Mason Filippi

Mason Filippi
Filippi at Sonoma Raceway in 2023
Nationality	American
Born	(1998-04-23) April 23, 1998 (age 26) Pleasanton, California
Michelin Pilot Challenge career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Bryan Herta Autosport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Co-driver	Tyler Maxson
Former teams	Bryan Herta Autosport (with Curb-Agajanian)
Starts	20
Wins	3
Podiums	6
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd in 2019
Finished last season	3rd (2020)
Previous series
2016 2016–2018 2019	Global MX-5 Cup Pirelli World Challenge TC America Series
Last updated on: November 5, 2022
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2022 position	101st
Best finish	101st (2022)
First race	2022 Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2023 position	67th
Best finish	67th (2023)
First race	2022 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Last race	2023 XPEL 225 (Austin)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 5, 2023.
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Mason Filippi (born April 23, 1998) is an American auto racing driver who competes in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge for Bryan Herta Autosport. He previously raced for Bryan Herta Autosport, finishing the Michelin Pilot Challenge in second place in 2019 and third in 2020. Filippi also piloted touring cars in the TC America Series and the Pirelli World Challenge from 2017 to 2019, finishing in the top five of the standings each season. Prior to racing touring cars, he drove Spec Miatas, competing in the Global MX-5 Cup and the Teen Mazda Challenge and winning the 25 Hours of Thunderhill race in 2015 and 2016.

Early life and education

Mason Filippi was born on April 23, 1998. ^[1] He grew up in Alamo, California ^[2] and attended high school at Berean Christian High School in nearby Walnut Creek. ^[3] He studied at Diablo Valley College and Arizona State University. ^[2]

He was gifted his first dirt bike at age 4, his first go-kart at age 11, and his first Mazda Miata at age 14. He earned his provisional license at age 15 after attending the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) driver's school. ^[4]

Career

After receiving his full competition license from the SCCA, Filippi began entering races in the San Francisco region (SFR) and was named the 2014 SCCA SFR Rookie of the Year. ^[4] In 2015, he won the National Auto Sport Association's Teen Mazda Challenge West Coast title. His victory in that Spec Miata series led to his appearance as one of nine finalists in the 2015 Mazda Road to 24 Shootout. ^[3] Later in 2015, Filippi was on the Grip Racing team that won the 25 Hours of Thunderhill race in the E1 class. ^[5] In 2016, he and his team repeated as winners of that race in the E1 class. ^[6]

Global MX-5 Cup

Filippi joined the Winding Road team ^[7] for the 2016 season of the Global MX-5 Cup. He drove the number 2 car in the Spec Miata series, competing in six out of the twelve races and finishing in 34th place in the standings with 125 overall points. ^[8] His best finish in a race was 14th place, which he achieved at both the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca ^[9] and Watkins Glen International. ^[10]

Pirelli World Challenge/TC America Series

Filippi first entered the Pirelli World Challenge in 2016, racing in the final four events of the season in the TCA class for Atlanta Motorsports Group. He finished in the top ten in each of his races with his highest finish (fifth) coming at Laguna Seca. He placed 14th in the overall standings with 296 points for the 2016 season. ^{[11] [12]}

For the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge, Filippi joined Winding Road Team TFB and began competing in the TC class. ^[13] He drove the number 12 BMW M235iR. That year, he competed in all twelve races, ^[14] earning his first Pirelli World Challenge victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in round four. He also achieved the fastest lap in that race. ^[15] Including that event, Filippi finished in the top ten in nine races that season. He finished fifth in the overall standings with 173 points. ^[14]

Filippi remained with Team TFB for the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge, and he also joined the TCR class racing in the number 12 Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR. In August 2018, however, Filippi announced that he would be joining RealTime Racing for the final four races of the season, opting to drive the number 44 Honda Civic Type R TCR. ^[16] He had his best finishes of the season in that car, coming in third and second respectively at the final two races of the season at Watkins Glen. He finished fourth in the overall standings with 183 points. ^[17]

For the 2019 season, the Pirelli World Challenge was rebranded as the TC America Series. ^[18] Filippi returned to Team TFB at the beginning of the season, driving the number 12 Hyundai Veloster N TCR in the TCR class. At the season's first two races at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Filippi came in first, achieving the initial race's fastest lap, as well. ^[19] Because of scheduling conflicts with the Michelin Pilot Challenge season, Filippi did not compete in the next four races on the TC America Series schedule. In May 2019, it was announced that he would return to the TC America Series as a member of the Copeland Motorsports team. He continued driving the Hyundai Veloster N TCR ^[20] and went on to win four additional races that season. With 187 points, he finished third in the overall standings despite competing in only ten of the 16 races that year. ^[21]

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge

In January 2019, it was announced that Filippi would join Bryan Herta Autosport (with Curb-Agajanian) to compete in the TCR class of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge in the number 21 Hyundai Veloster N TCR with co-driver Harry Gottsacker. ^[22] Both Filippi and Gottsacker were rookies on the series. ^[23] The duo appeared in the top ten in each of the ten races that season and finished on the podium in three races, ^[24] including first place at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. That victory came after the number 89 car, which finished ahead of Filippi, was disqualified for failing to give one of its drivers the minimum drive-time. ^[25] Filippi and Gottsacker finished in second place in the overall standings with 268 points. ^[24]

For the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge season, it was announced that Filippi would stay with Bryan Herta Autosport (with Curb-Agajanian) but would become Michael Lewis' co-driver in the number 98 Hyundai Veloster N TCR. ^[26] The pair came in fourth in the season's first race at the Daytona International Speedway. ^[27] The next race in the series was scheduled for March 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, Filippi competed in the IMSA iRacing Pro Series ^[28] before the Michelin Pilot Challenge returned in July 2020. ^[29] Filippi and Lewis secured two victories in the 2020 season, one at Virginia International Raceway and the other at Road Atlanta. They finished in third place overall with 273 points. ^[24]

