🇲🇽 Rodrigo Vales

Rodrigo Vales is a Bronze-rated amateur endurance driver from Mexico with a Racer Rating of 2,704, placing him in the competitive amateur band; this denotes a driver quick enough to run consistently in club racing and at the entry level of professional fields, usually self-funded and racing against a mix of amateurs and professionals rather than solely among peers of equal strength. His career spans three seasons from 2022 to 2024 in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA series, where he accumulated 30 starts, 3 wins, and 10 podiums for TR3 Racing. He finished fourth on average across classified races and ended his most recent season, 2024, in second place in the championship after 10 rounds with 3 wins and 7 podiums.[1]

Vales operated in a field dominated by Bronze-graded amateurs. His head-to-head record against the most frequent rivals reflects a mid-pack position within that tier: he was evenly matched against Jon Hirshberg at 15 wins and 15 losses over 30 races, and he held a clear advantage over Raymond Davoudi and Tiger Tari. He struggled against Ofir Levy, a stronger amateur rated 3,149, finishing ahead only 9 times in 26 encounters. Notably, Vales occasionally beat drivers of substantially greater calibre; he took three wins apiece against Graham Doyle and Slade Stewart, both former one-time champions, and scored single victories against Blake McDonald and Naveen Rao, both professional-level Bronze drivers. These isolated results suggest competitive moments rather than consistent dominance of stronger competition.

Vales has since retired from active racing, concluding a three-year amateur career that saw him reach the podium in one third of his races and contend for the championship in his final season.