurance Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,504 | 🏳️ Sean Smith | American Endurance Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,505 | 🇦🇷 Sergio Yazbik | TC Mouras | 1,440 |
| 22,506 | 🏳️ Steve Gailits | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,440 |
| 22,507 | 🏳️ Douglas Ahn | SCCA Regionals | 1,439 |
| 22,508 | 🇫🇷 Florent Genestet | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,439 |
Ken Nielsen raced club-level Porsches in PCA Club Racing, a national multiclass championship that fields amateurs through graded professionals in sixteen classes simultaneously. Nielsen competed in the GTB1 and J classes across a ten-season career from 2011 to 2020, driving for no single listed team.[1]
Nielsen accumulated 92 starts and 23 wins in PCA Club Racing, finishing on the podium 61 times. He won the club championship three times: in 2012, 2015, and 2019. His final season in 2020 yielded one win and four podiums across ten rounds, placing him seventh in the points.[2]
Nielsen typically ran ahead of his most frequent rivals, Scott Asplundh and Brent Asplundh, both developing drivers with substantial PCA Club Racing experience. He also finished ahead of Anton Dias Perera, an entry-level professional and FIA Bronze driver who had competed in both PCA Club Racing and IMSA Pilot Challenge, and Angus Rogers, a semi-professional Bronze driver with over 140 PCA Club Racing starts and experience in IMSA and American Endurance Racing.