Michael Kanisczak is a racing driver from United States who competes in GT4 America for Random Vandals Racing. Kanisczak has recorded 25 wins and 46 podiums from 79 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,401 ranks Kanisczak 14185th 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.
| 2025-11-14 | Road Atlanta Spec E46 | P12 | −64 |
| 2025-07-20 | Virginia International Raceway Am | P8 | −130 |
| 2025-07-19 | Virginia International Raceway Am | P4 | +39 |
| 2025-05-18 | Sebring International Raceway Am | P7 | −79 |
| 2025-05-17 | Sebring International Raceway Am | P7 | −89 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +153 | Watkins Glen International 2018 | American Endurance Racing | P2 |
| +145 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2016 | American Endurance Racing | P1 |
| +143 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2019 | NASA | P1 |
| +120 | Watkins Glen International 2018 | American Endurance Racing | P3 |
| +114 | Watkins Glen International 2020 | BMW CCA Club Racing | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸GT4 America | Random Vandals Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −340 | 2,401 |
| ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P53 | −64 | |||
| 2024 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −98 | 2,805 | |
| ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −128 | |||
| ▸NASA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | +131 | |||
| ▸GT4 America | Random Vandals Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +40 | ||
| 2023 | ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +11 | 2,860 | |
| ▸NASA | BMW 330ci | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +161 | ||
| 2022 | ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +33 | 2,688 | |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +213 | |||
| 2021 | ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +414 | 2,442 | |
| ▸NASA | BMW 330ci | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | −14 | ||
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | +45 | |||
| 2020 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +23 | 2,138 | |
| ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +213 | |||
| 2019 | ▸NASA | BMW 330ci | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +307 | 1,806 |
| ▸American Endurance Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −81 | |||
| 2018 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +216 | 1,453 | |
| 2017 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P41 | −162 | 1,534 | |
| 2016 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | ↑68−145 | 1,443 | |
| 2015 | ▸American Endurance Racing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +137 | 1,487 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ John Park | 2,661 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Jeff Bennett | 1,845 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 74% |
| 🏳️ Jesse Clark | 2,964 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 57% |
| 🏳️ Dan March | 2,458 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 81% |
| 🏳️ Sandro Espinosa | 2,637 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 61% |
| 🏳️ Greg Hartman | 2,066 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 89% |
| 🏳️ Amy Oldenburg | 999 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 83% |
| 🏳️ Mike Wittman | 879 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78% |
| 🏳️ Albert Pereida | 561 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 83% |
| 🏳️ Evan Levine | 3,115 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% |
| 🇲🇽 Daniel SuárezHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,249 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Kaz GralaFIA Silver | 4,701 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇨🇦 Misha GoikhbergFIA Bronze | 4,584 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,175 | 🇫🇷 Francois Riaux | 24H Series | 2,402 |
| 14,176 | 🇦🇺 Jack Clifford | GB4 | 2,402 |
| 14,177 | 🇩🇪 Michael Bonk | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,402 |
| 14,178 | 🇺🇸 Pat Daly | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 2,402 |
| 14,179 | 🏳️ Calle Bergmann | GT Winter Series | 2,401 |
| 14,180 | 🏳️ Constantin Laube | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,401 |
| 14,181 | 🇺🇸 Dan MAGNUSZEWSKI | Ferrari Challenge | 2,401 |
| 14,182 | 🇩🇰 Daniel Zefier | 24H Series | 2,401 |
| 14,183 | 🇨🇭 Guido Wirtz | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,401 |
| 14,184 | 🏳️ Josh Early | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,401 |
| 14,185 | 🇺🇸 Michael Kanisczak | GT4 America | 2,401 |
| 14,186 | 🇩🇰 Mik Henriksen | 24H Series | 2,401 |
| 14,187 | 🇩🇰 Morten Eriksen | 24H Series | 2,401 |
| 14,188 | 🇦🇷 Sergio Alaux | Turismo Carretera | 2,401 |
| 14,189 | 🏳️ Bob Lima | SVRA | 2,400 |
| 14,190 | 🇨🇦 Cole Medeiros | USF Juniors | 2,400 |
| 14,191 | 🇺🇸 Joe Ostolthoff | US F4 | 2,400 |
| 14,192 | 🏳️ Kevin Poitras | Radical Cup NA | 2,400 |
| 14,193 | 🇺🇸 Mark Issa | BMW CCA Club Racing | 2,400 |
| 14,194 | 🏳️ Michael Riccio | SCCA Majors | 2,400 |
| 14,195 | 🇩🇪 Tim-Florian Wahl | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,400 |
Michael Kanisczak is a competitive amateur racer competing across four national championships in the United States. He holds an FIA Bronze rating, the amateur grade for endurance and sportscar racing. He races in multiclass grids across American Endurance Racing, a two-country endurance championship; BMW CCA Club Racing, a national club racing series; NASA, a national multiclass series; and GT4 America, where he drives a GT4 car for Random Vandals Racing in its Am class.[1]
His career spans eleven seasons from 2015 to 2025, accumulating 79 starts across these series. His strongest record comes in BMW CCA Club Racing, where he has taken 13 wins and 19 podiums in 29 starts in the Spec E46 class. In NASA, racing the same spec BMW platform, he has won five of twelve starts with eleven podiums. American Endurance Racing has yielded seven wins and fourteen podiums across thirty starts in shared-driver endurance racing across Classes 2, 3 and 4. His most recent activity is GT4 America, where he has started eight times with two podiums in the Am class, racing alongside established professionals and semi-professional competitors.[2]
Kanisczak typically finishes ahead of semi-professional regular opponents such as John Park and Jeff Bennett, a BMW CCA Club Racing champion and prolific endurance driver. He has beaten professional drivers including Misha Goikhberg, an FIA Bronze professional, and Mike Skeen, a Silver-graded Trans-Am TA2 champion with extensive IMSA experience, on two separate occasions each.