🏳️ William Ewald

William Ewald is a club-level driver with a Racer Rating of 1,356, placing him among developing competitors in vintage racing. His record spans two seasons of SVRA competition from 2025 to 2026, during which he has accumulated 14 starts, one podium finish, and an average finishing position of eighth. This level of performance reflects entry-level club racing; the drivers Ewald races against are predominantly in the amateur and competitive amateur bands, with the exception of a handful of established professionals who compete in vintage fields.[1]

Ewald's competitive record shows mixed results against his regular rivals. He has finished ahead of Eric Haagenson, Eric Arms, and John Rudolf in multiple races, establishing a clear advantage over drivers rated in the low-to-mid-900s range. More notably, Ewald has finished ahead of several higher-rated drivers; he beat David Lecko, a Bronze-graded professional rated 3,614, on four occasions, and Cory Deeds, another Bronze professional rated 3,004, six times across their shared races. However, his head-to-head record against the field's strongest driver, Maxwell Waithman, who won the 2025 SVRA championship, shows Ewald consistently outpaced; he finished behind Waithman in all 14 races they contested. This pattern indicates Ewald competes credibly against mid-level amateurs and can occasionally run with established professionals in the vintage grid, but remains unable to match the pace of top-tier competitors in his series.

Ewald remains active in SVRA racing through 2026, most recently competing in five rounds without podium finishes and placing 111th overall in that span. His development as a driver suggests he is working toward consistency at club level, where occasional victories against stronger fields have begun to emerge.