🇺🇸 Paul Patrick

Paul Patrick competed in club-level racing between 2013 and 2019, primarily in NASA series events piloting a BMW 325i. His record of 3 wins and 18 podiums across 86 starts places him at the competitive amateur level; his Racer Rating of 1,557 reflects a driver who won consistently within club racing but did not progress to professional categories. His average finishing position of 7.2 shows typical mid-field competitiveness in the fields he entered.[1]

Patrick's head-to-head record against his regular rivals tells a clear story. He finished ahead of Robert Grace, a four-time NASA Spec E30 champion, in two races; he beat Sandro Espinosa, a three-time NASA Spec E30 champion and NASA Spec E46 title holder, nine times across 52 shared races, though Espinosa finished ahead of him 43 times. More significantly, Patrick struggled against several competitors at his own level and below. He finished behind Scott Gress, a much weaker driver, in 12 of 53 shared races while beating him 41 times; against Richard Cofer and Colin Fabeny, both marginally stronger amateur racers, he had losing records of 5-25 and 6-28 respectively. These patterns show a competitive club racer who occasionally exceeded expectations against stronger company but more typically finished in the mid-pack of amateur fields.[2]

His sole outing in American Endurance Racing in 2016 produced no classified result. Patrick retired from competition after 2019, his final two NASA rounds yielding no points.