🏳️ Kipp Gaynor

Kipp Gaynor is a club-level racing driver with a rating of 1,580, placing him in the developing to early club racing bracket. His career spans five seasons from 2022 to 2026 in SCCA Regionals competition, where he has accumulated 60 starts with 2 wins and 14 podiums; he also made two attempts in SCCA Majors in 2023 without placing. His average finishing position of P7.2 reflects modest competitiveness in his field. The 2026 season shows him finishing tenth in the standings with one win and two podiums from seven rounds, indicating stable recent activity rather than improvement.[1]

Gaynor's record against his peers illustrates the nature of club-level competition. He has raced Theodore Cahall, a three-time SCCA Regionals STL champion and a slightly stronger driver at 1,613, in 57 shared races; Gaynor finished ahead in 34 of those encounters and behind in 23, representing a competitive but losing head-to-head record. Against Robert Cahall he holds a dominant 40–16 advantage over 56 races. More significantly, he has regularly raced against much stronger drivers: John Hotz, an SCCA Regionals SM champion rated 2,221, beat him in 37 of 39 shared races, and Jeremy Butz, a semi-professional driver rated 2,587, beat him in 28 of 31 races. Gaynor has beaten stronger drivers sparingly; he finished ahead of Butz on three occasions and of bronze-graded sportscar driver Jared Odrick three times, but these represent isolated results rather than consistent patterns. His career is plainly that of a club racer with occasional exposure to semi-professional competition, where he performs as the lower end of the field.