🏳️ Sam Keller

Sam Keller is a competitive amateur racer with a Racer Rating of 1,199, placing him at the entry level of competitive driving where club racing meets professional fields. His entire career has been spent in American Endurance Racing across 12 seasons from 2015 to 2026, during which he has accumulated 14 wins and 60 podiums from 105 starts. His average finishing position of P3.9 reflects consistent performance in the midfield of his chosen series, and he remains active as of 2026 with a recent tally of one win and three podiums across six rounds.[1]

Keller has spent most of his career alongside semi-professional and established professional drivers. His most frequent rivals are Mike Dipillo and Matt Ivey, both three-time American Endurance Racing Class 4 champions rated significantly higher at 1,709 and 1,730 respectively; against Dipillo across 44 shared races Keller finished ahead 19 times but behind 25, and against Ivey the record stands at 18 ahead and 22 behind from 40 meetings. His head-to-head records against these multiple champions show a consistent deficit despite his steady pace. Keller has occasionally finished ahead of stronger drivers; he has beaten Jake Katznelson, a Class 4 champion rated 2,020, twice from 23 meetings, and has single-race wins over higher-rated professional competitors including Luca Mars (FIA Silver, IMSA Pilot Challenge champion, rated 4,453), Darius Trinka (FIA Bronze, rated 3,960), and Jaden Lander (FIA Silver, rated 3,633). These isolated results against professionals demonstrate occasional competitiveness at a level above his base rating, though they represent exceptions rather than patterns in a career otherwise defined by sustained competition against semi-professional rivals in his class.