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 1,114 ranks Wilkinson 18431th of 37,621 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. 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 | +14 |
| 2017-09-09 | Summit Point Motorsports Park · Spec Miata | P8 | +5 |
| 2017-08-19 | Virginia International Raceway · Spec Miata | P12 | −33 |
| 2017-03-26 | Virginia International Raceway · Spec Miata | P8 | +37 |
| 2017-03-25 | Virginia International Raceway · Spec Miata | P10 | +14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸NASA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P143 | +37 | 1,228 | |
| 2016 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P237 | −713 | 1,241 |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +497 | |||
| 2015 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −294 | 981 |
| 2014 | ▸NASA | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +143 | 1,627 | |
| 2013 | ▸NASA | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +36 | 1,557 | |
| 2012 | ▸NASA | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +396 | 1,521 | |
| 2011 | ▸NASA | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P51 | −33 | 1,125 | |
| 2010 | ▸NASA | 127644 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +138 | 1,158 |
| 2009 | ▸NASA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P125 | +20 | 1,020 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Jimmy Myers | 413 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 90% |
| 🏳️ Adam Molaver | 1,559 | 74 | 10 | 64 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Mike Rossini | 430 | 53 | 34 | 19 | 64% |
| 🏳️ Joe Benton | 400 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 91% |
| 🏳️ Glenn Evans | 1,599 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 64% |
| 🏳️ Ronald Roderick | 671 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 98% |
| 🇺🇸 Brian Henderson | 3,416 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 13% |
| 🏳️ Brian Coates | 1,319 | 38 | 8 | 30 | 21% |
| 🏳️ Duncan Ellis | 1,650 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 24% |
| 🏳️ David L Henderson Jr | 1,313 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 Robert NoakerFIA SILVER · 2× CHAMPION | 4,841 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan EllisHIGHER-RATED · 1× CHAMPION | 3,821 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Ashton HarrisonFIA SILVER | 3,590 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18,443 | 🏳️ carlos suarez | NASA | 1,114 |
| 18,422 | 🏳️ Dan Wennerberg | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,114 |
| 18,423 | 🏳️ Dane McMahon | SVRA | 1,114 |
| 18,424 | 🏳️ Desmond Tam | PCA Club Racing | 1,114 |
| 18,425 | 🏳️ Edward Wheatley | SVRA | 1,114 |
| 18,426 | 🏳️ EdwinSoto -Qu inone | SCCA Majors | 1,114 |
| 18,427 | 🏳️ Gary Visioli | SCCA Regionals | 1,114 |
| 18,428 | 🏳️ Jared Wehr | NASA | 1,114 |
| 18,429 | 🏳️ Jeffrey L Frazier | PCA Club Racing | 1,114 |
| 18,430 | 🏳️ Jim Banks | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,114 |
| 18,431 | 🏳️ Ken Wilkinson | NASA | 1,114 |
| 18,432 | 🏳️ Kenny Tse | Velocity Invitational | 1,114 |
| 18,433 | 🏳️ L. Collins | NASA | 1,114 |
| 18,434 | 🏳️ Les A Czaczyk | SCCA Regionals | 1,114 |
| 18,435 | 🏳️ Martin Brauns | PCA Club Racing | 1,114 |
| 18,436 | 🏳️ Michael Rupp | NASA | 1,114 |
| 18,437 | 🏳️ Naji Dahi | NASA | 1,114 |
| 18,438 | 🏳️ Peter Keane | SCCA Regionals | 1,114 |
| 18,439 | 🏳️ Ron Bibb | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,114 |
| 18,440 | 🏳️ Sedat Lee Yelkin | SCCA Regionals | 1,114 |
| 18,441 | 🏳️ Spenser Sharp | NASA | 1,114 |
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.