Bill sweedler race car driver

Sweedler, a native of new york, got his professional start in the alms in 2009, driving a porsche 911 gt3 cup car in a four race schedule. For at least a year, no race car driver in the world competed in more different races, in different series, in different cars, on different tracks, in different countries. The 42yearold will make his second career start in the american le. Maynard johnson photo the kempeny car is now 2, but it could be bill driving at stateline. He won several arizona late model stock car championships racing at corona speedway in tucson, manzanita speedway in phoenix and many other tracks. Longtime codrivers townsend bell and bill sweedler, who won the 2015 imsa. Lane some four hours after the race, bill sweedler, townsend bell and jeff segal have reunited in quest of becoming twotime. In 2016, bell along with teammates jeff segal and bill sweedler won the 24 hours of lemans in only their second try. Apr 29, 2014 on the strength of their victory at the seasonopening rolex 24 at daytona, and runnerup position at the mobil 1 12 hours of sebring, drivers townsend bell and bill sweedler enter this weekends.

Nbcsn verizon indycar series analyst townsend bell and his longtime sports car co driver, bill sweedler, will have the chance to defend their 24 hours of le mans victory in the gteam class as. Racecar driver townsend bell owes his passion to the indy 500. Silk will be in the bill park entry for the tour race. Oward after winning the 2018 indy lights championship at portland.

This is what it takes to win the 24 hours of le mans. Bill mackey was scheduled as the next driver for qualifying. Jul 27, 2015 after bill sweedler handed the car over to co driver townsend,bell tried to make a move but another competitor plowed into the car, ripping a door off, here he makes his way around west bend. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Townsend bell, bill sweedler lead tudor united sportscar gt. Townsend bell and bill sweedler and a pit lanes worth of crew and engineers from the scuderia corsa team. Dec 27, 2016 alex job racing, bill sweedler, townsend bell and frankie montecalvo together in the audi r8 lms will be a potent package this year in imsa competition. I believe they ran the gmc motor at least part of the time, if not exclusivley. Moments after, we paired up with a coach or ride along instructor, we strapped on our helmets and fastened our passenger seat belts. Alex job racing alex job racing back with audi, sweedler. William sweedler racing career profile driver database. So steady performance by the drivers, a really good setup on the car. Jul 29, 2015 westporter sweedler living dream on race track.

How imsa drivers fared in the 24 hours of le mans get the. Bill william a horstmeyer racing career profile driver. Bell, sweedler back to defend le mans win with scuderia corsa. In addition, they had a dominant win at vir and podium finishes in the 12 hours of sebring and 24 hours of lemans. Ferrari trio seeking rolex 24 repeat, redemption without. Alex job racing signs townsend bell, bill sweedler for 2017. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for billy rafter on.

Bell, sweedler finally secure their first sports car. Sweedler started the car third on the gtd grid and quickly moved forward. Race car driver david steele killed in florida speedway. The 42yearold will make his second career start in.

For every race track built there were a handful of drivers. My co driver, bill sweedler, has done an incredible job. Racecar driver townsend bell owes his passion to the indy. Aside from the heartbreak for jordan taylor and the corvette team in the gte am class, townsend bell and bill sweedler earned their third straight le mans podium result with a thirdplace run in. Bill sweedler and townsend bell finished 16th and 15th in the drivers championship and 8th in the teams championship. At the williams grove speedway in pennsylvania, walt brown was warming up an illhandling car, the jack robbins special. Townsend bell, bill sweedler lead tudor united sportscar. A real legend of racing bill blair was a pioneer stock car racer. Ferrari trio seeking rolex 24 repeat, redemption without drama. Bell, sweedler finally secure their first sports car titles. Bell, sweedler kick off le mans title defense with solid test. Alex job racing, bill sweedler, townsend bell and frankie montecalvo together in the audi r8 lms will be a potent package this year in imsa competition. After bill sweedler handed the car over to co driver townsend,bell tried to make a move but another competitor plowed into the car, ripping a door off, here he makes his way around west bend.

