🇦🇺 Nathan Herne

Nathan Herne is a semi-professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 3,577, placing him in the competitive amateur to entry-level professional band. This means he races regularly against paid drivers and can win in his chosen series, though he competes in fields below the national championship front rank. Across six seasons from 2020 to 2025, Herne has made 29 starts in single-seater and touring car racing, scoring 7 podiums but no wins. His average finish of P11.1 places him solidly in the middle order of his grids. He remains active in 2025 Trans-Am TA2 competition.[1]

Herne has spent the bulk of his career in Trans-Am TA2, where he accumulated 2 podiums across 16 starts between 2020 and 2025. His other primary category was S5000 with Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2021 to 2023, where he scored 5 podiums in 13 starts, showing consistency in open-wheel racing against established professional opposition. His most frequent rivals in these series have been drivers of similar calibre; he holds a winning head-to-head record against Barry Boes and Tom Sheehan, both semi-professionals, but has struggled against stronger competition. Against Brent Crews, the 2023 Trans-Am TA2 champion, Herne finished ahead only 3 times in 15 races. However, he has recorded isolated strong results against drivers well above his rating, including four finishes ahead of Connor Zilisch, an FIA Gold graded professional and 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.

Herne has recently returned to Trans-Am TA2 racing with Dodge machinery and competed at Watkins Glen in 2026, where reports indicate he achieved a podium result despite challenging circumstances. His career trajectory shows consistent mid-field performance in competitive touring car and open-wheel fields, with occasional standout results against stronger opposition suggesting room for growth within his current categories.