Ryan Waldo is a racing driver who competes in NASA for Mazda Miata. Waldo has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 56 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,476 ranks Waldo 22055th of 40,700 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.
| 2026-08-23 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Spec Miata | P5 | +68 |
| 2026-08-23 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Spec Miata | P4 | +80 |
| 2026-08-22 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Spec Miata | P4 | +94 |
| 2026-04-19 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Spec Miata | P5 | +30 |
| 2026-04-19 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Spec Miata | P6 | −22 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +99 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2024 | NASA | P3 |
| +94 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2026 | NASA | P4 |
| +94 | NCM Motorsports Park 2022 | NASA | P7 |
| +89 | NCM Motorsports Park 2025 | NASA | P5 |
| +89 | NCM Motorsports Park 2022 | NASA | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P44 | +240 | 1,476 |
| 2025 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P54 | +345 | 1,236 |
| 2024 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P60 | +146 | 890 |
| 2023 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | −205 | 745 |
| 2022 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P104 | +25 | 950 |
| 2021 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P123 | −426 | 924 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 John AllenFIA Bronze | 2,442 | 49 | 6 | 43 | 12% |
| 🏳️ John Poppenhouse | 806 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Wyatt Wood | 2,290 | 40 | 3 | 37 | 8% |
| 🏳️ Christopher Finnigan | 2,548 | 38 | 3 | 35 | 8% |
| 🏳️ Travis Lee | 893 | 29 | 8 | 21 | 28% |
| 🏳️ Chris Schuster | 809 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 72% |
| 🏳️ Aryton Grim | 2,876 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Bruce Myrehn | 1,546 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Randy Summerville | 1,573 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Ryan Roberson | 2,688 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Nathan NicholsonHigher-rated | 3,566 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇺🇸 Kamden HibbittHigher-rated | 3,471 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22,045 | 🏳️ Tom Dalrymple | SCCA Regionals | 1,477 |
| 22,046 | 🏳️ C Gress | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,476 |
| 22,047 | 🇦🇺 David Campbell | American Endurance Racing | 1,476 |
| 22,048 | 🏳️ Erik Pylypchuk | World Racing League | 1,476 |
| 22,049 | 🏳️ Ethan Reeves | SCCA Regionals | 1,476 |
| 22,050 | 🏳️ Ike Nielsen | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,476 |
| 22,051 | 🏳️ James Hanrahan | American Endurance Racing | 1,476 |
| 22,052 | 🏳️ Jürgen Gerspacher | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,476 |
| 22,053 | 🏳️ Lawrence Hendrickso | SCCA Regionals | 1,476 |
| 22,054 | 🇳🇱 Peter Weijers Erik | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,476 |
| 22,055 | 🏳️ Ryan Waldo | NASA | 1,476 |
| 22,056 | 🏳️ S Chamoun | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,476 |
| 22,057 | 🇬🇧 Scott Lynn | American Endurance Racing | 1,476 |
| 22,058 | 🏳️ Alex Acosta | SCCA Regionals | 1,475 |
| 22,059 | 🏳️ Curt Kissinger | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,475 |
| 22,060 | 🏳️ Geon Son | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,475 |
| 22,061 | 🏳️ George Kissinger | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,475 |
| 22,062 | 🏳️ Helmut Friedrich | SCCA Regionals | 1,475 |
| 22,063 | 🏳️ Joel Torretti | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,475 |
| 22,064 | 🏳️ Kai Kording | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,475 |
| 22,065 | 🏳️ Mark Gobble | SVRA | 1,475 |
Ryan Waldo is a club-level driver racing in NASA, a national multiclass endurance championship where amateur and semi-professional entrants compete on the same grid across 15 classes. He drives a Mazda MX-5 Miata in the Spec Miata class, a single-seater formula where all cars run identical specification trim. His primary team fields the Miata; across the indexed record that organisation has run over 1,200 drivers, its strongest a established professional.[1]
Waldo has completed six indexed seasons from 2021 to 2026, accumulating 56 starts and two podiums. He currently sits 44th in the 2026 NASA championship standings with nine rounds raced so far; the season is still in progress.[2]
His regular competition includes John Allen, a competitive amateur with significant NASA experience who typically finishes ahead of him, and John Poppenhouse, a developing driver whom Waldo usually beats. Among semi-professional opposition, Waldo has finished ahead of Aryton Grim, a driver with 45 NASA starts and experience in SCCA national and regional competition, on four occasions, and has beaten Ryan Roberson, who has raced 118 NASA rounds, twice in their meetings.