He was racing midget cars on the east coast of the united states at their introduction in 1934. Bill schindler 6 march 1909 middletown, new york september 20, 1952 was an american racecar driver he began racing in 1931 in a sprint car. Alex job racing back with audi, sweedler, bell and. Christina nielsen born 10 january 1992 in horsholm, denmark is a danish racing driver who is the first female driver to win a weathertech sportscar championship series title. Alex job racing back with audi, sweedler, bell and montecalvo. Regular members racing drivers who have participated successfully in major professional events, i. Bill qualified the autohaus motorsports camaro in the 8th position for the debut grandam rolex series race at the brickyard on friday morning. It is a result of a merger between two existing north american sports car racing series, the american le mans series and rolex sports car series. He won the prestigious founders cup award in 2010 before going on to claim victory in the mobil 1 twelve hours of sebring fueled by fresh from florida in 2012, his first race with openwheel ace, bell. From the time he was a young child, racing has been a passion for westporter bill sweedler. Townsend bell and bill sweedler retained the gt daytona points lead despite an incident that cost them 45 seconds in the penalty box. He is known for the help he offered to many other racers.

How imsa drivers fared in the 24 hours of le mans get. Bell and sweedler to race lamborghini huracan gt3 in 2016. Jan 03, 2019 racecar driver townsend bell owes his passion to the indy 500 for one week a year, 40yearold racecar driver townsend bell gets to pursue his childhood dream. Nbcsn verizon indycar series analyst townsend bell and longtime co driver bill sweedler have a new car, and a new teammate, with which to defend their gteam class victory in the 2017 24 hours of. Jun 18, 2017 aside from the heartbreak for jordan taylor and the corvette team in the gte am class, townsend bell and bill sweedler earned their third straight le mans podium result with a thirdplace run in. Posts tagged with bill sweedler track day with liferush adventures. Every child dreams of being a race car driver, the seemingly unattainable profession of driving really, really fast. Click on the number of races to see individual races. Besides having a better understanding of the handling on his race car. We are looking forward to a great year of racing in the competitive gt daytona class. Scuderia corsa is an american automotive racing team with teams competing in the imsa. Empa hall of famebill schindler eastern motorsport press. As the midgets became increasingly more popular with fans, walter bull, the founder of illustrated speedway news, created a fan contest to crown the most popular midget driver each year.

Thats when he returns to the indianapolis motor speedway in indiana, climbs into the robert graham special indy car and works to qualify for and then race the indianapolis 500. Imsa reversed the call more than four hours after the race, declaring the. William bill sweedler is an american businessman and racing driver, born in 1966, who started his racing career relatively late, in 2007, gaining some success in the sports car racing since then in 2015, he was the gtd class champion in the imsa united sportscar championship, driving a ferrari 458 italia grandam for scuderia corsa alongside townsend bell. She is the daughter of racing driver larserik nielsen, who raced in the 24 hours of le mans in the 2000s. Mar 17, 2018 frankie montecalvo, the american race car driver for the no. If youre a confident driver just hop in the driver s seat.

R to a 10th place finish at indianapolis motor speedway. The experience that all of us have in endurance racing is. Cheesbourg returned to the local dirt short track racing scene after his indy car career was finished. Its so cool and aweinspiring that we actually won it. Thats when he returns to the indianapolis motor speedway in indiana, climbs into the robert graham special indy car and works to qualify for and then race the continue reading racecar driver townsend bell owes his passion to the.

During this period a used car dealer, john moran, had a 1937 black ford coupe built for bill rafter,created with the best equipment available for the period. Bill sweedler and townsend bell enjoyed a memorable tudor united sportscar championship season in. Sportscar championship set to debut with 54 cars entered. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. David steele, a veteran race car driver who won several sprint car series championships and competed in indycar and nascar races, was killed in a wreck during a sprint car race. Liferush adventures also offers an array of spontaneous activities. Posts tagged bill sweedler long beach victory for scuderia corsa. When midget car racing was founded, the big car owners dubbed the small cars doodlebugs. Bill sweedler juggles private equity investing with race car driving he describes his personal style as traditional with a twist.

Oward and his co drivers won the 2017 rolex 24 hours of daytona and the 12. Bill sweedler meet bill sweedler, one of the competitors in the american le mans series new challenge class. For bill sweedler, running a private equity firm and racing cars have a lot in common. Bill sweedler morphs private equity with race car driving. Phil allaway december 27, 2016 imsa, news, phil allaway, wsc comments off on alex job racing signs townsend bell, bill sweedler for 2017. The weathertech sportscar championship is a sports car racing series based in the united states and canada and organized by the international motor sports association imsa.

