Kenny Schmied is a racing driver from United States who competes in GT4 America for RAFA Racing Team. Schmied is a one-time champion (2025), with 3 wins and 14 podiums from 32 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,294 ranks Schmied 6779th of 40,308 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.
| 2026-08-29 | Road America Am | P5 | −34 |
| 2026-08-28 | Road America Am | P3 | +42 |
| 2026-05-09 | Sebring International Raceway Am | P3 | +35 |
| 2026-05-08 | Sebring International Raceway Am | P2 | +81 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +139 | Sonoma Raceway 2025 | GT4 America | P1 |
| +125 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC 2025 | GT4 America | P1 |
| +120 | Barber Motorsports Park 2025 | GT4 America | P1 |
| +120 | Road America 2023 | TC America powered by Skip Barber | P3 |
| +100 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2023 | TC | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸GT4 America | RAFA Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +124 | 3,294 |
| 2025 | ▸GT4 America | RAFA Racing Team | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | ↑1,125+462 | 3,171 |
| 2023 | ▸TC America powered by Skip Barber | AOA Racing | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +234 | 1,584 |
| ▸TC | AOA Racing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +104 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Lucas CataniaFIA Bronze | 2,793 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 46% |
| 🇺🇸 Joseph CataniaFIA Bronze | 2,581 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 James ClayFIA Bronze | 3,316 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% |
| 🇺🇸 Judson HoltFIA Bronze | 2,957 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael GarciaFIA Bronze | 2,731 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex GarciaFIA Bronze | 2,729 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% |
| 🇺🇸 Colin GarrettFIA Silver | 2,989 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Denny StriplingFIA Bronze | 3,123 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% |
| 🇬🇧 Charlie PostinsFIA Bronze | 3,121 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Christopher DeFreitas | 713 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇱🇹 Darius TrinkaFIA Bronze, 1× champion | 4,148 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇯🇵 Dai YoshiharaFIA Bronze | 3,789 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇺🇸 James Walker Jr.FIA Bronze, 1× champion | 3,680 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,769 | 🇨🇦 James Vance | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,296 |
| 6,770 | 🇺🇸 Natalie Decker | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,296 |
| 6,771 | 🇺🇸 Sammy Sanders | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,296 |
| 6,772 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Wieninger | 24H Series | 3,296 |
| 6,773 | 🇰🇼 Arthur Aegerter | Formula Regional European | 3,295 |
| 6,774 | 🇷🇺 Ilya Morozov | Italian F4 | 3,295 |
| 6,775 | 🇨🇳 Zhi Cong Li | FIA Formula 3 European | 3,295 |
| 6,776 | 🇸🇪 Alexzander Kristiansson | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,294 |
| 6,777 | 🇺🇸 Coby Shield | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,294 |
| 6,778 | 🇫🇷 Edgar Pierre | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,294 |
| 6,779 | 🇺🇸 Kenny Schmied | GT4 America | 3,294 |
| 6,780 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Woods | 24H Series | 3,294 |
| 6,781 | 🇺🇸 Parker Nicklin | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,294 |
| 6,782 | 🇲🇽 Regina Sirvent | ARCA Menards Series | 3,294 |
| 6,783 | 🇺🇸 Scott Lynch | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,294 |
| 6,784 | 🇧🇪 Tom Cloet | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,294 |
| 6,785 | 🇪🇸 Carlos Palau | FIA GT Championship | 3,293 |
| 6,786 | 🏳️ Franck Montecalvo | WEC | 3,293 |
| 6,787 | 🇮🇹 Jacopo Baratto | European Le Mans Series | 3,293 |
| 6,788 | 🇨🇦 Michael DiMeo | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,293 |
| 6,789 | 🇬🇧 Raoul Owens | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,293 |
Kenny Schmied is a semi-professional driver competing in GT4 sportscar racing. His Racer Rating of 3,130 places him in the semi-professional band, meaning he wins in pro-am and one-make classes and runs competitively among a field mixing amateurs and full professionals. The FIA Bronze categorisation confirms his status as an amateur gentleman driver in endurance and sportscar racing, where he competes alongside professionals.[1]
Schmied's record centres on GT4 America, where he has contested 15 races in 2025 and 2026 for RAFA Racing Team, posting 3 wins and 10 podiums. That success delivered a 2025 championship. His average finishing position across all 22 career starts stands at P3.7, reflecting consistent front-running form. The field contains several rivals at or near his rating; he holds a narrow head-to-head edge over semi-professional Bronze-graded drivers Lucas Catania and Michael Garcia, winning more encounters than he lost, whilst finishing behind Judson Holt more often than ahead of him. He has also beaten several stronger drivers once or twice apiece, including the higher-rated James Clay on seven occasions and the 2023 champion Darius Trinka three times, though these records span multiple seasons and do not establish a sustained pattern of dominance over more experienced opposition.
Earlier in 2023, Schmied attempted two series outside GT4, running five starts in TC America for AOA Racing with no results and two in TC, where he took a single podium. His focus has since settled in GT4, where he has built the win rate and consistency that culminated in the 2025 championship. RAFA Racing Team, which fielded him for all of his main-series work, operates a multi-car Toyota GT4 programme and has fielded a stronger roster including the professional-level driver Westin Workman.