Rius Billing is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for BMW 325is. Billing has recorded 1 win and 11 podiums from 29 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,214 ranks Billing 25193th 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.
| 2013-07-07 | Laguna Spec E30 | P21 | −134 |
| 2013-05-05 | Willow Springs Raceway Spec E30 | P6 | −5 |
| 2013-05-05 | Willow Springs Raceway Spec E30 | P12 | −159 |
| 2013-05-04 | Willow Springs Raceway Spec E30 | P4 | +43 |
| 2013-03-03 | Auto Club Speedway Spec E30 | P7 | −76 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +134 | Willow Springs Raceway 2012 | NASA | P1 |
| +122 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2012 | NASA | P2 |
| +115 | Auto Club Speedway 2012 | NASA | P2 |
| +102 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2012 | NASA | P2 |
| +101 | Auto Club Speedway 2012 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ▸NASA | BMW 325is | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | −212 | 1,214 |
| 2012 | ▸NASA | BMW 325is | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +382 | 1,426 |
| 2011 | ▸NASA | BMW 325i | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P36 | −440 | 1,045 |
| ▸BMW CCA Club Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −305 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Steffen Thompson | 1,367 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 38% |
| 🏳️ Allan Hauser | 1,808 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 12% |
| 🏳️ Matthew Thiemann | 1,071 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 40% |
| 🏳️ Steven Stepanian | 1,489 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 42% |
| 🇺🇸 Frank Reed | 1,189 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 61% |
| 🏳️ Mitchell Pepper | 715 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 71% |
| 🏳️ Erick Strong | 1,216 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🏳️ Sean Aron | 2,143 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 73% |
| 🇺🇸 David Reed | 1,140 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 27% |
| 🏳️ Chris Donnelly | 430 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% |
| 🏳️ Andrew ClarkHigher-rated | 2,356 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Henry SchmittFIA Bronze | 2,047 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25,183 | 🏳️ T.J. Graven | NASA | 1,215 |
| 25,184 | 🏳️ Terry Morris | PCA Club Racing | 1,215 |
| 25,185 | 🏳️ Brian Boyd | SCCA Regionals | 1,214 |
| 25,186 | 🏳️ Christian Borchart | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,214 |
| 25,187 | 🇺🇸 Jay Jackson | SCCA Regionals | 1,214 |
| 25,188 | 🏳️ Jeff Warncke | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,214 |
| 25,189 | 🏳️ Laurent Fumex | SCCA Regionals | 1,214 |
| 25,190 | 🇨🇦 Lee Cornett | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,214 |
| 25,191 | 🇦🇷 Nicolás Palau | TC Pista Mouras | 1,214 |
| 25,192 | 🏳️ Phillip Isabel | NASA | 1,214 |
| 25,193 | 🏳️ Rius Billing | NASA | 1,214 |
| 25,194 | 🏳️ Youri Bebic | PCA Club Racing | 1,214 |
| 25,195 | 🏳️ C. Brady | NASA | 1,213 |
| 25,196 | 🏳️ David Safris | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
| 25,197 | 🏳️ Doug Young | NASA | 1,213 |
| 25,198 | 🇦🇷 Guillermo Yané | TC Pista Mouras | 1,213 |
| 25,199 | 🇺🇸 Howard Robinson | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
| 25,200 | 🇧🇪 Marc Stessens | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,213 |
| 25,201 | 🏳️ Matthew Erickson | NASA | 1,213 |
| 25,202 | 🏳️ Mike Carr | American Endurance Racing | 1,213 |
| 25,203 | 🏳️ Mitchell Pagerey | PCA Club Racing | 1,213 |
Rius Billing was a developing-level driver competing in national pro-am multiclass sprint racing in spec BMW E30 3-series machinery. He raced primarily in NASA between 2011 and 2013, with one appearance in BMW CCA Club Racing, running 29 starts across both championships before retiring.[1]
His career record comprised one win and eleven podiums across three seasons. Billing took his sole victory in NASA and finished 34th in the NASA championship standings in his final season of 2013. He was closely matched with club-level regular Steffen Thompson in head-to-head racing but typically finished behind Allan Hauser, who had twice as many NASA starts. Among the drivers Billing beat multiple times were competitive amateurs including Sean Aron, whom he finished ahead of on eleven occasions.[2]
Billing's racing took place in fields that mixed amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals. His results placed him in the lower end of these grids; while he scored podiums regularly enough across his three-year span, they came against club-level opposition and developing competitors rather than the established professionals who shared the same multiclass events.