🏳️ Kurt Kropp

Kurt Kropp is a developing driver with a rating of 956, placing him among club-level racers. This level represents consistent participation in competitive fields without yet establishing a regular presence at the front; he races for real results against genuine competition, but typically finishes well down the order. Kropp has competed in two seasons across two series, accumulating 28 starts with one win and 15 podiums, predominantly in International GT racing where he has contested 26 events.[1]

Kropp's record shows heavy reliance on a single strong rival field. He has dominated Richard Grant across 16 shared races, finishing ahead every time, but Grant rates as a club-level driver himself and offers limited competitive context. Against substantially stronger opposition, Kropp has struggled consistently. He trails Joseph Rizzo by 11 wins to 3 losses across 14 races; trails Zachary Bradford 11 to 1 across 12 races; and trails Jeff Afflerbach 9 to 3 across 12 races. All three are semi-professional or professional-grade drivers, making Kropp's repeated defeats the dominant pattern of his career. He has beaten Bronze-graded drivers John Tecce and Chris Hall once apiece, and once finished ahead of Ron Zitza, a semi-professional; these isolated results do not alter the overall picture of a driver consistently outpaced by stronger competition.

Kropp's average finishing position of P3.9 across all races reflects heavy concentration of podium finishes in International GT, his primary series; his two SVRA starts in 2025 produced no top-ten results. His single victory came in a series where he has otherwise competed among experienced drivers considerably faster than himself, suggesting that win may represent a field-dependent result rather than a breakthrough in his competitive level.