🏳️ Mike Homes

Mike Homes is a club-level driver whose rating of 1,235 places him among developing competitors; this is the entry end of club racing, a field for drivers still building consistency and racing experience. His career spanned five seasons from 2012 to 2016 in NASA Mazda Miata competition, where he started 55 races without recording a win or podium finish. His average finishing position of 14.9 reflects a driver firmly in the middle of the field; he was competitive enough to finish ahead of rivals regularly but not to challenge for top positions.[1]

The head-to-head record against his most frequent opponents reveals the nature of the field. Against Hernan Palermo, a semi-professional driver rated 3,000, Homes finished ahead only 3 times in 49 shared races. Against Trevor Mccallion and Vaughn Duarte, both former NASA Spec Miata champions, the gap was wider still; Homes beat Mccallion 5 times in 48 races and Duarte 4 times in 44. His best head-to-head work came against Stephen Jeu, a club-level driver at 1,188 rating, where Homes held a narrow 21-23 record over 44 races. Isolated victories over much stronger drivers such as Gar Robinson, an IMSA professional multiple champion, and Harry Gottsacker, an FIA Silver graded champion, do not represent patterns but rather the randomness of single-race results in a field where Homes was consistently outmatched by the front-runners.