Richard Kent is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Team GDT. Kent has recorded 3 wins and 5 podiums from 15 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,946 ranks Kent 3818th 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.
| 2010-03-26 | St. Petersburg | P8 | +28 |
| 2010-03-17 | Sebring International Raceway | P23 | −180 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +147 | Laguna Seca 2008 | Star Mazda Championship | P1 |
| +138 | Mosport 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | P1 |
| +127 | Sebring International Raceway 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | P2 |
| +123 | New Jersey Motorsports Park 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | P1 |
| +101 | Autobahn 2009 | Star Mazda Championship | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Team GDT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −151 | 4,142 |
| 2009 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Andersen Racing | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | P4 | +396 | 4,293 |
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Andersen Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P11 | +2,547 | 3,897 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Rusty Mitchell | 4,688 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 73% |
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,092 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Conor DalyFIA Gold | 5,440 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🇨🇦 David OstellaFIA Silver | 4,663 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64% |
| 🇳🇴 Anders KrohnFIA Bronze | 4,398 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57% |
| 🇻🇪 Jorge Goncalvez | 4,212 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% |
| 🇨🇦 Michael Furfari | 3,866 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% |
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA Bronze | 4,186 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Joel MillerFIA Gold | 3,671 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% |
| 🇺🇸 John Michael EdwardsHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,078 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇫🇷 Tristan VautierFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,011 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,808 | 🇫🇷 Thierry Stepec | FIA GT Championship | 3,948 |
| 3,809 | 🇺🇸 Cale Conley | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,947 |
| 3,810 | 🇮🇹 Federico Muggia | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,947 |
| 3,811 | 🇨🇭 Fredy Barth | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,947 |
| 3,812 | 🏳️ Gabriel Robe | Stock Car Pro Series | 3,947 |
| 3,813 | 🇲🇽 Jose Garfias | Formula 3 | 3,947 |
| 3,814 | 🇬🇧 Terrence Woodward | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,947 |
| 3,815 | 🇺🇸 Doug Bielefeld | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,946 |
| 3,816 | 🇬🇧 Guy Smith | European Le Mans Series | 3,946 |
| 3,817 | 🇺🇸 Matt Travis | GT4 America | 3,946 |
| 3,818 | 🇬🇧 Richard Kent | Star Mazda Championship | 3,946 |
| 3,819 | 🇬🇧 Ayrton Simmons | Euroformula Open | 3,945 |
| 3,820 | 🇩🇪 Matteo Quintarelli | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,945 |
| 3,821 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Mulcahy | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,945 |
| 3,822 | 🇯🇵 Yuichi Nakayama | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,945 |
| 3,823 | 🇫🇷 David Hallyday | WEC | 3,944 |
| 3,824 | 🇺🇸 Derek Lemke | NASCAR Truck | 3,944 |
| 3,825 | 🇯🇵 Hiroyuki Iiri | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,944 |
| 3,826 | 🇨🇳 Hong Li Ye | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,944 |
| 3,827 | 🇬🇧 Matthew Bell | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,944 |
| 3,828 | 🇬🇧 Michael Lyons | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,944 |
Richard Kent is a semi-professional driver who competed in the Star Mazda Championship across three seasons from 2008 to 2010, accumulating 15 starts with 3 wins and 5 podiums for Team GDT and Andersen Racing. His Racer Rating of 3,969 places him among semi-professional competitors; drivers at this level win in pro-am and one-make classes and run consistently in the mid-pack among full professionals. Kent's average finishing position of P8.3 reflects this standing, with a majority of his results coming in the top ten.[1]
Kent's competitive record shows a pattern of beating mid-tier professional drivers consistently. He finished ahead of Rusty Mitchell (4,378) in 11 of 15 shared races, Jorge Goncalvez (4,203) in 10 of 14, and Caio Lara (4,139) in 10 of 15. More notably, he took wins against stronger opposition on occasion; he finished ahead of Conor Daly, the 2010 Star Mazda champion rated at 5,858, on six occasions despite a 6–8 head-to-head deficit over 14 races, and he beat Mikaël Grenier (4,987) twice and Peter Dempsey (4,874) five times. His record against Daly suggests Kent was competitive with the series' elite but lacked the consistency to challenge them regularly.
Kent's career wound down through 2010; he scored no wins and no podiums in his final two rounds, finishing nineteenth overall that season, and has since retired from racing. His three seasons in a single-seater series represent a semi-professional tenure at the competitive amateur level.