Pat Witherspoon is a racing driver who last raced in Star Mazda Championship. Witherspoon has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,141 ranks Witherspoon 5012th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2002-10-11 | Road Atlanta | P33 | −114 |
| 2002-07-06 | Road America | P21 | −69 |
| 2002-03-15 | Sebring | P22 | +1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | −181 | 3,141 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Moses Smith | 4,251 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Justin Pruskowski | 3,915 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ John Olsen | 3,834 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ John Mefford | 3,828 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Joe Pruskowski | 3,816 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Guy CosmoFIA GOLD | 3,814 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Scott Kusy | 3,809 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Nastasi | 3,745 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 John Faulkner | 3,647 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Aaron Ogus | 3,454 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SpeedFIA PLATINUM · 1× CHAMPION | 6,742 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Pierre EhretFIA BRONZE | 3,990 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,002 | 🇦🇺 Jayden Kelly | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,144 |
| 5,003 | 🇫🇷 Michael Meadows | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,144 |
| 5,004 | 🇹🇭 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | WEC | 3,144 |
| 5,005 | 🇨🇭 Chiara Bättig | British F4 | 3,143 |
| 5,006 | 🇮🇳 Mahaveer Raghunathan | Formula 2 | 3,142 |
| 5,007 | 🏳️ Nick Shaeffer | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,142 |
| 5,008 | 🇬🇧 Scott Malvern | British GT Championship | 3,142 |
| 5,009 | 🏳️ Thomas Bernacki | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,142 |
| 5,010 | 🇳🇱 Christiaan Frankenhout | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,141 |
| 5,011 | 🇺🇸 Hunter Yeany | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,141 |
| 5,012 | 🏳️ Pat Witherspoon | Star Mazda Championship | 3,141 |
| 5,013 | 🇬🇪 Alexander Abkhazava | Formula Regional European | 3,140 |
| 5,014 | 🇫🇷 Clément Seyler | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,140 |
| 5,015 | 🇳🇿 René Heremana Malmezac | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,140 |
| 5,016 | 🇹🇭 Carl Bennett | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,139 |
| 5,017 | 🇮🇹 Johannes Zelger | WEC | 3,139 |
| 5,018 | 🇩🇪 Naomi Schiff | W Series | 3,139 |
| 5,019 | 🇸🇰 Richard Gonda | GP3 Series | 3,139 |
| 5,020 | 🇬🇧 Max Coates | BTCC | 3,138 |
| 5,021 | 🇫🇷 Paul Alberto | French F4 | 3,138 |
| 5,022 | 🏳️ Pedro Hiltbrand | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,138 |
Pat Witherspoon competed in a single season of professional open-wheel racing in 2002, entering three rounds of the Star Mazda Championship but failing to score points or podium finishes. Witherspoon's Racer Rating of 3,141 places them in the lower half of a competitive national-level field. The driver finished on average in 25th position across classified starts, demonstrating a significant gap to the front of the grid.[1]
Witherspoon's three races in the Star Mazda Championship put them consistently at a disadvantage against the field. In a tight three-driver sample, Witherspoon lost their head-to-head record against Moses Smith, a former champion, and FIA Gold-graded Guy Cosmo, finishing behind each driver in all three shared races. Against Justin Pruskowski and Joe Pruskowski, Witherspoon managed one finish ahead in three meetings with each rival, while John Olsen proved slightly more manageable with two finishes ahead across three races. Most notably, Witherspoon finished ahead of Scott Speed once, a Platinum-graded multiple-race winner, though this stands as an isolated result rather than a pattern of competitive parity with that class of driver. The 2002 season marked the extent of Witherspoon's motorsport record on file.