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 3,143 ranks Witherspoon 7620th 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.
| 2002-10-11 | Road Atlanta | P33 | −112 |
| 2002-07-06 | Road America | P21 | −68 |
| 2002-03-15 | Sebring International Raceway | P22 | +2 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +2 | Sebring International Raceway 2002 | Star Mazda Championship | P22 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +1,793 | 3,143 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Guy CosmoFIA Gold | 3,917 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Justin Pruskowski | 3,907 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇳🇴 John Olsen | 3,827 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ John Mefford | 3,825 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Joe Pruskowski | 3,814 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Nastasi | 3,730 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 John Faulkner | 3,696 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Moses Smith | 3,564 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Aaron Ogus | 3,476 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Rob WalkerFIA Bronze | 3,457 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Ian HendersonHigher-rated | 3,985 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SpeedFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 3,926 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,610 | 🇨🇭 Jean-Luc D'Auria | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,144 |
| 7,611 | 🇺🇸 Jimmy Poovey | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,144 |
| 7,612 | 🇫🇷 Julien Gilbert | FIA GT Championship | 3,144 |
| 7,613 | 🇲🇴 Kam San Lam | World Touring Car Championship | 3,144 |
| 7,614 | 🏳️ Mohammed Bin Saud Al Saud | 24H Series | 3,144 |
| 7,615 | 🇫🇷 Philippe Alméras | FIA GT Championship | 3,144 |
| 7,616 | 🏳️ Phill Fogg Sr. | Star Mazda Championship | 3,144 |
| 7,617 | 🇯🇵 Toshihiro Arai | World Touring Car Championship | 3,144 |
| 7,618 | 🇨🇭 Dave Cox | American Endurance Racing | 3,143 |
| 7,619 | 🇬🇧 Louise Richardson | British F4 | 3,143 |
| 7,620 | 🏳️ Pat Witherspoon | Star Mazda Championship | 3,143 |
| 7,621 | 🇺🇸 Ricky Vanadore | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,143 |
| 7,622 | 🇧🇪 Alain Corbisier | FIA GT Championship | 3,142 |
| 7,623 | 🇺🇸 Bob Brunell | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,142 |
| 7,624 | 🇫🇷 Dominique Nury | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,142 |
| 7,625 | 🇺🇸 Don Browning | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,142 |
| 7,626 | 🏳️ Gavin Gleitsman | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,142 |
| 7,627 | 🇷🇺 Mikhail Mityaev | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,142 |
| 7,628 | 🇺🇸 Pat Davison | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,142 |
| 7,629 | 🇦🇪 Saif Alameri | 24H Series | 3,142 |
| 7,630 | 🇲🇴 Ao Chi Hong | World Touring Car Championship | 3,141 |
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.