Yiannis Tsiounis is a racing driver who last raced in SCCA Majors for NY. Tsiounis has recorded 3 wins and 7 podiums from 15 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,556 ranks Tsiounis 11709th of 37,606 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2022-06-05 | Watkins Glen "Long Course" · SM | P5 | +110 |
| 2022-06-04 | Watkins Glen "Long Course" · SM | P4 | +130 |
| 2022-03-12 | VIRginia International Raceway · SM | P10 | +20 |
| 2022-03-12 | VIRginia International Raceway · STL | P2 | +91 |
| 2022-03-12 | VIRginia International Raceway · SM | P1 | +127 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Majors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P72 | +91 | 1,906 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P143 | +239 | |||
| 2015 | ▸NASA | NY | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P107 | +89 | 1,575 |
| 2014 | ▸NASA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P115 | +146 | 1,575 | |
| 2012 | ▸NASA | Mazda Miata | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P67 | +341 | 1,341 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Matthew Sisson | 1,924 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| 🇬🇧 Connor Thomas | 492 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| 🏳️ Mark Gibbons | 1,871 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Ken Williams | 1,280 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Charles Mactutus | 3,882 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Frankie Barroso | 3,673 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Elivan GoulartFIA BRONZE | 3,598 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Travis Wiley | 3,296 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Anthony GeraciFIA BRONZE | 3,141 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Nick Leverone | 3,118 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Gar RobinsonFIA SILVER · 3× CHAMPION | 5,368 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam PaleyFIA SILVER | 4,175 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Brian HendersonHIGHER-RATED | 3,931 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11,699 | 🏳️ Bruce Pendleton | NASA | 1,557 |
| 11,700 | 🏳️ David Schardt | SVRA | 1,557 |
| 11,701 | 🏳️ Forenz Arabian | NASA | 1,557 |
| 11,702 | 🇺🇸 Mike Ogren | TC America powered by Skip Barber | 1,557 |
| 11,703 | 🏳️ Paul Patrick | NASA | 1,557 |
| 11,704 | 🏳️ Russell Wittenberg | SCCA Majors | 1,557 |
| 11,705 | 🏳️ Dan Hagenbuch | NASA | 1,556 |
| 11,706 | 🇳🇱 Filip Hoenjet | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,556 |
| 11,707 | 🏳️ Frank Chambers | SCCA Majors | 1,556 |
| 11,708 | 🇩🇪 Thomas Ardelt | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,556 |
| 11,709 | 🏳️ Yiannis Tsiounis | SCCA Majors | 1,556 |
| 11,710 | 🏳️ Fernando Pena | PCA Club Racing | 1,555 |
| 11,711 | 🏳️ James Coates | NASA | 1,555 |
| 11,712 | 🏳️ Philip C Blackstone | PCA Club Racing | 1,555 |
| 11,713 | 🏳️ Chris Watson | NASA | 1,554 |
| 11,714 | 🏳️ John Alemanni | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,554 |
| 11,715 | 🏳️ Lucian Gavris | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,554 |
| 11,716 | 🏳️ Andrew Lowe | Radical Cup Europe | 1,553 |
| 11,717 | 🇬🇷 Aleksei KOMAROV | Ferrari Challenge | 1,552 |
| 11,718 | 🏳️ David Brand | SCCA Majors | 1,552 |
| 11,719 | 🏳️ David Moore | NASA | 1,552 |
Yiannis Tsiounis is a club-level racing driver with a Racer Rating of 1,556, placing him in the competitive amateur band. This rating describes a driver who races regularly in club and regional competitions and competes consistently against other amateurs, though typically without the sustained pace or consistency of professional ranks.[1]
Tsiounis raced across two distinct American series between 2012 and 2022, totalling 15 starts. His primary activity came in NASA from 2012 to 2015, where he scored 2 wins and 5 podiums from 8 starts, establishing himself as a front-runner in that field. A decade-long gap followed before his return to competition in 2022, when he contested 4 SCCA Majors events without reaching the podium, then finished 1 win and 2 podiums from 3 SCCA Regionals starts. His average finishing position across all races was eighth. Among his regular rivals, Tsiounis typically prevailed against similarly-rated drivers such as Matthew Sisson and Connor Thomas, going 4–1 and 4–1 respectively in their head-to-head records. He also recorded victories against several stronger drivers including the established professional Sam Paley and IMSA LMP3 champion Gar Robinson, though these came as isolated results rather than patterns of sustained competitiveness at that level.
Tsiounis has since retired from racing. His career represents a typical amateur programme centred on regional and club competition, with occasional outings against mid-level professionals that produced promising results but did not sustain a progression into full-time racing.