TJ Fischer is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Porsche Carrera Cup NA for 762 Motorsports. Fischer has recorded 2 wins and 11 podiums from 56 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,866 ranks Fischer 4191th of 40,308 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.
| 2023-03-16 | Sebring International Raceway Pro | P21 | −158 |
| 2023-03-16 | Sebring International Raceway Pro | P10 | +4 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +135 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 2018 | IMSA Prototype Challenge | P1 |
| +108 | Road Atlanta 2018 | IMSA Prototype Challenge | P1 |
| +103 | St. Petersburg 2017 | Pro Mazda Championship | P3 |
| +96 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2017 | Pro Mazda Championship | P2 |
| +95 | St. Petersburg 2017 | Pro Mazda Championship | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 762 Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −153 | 3,866 |
| 2022 | ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | Topp Racing | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −149 | 4,019 |
| 2021 | ▸Porsche Carrera Cup NA | Topp Racing | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −25 | 4,168 |
| 2018 | ▸IMSA Prototype Challenge | Forty 7 Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +248 | 4,193 |
| 2017 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | Team Pelfrey | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +260 | 4,080 |
| 2016 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | Team Pelfrey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +2,649 | 3,999 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Riley DickinsonFIA Silver | 4,159 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 28% |
| 🇨🇦 Parker ThompsonFIA Silver | 4,396 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 17% |
| 🇳🇱 Kay van BerloFIA Gold | 3,971 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 23% |
| 🇺🇸 Leh KeenFIA Gold | 4,104 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 39% |
| 🇺🇸 Hutton McKennaFIA Silver | 2,891 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 88% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Eberle | 3,164 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 81% |
| 🇬🇧 Seb PriaulxFIA Gold | 4,785 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Dylan MurryFIA Silver | 4,603 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Varun ChokseyFIA Silver | 3,653 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan GatesFIA Silver | 3,292 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 94% |
| 🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion | 7,095 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇩🇪 Laurin HeinrichFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,778 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeff GordonFIA Gold | 5,270 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,181 | 🇦🇺 Blake Purdie | S5000 | 3,867 |
| 4,182 | 🇦🇹 Christopher Zöchling | 24H Series | 3,867 |
| 4,183 | 🇺🇸 Mark Krogh | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,867 |
| 4,184 | 🇫🇷 Steeve Hiesse | Le Mans Cup | 3,867 |
| 4,185 | 🇬🇧 Andrew Watson | BTCC | 3,866 |
| 4,186 | 🇬🇧 Chris Lawrence | Formula 1 | 3,866 |
| 4,187 | 🇩🇪 Leonard Weiss | European Le Mans Series | 3,866 |
| 4,188 | 🇪🇸 Marc Carol | World Touring Car Championship | 3,866 |
| 4,189 | 🇩🇪 Mattis PLUSCHKELL | Prototype Cup Europe | 3,866 |
| 4,190 | 🇨🇦 Michael Furfari | Star Mazda Championship | 3,866 |
| 4,191 | 🇺🇸 TJ Fischer | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,866 |
| 4,192 | 🇺🇸 Tyler Kicera | Trans-Am TA2 | 3,866 |
| 4,193 | 🇺🇸 Augusto Soto-Schirripa | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,865 |
| 4,194 | 🇿🇦 Doug Serrurier | Formula 1 | 3,865 |
| 4,195 | 🇫🇷 Frederic JOUSSET | 24H Series | 3,865 |
| 4,196 | 🇧🇷 Roberto Faria | Formula 3 | 3,865 |
| 4,197 | 🇦🇹 Christopher Höher | GP3 Series | 3,864 |
| 4,198 | 🇯🇵 Seiya Motojima | Super Formula Lights | 3,864 |
| 4,199 | 🇦🇺 Alex Peroni | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,863 |
| 4,200 | 🇫🇷 André-Alain Corbel | FIA GT Championship | 3,863 |
| 4,201 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Krogh | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,863 |
TJ Fischer is a semi-professional driver who competed across six seasons from 2016 to 2023, accumulating 56 starts with 2 wins and 11 podiums. His Racer Rating of 3,979 places him in the semi-professional band, the level of drivers who win in pro-am and one-make classes while running mid-pack among full professionals. His FIA Silver categorisation reflects his status in sportscar and endurance racing as a professional-level competitor, typically early in their career. Fischer's career was anchored in Porsche Carrera Cup NA, where he made 32 starts for 762 Motorsports over three seasons with four podiums but no victories, averaging a P6.7 finish. He also competed in Pro Mazda Championship across 2016 and 2017, finishing fourth in the 2017 season with five podiums from 12 rounds. His most successful campaign came in 2018 in IMSA Prototype Challenge, where three starts yielded two wins and two podiums for Forty 7 Motorsports.[1]
Fischer's record against his most frequent rivals reveals a clear pattern of outpaced competition. In 30 races against Parker Thompson, a 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup NA Pro champion and professional-graded driver, Fischer finished ahead only five times while behind 25 times. Against Riley Dickinson, a two-time Porsche Carrera Cup NA Pro champion, the disparity was similar: nine finishes ahead to 23 behind across 32 races. Fischer showed better balance against Leh Keen, an FIA Gold driver, with 11 finishes ahead to 17 behind across 28 races. His single bright spot was a substantial head-to-head advantage over Hutton McKenna, finishing ahead in 21 of 24 races, though McKenna's lower semi-professional rating suggests this was Fischer competing at his level rather than above it. Fischer recorded wins over Pato O'Ward, then a top-tier professional, twice across their careers, and also beat Kenton Koch, an FIA Gold professional, on three occasions, but these were isolated results in fields where both drivers competed rather than patterns of sustained head-to-head success.