🏳️ Sebastian Mateo Naranjo

Sebastian Mateo Naranjo is a competitive amateur racing at club and regional level in single-seater competition. His Racer Rating of 2,637 places him in the competitive amateur band, meaning he competes at the front of club racing and regional events against a mix of quick amateurs and some professionals, though typically not the established professionals who dominate national championships. Across three seasons from 2024 to 2026, Naranjo has made three starts in SCCA series, recording two podium finishes and an average finishing position of P10.7.[1]

Naranjo's results show occasional success against drivers rated in the professional and semi-professional bands. He has beaten Jonathan Kotyk, the 2025 SCCA Majors FF champion and a driver rated substantially higher, once; he has also finished ahead of semi-professional competitors including Theodore Burns, Nathan Down, and Calvin Kautz on single occasions. However, these remain isolated results rather than a sustained pattern, and the small sample size of three total starts provides limited evidence of consistent competitiveness at a higher level. His podium finishes came in the 2024 SCCA Runoffs and once in early SCCA Majors competition in 2025 and 2026, indicating some competitive form in regional events.

Naranjo remains actively racing and appears to be part of a development pathway in single-seater racing through SCCA competition, the traditional entry point for drivers progressing through American grassroots motorsport.