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🇺🇸 Sam Schmidt
Racing driver from United States. IndyCar, Treadway Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Sam Schmidt
Born
15 August 1964(b. 1964)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Treadway Racing
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
4
Career starts
27
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,482
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,482Rank 623 of 40,700 indexed, -83 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Sam Schmidt is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar for Treadway Racing. Schmidt has recorded 1 win and 4 podiums from 27 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,482 ranks Schmidt 623th 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, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1999 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 1999-10-17 | Mall.com 500 | P22 | −107 |
| 1999-09-26 | Vegas.com 500 | P1 | +153 |
| 1999-08-29 | Colorado Indy 200 Presented by Deloitte & Touche | P5 | +107 |
| 1999-08-01 | MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 | P5 | +114 |
| 1999-07-17 | Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 Presented by MCI WorldCom | P22 | −85 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +170 | Las Vegas 500K 1998 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +157 | Radisson 200 1999 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +155 | Longhorn 500 Presented by MCI WorldCom 1999 | IndyCar | P3 |
| +153 | Vegas.com 500 1999 | IndyCar | P1 |
| +115 | Dura-Lube 200 1998 | IndyCar | P7 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ▸IndyCar | Treadway Racing | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | +365 | 5,565 |
| 1998 | ▸IndyCar | LP Racing | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +244 | 5,200 |
| 1997 | ▸IndyCar | LP Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +3,606 | 4,956 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Schmidt finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear | 5,665 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 33% |
| 🇸🇪 Kenny Bräck | 5,583 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverFIA Gold | 5,131 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier | 5,098 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37% |
| 🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton | 5,092 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 26% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark Dismore | 5,154 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 46% |
| 🇫🇷 Stéphane Grégoire | 5,380 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | 5,488 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Billy Boat | 5,208 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Jeff WardFIA Bronze | 5,334 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,497 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 17% |
| 🇮🇹 Vincenzo SospiriFIA Silver, 1× champion | 5,869 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇨🇱 Eliseo SalazarHigher-rated | 5,675 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 56% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 613 | 🇯🇵 Kamui Kobayashi | WEC | 5,492 |
| 614 | 🇺🇸 Sammy Smith | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,492 |
| 615 | 🇬🇧 James Calado | WEC | 5,491 |
| 616 | 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | IndyCar | 5,488 |
| 617 | 🇮🇹 Mika Salo | WEC | 5,487 |
| 618 | 🇫🇷 Franck Montagny | Formula E | 5,486 |
| 619 | 🇬🇧 Clément Novalak | European Le Mans Series | 5,485 |
| 620 | 🇦🇹 Charlie Wurz | Super Formula | 5,483 |
| 621 | 🇳🇱 Robert Doornbos | IndyCar | 5,483 |
| 622 | 🇨🇴 Julián Leal | GP2 Series | 5,482 |
| 623 | 🇺🇸 Sam Schmidt | IndyCar | 5,482 |
| 624 | 🇺🇸 Connor De Phillippi | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,481 |
| 625 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas Lapierre | WEC | 5,480 |
| 626 | 🇨🇦 Jacques Villeneuve | WEC | 5,477 |
| 627 | 🇬🇧 Stefan Johansson | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,477 |
| 628 | 🇩🇪 André Lotterer | WEC | 5,473 |
| 629 | 🇯🇵 Ronnie Quintarelli | Super GT | 5,468 |
| 630 | 🇮🇹 Alessio Lorandi | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,465 |
| 631 | 🇹🇷 Ayhancan Guven | WEC | 5,465 |
| 632 | 🇵🇱 Jakub Smiechowski | European Le Mans Series | 5,464 |
| 633 | 🇧🇷 Marcos Gueiros | International Formula 3000 | 5,464 |
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