🇺🇸 Ryan Phinny

Racing driver from United States. IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports.

Driver facts

Full name

Ryan Phinny

Born

31 October 1989(b. 1989)

Nationality

United States

Current team

Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports

Series

IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

2,236

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

2,236

RANK 4689 / 12,285 INDEXED · +0 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Silver

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

Ryan Phinny is an American racing driver from Los Angeles, California, who competed in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge behind the wheel of the No. 51 Ligier LMP3 for Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports. Across his career in the series, Phinny made 19 starts without recording a win, podium, or championship, and his current Racer Rating of 2,236 places him 4689th among active drivers on the scale, well below the elite tier occupied by the world's top competitors.[1]

Phinny's status in the database is now listed as retired. His most recent season on record, 2026, showed a single round contested with no wins or podiums, leaving him 74th in the standings for that campaign. Over the course of his time in the SportsCar Challenge, he remained a steady presence within the Rick Ware Racing and Ave Motorsports program, closing out his documented career without a series title, race victory, or podium finish to his name.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Ryan Phinny is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge for Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports. Phinny has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 19 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,236 ranks Phinny 4689th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2024 form

LAST 19 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 2H AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2024	IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge	Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	8	P4	+202	2,236
2023	Trans-Am TA2	Rick Ware Racing with Ave Motorsports	1	P74	−173	2,034
2022	Indy NXT	Abel Motorsports	4	P15	−43	2,207
2014	Indy NXT	Belardi Auto Racing	5	P15	−159	2,250
2011	Indy NXT	Brooks Associates Racing	1	P18	−90	2,410

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES PHINNY FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Matthew Brabham	3,991	9	1	8	11%
🇺🇸 Steven Aghakhani	2,946	8	1	7	13%
🇺🇸 Jagger Jones	2,187	8	1	7	13%
🇺🇸 Brian Thienes	1,807	8	5	3	63%
🇺🇸 Alex Kirby	2,218	7	5	2	71%
🏳️ Juan Pablo Garcia	2,631	6	1	5	17%
🇨🇦 Jonathan Woolridge	2,431	6	4	2	67%
🏳️ Miguel Villagomez	1,856	6	3	3	50%
🇺🇸 Jordan Menzin	1,235	6	6	0	100%
🇬🇧 Jack Harvey	4,496	5	0	5	0%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia