Matt Downs is a racing driver who last raced in WEC for Boutsen Ginion Racing. Downs has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,686 ranks Downs 5026th 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.
| 2013-06-22 | LE MANS LMP2 | P12 | +65 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +84 | Sonoma Raceway 2003 | Star Mazda Championship | P9 |
| +72 | Road Atlanta 2003 | Star Mazda Championship | P11 |
| +65 | LE MANS 2013 | WEC | P12 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ▸WEC | Boutsen Ginion Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +65 | 3,686 |
| 2003 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +2,272 | 3,622 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Michael McDowellFIA Gold | 5,925 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Justice | 4,083 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇻🇪 Luis Schiavo | 4,049 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Jamie Bach | 3,937 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Potekhen | 3,876 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇳🇴 John Olsen | 3,827 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Alan Rudolph | 3,810 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 John Faulkner | 3,696 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🏳️ Glenn Cooper | 3,566 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Anderson | 3,224 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇭🇰 Ho-Pin TungFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,511 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇦🇺 Ryan BriscoeFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,303 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Marino FranchittiFIA Platinum | 5,206 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,016 | 🇯🇵 Hideshi Matsuda | Super GT | 3,687 |
| 5,017 | 🇨🇦 Mario Gosselin | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,687 |
| 5,018 | 🇨🇦 Martin Barkey | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,687 |
| 5,019 | 🇷🇺 Sergei Afanasiev | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,687 |
| 5,020 | 🇧🇪 Stéphane Cohen | FIA GT Championship | 3,687 |
| 5,021 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Amici | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,686 |
| 5,022 | 🇺🇸 Austin McCusker | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,686 |
| 5,023 | 🇬🇧 David Ashburn | FIA GT Championship | 3,686 |
| 5,024 | 🇩🇪 Jürgen Häring | 24H Series | 3,686 |
| 5,025 | 🇨🇦 Kelly Admiraal | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,686 |
| 5,026 | 🏳️ Matt Downs | WEC | 3,686 |
| 5,027 | 🇨🇭 Nicolas Niki Leutwiler | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,686 |
| 5,028 | 🇫🇷 Thierry Depoix | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,686 |
| 5,029 | 🇧🇷 Ethan Goulart | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 3,685 |
| 5,030 | 🇧🇷 Giuliano Raucci | Italian F4 | 3,685 |
| 5,031 | 🇺🇸 Logan Bearden | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,685 |
| 5,032 | 🇯🇵 Tsubasa Takahashi | Super GT | 3,685 |
| 5,033 | 🇲🇾 Douglas Khoo | 24H Series | 3,684 |
| 5,034 | 🇺🇸 Falco Wauer | GB3 | 3,684 |
| 5,035 | 🇫🇷 Francis Werner | FIA GT Championship | 3,684 |
| 5,036 | 🇵🇱 Jacek Zielonka | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,684 |
Matt Downs is an entry-level professional who raced single-seaters and endurance prototypes across two indexed seasons. He competed in the Star Mazda Championship, a national single-class series mixing amateur and professional drivers, in 2003, and made one appearance in the WEC LMP2 class in 2013 driving an LMP2 prototype for Boutsen Ginion Racing.[1]
His career on record spans five starts in Star Mazda and one endurance entry in the WEC, for a total of six starts. In Star Mazda he raced against established drivers including Michael McDowell, who would go on to win that championship in 2004 and establish himself in NASCAR; Downs typically finished behind McDowell but split results with Ryan Justice, a regular in the series. His single WEC start came at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, where he finished 27th in the championship standings.[2]
Downs raced in fields that included professional-graded drivers such as McDowell alongside semi-professionals and amateurs. He beat Justice twice in Star Mazda and once outfinished Romain Brandela, a professional who later competed in the FIA GT Championship, though he proved consistently behind McDowell in head-to-head racing.