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🇺🇸 Sam Ard

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Xfinity. Two-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Sam Ard
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
NASCAR Xfinity
Status
Retired
Championships
21983, 1984
Career wins
22
Career podiums
54
Career starts
92
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,204
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
5,204
RANK 926 / 38,671 INDEXED · -1129 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Sam Ard is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity. Ard is a two-time champion (1983, 1984), with 22 wins and 54 podiums from 92 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,204 ranks Ard 926th of 38,671 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.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1984 form
LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
1984-10-20North CarolinaNASCAR XfinityP33−236
1984-10-13HickoryNASCAR XfinityP5−15
1984-10-06CharlotteNASCAR XfinityP3+21
1984-09-16North WilkesboroNASCAR XfinityP1+34
1984-09-08RichmondNASCAR XfinityP11−69
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1984▸NASCAR Xfinity28819070P1+2566,333
1983▸NASCAR Xfinity3510170250P1+7676,077
1982▸NASCAR Xfinity29418070P2+3,9605,310
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
MOST-RACED & STRONGEST-BEATEN · TIMES ARD FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Tommy Houston3,99392652771%
🇺🇸 Jack Ingram3,90592514155%
🇺🇸 Dale Arnold Jarrett4,43991712078%
🇺🇸 Tommy Ellis3,75977512666%
🇺🇸 Ronnie Silver4,2096962790%
🇺🇸 Bob Shreeves3,7536558789%
🇺🇸 Jeff Hensley4,0996360395%
🇺🇸 Jimmy Lawson3,9376358592%
🇺🇸 Eddie Falk3,7776054690%
🇺🇸 Charlie LuckFIA BRONZE4,4695751689%
RACED WHEEL-TO-WHEEL, NOT AS TEAM-MATES
On the leaderboard
GLOBAL RANK · 38,671 DRIVERS INDEXED
#DriverSeriesRating
916🇺🇸 Robby GordonNASCAR Xfinity5,213
917🇺🇸 Ryan TruexNASCAR Xfinity5,213
918🇨🇦 Alex TaglianiNASCAR Truck5,212
919🇩🇪 Mick SchumacherIndyCar5,212
920🇪🇸 Alfonso Garcia de VinuesaInternational Formula 30005,209
921🇺🇸 Billy BoatIndyCar5,208
922🇫🇷 Dominique DelestreInternational Formula 30005,208
923🇬🇧 Marino FranchittiIMSA WeatherTech5,208
924🇧🇷 Jaime MeloWEC5,207
925🇦🇺 Josh BurdonIMSA WeatherTech5,204
926🇺🇸 Sam ArdNASCAR Xfinity5,204
927🇧🇷 Rubens BarrichelloStock Car Pro Series5,203
928🇫🇷 David VelayFIA GT Championship5,200
929🇺🇸 Oliver AskewFormula E5,198
930🇺🇸 Corey DayNASCAR Xfinity5,197
931🇷🇺 Alexander Smolyar24H Series5,196
932🇺🇸 Parker RetzlaffNASCAR Xfinity5,196
933🇨🇦 Stéphane ProulxInternational Formula 30005,196
934🇺🇸 Jeremy ClarkeIMSA WeatherTech5,195
935🇸🇪 Peter OlssonInternational Formula 30005,195
936🇺🇸 Tom Kimber-SmithIMSA WeatherTech5,195
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Sam Ard is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity. Ard is a two-time champion (1983, 1984), with 22 wins and 54 podiums from 92 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,204 ranks Ard 926th of 38,671 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.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
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