Mark Baer is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for BMW M3. Baer has recorded 1 win and 8 podiums from 9 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,432 ranks Baer 22594th 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.
| 2023-05-20 | Pueblo Motorsports Park GTS2 | P4 | −49 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +130 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2011 | NASA | P1 |
| +115 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2011 | NASA | P2 |
| +102 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2011 | NASA | P2 |
| +71 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2011 | NASA | P2 |
| +67 | High Plains Raceway 2011 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −49 | 1,598 |
| 2011 | ▸NASA | BMW 328is | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +297 | 1,647 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Gene Dackonish | 969 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Lee Bohning | 935 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Bruce Mock | 400 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Gary Bohn | 400 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Dale Laushman | 1,308 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ David Dirks | 2,016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Bob Butler | 1,649 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Joe Rothman | 1,288 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Gage Hollen | 1,130 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Kelly Carignan | 919 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22,584 | 🇺🇸 William Scott IS | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,433 |
| 22,585 | 🇺🇸 Andy Sellers | TC America powered by Skip Barber | 1,432 |
| 22,586 | 🏳️ Art Valentine | SCCA Regionals | 1,432 |
| 22,587 | 🏳️ Ben Soukup | American Endurance Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,588 | 🏳️ Brian Erickson | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,589 | 🏳️ Corey Danley | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,432 |
| 22,590 | 🏳️ Holly Edwards | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,591 | 🏳️ Jc Ogle | American Endurance Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,592 | 🏳️ Keith Primozic | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,593 | 🏳️ Lummis / Rochon | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,594 | 🏳️ Mark Baer | NASA | 1,432 |
| 22,595 | 🏳️ Matthew DiGiammarino | NASA | 1,432 |
| 22,596 | 🏳️ Pete Pisarri | American Endurance Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,597 | 🏳️ Phil Cummings | NASA | 1,432 |
| 22,598 | 🏳️ Pierce Krone | SVRA | 1,432 |
| 22,599 | 🏳️ Steve Schlotterbeck | American Endurance Racing | 1,432 |
| 22,600 | 🇦🇺 Thomas Smith | SCCA Regionals | 1,432 |
| 22,601 | 🏳️ Daniel Earle | Radical Cup NA | 1,431 |
| 22,602 | 🏳️ Ens / Meyer | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,431 |
| 22,603 | 🏳️ Jace Denmark-Gesse | SCCA Majors | 1,431 |
| 22,604 | 🇦🇷 Matías Menvielle | TC Mouras | 1,431 |
Mark Baer is a club-level driver racing in NASA, a multiclass national championship that runs amateur through professional competitors in shared races across the United States. He races a BMW M3 in the GTS2 class, which fields German sports cars, mostly BMWs and Porsches. His nine indexed starts span 2011 to 2023.[1]
Baer took one win and eight podiums from his nine starts, a strong strike rate in a field that mixed competitors at various levels. His most recent activity was a 2023 NASA season in which he finished 14th in the championship standings. Over his racing career on record he typically finished ahead of fellow developing drivers Gene Dackonish and Lee Bohning, and beat the competitive amateur David Dirks four times across their meetings.[2]