Luca Mars is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Turner Motorsport. Mars is a two-time champion (2024, 2025), with 16 wins and 43 podiums from 120 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,402 ranks Mars 2199th 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.
| 2026-08-01 | Road America GS | P7 | +34 |
| 2026-07-11 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GS | P23 | โ138 |
| 2026-06-27 | Watkins Glen International GS | P17 | โ79 |
| 2026-06-13 | Road Atlanta Silver | P1 | +67 |
| 2026-06-12 | Road Atlanta Silver | P1 | +71 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +143 | Road America 2023 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P2 |
| +142 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2025 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| +138 | Sebring International Raceway 2025 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P2 |
| +136 | VIRginia International Raceway 2025 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| +135 | Road Atlanta 2022 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธGT4 America | RS1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +470 | 4,402 |
| โธIMSA Pilot Challenge | Turner Motorsport | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +258 | ||
| 2025 | โธGT4 America | van der Steur Racing | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | โ491 | 3,674 |
| โธIMSA Pilot Challenge | RS1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +629 | ||
| โธInternational GT | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | โ742 | |||
| 2024 | โธGT World Challenge America | Racers Edge Motorsports | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | โ119โ221 | 4,277 |
| โธIMSA Pilot Challenge | KOHR MOTORSPORTS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | โ156 | ||
| โธIMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | KOHR MOTORSPORTS | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +496 | ||
| 2023 | โธIMSA Pilot Challenge | KOHR MOTORSPORTS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +204 | 4,040 |
| โธIMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | KOHR MOTORSPORTS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | โ93 | ||
| โธGT4 America | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | โ24 | ||
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | JDC Miller MotorSports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | โ111+19 | ||
| 2022 | โธIMSA Pilot Challenge | KOHR MOTORSPORTS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | โ559+98 | 3,823 |
| โธTrans-Am | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +69 | |||
| 2021 | โธWhelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Copeland Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | โ825+582 | 3,097 |
| โธSCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | โ303 | |||
| โธNASA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | โ19 | ||
| โธAmerican Endurance Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P30 | โ374 | |||
| 2019 | โธSKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | +89 | 2,386 | |
| 2018 | โธSKUSA SuperNationals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | +181 | 2,296 | |
| 2017 | โธSKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | +766 | 2,116 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐บ๐ธ Moisey UretskyFIA Bronze | 4,222 | 57 | 40 | 17 | 70% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Sean QuinlanFIA Bronze | 3,563 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 76% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Gregory LiefoogheFIA Silver | 3,674 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 72% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Frank DePewFIA Bronze | 3,057 | 49 | 30 | 19 | 61% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Jenson AltzmanFIA Silver | 3,664 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 63% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Sean McAlisterFIA Silver | 4,110 | 44 | 25 | 19 | 57% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Matt PlumbFIA Silver | 4,041 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 55% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Hugh PlumbFIA Bronze | 3,164 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 70% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ted GiovanisFIA Bronze | 3,028 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 75% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Stevan McAleerFIA Gold | 4,327 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 44% |
| ๐ฎ๐น Andrea Kimi AntonelliFIA Platinum, 3ร champion | 8,098 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐ฆ๐ท Franco ColapintoFIA Platinum | 6,628 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Corey HeimFIA Silver, 3ร champion | 6,417 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,189 | ๐ฆ๐บ Geoff Uhrhane | FIA Formula 3 European | 4,409 |
| 2,190 | ๐ต๐น Henrique Chaves Jr. | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,406 |
| 2,191 | ๐ฉ๐ช Johannes Marchewicz Marcel | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,406 |
| 2,192 | ๐บ๐ธ Matt Crafton | NASCAR Truck | 4,406 |
| 2,193 | ๐บ๐ธ Michael Waltrip | WEC | 4,406 |
| 2,194 | ๐ฌ๐ง Tommy FOSTER | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,406 |
| 2,195 | ๐ฌ๐ง Andy Pilgrim | GT World Challenge America | 4,405 |
| 2,196 | ๐ฉ๐ช Jannes Fittje | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,405 |
| 2,197 | ๐ฉ๐ช Wolf Henzler | Le Mans Cup | 4,405 |
| 2,198 | ๐ฆ๐บ Jonathon Webb | Bathurst 12 Hour | 4,403 |
| 2,199 | ๐บ๐ธ Luca Mars | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,402 |
| 2,200 | ๐ฏ๐ต Masaki Matsushita | Super GT | 4,401 |
| 2,201 | ๐ฉ๐ช Robert Kath | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,401 |
| 2,202 | ๐ง๐ท Alfredinho Ibiapina | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,400 |
| 2,203 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Germรกn Quiroga | NASCAR Truck | 4,400 |
| 2,204 | ๐ฌ๐ง Dave Scott | Formula 3 Macau | 4,399 |
| 2,205 | ๐ฆ๐ท Eric Lichtenstein | GP3 Series | 4,399 |
| 2,206 | ๐ฉ๐ช Franz Engstler | Ferrari Challenge | 4,399 |
| 2,207 | ๐บ๐ธ Kenny Wallace | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,399 |
| 2,208 | ๐ฑ๐ฐ Yevan David | Formula 3 | 4,399 |
| 2,209 | ๐ณ๐ด Anders Krohn | Pro Mazda Championship | 4,398 |
Luca Mars is a Silver-graded semi-professional who races in national multiclass endurance championships, competing in GT4 and production-car classes. He drives for Turner Motorsport in the IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he has spent most of his racing career, and races a GT4 car for RS1 in GT4 America. His rating of 4,402 places him as a professional-level driver.[1]
Mars has won four championships across three series. He took the 2024 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge title with KOHR Motorsports, then won back-to-back Pilot Challenge championships in 2025 and 2026 with Turner Motorsport and RS1 respectively, and claimed the 2026 GT4 America championship with RS1. Across his 120 starts since 2017, he has recorded 16 wins and 43 podiums. His most consistent output has come in the Pilot Challenge, where 45 starts have yielded 4 wins and 12 podiums, and in GT4 America, where 18 starts produced 5 wins and 7 podiums. In 2024, competing in the one-off international GT series, he took three podiums from four starts.[2]
Mars typically finishes ahead of Bronze-graded professionals in his regular field, including Moisey Uretsky and Sean Quinlan, both of whom he meets regularly in the Pilot Challenge. His strongest single-race result came against Formula 1-level opposition; he finished ahead of generational driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli in at least one race meeting. Turner Motorsport, his primary team since joining for the 2025 season, has taken multiple wins across the endurance calendar this year.