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Welcome to racermetrics.com. The mission of this site is to develop sabermetric-style tools for the analysis of auto racing.

I have largely moved most of my auto racing analysis columns to a Substack blog I launched in August, where I have been releasing a capsule for one driver for my 1,000 greatest drivers list each day. I won't be posting links to any of those columns there, but I will probably be posting any of my future regular columns (such as this year's top 200 drivers list) as free posts on my Substack and link to them from here. For links to my RotoBaller columns, click here.

Columns by Sean Wrona

January 17, 2015The Racermetrics Manifesto
January 28, 2015Last Year's Rolex
February 1, 2015How the Races Were Won
February 2, 2015How the Races Were Won in 1991
February 3, 2015How the Races Were Won in 1992
February 4, 2015How the Races Were Won in 1993
February 9, 2015How the Races Were Won from 1994 to 1996
February 14, 2015How the Races Were Won from 1997 to 2000
February 21, 2015How the Races Were Won from 2001 to 2005
March 5, 2015How the Races Were Won from 2006 to 2010
March 16, 2015How the Races Were Won from 2011 to 2015
April 10, 2015How the Races Were Won - Conclusions
May 2, 2015The Merged IMSA Win List
May 10, 2015IndyCar 2015
July 4, 2015Le Mans Driver Ratings
August 8, 2015Season Scores and Weighted Career Scores
August 19, 2015Weighted Season Scores by Year
September 6, 2015Competitive Depth
September 13, 2015Competitive Depth During the IndyCar Split
November 15, 2015Cumulative Races Led
December 5, 2015Terminal Natural Lead Changes
January 3, 2016Top 100 Drivers of 2015
January 18, 2016Luck and Terminal Natural Lead Changes: 1990 to 2015
January 31, 2016On Clutch and Fairness
February 1, 2016Speed Percentiles
April 28, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - Introduction
May 2, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #100 to #91
May 6, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #90 to #81
May 10, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #80 to #71
May 14, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #70 to #61
May 17, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #60 to #51
May 20, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #50 to #41
May 22, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #40 to #31
May 25, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #30 to #21
May 27, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #20 to #11
May 28, 2016The Top 100 IndyCar Drivers of All Time - #10 to #1
January 20, 2018On-Track Passing in NASCAR
January 27, 2018On-Track Passing in NASCAR by Track Type
February 4, 2018Lead Shares and Clutch Passing
February 23, 2018On-Track Passing in NASCAR Year by Year
March 4, 2018On-Track Passing in IndyCar
April 11, 2018On-Track Passing in IndyCar by Track Type
May 12, 2018On-Track Passing in IndyCar Year by Year
January 7, 20192018 Leader Statistics and Driver Ratings
February 11, 2019Historical Driver Ratings for NASCAR and IndyCar since 1990
August 3, 2019Head to Head NASCAR Teammate Records
September 18, 2019Head to Head IndyCar Teammate Records
June 18, 2020Abstract for the Top 1000 Drivers in Motorsports History
March 13, 2021A Teammate-Based Open Wheel Driver Rating
November 17, 2021A Teammate-Based Stock Car Driver Rating
January 8, 2022Top 200 Drivers of 2021 (Part I)
January 12, 2022Top 200 Drivers of 2021 (Part II)
January 19, 2022Top 200 Drivers of 2021 (Part III)
August 24, 2022The Postwar Open Wheel Model
September 2, 2022A Pre-Chase Stock Car Model Update
January 8, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2022 (Part I)
January 13, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2022 (Part II)
January 17, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2022 (Part III)
January 22, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2022 (Part IV)
February 10, 20232023 Open Wheel Model Update
February 19, 20232023 Stock Car Model Update
August 4, 2023Don't Mandate Unanimity
October 3, 2023Every Touring Car Driver Since 1958 Ranked
December 24, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Part I)
December 30, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Part II)
December 30, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 100 to 91)
December 31, 2023Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 90 to 81)
January 2, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 80 to 71)
January 2, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 70 to 61)
January 4, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 60 to 51)
January 6, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 50 to 41)
January 7, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 40 to 31)
January 8, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 30 to 21)
January 8, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 20 to 11)
January 9, 2024Top 200 Drivers of 2023 (Drivers 10 to 1)
January 12, 20242024 Open Wheel Model Update
February 17, 20242024 Stock Car Model Update
March 27, 2024A Defense of Corey LaJoie
May 16, 20242024 Touring Car Model Update
January 5, 2025Top 200 of 2024: The C- Tier
January 6, 2025Top 200 of 2024: The C Tier
January 7, 2025Top 200 of 2024: The C+ Tier
January 8, 2025Top 200 of 2024: The Top 50


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