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🇺🇸 Nathan Byrd

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Xfinity. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Nathan Byrd
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
NASCAR Xfinity
Status
Active
Championships
12023
Career wins
25
Career podiums
44
Career starts
90
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
3,326
Nathan Byrd
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,326
Rank 6495 of 38,983 indexed, -114 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Nathan Byrd is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Xfinity. Byrd is a one-time champion (2023), with 25 wins and 44 podiums from 90 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,326 ranks Byrd 6495th 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
2026-08-08NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at IowaNASCAR XfinityP25+38
2026-07-25NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at IndianapolisNASCAR XfinityP31−1
2026-06-21Indy SVRASVRAP1+10
2026-06-20Indy SVRASVRAP1+9
2026-06-20Indy SVRASVRAP1+9
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+175COTA 2022International GTP1
+132Watkins Glen 2022International GTP1
+122NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Rockingham 2026NASCAR XfinityP16
+116Sebring 2022International GTP2
+100Sebring 2020Lucas Oil Formula Car Race SeriesP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Mid-Ohio5 starts+13
Sebring10 starts+10
Watkins Glen5 starts+4
Struggles
Road America4 starts-14
SVRA5 starts-3
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸NASCAR Xfinity900000P29+2583,326
▸SVRA666000—+41
▸SCCA Majors301100P17−413
2025▸NASCAR Truck1500000P35−1513,440
▸SCCA Majors200000P29−288
▸SVRA100000—−92
2024▸SVRA413000—−533,970
▸NASCAR Truck300000P35−100
▸NASCAR Xfinity300000P41↑877−77
2023▸International GT201318000P1+3273,323
▸Trans-Am313000P3−121
2022▸International GT727000P6↑136+6523,117
▸SCCA Majors222000P2+171
2021▸American Endurance Racing202000P25+942,159
2020▸Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series1002000P8+7152,065
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Byrd finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Rajah Caruth5,102271264%
🇺🇸 Chandler Smith4,9712051525%
🇺🇸 Corey HeimFIA Silver6,417191185%
🇺🇸 Connor Mosack4,8031931616%
🏳️ Robert Wisen2,0231918195%
🇺🇸 Layne Riggs5,8801821611%
🇺🇸 Kaden Honeycutt5,6711821611%
🇺🇸 Brandon Jones5,6571851328%
🇺🇸 Ty Majeski5,2541821611%
🇺🇸 Corey Day4,9321851328%
🇺🇸 Carson HocevarHigher-rated6,01141325%
🇺🇸 Carson KvapilHigher-rated5,845101910%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
6,485🇺🇸 Lonnie PechnikInternational GT3,328
6,486🇮🇹 Alessio RuffiniGT Winter Series3,327
6,493🇧🇷 Álvaro ChoFormula Regional European3,327
6,487🇫🇷 Frédéric Schmit24H Series3,327
6,488🇺🇸 John SalernoSCCA Majors3,327
6,489🇩🇪 Jörg ViebahnNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,327
6,490🇩🇪 Nick HanckeNürburgring 24 Hours3,327
6,491🇬🇧 Riki ChristodoulouNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,327
6,492🇧🇪 Tom Boonen24H Series3,327
6,494🏳️ Andrew ChapmanARCA Menards West3,326
6,495🇺🇸 Nathan ByrdNASCAR Xfinity3,326
6,496🇫🇷 Philippe HaezebrouckAsian Le Mans Series3,326
6,497🇨🇴 Sebastian MorenoLe Mans Cup3,326
6,498🇺🇸 Danny BenderTrans-Am TA23,325
6,499🇬🇧 Ed McdermottBritish GT Championship3,325
6,500🇮🇹 Ettore BonaldiFIA GT Championship3,325
6,501🇲🇽 Joel CortesGT America3,325
6,502🏳️ Stef DusseldorfNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,325
6,503🇬🇧 Andrew BakerLe Mans Cup3,324
6,504🇺🇸 Carter FartuchNASCAR Truck3,324
6,505🏳️ Claude BOVETLe Mans Cup3,324
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Nathan Byrd is a semi-professional stock car racer competing part-time in NASCAR's regional and national series. FIA Silver graded for endurance competition, he drives the No. 42 Chevrolet for Young's Motorsports in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, his primary ride in 2026. His career began in formula cars in 2020 and has since spanned seven seasons across multiple disciplines including international GT racing, NASCAR oval and road-course competition, and vintage-era sports cars.[1]

Byrd made his strongest impact in International GT, posting 15 wins and 25 podiums across 27 starts in 2022 and 2023 while racing 3.8 and 4.0-litre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars in a multiclass field mixing amateurs with graded professionals. He won the 2023 International GT championship. His stock car racing has yielded varied results; he finished third in the 2023 Trans-Am championship with one win and three podiums from three starts, and has taken seven wins from 11 SVRA starts in vintage racing. His NASCAR tenure across Truck and Xfinity series from 2024 onward accounts for 30 starts with no wins. Early racing in 2020 Lucas Oil Formula Car series yielded two podiums from ten starts.[2]

Byrd typically finishes behind established professionals he meets regularly in NASCAR; he ran more often than not behind Rajah Caruth, an established professional with extensive Truck and Xfinity miles, and Chandler Smith, the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity champion. He has beaten stronger drivers occasionally, including Corey Heim, a three-time NASCAR Truck champion and FIA Silver graded professional, and Carson Hocevar, an established professional with over 100 NASCAR Cup starts. The strength of his International GT record stands apart from his oval-track results, where his standing against the field has remained lower.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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