Collin Ruess is a racing driver who competes in NASA. Ruess has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,555 ranks Ruess 20967th 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.
| 2026-08-01 | Utah Motorsports Campus Spec Miata | P3 | +33 |
| 2026-04-19 | Utah Motorsports Campus Spec Miata | P2 | +78 |
| 2026-04-18 | Utah Motorsports Campus Spec Miata | P1 | +102 |
| 2026-03-29 | Utah Motorsports Campus Spec Miata | P4 | +37 |
| 2026-03-28 | Utah Motorsports Campus Spec Miata | P4 | +41 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +127 | Utah Motorsports Campus 2025 | NASA | P2 |
| +119 | Utah Motorsports Campus 2025 | NASA | P2 |
| +108 | Utah Motorsports Campus 2025 | NASA | P2 |
| +102 | Utah Motorsports Campus 2026 | NASA | P1 |
| +78 | Utah Motorsports Campus 2026 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸NASA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P36 | +291 | 1,555 | |
| 2025 | ▸NASA | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P52 | −85 | 1,265 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Devin Mosness | 2,114 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Jason Bleak | 2,245 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🏳️ Steve Morrison | 1,674 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| 🏳️ John Kiblinger | 622 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% |
| 🏳️ David Muskovitz | 689 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| 🏳️ Bradley Roepstorff | 584 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% |
| 🏳️ Conner Fisk | 808 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Lincoln Larson | 2,810 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Ayden Westbye | 400 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,957 | 🏳️ Phil Hartstein | SVRA | 1,556 |
| 20,958 | 🏳️ Sabine Christian | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,556 |
| 20,959 | 🏳️ Stephen DeVinney | NASA | 1,556 |
| 20,960 | 🏳️ Stephen Kefer | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,556 |
| 20,961 | 🇺🇸 Timmy Tyrrell | NASA | 1,556 |
| 20,962 | 🏳️ Alexander Premat | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,963 | 🏳️ Björn Katthage | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,964 | 🏳️ Bob Mcleod | American Endurance Racing | 1,555 |
| 20,965 | 🏳️ Brian Rutkowski | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,555 |
| 20,966 | 🏳️ Christophe Gueret | American Endurance Racing | 1,555 |
| 20,967 | 🏳️ Collin Ruess | NASA | 1,555 |
| 20,968 | 🏳️ Dallas Asher | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,555 |
| 20,969 | 🏳️ Elias Funke | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,970 | 🏳️ Gideon Bonthuys | American Endurance Racing | 1,555 |
| 20,971 | 🏳️ Jacob Hiller | American Endurance Racing | 1,555 |
| 20,972 | 🇩🇪 Martin Heidrich | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,973 | 🏳️ Matsui Taketoshi | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,974 | 🏳️ Maximilan von Saurma | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,975 | 🏳️ Peter Tost | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,555 |
| 20,976 | 🏳️ Ryan Goodnight | American Endurance Racing | 1,555 |
| 20,977 | 🏳️ Scott Barr | SCCA Majors | 1,555 |
Collin Ruess is a club-level racer competing in NASA's Spec Miata class, which runs Mazda MX-5 Miatas in spec trim across the series' multiclass national championship. His first indexed season was 2025.[1]
In two seasons of racing on record, Ruess has taken one win and six podiums from ten starts. The 2026 season is still in progress, with five rounds complete; he has claimed one win and three podiums so far and currently sits 35th in the championship standings.[2]
Ruess races in a field mixing amateur and semi-professional entrants. He runs closely matched with Devin Mosness, a competitive amateur with 38 NASA starts, and typically finishes behind Jason Bleak, a more experienced competitive amateur with 157 starts in the series; he has beaten Bleak once across their meetings and Mosness five times.