Nick Bruni is a racing driver who last raced in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for MEATHEAD Racing. Bruni has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,052 ranks Bruni 8229th of 40,200 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2016-09-29 | Road Atlanta ND1 | P9 | +77 |
| 2016-09-29 | Road Atlanta ND1 | P5 | +108 |
| 2016-08-28 | Virginia International Raceway ND1 | P30 | −148 |
| 2016-08-27 | Virginia International Raceway ND1 | P17 | +2 |
| 2016-07-10 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park ND1 | P11 | +61 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +108 | Road Atlanta 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P5 |
| +101 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P9 |
| +94 | Road America 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P8 |
| +77 | Road Atlanta 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P9 |
| +76 | Watkins Glen International 2016 | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | MEATHEAD Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +1,779 | 3,129 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold | 5,012 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Nikko RegerFIA Silver | 3,818 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Ashton HarrisonFIA Silver | 3,672 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Zachry LeeFIA Bronze | 3,266 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% |
| 🇦🇺 Chris Stone | 3,261 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Mark Drennan | 3,189 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 John DeanFIA Bronze | 3,182 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% |
| 🏳️ Hernan Palermo | 3,015 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Tom Martin III | 2,999 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% |
| 🏳️ Nathanial Sparks | 2,898 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🇺🇸 Mason FilippiFIA Silver | 3,978 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Kenny MurilloFIA Silver | 3,951 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,219 | 🇮🇹 Niki Sebastiani | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,054 |
| 8,220 | 🇬🇧 Toby Goodman | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,054 |
| 8,221 | 🇬🇧 Ben STONE | Le Mans Cup | 3,053 |
| 8,222 | 🇺🇸 Cavan O'Keefe | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,053 |
| 8,223 | 🇬🇧 Dave Coyne | International Formula 3000 | 3,053 |
| 8,224 | 🇯🇵 Jun Harada | FIA GT Championship | 3,053 |
| 8,225 | 🏳️ Peter Ensor | SCCA Majors | 3,053 |
| 8,226 | 🏳️ Sven Mller | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,053 |
| 8,227 | 🇺🇸 Casey Smith | NASCAR Truck | 3,052 |
| 8,228 | 🏳️ Mark Farmer | British GT Championship | 3,052 |
| 8,229 | 🏳️ Nick Bruni | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,052 |
| 8,230 | 🇨🇭 Bernard Santal | International Formula 3000 | 3,051 |
| 8,231 | 🏳️ Christian Hoagland | SCCA Majors | 3,051 |
| 8,232 | 🇨🇭 Iradj Alexander-David | 24H Series | 3,051 |
| 8,233 | 🇺🇸 John Geesbreght | GT4 America | 3,051 |
| 8,234 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Allen | SCCA Majors | 3,051 |
| 8,235 | 🇺🇸 Ramin Abdolvahabi | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,051 |
| 8,236 | 🇦🇺 Sebastien Amadio | S5000 | 3,051 |
| 8,237 | 🇫🇷 Walter Meloni | FIA GT Championship | 3,051 |
| 8,238 | 🇫🇷 Alexandre VIRON | Road to Le Mans | 3,050 |
| 8,239 | 🇸🇪 Edvin Hellsten | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,050 |
Nick Bruni is a semi-professional driver; his rating of 3,052 places him at the level of drivers who win in pro-am and one-make classes and compete mid-pack among full professionals. His recorded career spans a single season in 2016, comprising 12 starts in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for MEATHEAD Racing. He finished thirteenth in the final standings without recording a win or podium, averaging a sixteenth-place finish.[1]
Bruni's head-to-head record against his regular rivals was mixed. He finished ahead of multiple drivers rated above him, including FIA Gold graded Robby Foley twice in twelve encounters, and FIA Silver graded Mason Filippi and Nikko Reger multiple times. However, he was substantially outpaced by the strongest competitors in the field; Foley finished ahead of him in ten of their twelve races, and John Dean and Chris Stone similarly dominated their head-to-heads. His most competitive standing came against Ashton Harrison, Zachry Lee and Nathanial Sparks, against whom he held positive records, though these represented wins spread across the season rather than a consistent pattern of superiority.
Bruni has since retired from active racing. His single season in one-make competition placed him among semi-professional operators in a field that included graded professionals and former champions, but the arc of his 2016 campaign showed him outmatched by the series' front-running drivers.