Matt Fassnacht is a racing driver who last raced in SCCA Majors. Fassnacht has recorded 0 wins and 4 podiums from 33 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,951 ranks Fassnacht 16981th of 40,349 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.
| 2024-01-14 | Sebring International Raceway SM | DNF | −148 |
| 2024-01-13 | Sebring International Raceway SM | P41 | −32 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +145 | Lime Rock Park 2017 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P2 |
| +108 | Road America 2021 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| +105 | Watkins Glen International 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P8 |
| +99 | Monticello Motor Club 2018 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P3 |
| +79 | Watkins Glen International 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P9 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P67 | −180 | 1,951 | |
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P95 | −257 | 2,131 | |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P71 | −151 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −539 | 2,539 | |
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P50 | −437 | 3,078 | |
| 2020 | ▸Trans-Am TA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +40 | 3,078 | |
| 2018 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +167 | 3,474 |
| 2017 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Freedom Autosport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | ↑235+82 | 3,307 |
| 2016 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | ALARA Racing/Monticello Motor Club | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +1,957 | 3,307 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Danny Steyn | 2,827 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% |
| 🏳️ Nick Leverone | 2,408 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% |
| 🇺🇸 Frankie Barroso | 3,597 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🏳️ Travis Wiley | 2,999 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Jim Drago | 2,323 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🏳️ Mark Curlee | 1,835 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Charles Mactutus | 3,020 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Drake KemperFIA Bronze | 2,751 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% |
| 🏳️ Amy Mills | 2,321 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🏳️ Thomas Paolino | 1,416 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🇳🇿 Matthew PayneFIA Gold | 6,136 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold | 5,398 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇨🇦 Paul TracyFIA Silver | 5,071 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16,971 | 🏳️ Spencer Currie | Zenith Racing Series | 1,952 |
| 16,972 | 🇳🇴 Torleif Nytroen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,952 |
| 16,973 | 🇵🇰 Usmaan Mughal | 24H Series | 1,952 |
| 16,974 | 🇬🇧 Adam Sharpe | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,951 |
| 16,975 | 🏳️ Ahmed Khan Umair | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,951 |
| 16,976 | 🇦🇷 Damián Markel | TC Pista | 1,951 |
| 16,977 | 🏳️ John Felter | American Endurance Racing | 1,951 |
| 16,978 | 🏳️ Ken Kannard | SCCA Majors | 1,951 |
| 16,979 | 🏳️ Lydia Small | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,951 |
| 16,980 | 🏳️ Marco Sammut | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,951 |
| 16,981 | 🏳️ Matt Fassnacht | SCCA Majors | 1,951 |
| 16,982 | 🏳️ Rodrigo Azpurua | International GT | 1,951 |
| 16,983 | 🏳️ Sean Saggese | SCCA Regionals | 1,951 |
| 16,984 | 🏳️ Anthony Piselli | Zenith Racing Series | 1,950 |
| 16,985 | 🏳️ Carson Neel | NASA | 1,950 |
| 16,986 | 🇦🇺 David Crampton | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1,950 |
| 16,987 | 🏳️ Dillon Dexter | NASA | 1,950 |
| 16,988 | 🏳️ James Michael Sullivan | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,950 |
| 16,989 | 🇨🇳 Jiawei Jiang | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,950 |
| 16,990 | 🇩🇪 Robert Hinzer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,950 |
| 16,991 | 🇰🇷 ChangUK Lee | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,949 |
Matt Fassnacht is a competitive amateur who raced American club and national championships between 2016 and 2024. He competed primarily in SCCA Majors across eight seasons, driving spec Mazda MX-5s and a tube-frame GT2 car, and also contested the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup for McCumbee McAleer Racing, IMSA Pilot Challenge for Freedom Autosport, and a single Trans-Am TA2 start. His career totals across 33 starts yielded four podium finishes.[1]
Fassnacht took his sole IMSA Pilot Challenge podium in 2017 and scored three podiums across his SCCA Majors campaigns, with a fourth coming in 2018 in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup. His most substantial single-series commitment was SCCA Majors, where he accumulated 18 starts from 2021 to 2024. He finished 13th in the 2018 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup standings across two rounds.[2]
His regular competition in SCCA Majors placed him in fields including Danny Steyn, a four-time STL class champion, and Nick Leverone, 2025 STL champion; Fassnacht typically finished behind both. He finished ahead of Matthew Payne, an FIA Gold graded established professional with 99 Supercars Championship starts, on three occasions, and ahead of Connor Zilisch, an FIA Gold graded driver with 45 NASCAR Xfinity starts and 34 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup starts, once in shared competition.