🇺🇸 Mason Filippi

Mason Filippi is a professional endurance racer rated 4,439, placing him in the professional tier. His career is built on IMSA Pilot Challenge racing, where across 75 starts since 2019 he has scored 12 wins and 29 podiums; this forms the backbone of his record and reflects consistent competence in one-make and near-one-make competition. He carries an FIA Silver grading, the professional classification for sportscar and endurance racing that typically denotes a young or early-career driver operating at professional standard. His average finishing position of P7.6 across 96 starts shows he operates at the front half of grids without dominating them.[1]

Filippi's head-to-head record against frequent rivals reveals a mixed but competitive pattern. Against Tim Lewis, an FIA Bronze driver at a lower rating, he holds a clear edge with 42 finishes ahead to 23 behind across 65 shared races. Against professional-graded peers and stronger drivers, however, his record flattens or tips negative: he finished ahead of Harry Gottsacker 27 times but behind him 31 times in 58 races, and against Mark Wilkins, an FIA Gold-graded one-time champion, he stands 30 ahead to 24 behind. These records suggest he runs competitively among Silver and Gold professionals but does not consistently out-perform them. His eight starts in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship produced no podiums, indicating the step up to top-level prototypes and factory-backed entries has been a harder assignment. His single win at the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2023, paired with three podiums across three starts there, represents his high-water mark in prestige competition.[2]

Filippi has spent the bulk of his career with Bryan Herta Autosport, a team that has fielded 16 drivers and recorded 30 wins across the index. His racing outside Pilot Challenge has been exploratory; brief campaigns in NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series in 2022 and 2023 produced no results, and his 2026 entries into GT4 America and Porsche Endurance Challenge remain early. He remains active in professional endurance racing as of 2026, competing in both Pilot Challenge and the WeatherTech Championship.