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🇺🇸 Lawson Aschenbach

Racing driver from United States. IMSA WeatherTech, Riley Motorsports.
Driver facts
Full name
Lawson Aschenbach
Born
22 November 1983(b. 1983)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Riley Motorsports
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
6
Career starts
49
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,382
Lawson Aschenbach
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,382
Rank 2253 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Lawson Aschenbach is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for Riley Motorsports. Aschenbach has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 49 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,382 ranks Aschenbach 2253th of 38,983 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2020 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2020-11-14Sebring International Raceway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP8−5
2020-11-01Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca GTDIMSA WeatherTechP9−37
2020-10-17Motul Petit Le Mans GTDIMSA WeatherTechP12−112
2020-10-10Charlotte Motor Speedway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP10−104
2020-09-27Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course GTDIMSA WeatherTechP2+124
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+161Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2017IMSA WeatherTechP1
+128VIRginia International Raceway 2020IMSA WeatherTechP3
+127VIRginia International Raceway 2016IMSA WeatherTechP2
+126Belle Isle Street Circuit 2018IMSA WeatherTechP2
+124Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2020IMSA WeatherTechP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
VIRginia International Raceway5 starts+16
Road America6 starts+15
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park4 starts+10
Sebring International Raceway4 starts+8
Struggles
Road Atlanta4 starts-5
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2020▸IMSA WeatherTechRiley Motorsports1102000P7+2664,382
2019▸IMSA WeatherTechLone Star Racing600000P32−1784,300
▸NASCAR Xfinity100000P34−48
2018▸IMSA WeatherTechMeyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian901000P11−3054,180
▸NASCAR Xfinity100000P43+10
2017▸IMSA WeatherTechStevenson Motorsports1212000P9+1354,742
2016▸IMSA WeatherTechStevenson Motorsports801000P8↑48+534,749
2015▸NASCAR XfinityJD Motorsports100000P37+2,9554,305
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Aschenbach finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Andy LallyFIA Gold4,01648232548%
🇺🇸 Cooper MacNeilFIA Silver4,35641142734%
🇩🇪 Bryan SellersFIA Gold5,15639122731%
🇬🇧 Jack HawksworthFIA Gold4,99038182047%
🇳🇱 Jeroen BleekemolenFIA Platinum3,38535122334%
🇺🇸 Madison SnowFIA Gold5,12234102429%
🇺🇸 John PotterFIA Bronze3,97334142041%
🇺🇸 Ben KeatingFIA Bronze4,65533122136%
🇩🇰 Christina NielsenFIA Silver4,14433112233%
🇩🇪 Mario FarnbacherFIA Gold3,9953282425%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion6,77121150%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,385220100%
🇲🇽 Daniel SuarezHigher-rated, 1× champion6,260110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,243🇧🇷 Vitor BaptistaStock Car Pro Series4,387
2,244🇳🇱 Daan PijlGT World Challenge Europe4,386
2,245🇺🇸 Robert IngramNASCAR Xfinity4,386
2,246🇦🇺 Zakkary BestSupercars Championship4,386
2,247🇬🇧 Lewis WilliamsonGT World Challenge Europe4,385
2,248🇩🇪 Paul PietschFormula 14,385
2,249🇨🇿 Reinhard KoflerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,385
2,250🇩🇰 Silas RytterLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe4,385
2,251🇯🇵 Tsubasa KurosawaSuper GT4,385
2,252🇺🇸 Michael GuaschLe Mans Cup4,384
2,253🇺🇸 Lawson AschenbachIMSA WeatherTech4,382
2,254🇨🇭 Marc BassengNürburgring 24 Hours4,382
2,255🇬🇧 Sebastian MorrisNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,379
2,256🇩🇪 Christopher Brueck24H Series4,378
2,257🇺🇸 Mason MitchellARCA Menards Series4,378
2,258🇺🇸 Jimmy SimpsonSCCA Majors4,376
2,259🇮🇹 Matteo ChinosiFormula 3 Euro Series4,376
2,260🇬🇧 Ciaran HaggertyGB34,375
2,261🇭🇰 Darryl O'Young24H Series4,375
2,262🇺🇸 Dustin BlattnerAsian Le Mans Series4,374
2,263🇦🇹 Horst-Felix FelbermayrAsian Le Mans Series4,374
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Aschenbach is a professional sportscar endurance racer competing in IMSA WeatherTech, where he drives GT3 cars in the GTD class for Riley Motorsports. He holds an FIA Gold rating, the full-professional grade in endurance racing. His Racer Rating of 4,383 places him among established professionals competing at the national level.[1]

Across six seasons from 2015 to 2020, Aschenbach made 46 starts in IMSA WeatherTech and 3 in NASCAR Xfinity, scoring one win and six podiums. The bulk of his record comes from WeatherTech, where he raced as a co-driver in multiclass endurance events against a mixed field of amateurs, semi-professionals, and graded professionals. His single win came in that series. He also competed briefly in Xfinity in 2015 and 2019, racing primarily on road and street courses rather than ovals. His Wikipedia background shows a decorated career in one-make and regional championships before his time in this indexed record, including four Pirelli World Challenge titles and the 2014 Lamborghini Super Trofeo ProAM world championship.[2]

In the WeatherTech field he met regularly, Aschenbach was closely matched with Andy Lally, a fellow Gold-graded professional, but usually finished behind Cooper MacNeil, a Silver-graded driver with strong international sportscar credentials including WEC and European Le Mans Series experience. He finished ahead of Kyle Kirkwood, now an elite professional and Indy NXT champion, once in their meetings, and beat established professional Maro Engel, a Platinum-graded driver and 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion, twice across their head-to-heads.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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26 Aug 2020
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3 Jul 2020
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Autoweek
24 Aug 2019
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