Michael McAleenan is a racing driver from United States who competes in SCCA Majors. McAleenan is a one-time champion (2024), with 11 wins and 21 podiums from 28 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,129 ranks McAleenan 7720th 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.
| 2025-10-04 | Road America GT1 | P3 | −5 |
| 2025-01-12 | Sebring International Raceway GT1 | P2 | +6 |
| 2025-01-11 | Sebring International Raceway GT1 | P2 | −12 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +170 | Sonoma Raceway 2015 | NASA | P1 |
| +140 | Laguna Seca 2015 | NASA | P1 |
| +126 | Laguna Seca 2015 | NASA | P1 |
| +119 | Laguna Seca 2015 | NASA | P1 |
| +106 | Sonoma Raceway 2015 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −6 | 3,129 | |
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −5 | |||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +15 | 3,141 | |
| ▸Trans-Am | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +47 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −359 | 3,078 | |
| 2022 | ▸NASA | RCR SLC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −109 | 3,437 |
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +8 | 3,547 | |
| 2019 | ▸NASA | BMW GTR | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +8 | 3,539 |
| 2018 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 GTR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +1 | 3,539 |
| 2017 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | Motorsport USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | ↑1,939−70 | 3,531 |
| 2015 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 GTR | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +311 | 1,661 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ David Pintaric | 3,135 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🏳️ Joseph Freda | 1,528 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Richard Grant | 999 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Mark Boden | 3,451 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Butson | 2,583 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony AveFIA Bronze | 2,387 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Adam Romito | 2,181 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Thomas Herb | 2,068 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Ann Doherty | 1,923 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Lewis | 1,456 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt PlumbFIA Silver, 1× champion | 3,902 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Brian TylerHigher-rated | 3,840 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul HoltonFIA Gold | 3,745 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,710 | 🇺🇸 Rick Beebe | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,131 |
| 7,711 | 🇬🇧 Shaun Lynn | 24H Series | 3,131 |
| 7,712 | 🇺🇸 Clair Zimmerman | ARCA Menards Series | 3,130 |
| 7,713 | 🇺🇸 Mark Littleton | ARCA Menards Series | 3,130 |
| 7,714 | 🇳🇱 Martin Krisam Jr. | FIA GT Championship | 3,130 |
| 7,715 | 🇺🇸 Wesley Slimp | NASCAR Truck | 3,130 |
| 7,716 | 🇺🇸 Austin Dodge | ChampCar Endurance Series | 3,129 |
| 7,717 | 🇺🇸 David Hamilton | Star Mazda Championship | 3,129 |
| 7,718 | 🇯🇵 Douglas Bolger | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,129 |
| 7,719 | 🇪🇸 Marta García | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,129 |
| 7,720 | 🇺🇸 Michael McAleenan | SCCA Majors | 3,129 |
| 7,721 | 🇨🇦 Sam Fellows | NASCAR Canada Series | 3,129 |
| 7,722 | 🇬🇧 Adam Topping | FIA GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,723 | 🇸🇦 Ahmed Bin-Khanen | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,128 |
| 7,724 | 🇵🇱 Borys Lyzen | Spanish F4 | 3,128 |
| 7,725 | 🇺🇸 Carlos Contreras | NASCAR Truck | 3,128 |
| 7,726 | 🇧🇪 Fanny Duchateau | FIA GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,727 | 🏳️ Jeff Gallup | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,128 |
| 7,728 | 🇺🇸 Joe Fields | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,128 |
| 7,729 | 🇬🇧 John SEALE | British GT Championship | 3,128 |
| 7,730 | 🇮🇹 Marco Pulcini | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,128 |
Michael McAleenan is an entry-level professional racing solo in national-level multiclass championships. He holds an FIA Bronze grading, which places him among amateur and gentleman drivers in sportscar racing. McAleenan races primarily for BMW in the SCCA Majors, where he competes across the GT1, GT2 and T1 classes, piloting tube-frame silhouette GT cars and high-performance production machinery.[1]
McAleenan has nine seasons of racing on record spanning 2015 to 2025, with 28 starts across SCCA Majors, NASA, IMSA Pilot Challenge, SCCA Runoffs and Trans-Am. His record stands at 11 wins and 21 podiums. He won the 2024 SCCA Majors championship. His most substantial experience lies in SCCA Majors, where he has taken 4 wins and 10 podiums from 15 starts, and NASA, where he scored 7 wins and 9 podiums from 10 starts racing Super Touring and Unlimited machinery for RCR SLC. He completed his first SCCA Runoffs start in 2025 with a podium finish and took a podium in Trans-Am in 2024.[2]
McAleenan races regularly against David Pintaric, the 2022 SCCA Majors GT1 champion, on closely matched terms. His record includes a victory over Matt Plumb, who won the 2024 IMSA Pilot Challenge GS championship from 79 starts in that series, and he finishes ahead of club-level regular Joseph Freda. The BMW he drives most often has fielded only two drivers in the indexed database, McAleenan being its strongest entry.