Scott Smith is a racing driver from United States who competes in World Racing League for El Diablo Motorsports. Smith is a one-time champion (2026), with 21 wins and 61 podiums from 179 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,854 ranks Smith 18014th 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.
| 2026-10-18 | Sebring International Raceway GP1 | P4 | +102 |
| 2026-10-17 | Sebring International Raceway GP1 | P2 | +159 |
| 2026-09-27 | Utah Motorsports Campus GP1 | P5 | +5 |
| 2026-09-26 | Utah Motorsports Campus GP1 | P2 | +157 |
| 2026-08-29 | Watkins Glen International GP1 | P2 | +172 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +227 | Thunderhill Raceway Park 2026 | World Racing League | P1 |
| +173 | Barber Motorsports Park 2026 | World Racing League | P3 |
| +172 | Watkins Glen International 2026 | World Racing League | P2 |
| +169 | Laguna Seca 2017 | BMW CCA Club Racing | P1 |
| +159 | Sebring International Raceway 2026 | World Racing League | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸World Racing League | El Diablo Motorsports | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +1,069 | 1,854 |
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −120 | 785 | |
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −543 | 905 | |
| ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −105 | ||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | −424 | 1,552 | |
| ▸NASA | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +170 | |||
| 2022 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 37 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P46 | +1,137 | 1,806 |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | −679 | |||
| 2021 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P62 | −303 | 1,348 |
| 2020 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P31 | −47 | 1,631 |
| 2019 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P38 | −387 | 1,742 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Team Avia Sorg Rennsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −40 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport BMW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −5 | ||
| 2018 | ▸NASA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P60 | −140 | 1,657 | |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport BMW M235i | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | ↑674−70 | ||
| 2017 | ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | ↑124+190 | 1,665 | |
| 2016 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +64 | 1,351 |
| 2015 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | +20 | 1,485 |
| 2014 | ▸NASA | BMW M3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +595 | 1,287 |
| 2007 | ▸NASA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | +47 | 672 | |
| 2006 | ▸NASA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +79 | 625 | |
| 2005 | ▸NASA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −804 | 546 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Tony Senese | 634 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 95% |
| 🏳️ Adam Freire | 2,593 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 68% |
| 🏳️ Larry Marks | 643 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 68% |
| 🏳️ Brennan Stammer | 1,645 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 72% |
| 🏳️ Jared Higham | 1,776 | 37 | 13 | 24 | 35% |
| 🏳️ Stephen McHenry | 400 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 94% |
| 🏳️ Richard Lucquet | 626 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 94% |
| 🏳️ David Tooker | 2,005 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 42% |
| 🏳️ Jacob Franks | 1,104 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 94% |
| 🏳️ Brett Cox | 872 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 97% |
| 🇺🇸 Dean ThompsonHigher-rated | 4,856 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle KaiserFIA Gold, 1× champion | 4,808 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Trevor HuddlestonHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,609 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18,004 | 🇦🇷 Claudio Di Noto Rama | TC Mouras | 1,855 |
| 18,005 | 🏳️ Grant Dawlett | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,855 |
| 18,006 | 🏳️ Jans Köln | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,855 |
| 18,007 | 🏳️ Pflüger Luxemburg | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,855 |
| 18,008 | 🇮🇹 Bruno Barbaro | 24H Series | 1,854 |
| 18,009 | 🏳️ Damion Moses | NASA | 1,854 |
| 18,010 | 🇨🇭 Edy Kamm | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,854 |
| 18,011 | 🏳️ João Americo | Turismo Nacional | 1,854 |
| 18,012 | 🏳️ Paul Turner | NASA | 1,854 |
| 18,013 | 🇩🇪 Raphael Hundeborn | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,854 |
| 18,014 | 🇺🇸 Scott Smith | World Racing League | 1,854 |
| 18,015 | 🇩🇰 Steffan Jusjong | 24H Series | 1,854 |
| 18,016 | 🇺🇸 Andrew Strobert | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 1,853 |
| 18,017 | 🇺🇸 Austin Mitchell | SKUSA SuperNationals | 1,853 |
| 18,018 | 🏳️ Bora Bölch | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,853 |
| 18,019 | 🏳️ Cole Athey | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,852 |
| 18,020 | 🏳️ Daniel Zilz | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,852 |
| 18,021 | 🇮🇹 David Galliano | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,852 |
| 18,022 | 🏳️ Gerard Owen Callaghan | SCCA Regionals | 1,852 |
| 18,023 | 🏳️ Jim Tramontano | NASA | 1,852 |
| 18,024 | 🏳️ Kevin Wright | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,852 |
Scott Smith is a club-level driver racing primarily in NASA multiclass championships across two decades. His main machinery in NASA comprises American pony cars with limited modifications in the CMC class, German sports cars mostly BMWs and Porsches in GTS3, and spec BMW E30s in Spec E30; he also races for El Diablo Motorsports in the World Racing League, where he currently leads the championship standings through eight rounds of the 2026 season.[1]
Smith's record spans 179 starts from 2005 to the present, yielding 21 wins and 61 podiums. His longest tenure is in NASA, where 132 starts over two decades have produced 12 wins and 33 podiums; he won the SCCA Regionals championship in 2022 after taking 6 wins from 33 starts there, and claimed the NASA title in 2023. His current campaign in the World Racing League has brought 1 win and 5 podiums so far. He also raced European endurance championships; in 2018 and 2019 he competed in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie in a BMW one-make cup car, and started the Nürburgring 24 Hours once in 2019.[2]
Smith typically finishes ahead of regular opponents in his classes, including semi-professional and developing drivers with substantial national racing experience. His wins include one against Kyle Kaiser, a professional driver and 2017 Indy NXT champion with six IndyCar starts, and three against Dean Thompson, who has competed in NASCAR Truck, NASCAR Xfinity and the ARCA Menards Series. His performance in the 2026 World Racing League season has placed him atop the points standings with eight rounds still to run.