Varo Akopyan is a racing driver who last raced in NASA. Akopyan has recorded 7 wins and 10 podiums from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,396 ranks Akopyan 23065th 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.
| 2004-06-06 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park Honda Challenge 1 | P1 | +66 |
| 2004-06-05 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park Honda Challenge 1 | P2 | +35 |
| 2004-05-02 | Willow Springs Raceway Honda Challenge 1 | P1 | +88 |
| 2004-05-01 | Willow Springs Raceway Honda Challenge 1 | P1 | +95 |
| 2004-04-04 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park Honda Challenge 1 | P3 | +15 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +153 | Willow Springs Raceway 2003 | NASA | P1 |
| +138 | Cal Speedway 2004 | NASA | P1 |
| +124 | Cal Speedway 2004 | NASA | P1 |
| +115 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2004 | NASA | P1 |
| +115 | Willow Springs Raceway 2003 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | ▸NASA | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +675 | 1,793 | |
| 2003 | ▸NASA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −232 | 1,118 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Andy Hope | 1,104 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🏳️ Tsuyoshi Higashi | 1,122 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| 🏳️ Tom Liang | 888 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| 🏳️ Dennis Caco | 795 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Jeff Owen | 735 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| 🏳️ Glen Kawano | 1,049 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% |
| 🏳️ Sandor Bota | 1,086 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Jonathan Meris | 898 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% |
| 🏳️ Derek Stevens | 1,046 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| 🇺🇸 Andrie Hartanto | 2,242 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23,055 | 🏳️ Ray Buchanan | American Endurance Racing | 1,397 |
| 23,056 | 🏳️ Bradyhouse / Hinkley | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,396 |
| 23,057 | 🏳️ Christian-Alexander Dannesberger | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,396 |
| 23,058 | 🏳️ Delbert Auray | PCA Club Racing | 1,396 |
| 23,059 | 🏳️ Derek Whitis | NASA | 1,396 |
| 23,060 | 🇺🇸 Frank Selldorff | SCCA Majors | 1,396 |
| 23,061 | 🏳️ Mark Ballengee | SCCA Majors | 1,396 |
| 23,062 | 🏳️ Paul Gutowski | PCA Club Racing | 1,396 |
| 23,063 | 🏳️ Randy Lanier | American Endurance Racing | 1,396 |
| 23,064 | 🏳️ Stephan-Wilhelm Schroers | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,396 |
| 23,065 | 🏳️ Varo Akopyan | NASA | 1,396 |
| 23,066 | 🇬🇧 Alexander Green | SCCA Regionals | 1,395 |
| 23,067 | 🏳️ Anthony DePietto | SCCA Regionals | 1,395 |
| 23,068 | 🏳️ Breton Williams | SCCA Majors | 1,395 |
| 23,069 | 🏳️ Brian Dodson | American Endurance Racing | 1,395 |
| 23,070 | 🏳️ Drew B Brown | PCA Club Racing | 1,395 |
| 23,071 | 🏳️ Glen McCready | SCCA Majors | 1,395 |
| 23,072 | 🏳️ Henry Hoeh | PCA Club Racing | 1,395 |
| 23,073 | 🏳️ Matt Pruden | NASA | 1,395 |
| 23,074 | 🏳️ Matthew Seim | SCCA Regionals | 1,395 |
| 23,075 | 🏳️ Steve Nichols | NASA | 1,395 |
Akopyan is a club-level driver who raced in NASA, a multiclass endurance championship mixing amateur and professional competitors across fifteen classes on the same track. He drove a Honda in the Honda Challenge 1 class, running solo during a two-season indexed career from 2003 to 2004.[1]
In eleven starts across two seasons, Akopyan took seven wins and ten podiums, finishing first in the NASA championship standings in 2004. His final season saw six wins and eight podiums from eight rounds raced, securing the title.[2]
His regular opponents in the series were developing drivers including Andy Hope and Tsuyoshi Higashi, against whom Akopyan typically finished ahead. He also beat Andrie Hartanto, a competitive amateur with multiclass experience across NASA and international endurance racing, four times in their meetings.