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 8283th 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.
| 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 | 5,610 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 John PewFIA Silver | 5,098 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇨🇦 James HinchcliffeFIA Gold | 4,846 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,273 | 🇪🇸 Nacho Tuñon | Spanish F4 | 3,046 |
| 8,274 | 🇬🇧 Paul Rivett | BTCC | 3,046 |
| 8,275 | 🇩🇪 Stefan Rehkopf | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,046 |
| 8,276 | 🇧🇪 Stoffel Vandorne | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,046 |
| 8,277 | 🇦🇷 Adolfo Vazquez Marcos | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,045 |
| 8,278 | 🇺🇸 Casey Mashore | NASA | 3,045 |
| 8,279 | 🏳️ Chris Rosenkranz | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,045 |
| 8,280 | 🇨🇦 Dean Neuls | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,045 |
| 8,281 | 🇧🇪 Pierre Castelein | 24H Series | 3,045 |
| 8,282 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Schmitt | 24H Series | 3,045 |
| 8,283 | 🇺🇸 Wade Carter | SCCA Regionals | 3,045 |
| 8,284 | 🇧🇪 Angélique Detavernier | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,044 |
| 8,285 | 🏳️ Christian Guirguis | Zenith Racing Series | 3,044 |
| 8,286 | 🇺🇸 Alex Kirby | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 3,043 |
| 8,287 | 🇺🇸 Brad HORSTMANN | Ferrari Challenge | 3,043 |
| 8,288 | 🇬🇧 Chris Hall | International GT | 3,043 |
| 8,289 | 🇦🇹 Constantin Schöll | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,043 |
| 8,290 | 🇬🇧 Darius Karbaley | British F4 | 3,043 |
| 8,291 | 🏳️ Nicholas Bruni | SCCA Majors | 3,043 |
| 8,292 | 🇨🇳 Zhou Bihuang | 24H Series | 3,043 |
| 8,293 | 🇨🇦 Aaron Povoledo | GT World Challenge America | 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.