Bob Michaels is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for BMW 325. Michaels has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 92 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 776 ranks Michaels 36787th 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.
| 2023-05-21 | Willow Springs Raceway Spec E30 | P5 | +4 |
| 2023-05-21 | Willow Springs Raceway Spec E30 | P8 | −120 |
| 2023-01-15 | Auto Club Speedway Spec E30 | P4 | +79 |
| 2023-01-15 | Auto Club Speedway Spec E30 | P3 | +117 |
| 2023-01-14 | Auto Club Speedway Spec E30 | P5 | +35 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +120 | Auto Club Speedway 2021 | NASA | P4 |
| +118 | Auto Club Speedway 2021 | NASA | P5 |
| +117 | Auto Club Speedway 2023 | NASA | P3 |
| +96 | Auto Club Speedway 2022 | NASA | P3 |
| +94 | Auto Club Speedway 2022 | NASA | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | +115 | 776 |
| 2022 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | +152 | 661 |
| 2021 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P44 | +47 | 508 |
| 2020 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P61 | −160 | 557 |
| 2019 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P56 | −195 | 400 |
| 2018 | ▸NASA | BMW 325is | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P50 | −171 | 400 |
| 2017 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P45 | −55 | 440 |
| 2016 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P52 | −22 | 611 |
| 2015 | ▸NASA | BMW 325 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P73 | −588 | 762 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Andrew Clark | 2,356 | 73 | 8 | 65 | 11% |
| 🏳️ Sean Aron | 2,143 | 69 | 11 | 58 | 16% |
| 🏳️ Forenz Arabian | 1,338 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 16% |
| 🏳️ Edward Wagner | 1,345 | 43 | 8 | 35 | 19% |
| 🏳️ Michael Mihld | 1,891 | 42 | 5 | 37 | 12% |
| 🏳️ JoJo McKenzie | 1,146 | 38 | 7 | 31 | 18% |
| 🏳️ Jerick Javier | 1,166 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 24% |
| 🏳️ Jacques Rimokh | 569 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 73% |
| 🏳️ Steven Stepanian | 1,489 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 9% |
| 🏳️ Marcelo Calcagnotto | 1,933 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 29% |
| 🇺🇸 Aristotle BaloghFIA Bronze | 3,252 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Natasha BaloghFIA Silver | 3,147 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Tim BarberFIA Silver | 2,672 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36,777 | 🏳️ Marc E. Ruhling | NASA | 777 |
| 36,778 | 🏳️ Mark Repka | PCA Club Racing | 777 |
| 36,779 | 🏳️ O.L. Kinney | SCCA Majors | 777 |
| 36,780 | 🏳️ Paul Raymond | NASA | 777 |
| 36,781 | 🏳️ Pete Meck | SCCA Majors | 777 |
| 36,782 | 🏳️ Philip Theodore | PCA Club Racing | 777 |
| 36,783 | 🏳️ Rob Pickrcyk | NASA | 777 |
| 36,784 | 🏳️ Ronald Stack | NASA | 777 |
| 36,785 | 🏳️ Starla Jeanne Phelps | PCA Club Racing | 777 |
| 36,786 | 🏳️ William Sturgeon | SCCA Majors | 777 |
| 36,787 | 🏳️ Bob Michaels | NASA | 776 |
| 36,788 | 🏳️ Brian K Starr | PCA Club Racing | 776 |
| 36,789 | 🏳️ Craig Joslin | NASA | 776 |
| 36,790 | 🏳️ Doug Evans | NASA | 776 |
| 36,791 | 🏳️ Fred W Crawford | PCA Club Racing | 776 |
| 36,792 | 🏳️ Gary L Lorenz | PCA Club Racing | 776 |
| 36,793 | 🏳️ George Slyman | SCCA Regionals | 776 |
| 36,794 | 🏳️ Lee Papageorge | NASA | 776 |
| 36,795 | 🏳️ Matthew Engwis | SCCA Regionals | 776 |
| 36,796 | 🏳️ N. Leverone | NASA | 776 |
| 36,797 | 🏳️ Nikki Booth | NASA | 776 |
Bob Michaels is a developing-level driver who raced in NASA, a multiclass championship mixing amateur and semi-professional competitors across 15 classes in single-driver sprint racing. He ran spec machinery, primarily the BMW E30-based Spec E30 class and the Mazda MX-5 Spec Miata class, across nine seasons from 2015 to 2023.[1]
Over 92 starts, Michaels took two podiums and finished 32nd in the championship standings in his final season. He was a regular on the grid against competitive amateurs such as Andrew Clark and Sean Aron, drivers who consistently finished ahead of him. He beat entry-level professionals Aristotle Balogh, who has raced in IMSA Pilot Challenge and American Endurance Racing, three times, and Natasha Balogh once. The majority of his 86 starts came for the BMW 325 team, part of an operation that has fielded over 70 drivers and recorded 74 wins across the index.[2]