For the 2021 Michelin Pilot Challenge season, Filippi is part of the Hyundai USA/ Bryan Herta Autosport Team Driver to drive for Copeland Motorsports in the TCR class. He will drive the number 51 Hyundai Veloster N TCR with co-driver AJ Muss. ^[30]

NASCAR

On May 25, 2022, DGM Racing announced that Filippi would make his Xfinity Series and NASCAR debut in the race at Portland in the team's No. 91 car. ^[31] He was also scheduled to make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Sonoma with G2G Racing however due to him not being able to learn the truck quick enough, he was switched out with Stefan Parsons. He would later make his debut at Mid-Ohio.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	25 Hours of Thunderhill	Grip Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2016	Global MX-5 Cup	Winding Road	6	0	0	0	0	125	34th
	Pirelli World Challenge - TCA	Atlanta Motorsport Group	4	0	0	0	0	296	14th
	25 Hours of Thunderhill	Grip Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2017	Pirelli World Challenge - TC	Winding Road Team TFB	12	1	0	1	1	173	5th
2018	Pirelli World Challenge - TCR	Team TFB RealTime Racing	12	0	0	0	2	183	4th
2019	FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup	Team USA	2	0	0	0	0	2	18th
	TC America Series - TCR	Team TFB Copeland Motorsports	10	6	5	4	7	187	3rd
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	10	1	0	0	3	268	2nd
2020	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	10	2	0	1	3	273	3rd
2021	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	Copeland Motorsports	10	0	0	0	0	1960	13th
2022	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	10	0	4	0	2	2340	8th
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	DGM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	G2G Racing	1	0	0	0	0	1	85th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	JDC-Miller Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	10	3	0	0	8	2950	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR	Hyundai Motorsport N	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2024	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	10	2	0	1	5	2890	2nd
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - TCR	Hyundai Motorsport N
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR

Complete 25 Hours of Thunderhill results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Class Pos.
2015 [32]	Grip Racing	Chuck Hurley Mark Drennan Eric Sidebotham Andrew Newell	BMW 330i	E1	615	1st
2016 [33]					677	1st

Complete Global MX-5 Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2016 [8]	Winding Road	LAG 1 14	LAG 2 32	WGL 1 14	WGL 2 31	ROA 1 DNP	ROA 2 DNP	MOS 1 17	MOS 2 29	VIR 1 DNP	VIR 2 DNP	ATL 1 DNP	ATL 1 DNP	34th	125

Complete Pirelli World Challenge results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2016 [12]	Atlanta Motorsports Group	Mazda MX-5	TCA	AUS 1 DNP	AUS 2 DNP	MOS 1 DNP	MOS 2 DNP	LIM 1 DNP	LIM 2 DNP	ROA 1 DNP	ROA 2 DNP	UTA 1 8	UTA 2 7	LAG 1 6	LAG 2 5	14th	296
2017 [14]	Winding Road Team TFB	BMW M235iR	TC	VIR 1 16	VIR 2 14	MOS 1 13	MOS 2 1	LIM 1 5	LIM 2 6	UTA 1 8	UTA 2 5	AUS 1 6	AUS 2 5	LAG 1 6	LAG 2 4	5th	173
2018 [17]	Team TFB (races 1–8) RealTime Racing (races 9–12)	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR (races 1–8) Honda Civic Type R TCR (races 9–12)	TCR	AUS 1 9	AUS 2 7	VIR 1 4	VIR 2 13	LIM 1 5	LIM 2 5	POR 1 6	POR 2 10	UTA 1 10	UTA 2 6	LAG 1 3	LAG 2 2	4th	183

Complete TC America Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2019 [21]	Team TFB (races 1–2) Copeland Motorsports (races 7–12, 15–16)	Hyundai Veloster N TCR	TCR	AUS 1 1	AUS 2 1	STP 1 DNP	STP 2 DNP	VIR 1 DNP	VIR 2 DNP	SON 1 5	SON 2 1	POR 1 1	POR 2 3	WGL 1 4	WGL 2 Ret	ROA 1 DNP	ROA 2 DNP	LVG 1 1	LVG 2 1	3rd	187

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2023	JDC-Miller MotorSports	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 5†	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

Complete Michelin Pilot Challenge results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-driver	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2019 [24]	Bryan Herta Autosport (with Curb-Agajanian)	Harry Gottsacker	Hyundai Veloster N TCR	TCR	DAY 5	SEB 4	MOH 7	WGL 8	MOS 10	LIM 3	ROA 1	VIR 2	LAG 10	ATL 4	2nd	268
2020 [24]	Bryan Herta Autosport (with Curb-Agajanian)	Michael Lewis	Hyundai Veloster N TCR	TCR	DAY 4	SEB 1 2	ROA 11	VIR 1	ATL 1 5	MOH 1 5	MOH 2 4	ATL 2 1	LAG 8	SEB 2 11	3rd	273

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2022	DGM Racing	91	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	POR 25	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC															101st	01	[34]
		90																					IND DNQ	MCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
2023	MBM Motorsports	66	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON DNQ	NSH	CSC	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	N/A	01	[35]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2022	G2G Racing	46	Toyota	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRI	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON PC†	KNO	NSH	MOH 36	POC	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	85th	1	[36]
2023	Reaume Brothers Racing	34	Ford	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA 26	TEX	BRI	MAR	KAN	DAR	NWS	CLT	GTW	NSH	MOH	POC	RCH	IRP	MLW	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	67th	11	[37]
† – Replaced by Stefan Parsons

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External links

• Official website
• Mason Filippi driver statistics at Racing-Reference