Mark Gaynor is a racing driver who last raced in American Endurance Racing. Gaynor is a one-time champion (2023), with 1 win and 13 podiums from 24 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,787 ranks Gaynor 18549th 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.
| 2023-05-07 | Watkins Glen International Class 5 | P3 | −8 |
| 2023-05-06 | Watkins Glen International Class 5 | P1 | +163 |
| 2023-05-05 | Watkins Glen International Class 5 | P7 | −117 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +163 | Watkins Glen International 2023 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +91 | Watkins Glen International 2019 | American Endurance Racing | P4 |
| +91 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2021 | American Endurance Racing | P2 |
| +85 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2015 | NASA | P4 |
| +82 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2016 | NASA | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +39 | 1,787 | |
| 2022 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −58 | 1,748 | |
| 2021 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P4 | ↑16−88 | 1,806 | |
| 2020 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +103 | 1,793 | |
| 2019 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | ↑459+200 | 1,775 | |
| 2018 | ▸NASA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −42 | 1,735 | |
| 2016 | ▸NASA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +4 | 1,158 | |
| 2015 | ▸NASA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −192 | 1,158 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Jack Haberman | 2,183 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Michael Gershanok | 494 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Ron Lipson | 2,529 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul SpartaFIA Bronze | 2,464 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Andrew WikstromFIA Silver | 2,541 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🏳️ Wayne Nonnamaker | 2,287 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Gaetano | 1,057 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% |
| 🇺🇸 Al CarterFIA Silver | 3,185 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeff SegalFIA Gold | 3,065 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇨🇦 Justin Tracy | 2,461 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Steven ThomasFIA Bronze, 1× champion | 4,016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Preston BrownHigher-rated | 3,948 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇷🇴 Alexandru VasilescuFIA Bronze | 3,465 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18,539 | 🇧🇪 Geert Dierckx | 24H Series | 1,788 |
| 18,540 | 🇧🇪 Geert Houdhoofdt | 24H Series | 1,788 |
| 18,541 | 🇧🇪 Jasper Dierckx | 24H Series | 1,788 |
| 18,542 | 🇧🇪 Karlo Van Dosselaer | 24H Series | 1,788 |
| 18,543 | 🏳️ Victor Larin | World Racing League | 1,788 |
| 18,544 | 🏳️ Brandon Weber | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,787 |
| 18,545 | 🏳️ Domenik Schöning | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,787 |
| 18,546 | 🏳️ Josh Moriarty | Velocity Invitational | 1,787 |
| 18,547 | 🏳️ Jürgen Clemens | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,787 |
| 18,548 | 🇩🇰 Lars Seistrup | 24H Series | 1,787 |
| 18,549 | 🏳️ Mark Gaynor | American Endurance Racing | 1,787 |
| 18,550 | 🇩🇰 Mikkel Gregersen | 24H Series | 1,787 |
| 18,551 | 🏳️ Sven Clemens | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,787 |
| 18,552 | 🇫🇷 Theau Haslin | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,787 |
| 18,553 | 🏳️ Wade Saadi, Jr. | American Endurance Racing | 1,787 |
| 18,554 | 🇯🇵 Yutaka Matsushima | 24H Series | 1,787 |
| 18,556 | 🏳️ Brian Chancey | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,786 |
| 18,557 | 🏳️ David Hussey | SCCA Regionals | 1,786 |
| 18,555 | 🇩🇪 . Engel | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,786 |
| 18,558 | 🇬🇧 James Collins | 24H Series | 1,786 |
| 18,559 | 🏳️ Joachim Karkoschka | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,786 |
Mark Gaynor is a club-level endurance racing driver competing in shared-car multiclass series. He raced primarily in American Endurance Racing from 2019 to 2023, where he drove production-based cars across the Class 3, Class 4 and Class 5 categories, and also competed in NASA's single-driver GTS4 class between 2015 and 2018.[1]
Over eight seasons, Gaynor took one win and thirteen podiums from twenty-four starts. His breakthrough came in 2023, when he won the American Endurance Racing Class 5 championship. In NASA, where he made nine starts across four seasons, he collected three podiums and finished sixth in the championship standings in his final year of competition in 2018.[2]
Against the drivers he raced most frequently, Gaynor typically finished behind Jack Haberman, the 2023 American Endurance Racing Class 5 champion, while regularly beating developing driver Michael Gershanok. He also took victories over Preston Brown, an entry-level professional with forty-five starts in IMSA Pilot Challenge and thirty-one in American Endurance Racing, and once finished ahead of Steven Thomas, a professional Bronze-graded driver who has raced extensively in IMSA WeatherTech.