Sean McAlister is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for CarBahn with Peregrine racing. McAlister has recorded 3 wins and 6 podiums from 61 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,110 ranks McAlister 3093th of 38,983 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.
| 2026-08-01 | Road America GS | P25 | −150 |
| 2026-07-11 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GS | P7 | +47 |
| 2026-06-27 | Watkins Glen International GS | P18 | −71 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course GS | P3 | +92 |
| 2026-05-02 | Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca GS | P13 | −16 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +159 | Tire Rack.com Battle On The Bricks 2024 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| +143 | Detroit Street Course 2023 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P4 |
| +132 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2024 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P4 |
| +126 | Watkins Glen International 2024 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P5 |
| +120 | Sebring International Raceway 2025 | IMSA Pilot Challenge | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | CarBahn with Peregrine racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −371 | 4,110 |
| 2025 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | CarBahn with Peregrine racing | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +433 | 4,481 |
| 2024 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | CarBAhn Motorsports | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +416 | 4,048 |
| 2023 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +322 | 3,632 |
| 2022 | ▸IMSA Pilot Challenge | HARDPOINT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −155 | 3,310 |
| 2021 | ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | JDX Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +2,115 | 3,465 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Matt PlumbFIA Silver | 4,041 | 46 | 22 | 24 | 48% |
| 🇺🇸 Gregory LiefoogheFIA Silver | 3,674 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Sean QuinlanFIA Bronze | 3,563 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Hugh PlumbFIA Bronze | 3,164 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 63% |
| 🇺🇸 Ted GiovanisFIA Bronze | 3,028 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 72% |
| 🇺🇸 Luca MarsFIA Silver | 4,402 | 44 | 19 | 25 | 43% |
| 🇬🇧 Stevan McAleerFIA Gold | 4,327 | 42 | 17 | 25 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Bob MichaelianFIA Bronze | 3,546 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold | 4,768 | 41 | 17 | 24 | 41% |
| 🇬🇧 Robin LiddellFIA Silver | 3,718 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Corey HeimFIA Silver, 3× champion | 6,417 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Bubba WallaceHigher-rated | 6,150 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Ross ChastainHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,946 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,083 | 🇫🇷 Pierre Ragues | WEC | 4,112 |
| 3,084 | 🇺🇸 Yuven Sundaramoorthy | Indy NXT | 4,112 |
| 3,085 | 🇮🇹 Gabrio Rosa | FIA GT Championship | 4,111 |
| 3,086 | 🇦🇹 Philipp Baron | 24H Series | 4,111 |
| 3,087 | 🇲🇽 Ricardo Sanchez | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,111 |
| 3,088 | 🇷🇺 Alexander Vartanyan | Formula Renault Eurocup | 4,110 |
| 3,089 | 🇫🇷 Axel Rohr | FIA GT Championship | 4,110 |
| 3,090 | 🇺🇸 Casey Roderick | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,110 |
| 3,091 | 🇵🇹 Guilherme Oliveira | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,110 |
| 3,092 | 🇬🇧 Nigel Smith | FIA GT Championship | 4,110 |
| 3,093 | 🇺🇸 Sean McAlister | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,110 |
| 3,094 | 🇺🇸 Billy Clark | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,109 |
| 3,095 | 🇺🇸 David Rogers | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,109 |
| 3,096 | 🇩🇪 Richie Stanaway | Supercars Championship | 4,109 |
| 3,097 | 🇮🇹 Riccardo Leone Cirelli | Prototype Cup Germany | 4,108 |
| 3,098 | 🇩🇪 Thorsten Drewes | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,108 |
| 3,099 | 🇮🇹 Andrea Cola | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,107 |
| 3,100 | 🇺🇸 Auggie Vidovich | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,107 |
| 3,101 | 🇩🇪 Julia Kuhn | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,107 |
| 3,102 | 🇫🇷 Julien Falchero | European Le Mans Series | 4,107 |
| 3,103 | 🇧🇪 Steve van Bellingen | 24H Series | 4,107 |
Sean McAlister is a semi-professional racing in a national pro-am multiclass endurance series and a national solo racing championship for professional and amateur drivers. In IMSA Pilot Challenge, he races a GT4-level Porsche for CarBahn with Peregrine racing, the team that has fielded him for the bulk of his career; he also raced in Porsche Carrera Cup NA in 2021, campaigning the 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup car for JDX Racing. His Racer Rating of 4,110 places him in the professional band, the level of a driver operating consistently among peers with serious credentials. He holds an FIA Silver grade, which sits below the full-professional Gold and Platinum grades and reflects a driver progressing in endurance and sportscar racing rather than an established veteran.[1]
Across six seasons from 2021 onward, McAlister has taken three wins and six podiums from 61 starts. In IMSA Pilot Challenge, where he has spent the majority of his career with 46 starts, he has scored all three wins and five of his six podiums. His 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup campaign netted a ninth-place points finish from the full season of 15 rounds. In endurance racing, he shares machinery and pit stops with teammates, a format that reflects the standing of his co-drivers and the team's competitiveness as much as his individual pace; the wins have come within a competitive but not championship-dominant operation.[2]
McAlister races regularly against a field that mixes amateur and semi-professional entrants with FIA Silver graded drivers. Among his most frequent opponents are Matt Plumb, the 2024 IMSA Pilot Challenge GS champion and an IMSA WeatherTech regular, and Gregory Liefooghe, an entry-level professional with over 90 starts in the series; he is closely matched with both. He has finished ahead of Corey Heim, an established professional and three-time NASCAR Truck champion, and Bubba Wallace, a 334-race Cup Series veteran.