Will Hardeman is a racing driver from United States who last raced in GT World Challenge America for Esses Racing with Mercedes-Benz of Austin. Hardeman has recorded 1 win and 3 podiums from 19 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,743 ranks Hardeman 4713th of 38,983 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.
| 2024-08-18 | Road America Am | P2 | −236 |
| 2024-08-17 | Road America Am | P1 | +25 |
| 2024-07-21 | Virgina International Raceway Pro-Am | P5 | −24 |
| 2024-07-20 | Virgina International Raceway Pro-Am | P4 | +34 |
| 2024-05-19 | Circuit of the Americas Pro-Am | P9 | −67 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +146 | Road Atlanta 2016 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama | P2 |
| +103 | Road Atlanta 2016 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama | P4 |
| +78 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2019 | IMSA WeatherTech | P6 |
| +71 | NOLA Motorsports Park 2023 | GT World Challenge America | P4 |
| +53 | Daytona International Speedway 2019 | IMSA WeatherTech | P11 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸GT World Challenge America | Esses Racing with Mercedes-Benz of Austin | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −439 | 3,743 |
| 2023 | ▸GT World Challenge America | Esses Racing with Mercedes-Benz of Austin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +20 | 4,182 |
| 2019 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Moorespeed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | ↑1,121+12 | 4,162 |
| 2017 | ▸Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama | Moorespeed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +31 | 3,029 |
| 2016 | ▸Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama | Moorespeed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +1,679 | 3,029 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Bryan SellersFIA Gold | 5,156 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🇨🇦 Samantha TanFIA Bronze | 3,853 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SmithsonFIA Bronze | 3,564 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Robby FoleyFIA Gold | 4,768 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 George KurtzFIA Bronze | 5,604 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇺🇸 Colin BraunFIA Gold | 5,027 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇨🇦 Daniel MoradFIA Gold | 4,501 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeff BurtonFIA Bronze | 4,479 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan DalzielFIA Platinum | 4,154 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% |
| 🇺🇸 Neil VerhagenFIA Gold | 5,360 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇧🇪 Dries VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 5,732 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Sven MüllerFIA Gold | 5,352 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇸🇪 Linus LundqvistFIA Gold, 3× champion | 5,328 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,703 | 🇨🇭 Urs Sonderegger | World Touring Car Championship | 3,745 |
| 4,704 | 🇬🇧 Will Redford | Racing Prodigy | 3,745 |
| 4,705 | 🇭🇰 Adderly Fong | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | 3,744 |
| 4,706 | 🇧🇷 Felipe Bartz | Stock Car Pro Series | 3,744 |
| 4,707 | 🇺🇸 Jack Bland | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,744 |
| 4,708 | 🇺🇸 Terry Cannon | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,744 |
| 4,709 | 🇦🇺 Aaron Seton | Supercars Championship | 3,743 |
| 4,710 | 🇺🇸 Clay Greenfield | NASCAR Truck | 3,743 |
| 4,711 | 🇺🇸 Gary Bradberry | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,743 |
| 4,712 | 🇫🇷 Gregoire Demoustier | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,743 |
| 4,713 | 🇺🇸 Will Hardeman | GT World Challenge America | 3,743 |
| 4,714 | 🇬🇧 Frank Bird | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,742 |
| 4,715 | 🇺🇸 Robby Lyons | ARCA Menards Series | 3,742 |
| 4,716 | 🇺🇸 Andrew Davis | Porsche Endurance Challenge North America | 3,741 |
| 4,717 | 🇺🇸 Caleb Holman | NASCAR Truck | 3,741 |
| 4,718 | 🇺🇸 Jonathan Davenport | NASCAR Cup Series | 3,741 |
| 4,719 | 🇺🇸 Kerong Li | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,741 |
| 4,720 | 🇬🇧 Charlie Robertson | British GT Championship | 3,740 |
| 4,721 | 🇺🇸 Eric McClure | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,740 |
| 4,722 | 🇮🇹 Ignazio Zanon | GT Winter Series | 3,740 |
| 4,723 | 🇬🇧 Jem Hepworth | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,740 |
Will Hardeman is a retired amateur sportscar driver from the United States with a Racer Rating of 4,078, placing him in the professional band; this describes a driver at national-level championships and the upper end of strong feeder series, though his record shows activity in pro-am and gentleman driver fields rather than full-time professional machinery. Hardeman held the FIA Bronze grading, the designation for amateur and gentleman drivers in GT and endurance racing, and competed across four seasons from 2016 to 2024 in nine race starts without recording a victory. He averaged a seventh-place finish across classified races, which reflects consistent mid-field running rather than front-running pace.[1]
Hardeman's most sustained campaign came in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama in 2016 and 2017, where he completed four starts for Moorespeed and recorded one podium finish. He then stepped up to IMSA WeatherTech competition in 2019 with three starts, again with Moorespeed, though without podium results at that higher level. His most recent activity came in 2024, when he made two starts in GT World Challenge America. Against the field, Hardeman showed mixed results; he held a winning head-to-head record against several established professionals, including Silver and Gold graded drivers such as Zacharie Robichon and Daniel Morad, and produced isolated strong results against much higher-rated Platinum graded drivers Dries Vanthoor and Dirk Werner. However, he finished behind Gold champion Bryan Sellers in three of five shared races and behind Gold champion Robby Foley in four of five shared encounters, illustrating that his occasional top finishes against elite competition did not translate to consistent performance at that level.