Wade Carter is a racing driver from United States who last raced in SCCA Regionals. Carter has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,045 ranks Carter 8374th 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.
| 2024-04-14 | PIR SRF3 | P16 | −219 |
| 2024-04-13 | PIR SRF3 | P16 | −253 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +22 | Portland International Raceway 2005 | Star Mazda Championship | P19 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P110 | −472 | 3,045 | |
| 2005 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Northwest Autosport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +2,166 | 3,516 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold | 5,553 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 John PewFIA Silver | 5,098 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇨🇦 James HinchcliffeFIA Gold | 4,845 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Sean Guthrie | 4,461 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Robbie Pecorari | 4,307 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Adrian Carrio | 4,245 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan Justice | 4,083 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott Jenkins | 3,972 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇨🇱 Pablo Donoso | 3,910 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Micky Gilbert | 3,897 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇩🇪 Bryan SellersFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,155 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael GuaschHigher-rated | 4,385 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,364 | 🇪🇸 Rafael Duran | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,047 |
| 8,365 | 🇹🇼 Ethan Ho | USF Pro 2000 | 3,046 |
| 8,366 | 🇫🇷 Malo Olivier | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,046 |
| 8,367 | 🇬🇧 Paul Rivett | BTCC | 3,046 |
| 8,368 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Rehkopf | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,046 |
| 8,369 | 🇦🇷 Adolfo Vazquez Marcos | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,045 |
| 8,370 | 🏳️ Chris Rosenkranz | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,045 |
| 8,371 | 🇧🇪 Pierre Castelein | 24H Series | 3,045 |
| 8,372 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Schmitt | 24H Series | 3,045 |
| 8,373 | 🇧🇪 Stoffel Vandorne | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,045 |
| 8,374 | 🇺🇸 Wade Carter | SCCA Regionals | 3,045 |
| 8,375 | 🇬🇧 Andrew FERGUSON | Le Mans Cup | 3,044 |
| 8,376 | 🇧🇪 Angélique Detavernier | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,044 |
| 8,377 | 🇺🇸 Casey Mashore | NASA | 3,044 |
| 8,378 | 🇬🇧 Chris Hall | International GT | 3,044 |
| 8,379 | 🇺🇸 Denny Stripling | GT4 America | 3,044 |
| 8,380 | 🇺🇸 Brad HORSTMANN | Ferrari Challenge | 3,043 |
| 8,381 | 🇬🇧 Darius Karbaley | British F4 | 3,043 |
| 8,382 | 🇨🇦 Sam Baker | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,043 |
| 8,383 | 🇨🇳 Zhou Bihuang | 24H Series | 3,043 |
| 8,384 | 🇺🇸 Jennifer Jo Cobb | NASCAR Truck | 3,042 |
Wade Carter is a semi-professional driver whose competitive record places him in the mid-pack tier of club and entry-level professional racing, with a Racer Rating of 3,506. His sole season of documented racing came in 2005, when he competed in the Star Mazda Championship for Northwest Autosport across five rounds without securing a win or podium finish. He averaged a finishing position of 29th, placing him well outside the competitive envelope of that field.[1]
Carter's 2005 campaign was spent largely against drivers considerably stronger than his results suggest. His rivals included Graham Rahal, a front-running professional then establishing himself in open-wheel racing, and several drivers who would go on to win or compete at higher levels; James Hinchcliffe, Adrian Carrio (who won the 2006 Star Mazda Championship), and Bryan Sellers and Marco Andretti, both of whom would later earn their FIA Gold grades in sportscar racing. Against this experienced field, Carter finished ahead of Rahal once and Guthrie once, but accumulated a 1-24 head-to-head record across all five shared competitors. His best relative performance came against Graham Rahal, though he finished behind the Gold-graded professional in four of their five meetings.
The gap between Carter's 2005 season and recent activity dating to 2009 and later suggests a shift away from single-seater competition. Current headlines reference vintage and historic racing entries including a McLaren M8FP and appearances at historic events through 2022, indicating a retirement from contemporary professional racing but continued involvement in historic motorsport.