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🇺🇸 Maxwell Root

Racing driver from United States. IMSA WeatherTech, Wright Motorsports.
Driver facts
Full name
Maxwell Root
Nationality
United States
Current team
Wright Motorsports
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
4
Career starts
23
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,436
Maxwell Root
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,436
Rank 2125 of 38,983 indexed, -61 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Maxwell Root is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for Wright Motorsports. Root has recorded 1 win and 4 podiums from 23 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,436 ranks Root 2125th of 38,983 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2023 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2023-10-14Road Atlanta GTDIMSA WeatherTechP3+125
2023-06-25Watkins Glen International GTDIMSA WeatherTechP11−2
2023-03-18Sebring International Raceway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP8+53
2023-01-28Daytona International Speedway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP11+31
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+131Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2021IMSA Pilot ChallengeP1
+125Road Atlanta 2023IMSA WeatherTechP3
+1216H - Watkins Glen International 2021Porsche Carrera Cup NAP2
+120LE MANS 2022WECP5
+112Sebring International Raceway 2021IMSA Pilot ChallengeP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Road Atlanta4 starts+8
Struggles
Sebring International Raceway4 starts-28
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2023▸IMSA WeatherTechWright Motorsports401000P25+2074,497
2022▸WECDempsey - Proton Racing100000P21+1204,291
2021▸Porsche Carrera Cup NAMoorespeed-Wright Motorsports1301000P7−3744,171
▸IMSA Pilot ChallengeWright Motorsports212000P15+244
▸IMSA WeatherTechTF Sport100000P29↑293+84
▸WECTeam Project 1100000P20−58
2020▸WECJMW Motorsport100000—+2,8284,178
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Root finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Seb PriaulxFIA Gold4,7871861233%
🇺🇸 Parker ThompsonFIA Silver4,4931731418%
🇳🇱 Kay van BerloFIA Gold3,9051641225%
🇺🇸 Dylan MurryFIA Silver4,605138562%
🇺🇸 Riley DickinsonFIA Silver4,506134931%
🇺🇸 Sean McAlisterFIA Silver4,1101310377%
🇺🇸 Leh KeenFIA Gold4,104135838%
🇺🇸 TJ FischerFIA Silver3,867136746%
🇺🇸 Ryan GatesFIA Silver3,292139469%
🏳️ Sebastian CarazoFIA Silver2,768138562%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion6,77121150%
🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,488110100%
🇺🇸 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,27042250%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,115🇳🇱 Ben AucottFIA GT Championship4,441
2,116🇳🇱 Colin CaresaniGT World Challenge Europe4,441
2,117🏳️ Finlay HutchisonGT World Challenge Europe4,441
2,118🇻🇪 Henrique CisnerosIMSA WeatherTech4,441
2,119🇬🇧 Manuel MaldonadoEuropean Le Mans Series4,441
2,120🇧🇷 Victor GuerinGP2 Series4,441
2,121🇺🇸 Dale Arnold JarrettNASCAR Xfinity4,439
2,122🇯🇵 Yusuke ShiotsuSuper GT4,439
2,123🇲🇽 Santiago RamosFormula 34,437
2,124🇦🇹 Clemens SchmidWEC4,436
2,125🇺🇸 Maxwell RootIMSA WeatherTech4,436
2,126🇷🇺 Nikolay MartsenkoFormula V8 3.54,436
2,127🇯🇵 Shinsuke ShibaharaSuper GT4,436
2,128🇯🇵 Takashi KobayashiSuper GT4,436
2,129🇺🇸 Scott MayerIMSA WeatherTech4,435
2,130🇯🇵 André CoutoLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia4,434
2,131🇺🇸 Mike MagillFormula 14,434
2,132🇯🇵 Shunsuke KounoSuper GT4,434
2,133🇺🇸 Johnny McDowellFormula 14,433
2,134🇨🇦 Misha GoikhbergIMSA WeatherTech4,433
2,135🇬🇧 Alex MartinBritish GT Championship4,430
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Maxwell Root is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA WeatherTech for Wright Motorsports. Root has recorded 1 win and 4 podiums from 23 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,436 ranks Root 2125th of 38,983 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
Porsche well represented by North American drivers in 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans[1]
PorscheSport
8 Jun 2022
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This race is the absolute highlight of the season[2]
PorscheSport
5 Jun 2022
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Wright Motorsports, Heylen and Porsche earn Michelin Pilot Challenge titles[3]
Porsche Newsroom
12 Nov 2021
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