Stan Kohls is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Pro Mazda Championship for World Speed Motorsports. Kohls has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 12 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,218 ranks Kohls 7121th of 40,200 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.
| 2014-08-22 | Sonoma Raceway | P16 | −37 |
| 2014-08-22 | Sonoma Raceway | P20 | −92 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +10 | Portland International Raceway 2007 | Star Mazda Championship | P17 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | World Speed Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −129 | 3,218 |
| 2009 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | World Speed Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −62 | 3,347 |
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | World Speed Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −90 | 3,409 |
| 2007 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | World Speed Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −39 | 3,498 |
| 2005 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | World Speed Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +2,187 | 3,537 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Phil Fogg Jr | 2,872 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Patrick O'Neill | 3,110 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Guasch | 4,385 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 Dave HouseFIA Bronze | 2,761 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% |
| 🇨🇦 Christopher CummingFIA Bronze | 4,420 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,259 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Claudio Cornali | 3,411 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Justice | 4,083 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇨🇦 Taylor Hacquard | 3,592 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇵🇭 Michele Bumgarner | 3,011 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Dane CameronFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 5,879 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold | 5,610 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 John Michael EdwardsHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,078 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,111 | 🇷🇺 Roman Beregech | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,220 |
| 7,112 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Green | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,219 |
| 7,113 | 🇫🇮 Jos Menten | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,219 |
| 7,114 | 🇮🇹 Marco Betti | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,219 |
| 7,115 | 🇸🇪 Viktor Andersson | TCR World Tour | 3,219 |
| 7,116 | 🇲🇽 Alejandro Abogado | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,218 |
| 7,117 | 🏳️ Betty Chen | British GT Championship | 3,218 |
| 7,118 | 🇯🇵 Hironobu Shimizu | Super GT | 3,218 |
| 7,119 | 🏳️ Jasmin Preisig | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,218 |
| 7,120 | 🇺🇸 Nicholas Rivers | US F4 | 3,218 |
| 7,121 | 🇺🇸 Stan Kohls | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,218 |
| 7,122 | 🇫🇷 Teddy Clairet | TCR World Tour | 3,218 |
| 7,123 | 🇨🇭 Gino Forgione | Le Mans Cup | 3,217 |
| 7,124 | 🇦🇷 Juan Marcos Angelini | Turismo Carretera | 3,217 |
| 7,125 | 🇺🇸 Matt Dalton | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 3,217 |
| 7,126 | 🇩🇪 Philipp Leisen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,217 |
| 7,127 | 🇺🇸 Steve Lewis, Jr. | ARCA Menards Series | 3,217 |
| 7,128 | 🇬🇧 Eric Thompson | Formula 1 | 3,216 |
| 7,129 | 🇩🇪 Leon Wassertheurer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,216 |
| 7,130 | 🇷🇺 Roman Mavlanov | 24H Series | 3,216 |
| 7,131 | 🇺🇸 Eduardo Gou | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,215 |
Stan Kohls was a semi-professional driver who competed in open-wheel racing between 2005 and 2014, primarily in North America's ladder series. His career rating of 3,170 places him in the semi-professional band, a level typically represented by drivers who contest pro-am and single-make classes and run mid-pack among full professionals. Across 12 starts in the Star Mazda Championship and Pro Mazda Championship, Kohls never scored a win or podium finish, averaging a classified position of 22.7. His most substantial stretch came in the Star Mazda Championship from 2005 to 2009, where he made 10 starts; he then returned to competition briefly in 2014 with two starts in Pro Mazda before retiring.[1]
Kohls spent virtually his entire career with World Speed Motorsports, a small single-seater operation that won twice across its full history and which fielded stronger drivers such as Kyle Kaiser. Against his regular rivals in Star Mazda, Kohls consistently finished behind drivers rated at similar or slightly higher levels; he lost his head-to-head records against Phil Fogg Jr. by 8-2, against Michael Guasch by 4-3, and against Patrick O'Neill by 7-1. His most notable result came as an isolated achievement: a single finish ahead of Dane Cameron, the 2007 Star Mazda champion who would later become a factory sports car driver with multiple IMSA and international endurance titles. Kohls also beat Graham Rahal and Spencer Pigot once each, both drivers who would go on to professional careers at higher levels, though these represent individual race results rather than patterns of competitive advantage.