Nathan Nicholson is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for Advanced Autosports. Nicholson has recorded 7 wins and 22 podiums from 73 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,838 ranks Nicholson 4273th 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.
| 2026-07-18 | NASCAR Truck Series at North Wilkesboro | P34 | −75 |
| 2026-06-19 | NASCAR Cup Series at San Diego | P28 | −41 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P7 | +25 |
| 2026-06-06 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P9 | +9 |
| 2026-05-08 | NASCAR Truck Series at Watkins Glen | P20 | +38 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +142 | NCM Motorsports Park 2022 | NASA | P2 |
| +130 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2022 | NASA | P1 |
| +129 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2024 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P2 |
| +121 | Carolina Motorsports Park 2023 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +118 | Road America 2023 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Advanced Autosports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +56 | 3,838 |
| ▸NASCAR Truck | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | ↑421−173 | |||
| 2025 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Mazda | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +384 | 3,534 |
| 2024 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Advanced Autosport?s | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +171 | 3,151 |
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | ↑688+103 | 2,980 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −108 | |||
| ▸Spec MX-5 Challenge | Unassigned | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +144 | ||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −35 | |||
| 2022 | ▸NASA | mazda miata | 20 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +837 | 2,187 |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | +21 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Westin WorkmanFIA Silver | 4,318 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 45% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher | 3,810 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 37% |
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver | 4,024 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 32% |
| 🇺🇸 Parker Delong | 3,366 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 74% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA Bronze | 3,171 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 77% |
| 🇺🇸 Gresham WagnerFIA Silver | 3,919 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 37% |
| 🇺🇸 Sally Mott | 3,167 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 69% |
| 🇺🇸 Grant West | 3,123 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 83% |
| 🇺🇸 Christian Hodneland | 2,558 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 79% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,458 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Carson HocevarHigher-rated | 6,011 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Ross ChastainHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,946 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Jamie McMurrayFIA Gold | 5,928 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,263 | 🇸🇲 Stefano Valli | World Touring Car Championship | 3,839 |
| 4,264 | 🇺🇸 Tony Hirschman | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,839 |
| 4,265 | 🇦🇺 Wayne Boyd | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,839 |
| 4,266 | 🇺🇸 Dale Shaw | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,838 |
| 4,267 | 🇦🇹 Horst Felbermayr | European Le Mans Series | 3,838 |
| 4,268 | 🇺🇸 John Fitch | Formula 1 | 3,838 |
| 4,269 | 🇨🇦 Justin Di Benedetto | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 3,838 |
| 4,270 | 🇺🇸 Kelly Moore | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,838 |
| 4,271 | 🇬🇧 Leslie Marr | Formula 1 | 3,838 |
| 4,272 | 🇺🇸 Michael de Quesada | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,838 |
| 4,273 | 🇺🇸 Nathan Nicholson | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,838 |
| 4,274 | 🇺🇸 Stuart Kirby | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,838 |
| 4,275 | 🇺🇸 Corey Lewis | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,837 |
| 4,276 | 🇲🇴 Filipe Souza | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,837 |
| 4,277 | 🇺🇸 Scott Lagasse | SCCA Majors | 3,837 |
| 4,278 | 🇿🇦 Sisa Ngebulana | GB3 | 3,837 |
| 4,279 | 🇦🇺 Jake Kostecki | Supercars Championship | 3,836 |
| 4,280 | 🇸🇪 Robin Knutsson | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,836 |
| 4,281 | 🇿🇦 Sebastian Lanzetti | GB3 | 3,836 |
| 4,282 | 🇲🇽 Antonio Pérez | Stock Car Pro Series | 3,835 |
| 4,283 | 🇳🇴 Marius Nakken | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,835 |
Nathan Nicholson is an entry-level professional racing in national amateur-to-professional fields across multiple series. He drives the No. 56 Mazda MX-5 for Advanced Autosports in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup and the No. 76 Chevrolet for Freedom Racing Enterprises in the NASCAR Truck Series. His rating of 3,840 places him among competitors establishing themselves at the professional threshold.[1]
His record spans five seasons from 2022 onward, built primarily in spec Mazda racing. In 2022, his first indexed season, Nicholson took four wins and twelve podiums across twenty NASA Spec Miata starts, establishing himself quickly in that class. He has since raced SCCA competition at regional and major levels, winning twice in SCCA Majors and once in the Spec MX-5 Challenge. From 2024 onward his activity has centred on the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup with Advanced Autosports, where he has recorded five podiums in thirty-five starts. In 2026 he began NASCAR Truck Series competition for Freedom Racing Enterprises, running four races to date including road and oval courses.[2]
Nicholson's regular opponents in the Mazda MX-5 Cup include Westin Workman, a professional and FIA Silver graded driver who won the 2025 TGRNA GR Cup North America Am championship, and Jeremy Fletcher, the 2025 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup ND2 champion; he runs closely matched with both. In his limited truck series outings he has shared the field with established professionals including Carson Hocevar and Ross Chastain, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series champion; he has finished ahead of both, though in single instances among his four races to date.