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🏳️ Steve O'connell

Racing driver. PCA Club Racing.

Driver facts

Full name

Steve O'connell

Born

24 July 1962(b. 1962)

Current team

Series

PCA Club Racing

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

753

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

753

Rank 37217 of 40,700 indexed, +0 this season

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 80h ago

Steve O'Connell is a developing driver racing in PCA Club Racing, a national multiclass championship where solo drivers in up to sixteen classes compete on the same circuit. He races Porsches in the SP2 class, competing among a field that runs from amateurs through semi-professionals to graded professionals.[1]

Between 2011 and 2017, O'Connell made thirteen starts in PCA Club Racing and took one podium finish. His final recorded season was 2017, when he finished twenty-sixth in the championship standings across two rounds.[2]

O'Connell typically finished behind regular opponent Randy Smith, a club-level driver with forty-three PCA Club Racing starts. He raced closely with Mario Blanchette, another developing driver, and beat competitive amateur Van Svenson twice and club driver Bill Comat once.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Steve O'connell is a racing driver who last raced in PCA Club Racing. O'connell has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 13 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 753 ranks O'connell 37217th 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

2017 form

Last 13 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

Tap a row for the full race

2017-06-03	Watkins Glen International SP2	PCA Club Racing	DNF	−113
2017-06-03	Watkins Glen International SP2	PCA Club Racing	DNF	−34

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+78	Watkins Glen International 2012	PCA Club Racing	P8
+70	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2015	PCA Club Racing	P3
+50	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2012	PCA Club Racing	P4
+35	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2012	PCA Club Racing	P5
+35	Watkins Glen International 2012	PCA Club Racing	P14

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Watkins Glen International4 starts+2

Struggles

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park7 starts-1

Season by season

Season	Series	Races	Podiums	DNFs	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2017	▸PCA Club Racing	2	0	2	P26	−147	753
2015	▸PCA Club Racing	2	1	1	P31	−85	901
2014	▸PCA Club Racing	2	0	1	P43	−211	986
2012	▸PCA Club Racing	4	0	0	P24	+197	1,197
2011	▸PCA Club Racing	3	0	0	P31	−350	1,000

Recent coverage

Island yacht club celebrates its new racing offices[1]

Southend Echo

11 Dec 2016

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times O'connell finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🏳️ Randy Smith	1,711	11	1	10	9%
🏳️ Mario Blanchette	1,256	7	4	3	57%
🏳️ Charles Toupin	1,176	7	6	1	86%
🏳️ Chris Lubinski	1,326	6	1	5	17%
🏳️ Derek Fawcett	1,200	6	1	5	17%
🇦🇹 Mark Wolff	1,547	5	1	4	20%
🏳️ Van Svenson	2,338	4	2	2	50%
🏳️ Tyler Comat	1,462	4	0	4	0%
🏳️ Robert Provost	1,405	4	2	2	50%
🏳️ James Rothenberger	1,327	4	2	2	50%
🏳️ Robbie WilsonHigher-rated	3,470	2	1	1	50%
🏳️ Tim PruittHigher-rated	1,978	2	1	1	50%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
37,207	🏳️ A Cohen	PCA Club Racing	753
37,208	🏳️ Al Lockett	NASA	753
37,209	🏳️ Blane Bockhacker	NASA	753
37,210	🏳️ Darin Ellis	SCCA Regionals	753
37,211	🏳️ Don Manley	NASA	753
37,212	🏳️ Erik Olson	American Endurance Racing	753
37,213	🏳️ Jeff Novak	SCCA Regionals	753
37,214	🏳️ John Tures	SCCA Regionals	753
37,215	🏳️ Josh Finkelstein	NASA	753
37,216	🏳️ Stephen Rainey	SCCA Majors	753
37,217	🏳️ Steve O'connell	PCA Club Racing	753
37,218	🏳️ Antonio Cancel	SVRA	752
37,219	🏳️ Bart De Boever	SCCA Regionals	752
37,220	🏳️ David Stromeyer	PCA Club Racing	752
37,221	🏳️ Don E Adams	PCA Club Racing	752
37,222	🏳️ Don Gagne	PCA Club Racing	752
37,223	🏳️ Don Spaeth	NASA	752
37,224	🏳️ Gregory Angus	SCCA Regionals	752
37,225	🏳️ Jay Cochran	SCCA Regionals	752
37,226	🇺🇸 Jonathan Hart	SCCA Regionals	752
37,227	🇺🇸 Keith Clay	SCCA Regionals	752

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Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia