Bill Homeier is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kuzma. Homeier has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,545 ranks Homeier 1864th of 40,700 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.
| 1960-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P13 | +41 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +125 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1955 | Formula 1 | P5 |
| +41 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1960 | Formula 1 | P13 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Kuzma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +41 | 4,551 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P14 | +125 | 4,526 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +3,101 | 4,451 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Duane Carter | 6,176 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 6,175 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 6,070 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | 5,987 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Thomson | 5,951 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Don Freeland | 5,941 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Rodger Ward | 5,914 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Johnson | 4,959 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Sam HanksHigher-rated | 6,121 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,854 | 🇬🇧 Cuth Harrison | Formula 1 | 4,547 |
| 1,855 | 🇩🇰 Enzo Trulli | European Le Mans Series | 4,547 |
| 1,856 | 🇵🇹 Félix da Costa | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,547 |
| 1,857 | 🇨🇭 Ronnie Saurenmann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,547 |
| 1,858 | 🇺🇸 Austin Krainz | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,546 |
| 1,859 | 🇺🇸 Billy Roe | IndyCar | 4,546 |
| 1,860 | 🇫🇷 Boris Derichebourg | FIA GT Championship | 4,546 |
| 1,861 | 🇧🇷 Cacá Bueno | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,546 |
| 1,862 | 🇺🇸 Duke Nalon | Formula 1 | 4,546 |
| 1,863 | 🇫🇷 Mathys Jaubert | WEC | 4,546 |
| 1,864 | 🇺🇸 Bill Homeier | Formula 1 | 4,545 |
| 1,865 | 🇫🇷 Guy Mairesse | Formula 1 | 4,545 |
| 1,866 | 🇲🇨 Lilou Wadoux | European Le Mans Series | 4,545 |
| 1,867 | 🇪🇸 Daniel Campos-Hull | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,542 |
| 1,868 | 🇺🇸 Henry Banks | Formula 1 | 4,542 |
| 1,869 | 🇩🇪 Ralf Oeverhaus | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,542 |
| 1,870 | 🇫🇷 Bruce JOUANNY | Road to Le Mans | 4,541 |
| 1,871 | 🇮🇹 Toni Vilander | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,541 |
| 1,872 | 🇺🇸 Anthony Foyt | Formula 1 | 4,539 |
| 1,873 | 🇺🇸 Elias De La Torre | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 4,539 |
| 1,874 | 🇸🇲 Emanuele Zonzini | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 4,539 |
Bill Homeier was an established professional racing in Formula 1 between 1954 and 1960. He started three races for Kuzma, the smallest tally of his indexed career. The field ranged from amateurs to graded professionals in a single-class championship run across multiple countries.[1]
Homeier's three starts came across six seasons, with his last race in 1960 leaving him fourteenth in the championship standings for that year. He finished behind the regular established professionals he faced, including Jim Rathmann, who had ten Formula 1 starts to Homeier's three. He beat both Rathmann and Duane Carter once each, a pair of established professionals with substantially longer careers in the series.[2]
Homeier raced alongside drivers from a team that included Duane Carter among its strongest entrants. Kuzma fielded him for two of his three starts, a small operation that produced five race wins across its full roster of 87 drivers. His scattered participation meant he remained a peripheral figure in a field dominated by drivers who returned season after season.