Sweedler started racing in 2007 and since 2012 often has been paired with townsend bell driving a variety of cars for alex job racing that year including a porsche 911 gt3 cup and a lotus evora gt. He would read magazines, ride dirt bikes and watch the most famous sports car races on the television. Sweedler makes his carracing dream come true westport news. Frankie montecalvo, the american race car driver for the no.

Reigning imsa gtd driver champions, townsend bell and bill sweedler will campaign the lamborghini during the 2016 weathertech. This car, as the nocout hose clamp special, had been. Sweedler and bell join scuderia corsa for 2015 tudor united sports car championship. Every month they take a different track and list an exotic car to commission lamborghini huracan, porsche 911, audi r8, etc. To succeed at the highest levels in business requires. For one week a year, 40yearold racecar driver townsend bell gets to pursue his childhood dream. Westporter bill sweedler lives that dream at the northeast grand prix in the.

Sweedler and bell join change racing reigning imsa gtd champions bill sweedler and townsend bell have joined change racing to contest the remainder of the 2016 imsa weathertech championship. Townsend bell and his longtime sports car co driver, bill sweedler, will have the chance to defend their 24 hours of le mans. As soon as they parked one car, they would buckle up in the other and line up for the next race. Jun 04, 2017 nbcsn verizon indycar series analyst townsend bell and longtime co driver bill sweedler have a new car, and a new teammate, with which to defend their gteam class victory in the 2017 24 hours of. He probably has not had as much time in the car as jeff segal and myself, but he was immediately on the pace and feeling very confident. Seasons spanning over two years for example 2014 championships have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends. Feb 07, 2017 bell, sweedler back to defend le mans win with scuderia corsa. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. To succeed at the highest levels in business requires the same attributes as in racing. Audi factory driver pierre kaffer germany will be the fourth driver in the ajr audi for daytona. Reigning imsa gtd driver champions, townsend bell and bill sweedler will campaign the. Westporter sweedler living dream on race track westport news. Bill was a great driver, a heck of a nice guy and very funny. On sunday, july 29, 1951, the aaa sprint car championship got underway at winchester speedway in indiana.

Bell, sweedler pick up pieces for second time in three. Ferrari 488 gt3 flips in dramatic fashion at 12 hours of. October 5, 2014 braselton, ga fiftytwo hours of racing in the patron north american endurance cups gtdaytona class were dominated by the no. An outstanding openwheel race car driver and a leader both on and off the race track, bill schindler march 6, 1909 september 20, 1952 had all the talent in the world when it came to driving midgets, big cars sprint cars and championship cars. Bell saw his first indy 500 at age 10, and the sights and sounds and smells of that race sparked his desire to race. On the strength of their victory at the seasonopening rolex 24 at daytona, and runnerup position at the mobil 1 12 hours of sebring, drivers townsend bell and bill sweedler enter this weekends. Ogara motorsport announced tuesday that they have filled the seats for their newly purchased lamborghini huracan gt3 spec race car. Sweedler, bell, and aim autosport capture patron north. Oward exiting the pits during qualifying at sonoma in 2018, where he qualified fifth in his indycar debut. Bill sweedler juggles private equity investing with.

May 15, 2017 for bill sweedler, running a private equity firm and racing cars have a lot in common. Click on the race name to see the results of that race. He had already won a coupe heat and late model heat when a friend, whose driver had not arrived at the track, asked him to qualify his car in the semi feature. Townsend bell born april 19, 1975 in san francisco is an american professional motor racing driver competing in the imsa weathertech sportscar championship, and also as a motorsports commentator for nbc sports indycar series coverage. Bill sweedler was at les mans, and he was there to win.

Rafter immediately started to build a career driving this car, however the season was interrupted by a drivers strike in 1951,as a result, they towed to daytona beach to race on the sand. Nantucket summer resident, was living his childhood dream as a racecar driver. Current imsa weathertech sportscar championship gtd driver champions townsend bell and bill sweedler will campaign the lamborghini during the 2016 season. Long time co driver teammates bill sweedler and townsend bell have overcome much adversity in order to remain competitive in terms of competing for race wins and championships in the gt daytona division of the imsa weathertech sportscar championship over the past three seasons. Sweedler, bell look to followup rolex 24 win with new team. He was one of three bigtime drivers, each of whom were veterans of the indianapolis 500, to lose their lives on the same day. From dan odys 8mm old speedways dvd whoever had it at this stateline race put a few more wrinkles on it. Scuderia corsa wins gtdaytona driver and team championship, secures.