Thomas Wieringa is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Eurosports Racing. Wieringa has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,348 ranks Wieringa 4445th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2006-10-20 | Laguna Seca | DNF | −124 |
| 2006-08-18 | Road America | P18 | +28 |
| 2006-08-04 | Trois-Rivieres | P27 | −96 |
| 2006-06-02 | Milwaukee | P17 | −9 |
| 2006-05-19 | Mid-Ohio | P26 | −72 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Eurosports Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P34 | −402 | 3,348 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Adrian Carrio | 4,301 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Justice | 4,119 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Potekhen | 4,102 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 John PewFIA SILVER | 4,073 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Gerardo Bonilla | 3,939 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Logan Gomez | 3,890 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt Varsha | 3,839 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇨🇱 Ramiro Scuncio | 3,713 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 John Faulkner | 3,647 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Ken Losch | 3,623 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark PattersonFIA BRONZE | 4,205 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Micky GilbertHIGHER-RATED | 3,919 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,435 | 🇦🇪 Mateo Villagomez | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,353 |
| 4,436 | 🇺🇸 Cole Morgan | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,352 |
| 4,437 | 🇺🇸 Blake Mount | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,351 |
| 4,438 | 🇺🇸 Brian Vickers | WEC | 3,351 |
| 4,439 | 🇺🇸 Michael Costello | USF Pro 2000 | 3,351 |
| 4,440 | 🇯🇵 Miki Koyama | Super GT | 3,351 |
| 4,441 | 🇯🇵 Yuma Shoji | Super GT | 3,351 |
| 4,442 | 🇬🇧 Bradley Ellis | British GT Championship | 3,350 |
| 4,443 | 🇺🇸 Chuck Quinton | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,350 |
| 4,444 | 🇩🇪 Leonardo Colavita | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,350 |
| 4,445 | 🇺🇸 Thomas Wieringa | Star Mazda Championship | 3,348 |
| 4,446 | 🏳️ Alfio Andrea Spina | Spanish F4 | 3,347 |
| 4,447 | 🇮🇹 Edolo Ghirelli | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,347 |
| 4,448 | 🇩🇪 Jan-Erik Slooten | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,347 |
| 4,449 | 🇺🇸 Janine Shoffner | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,347 |
| 4,450 | 🇩🇪 Klaus Koch | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,347 |
| 4,451 | 🏳️ | WEC | 3,346 |
| 4,452 | 🇩🇪 Dominik Schraml | Formula 3 Euro Series | 3,346 |
| 4,453 | 🇺🇸 John Shoffner | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,346 |
| 4,454 | 🇧🇪 Antoine Potty | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,345 |
| 4,455 | 🇺🇸 Chris Archinaco | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,345 |
Thomas Wieringa is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,348 places him in the competitive amateur band; he raced at the entry end of professional single-seater competition. His career consists of a single season in the Star Mazda Championship in 2006, where he started six races for Eurosports Racing without reaching the podium. He finished 34th in the championship, averaging a grid position of P24.4 across his starts, which reflects consistent difficulty against the field.[1]
Wieringa struggled against established rivals throughout the season. He lost head-to-head records to the 2006 Star Mazda champion Adrian Carrio and to mid-field professionals Ryan Justice and Gerardo Bonilla in repeated encounters. He finished behind John Pew, an FIA Silver graded driver, in three of five shared races, and behind Mike Potekhen, a semi-professional of comparable rating, in four of five shared races. His results against the field's upper tier were sparse; he finished ahead of Potekhen once and passed John Pew twice across the season, but these isolated results do not indicate competitive parity with those drivers.
Wieringa retired from racing after 2006 and has not returned to competition. His single season of racing appears to have demonstrated that the top level of the Star Mazda Championship was beyond his reach, and he did not pursue a longer career in motorsport.