Tom Sutherland is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Northwest Autosport. Sutherland has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,856 ranks Sutherland 4226th 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.
| 2006-08-04 | Trois-Rivieres | P17 | −29 |
| 2006-07-21 | Portland International Raceway | P9 | +57 |
| 2006-07-13 | Miller | P4 | +108 |
| 2006-06-23 | Montreal | P27 | −52 |
| 2006-05-19 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | P11 | +48 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +108 | Miller 2006 | Star Mazda Championship | P4 |
| +80 | Houston 2006 | Star Mazda Championship | P9 |
| +58 | Portland International Raceway 2006 | Star Mazda Championship | P9 |
| +48 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2006 | Star Mazda Championship | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Northwest Autosport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +2,613 | 3,963 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 John PewFIA Silver | 5,098 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Adrian Carrio | 4,245 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇨🇦 Kevin Lacroix | 4,226 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Justice | 4,083 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Mike Potekhen | 4,059 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Gerardo Bonilla | 3,922 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Logan Gomez | 3,869 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt Varsha | 3,826 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇨🇱 Ramiro Scuncio | 3,709 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 John Faulkner | 3,696 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇨🇦 Christopher CummingFIA Bronze | 4,420 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael GuaschHigher-rated | 4,385 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,216 | 🏳️ Rudolf Krause | Formula 1 | 3,857 |
| 4,217 | 🇯🇵 Ryota Horachi | Super GT | 3,857 |
| 4,218 | 🇧🇷 Yann Cunha | Formula V8 3.5 | 3,857 |
| 4,219 | 🇷🇸 Andrija Kostic | Formula Regional European | 3,856 |
| 4,220 | 🇺🇸 Gray Gaulding | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,856 |
| 4,221 | 🇺🇸 Kelly Bires | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,856 |
| 4,222 | 🇮🇹 Kevin Gilardoni | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,856 |
| 4,223 | 🇳🇱 Leonard Hoogenboom | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,856 |
| 4,224 | 🇦🇹 Nicolas Gruber | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,856 |
| 4,225 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Repko | ARCA Menards Series | 3,856 |
| 4,226 | 🇺🇸 Tom Sutherland | Star Mazda Championship | 3,856 |
| 4,227 | 🇺🇸 Tyler McQuarrie | GT4 America | 3,856 |
| 4,228 | 🇩🇪 Wido Rössler | FIA GT Championship | 3,856 |
| 4,229 | 🇺🇸 Al Morey | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,855 |
| 4,230 | 🇺🇸 Billy Hess | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,855 |
| 4,231 | 🇺🇸 Gary Neice | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,855 |
| 4,232 | 🇺🇸 Gus Wasson | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,855 |
| 4,233 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Rabin | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,855 |
| 4,234 | 🇺🇸 Richie Burgess | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,855 |
| 4,235 | 🇩🇪 Dominik Fugel | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,854 |
| 4,236 | 🇦🇹 Ernst Kirchmayr | Ferrari Challenge | 3,854 |
Tom Sutherland is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,863 places him at the competitive amateur to semi-professional threshold; this is the level of drivers who win in pro-am and one-make classes and run mid-pack among full professionals. His racing record consists of a single season in 2006, when he completed six rounds of the Star Mazda Championship for Northwest Autosport without securing a win or podium finish. He averaged a 12th-place finish across his classified starts.[1]
Sutherland's competitive context shows a field of emerging professionals; his most frequent rivals included Adrian Carrio, the 2006 Star Mazda champion, and Kevin LaCroix and Ryan Justice, both rated in the low 4,100s. Against Carrio he finished ahead once in six meetings but trailed him five times, a result consistent with racing against a champion in a series he did not dominate. He had a stronger head-to-head record against John Pew, an FIA Silver-graded driver, finishing ahead of him in all six shared races. In isolated instances he also beat stronger drivers such as Christopher Cumming and Mark Wilkins, though these were single results rather than patterns across multiple meetings.
Sutherland drove for Racers Edge Motorsports in four of his six starts. The team, which has fielded 19 drivers across the index with a win tally of six, proved a reasonable fit for his level; his most prominent teammate appearances placed him in fields with established professionals and national-level competitors. His 2006 season marked both the beginning and end of his racing career, and no further activity appears on record.