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🇺🇸 Michele Abbate

Racing driver from United States. World Racing League, AE Victory Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Michele Abbate
Born
9 March 1988(b. 1988)
Nationality
United States
Current team
AE Victory Racing
Series
World Racing League
Status
Active
Career wins
2
Career podiums
2
Career starts
33
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
3,071
Michele Abbate
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,071
Rank 7960 of 38,983 indexed, +248 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Michele Abbate is a racing driver from United States who competes in World Racing League for AE Victory Racing. Abbate has recorded 2 wins and 2 podiums from 33 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,071 ranks Abbate 7960th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-26Road Atlanta GTOWorld Racing LeagueP1+119
2026-07-25Road Atlanta GTOWorld Racing LeagueP1+129
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+129Road Atlanta 2026World Racing LeagueP1
+119Road Atlanta 2026World Racing LeagueP1
+64TA2 2024Trans-Am TA2P10
+61Trans-Am R10 2023Trans-Am TA2P13
+36Watkins Glen International 2022Trans-Am TA2P18
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸World Racing LeagueAE Victory Racing222000—+2483,071
2024▸Trans-Am TA2500000P25−1572,823
2023▸Trans-Am TA21100000P25−3412,980
2022▸Trans-Am TA21000000P23−4153,321
2021▸NASCAR Truck100000P34↑825−333,736
▸Trans-Am TA2100000P19−114
2020▸Trans-Am TA2200000P21−33,736
2019▸Trans-Am TA2100000P23+1,7013,051
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Abbate finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🏳️ Barry Boes3,2003092130%
🇧🇷 Rafa Matos3,4932942514%
🇺🇸 Thomas MerrillFIA Silver3,3232952417%
🏳️ Adrian Wlostowski3,80728101836%
🏳️ Tom Sheehan2,87228111739%
🏳️ Keith Prociuk3,2942561924%
🇺🇸 Doug PetersonFIA Bronze2,0372491538%
🇺🇸 Brent CrewsFIA Silver5,311231224%
🏳️ Darin Mock3,4172361726%
🏳️ Ty Young2,0322315865%
🇲🇽 Daniel SuarezHigher-rated, 1× champion6,260110100%
🇺🇸 Carson KvapilHigher-rated5,84542250%
🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold, 2× champion5,5192171433%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
7,950🇺🇸 Buddy ShepherdARCA Menards West3,072
7,951🇮🇹 Claudio AntonioliInternational Formula 30003,072
7,952🇮🇹 Emanuele Maria TabacchiFerrari Challenge3,072
7,953🇬🇧 Robert GreenwoodLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe3,072
7,954🇺🇸 Alex FiggeIndyCar3,071
7,955🇺🇸 Cary BrenInternational Formula 30003,071
7,956🇮🇹 Flavio OlivieriSpanish F43,071
7,957🇪🇸 Francesc GutiérrezNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,071
7,958🇨🇱 Juan Carlos CarbonellIndyCar3,071
7,959🇺🇸 Matt MerrellNASCAR Truck3,071
7,960🇺🇸 Michele AbbateWorld Racing League3,071
7,961🇯🇵 Tadao UematsuSuper GT3,071
7,962🇦🇷 Teo SchroppItalian F43,071
7,963🇬🇧 Freddie TomlinsonGT4 America3,070
7,964🇩🇪 Janis WaldowNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,070
7,965🇬🇧 Jordan OakesFormula Renault Eurocup3,070
7,966🇦🇷 Juan Tomás Catalán MagniTurismo Carretera3,070
7,967🇫🇷 Michel MhitarianFIA GT Championship3,070
7,968🇺🇸 Nick DrakeNASCAR Truck3,070
7,969🇬🇧 Piers HickinGB33,070
7,970🇬🇧 Piers Johnson24H Series3,070
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Michele Abbate is an entry-level professional competing in multiple national American racing series. She races a TA2 tube-frame V8 silhouette car in Trans-Am, where she has been a regular since 2019, and has recently joined AE Victory Racing in the World Racing League's GTO class, which competes in multiclass endurance racing in shared GT4-class cars.[1]

Her first indexed wins came in 2026 in the World Racing League, where she has taken both available podiums so far this season in a shared car; that series is still in progress. She also made a single NASCAR Truck start in 2021. Her record against established professionals includes finishes ahead of Daniel Suarez, a former NASCAR Xfinity champion with extensive NASCAR Cup Series experience, and Carson Kvapil, an Xfinity-level driver.[2]

In Trans-Am, Abbate regularly faces Barry Boes and Rafa Matos, both entry-level professionals; Boes is a two-time SCCA Majors champion, and Matos is the 2021 Trans-Am TA2 champion with 68 starts in the series and prior experience in IndyCar. She typically finishes behind both drivers. Her current success in the World Racing League has come in a competitive team, AE Victory Racing, which has fielded multiple drivers at semi-professional and entry-level professional level.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
WRL: Hayes, Abbate, Carter and Mott secure dominant win for AE Victory Racing at Daytona 14-hour race[1]
racers-behindthehelmet.com
9 Jun 2026
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Mission complete with Michele’s first rally[2]
DirtFish
5 Oct 2025
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Race ace Michele Abbate ready for her rally debut with DirtFish[3]
DirtFish
3 Sep 2025
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