Peter Atwater is a racing driver from United States who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for JTR Motorsports Engineering. Atwater has recorded 15 wins and 32 podiums from 136 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,759 ranks Atwater 10552th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-10-01 | Road Atlanta ND2 | P23 | −25 |
| 2026-09-20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC ND2 | P30 | −117 |
| 2026-09-19 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC ND2 | P20 | −13 |
| 2026-08-23 | Virginia International Raceway ND2 | P28 | −43 |
| 2026-08-22 | Virginia International Raceway ND2 | P29 | −56 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +163 | Road America 2025 | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | P1 |
| +160 | High Plains Raceway 2019 | NASA | P1 |
| +158 | Pikes Peak International Raceway 2019 | NASA | P1 |
| +142 | High Plains Raceway 2019 | NASA | P1 |
| +127 | Pueblo Motorsports Park 2019 | NASA | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −240 | 2,759 |
| 2025 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +186 | 2,999 |
| ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +153 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +432 | 2,660 |
| 2023 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +81 | 2,228 |
| ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P80 | −531 | ||
| ▸GT4 America | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +62 | ||
| 2022 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P100 | −7 | 2,616 |
| ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | JDX Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +103 | ||
| 2021 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P31 | −102 | 2,521 |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | JTR Motorsports Engineering | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | ↑1,341−371 | ||
| ▸SCCA Majors | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P70 | −417 | |||
| 2020 | ▸NASA | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P60 | +237 | 2,765 | |
| 2019 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P51 | +960 | 2,071 |
| 2018 | ▸NASA | Porsche Boxster | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P108 | −137 | 1,213 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jared ThomasFIA Silver | 4,261 | 54 | 7 | 47 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex BachouraFIA Bronze | 3,161 | 50 | 22 | 28 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Gresham WagnerFIA Silver | 3,285 | 48 | 12 | 36 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Daniel Williams | 2,646 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher | 4,098 | 45 | 10 | 35 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Woody Heimann | 2,559 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Nate CiceroFIA Silver | 4,135 | 38 | 7 | 31 | 18% |
| 🇺🇸 Aaron JeansonneFIA Silver | 4,721 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 19% |
| 🏳️ Danny Suter | 1,092 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 69% |
| 🇺🇸 Heather Hadley | 2,762 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Matthew PayneFIA Gold | 6,136 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Connor ZilischFIA Gold | 5,398 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 25% |
| 🇬🇧 Ian JamesFIA Gold | 4,734 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,542 | 🏳️ Brad Dubil | ARCA Menards Series | 2,759 |
| 10,543 | 🇺🇸 Brenna Schubert | World Racing League | 2,759 |
| 10,544 | 🇺🇸 CJ Moses | GT America | 2,759 |
| 10,545 | 🇺🇸 Grant Maiman | GT4 America | 2,759 |
| 10,546 | 🏳️ Han-Chen Chen | WEC | 2,759 |
| 10,547 | 🇺🇸 Isabella Abreu | French F4 | 2,759 |
| 10,548 | 🇨🇦 John Wilkins | BMW CCA Club Racing | 2,759 |
| 10,549 | 🏳️ Joshua Rehm | Star Mazda Championship | 2,759 |
| 10,550 | 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanperä | 24H Series | 2,759 |
| 10,551 | 🇬🇧 Matt Hamilton | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,759 |
| 10,552 | 🇺🇸 Peter Atwater | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 2,759 |
| 10,553 | 🏳️ Reid Garton | Zenith Racing Series | 2,759 |
| 10,554 | 🇺🇸 Scott Bradley | Star Mazda Championship | 2,759 |
| 10,555 | 🇳🇱 Dirk Waaijenberg | Road to Le Mans | 2,758 |
| 10,556 | 🇿🇦 Greg Mills | 24H Series | 2,758 |
| 10,557 | 🏳️ Harry Voigt | NASA | 2,758 |
| 10,558 | 🇺🇸 Joe D'Agostino | Star Mazda Championship | 2,758 |
| 10,559 | 🇩🇪 Marcel OOSENBRUGH | Road to Le Mans | 2,758 |
| 10,560 | 🇳🇿 Matthew Halliday | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 2,758 |
| 10,561 | 🇺🇸 Niki Coello | Star Mazda Championship | 2,758 |
| 10,562 | 🇦🇹 Wolfgang Payr | Prototype Winter Series | 2,758 |
Peter Atwater is an entry-level professional racing in national solo and shared-car championships in the United States, holding an FIA Bronze rating. He competes primarily for JTR Motorsports Engineering in the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he has made 55 starts since 2021, and races Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars in the Masters and Pro-Am classes of Porsche Carrera Cup NA. His longest and most successful series is NASA, where he has taken 14 wins and 25 podiums from 62 starts in German touring cars and spec Miatas across GTS2, GTS3 and Spec Miata classes since 2018.[1]
Atwater has accumulated 15 wins and 32 podiums from 136 starts over nine seasons. His win total is concentrated in NASA, where the bulk of his racing has been; his single Porsche Carrera Cup victory came in 2022 or 2023.[2]
Atwater's record against established professionals is sparse but includes five finishes ahead of Connor Zilisch, an established Gold-graded professional who has raced NASCAR at the national level and has 34 Mazda MX-5 Cup starts, and two finishes ahead of Matthew Payne, a Gold-graded professional with 99 Supercars Championship starts. He currently sits 30th in the 2026 Mazda MX-5 Cup standings with seven rounds run and more to come.