Kristian Valdez is a racing driver who last raced in SCCA Majors. Valdez has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 788 ranks Valdez 36558th 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.
| 2023-02-26 | Buttonwillow Raceway West Loop STL | P5 | +4 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +4 | Buttonwillow Raceway West Loop 2023 | SCCA Majors | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P42 | +4 | 788 | |
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P41 | −138 | 783 | |
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | −429 | 921 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ David Zink | 1,050 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Wesley Mollno | 2,503 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Richard James | 878 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Carl YoungHigher-rated | 2,196 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36,548 | 🏳️ Dale Schneider | SCCA Regionals | 788 |
| 36,549 | 🏳️ Daniel Sperling | NASA | 788 |
| 36,550 | 🏳️ David (Dave) Hovanec | NASA | 788 |
| 36,551 | 🏳️ Frank Guilloteau | NASA | 788 |
| 36,552 | 🏳️ Jamie Blust | SCCA Majors | 788 |
| 36,553 | 🏳️ Jim Levie | BMW CCA Club Racing | 788 |
| 36,554 | 🏳️ Joe Cattaneo | NASA | 788 |
| 36,555 | 🇦🇺 John Matthew | NASA | 788 |
| 36,556 | 🏳️ John Rice | SCCA Majors | 788 |
| 36,557 | 🏳️ Ken Wolgram | SCCA Majors | 788 |
| 36,558 | 🏳️ Kristian Valdez | SCCA Majors | 788 |
| 36,559 | 🏳️ Megan Wubbenhorst | NASA | 788 |
| 36,560 | 🏳️ P. Strehl | NASA | 788 |
| 36,561 | 🏳️ Scott McKee | NASA | 788 |
| 36,562 | 🇺🇸 Steve Yarborough | SVRA | 788 |
| 36,563 | 🇲🇽 Ben Arce | PCA Club Racing | 787 |
| 36,564 | 🏳️ Bill Berner | SCCA Regionals | 787 |
| 36,565 | 🏳️ Bill Furling | PCA Club Racing | 787 |
| 36,566 | 🇺🇸 Chad Wallace | SCCA Regionals | 787 |
| 36,567 | 🏳️ Colin Fabeny | NASA | 787 |
| 36,568 | 🏳️ Dwight Varnes | NASA | 787 |
Kristian Valdez is a developing driver who raced in SCCA Majors, a national multiclass championship mixing amateur, semi-professional and professional competitors across 25 classes in a single race. He drove a small-bore production-based tuner car in the STL class, which runs vehicles of 2 liters and under.[1]
Valdez made five starts across three seasons from 2021 to 2023, finishing 42nd in the 2023 SCCA Majors points standings. His most recent activity was in 2023.[2]
In the field he encountered, Valdez typically finished behind his regular opponents David Zink, a developing driver with 11 SCCA Majors starts, and Wesley Mollno, a semi-professional who has made 38 SCCA Majors starts alongside experience in SCCA Regionals and NASA Spec MX-5. He finished ahead of Richard James, a developing driver with 22 SCCA Majors starts, once.