Niki Byrne is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for Mazda Miata. Byrne has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 872 ranks Byrne 34450th of 40,700 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.
| 2018-05-20 | Sonoma Raceway PTE | P4 | +25 |
| 2018-05-19 | Sonoma Raceway PTE | P5 | −95 |
| 2018-04-15 | Thunderhill Raceway Park PTE | P3 | +69 |
| 2018-04-14 | Thunderhill Raceway Park PTE | P11 | −127 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +69 | Thunderhill Raceway Park 2018 | NASA | P3 |
| +25 | Sonoma Raceway 2018 | NASA | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −478 | 872 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Jonah Emerson | 1,257 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇮🇳 Jonathan Ng | 559 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Stephen McHenry | 400 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Michael Cummings | 806 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Tomas MejiaFIA Silver | 2,129 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Sunil PedapudiHigher-rated | 885 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34,440 | 🇺🇸 John Mueller | NASA | 872 |
| 34,441 | 🏳️ Joseph Hall | SCCA Regionals | 872 |
| 34,442 | 🇺🇸 Joshua Briggs | NASA | 872 |
| 34,443 | 🏳️ Kristina Esposita | NASA | 872 |
| 34,444 | 🇺🇸 Les Davis | BMW CCA Club Racing | 872 |
| 34,445 | 🏳️ Madilyn Knox | SCCA Regionals | 872 |
| 34,446 | 🇬🇧 Mark Dreyer | PCA Club Racing | 872 |
| 34,447 | 🏳️ Michael Parks | Velocity Invitational | 872 |
| 34,448 | 🏳️ Nevit Hughes | NASA | 872 |
| 34,449 | 🏳️ Nick Romano | SCCA Regionals | 872 |
| 34,450 | 🏳️ Niki Byrne | NASA | 872 |
| 34,451 | 🏳️ Richard D McLean | SCCA Regionals | 872 |
| 34,452 | 🏳️ Rick Luckett | SCCA Regionals | 872 |
| 34,453 | 🏳️ Robert (BRUCE) Wells IV | PCA Club Racing | 872 |
| 34,454 | 🏳️ Roy Korth | NASA | 872 |
| 34,455 | 🏳️ Thomas Giuliante | SCCA Regionals | 872 |
| 34,456 | 🏳️ Thor Gjerdum | NASA | 872 |
| 34,457 | 🏳️ Alan Sevadjian | SVRA | 871 |
| 34,458 | 🏳️ Bill Hingston | SCCA Regionals | 871 |
| 34,459 | 🏳️ C Scarlett | PCA Club Racing | 871 |
| 34,460 | 🏳️ Carlos Dominguez | PCA Club Racing | 871 |
Niki Byrne is a developing driver racing in NASA, a national multiclass sprint championship where fifteen classes of amateur and semi-professional competitors share the track. Byrne raced in the PTE class, piloting a Mazda Miata production-based street car.[1]
Byrne's indexed racing record spans a single season in 2018, when he started four times in NASA and finished eleventh in the championship standings. He took one podium across those four rounds.[2]
Byrne raced regularly against Jonah Emerson and Jonathan Ng, both developing drivers; he typically finished behind Emerson but was closely matched with Ng. Among the strongest drivers he encountered was Tomas Mejia, a competitive amateur with extensive NASA experience and FIA Silver grading, whom Byrne beat once.