🏳️ Vernon Mcclure

Vernon McClure is a competitive amateur driver, rated 2,804. This places him in the club racing and regional competition band, describing a driver with a genuine racing licence competing in organised events but typically not among full professionals. His record spans 2016 to 2022 with 19 total starts across multiple series, and he is now retired from competition.[1]

McClure's primary racing came in Porsche Carrera Cup NA during 2021 and 2022, where he started 17 times for Kelly-Moss and TPC Racing without winning but secured two podium finishes. His average finishing position of P5.9 across all starts reflects consistent mid-field running. He raced against a field of semi-professional and amateur drivers, most frequently encountering John Goetz and Bill Smith, both competitive amateurs slightly rated above him. His head-to-head records against these rivals were decidedly negative; he finished ahead of Goetz only 4 times in 17 shared races and ahead of Smith 5 times in 15. Against the stronger end of his field, McClure occasionally outran FIA Bronze graded drivers such as Efrin Castro and Curt Swearingin, each a national-level champion, though he finished behind them in the majority of their encounters. His two podium appearances came against fields that included such competitors, representing isolated results rather than a pattern of competitiveness at that level. TPC Racing, his most frequent team home with 10 of his 19 starts, operated a competitive outfit that fielded substantially stronger drivers.