Ken Wilkinson is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for Mazda Miata. Wilkinson has recorded 2 wins and 18 podiums from 119 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,480 ranks Wilkinson 21534th 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.
| 2017-09-10 | Summit Point Motorsports Park Spec Miata | P8 | −6 |
| 2017-09-09 | Summit Point Motorsports Park Spec Miata | P8 | −16 |
| 2017-08-19 | Virginia International Raceway Spec Miata | P12 | −55 |
| 2017-03-26 | Virginia International Raceway Spec Miata | P8 | +10 |
| 2017-03-25 | Virginia International Raceway Spec Miata | P10 | −17 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +151 | Road Atlanta 2010 | NASA | P1 |
| +130 | Virginia International Raceway 2010 | NASA | P1 |
| +116 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2016 | American Endurance Racing | P2 |
| +105 | Virginia International Raceway 2011 | NASA | P3 |
| +104 | Virginia International Raceway 2010 | NASA | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸NASA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P79 | −83 | 1,480 | |
| 2016 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P97 | −954 | 1,557 |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | ↑567+510 | |||
| 2015 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −282 | 1,488 |
| 2014 | ▸NASA | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +154 | 1,646 | |
| 2013 | ▸NASA | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +21 | 1,568 | |
| 2012 | ▸NASA | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +416 | 1,547 | |
| 2011 | ▸NASA | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P46 | −31 | 1,131 | |
| 2010 | ▸NASA | 127644 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +140 | 1,162 |
| 2009 | ▸NASA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | −328 | 1,022 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Jimmy Myers | 414 | 85 | 77 | 8 | 91% |
| 🏳️ Adam Molaver | 1,578 | 74 | 10 | 64 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Mike Rossini | 542 | 54 | 35 | 19 | 65% |
| 🏳️ Joe Benton | 400 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 91% |
| 🏳️ Glenn Evans | 1,418 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 64% |
| 🏳️ Ronald Roderick | 688 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 98% |
| 🇺🇸 Brian Henderson | 3,428 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 13% |
| 🏳️ Brian Coates | 1,335 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 23% |
| 🏳️ Duncan Ellis | 1,670 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 24% |
| 🏳️ David L Henderson Jr | 1,341 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 Robert NoakerFIA Silver, 2× champion | 4,449 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan EllisHigher-rated, 1× champion | 3,940 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Ashton HarrisonFIA Silver | 3,672 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21,524 | 🏳️ Paul Omichinski | SCCA Regionals | 1,481 |
| 21,525 | 🇭🇰 Ross Board | Radical Cup Europe | 1,481 |
| 21,526 | 🇦🇷 Tomás González | TC Pista Mouras | 1,481 |
| 21,527 | 🏳️ Yana Kapoor | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 1,481 |
| 21,529 | 🏳️ Benjamin Decius | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,480 |
| 21,528 | 🏳️ BJ Farmer | NASA | 1,480 |
| 21,530 | 🏳️ Darren Berger | SCCA Regionals | 1,480 |
| 21,531 | 🇦🇷 Eddy Mión | TC Pista | 1,480 |
| 21,532 | 🏳️ Greg Gauper | SCCA Majors | 1,480 |
| 21,533 | 🏳️ James Knopp | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,480 |
| 21,534 | 🏳️ Ken Wilkinson | NASA | 1,480 |
| 21,535 | 🏳️ Logan Frost | NASA | 1,480 |
| 21,536 | 🏳️ Peter Duszynski | NASA | 1,480 |
| 21,537 | 🏳️ Richard Bennett | PCA Club Racing | 1,480 |
| 21,538 | 🇺🇸 Scott Alexander | American Endurance Racing | 1,480 |
| 21,539 | 🏳️ Scott Stirling | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,480 |
| 21,540 | 🏳️ Uwe Bitschnau | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,480 |
| 21,541 | 🏳️ Ayers / Povoledo | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,479 |
| 21,542 | 🇷🇺 Dmitri Novikov | NASA | 1,479 |
| 21,543 | 🏳️ Fred Heinly | American Endurance Racing | 1,479 |
| 21,544 | 🇺🇸 Jimmy Casey | NASA | 1,479 |
Ken Wilkinson is a club-level amateur driver, rated 1,114, placing him at the entry end of competitive racing where results are sparse and inconsistent against even modest peers. His nine-season career from 2009 to 2017 comprised 119 starts across NASA and American Endurance Racing, predominantly in Mazda Miata, where he accumulated two wins and eighteen podiums. The evidence of his standing lies in his head-to-head records: against Jimmy Myers, a fellow club racer, Wilkinson finished ahead seventy-five times across eighty-three shared races, a commanding margin; but against Adam Molaver, the 2012 NASA Spec Miata champion and a considerably stronger driver, Wilkinson won their pairing only ten times in seventy-four meetings and finished behind him sixty-four times. Against Glenn Evans and Ronald Roderick, drivers of similar modest standing, Wilkinson showed inconsistent results, dominating Roderick but falling well short against Evans. His average finishing position of seventh suggests he was a mid-field regular when he raced.[1]
The calibre of Wilkinson's occasional victories against established professionals underscores the variability of club racing. He finished ahead of Robert Noaker, an FIA Silver driver and two-time Mustang Challenge champion rated well above 4,800, on three occasions, and beat Ryan Ellis, the 2011 NASA Super Unlimited champion, the same number of times. These were isolated results rather than patterns, and Wilkinson's overall record shows him unable to sustain competitiveness at that level: across his career he finished ahead of drivers rated above 3,000 only rarely and never demonstrated the consistency needed to move beyond club racing. His final season, 2017, saw him post no podiums in five rounds and finish a distant 143rd, signalling the end of his competitive career.