Will Kimmel

Will Kimmel
Nationality United States American
Born (1988-05-11) May 11, 1988
Sellersburg, Indiana, U.S.
Related to Frank Kimmel
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season 2008
Current team Kimmel Racing
Car no. 69
Starts 73
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 8th in 2013
Championship titles
2007 Salem Speedway Track Champion
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Car no., team No. 32 (Go FAS Racing)
2015 position 46th
Best finish 46th (2015)
First race 2015 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)
Last race 2015 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 2 years
2014 position 41st
Best finish 41st (2014)
First race 2011 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)
Last race 2014 Drive for the Cure 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish 97th (2010)
First race 2010 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 18, 2015.

Will Kimmel III (born May 11, 1988 in Sellersburg, Indiana) is an American stock car racing driver. Son of Bill Kimmel, Jr. and nephew of Frank Kimmel. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Racing Series for family-owned Kimmel Racing. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 32 Ford Fusion for Go FAS Racing.

Career

Kimmel's 2013 ARCA car at Road America.

Kimmel began his racing career in 1998;[1] in 2006 he began competing at Salem Speedway, winning the track's Rookie of the Year award for Super Late Model drivers. The following year he won the track's championship, becoming the youngest driver to do so.[2] He made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series in 2008, competing in 62 races in the series between 2008 and 2013 with a best finish of second at Salem in 2011.[3] Kimmel also won the Polar Bear 150 street-stock race at Rockingham Speedway in 2010, beating Kurt Busch.[4]

NASCAR

In 2010, Kimmel made his debut in NASCAR competition, driving the No. 44 Ford in a Camping World Truck Series event at Kentucky Speedway,[5] finishing 21st.[6] He made his first start in the Nationwide Series the following year at Kentucky Speedway, driving for Go Green Racing;[7] he finished 35th after an accident.[8]

In January 2014, Kimmel announced that he would be driving for TriStar Motorsports part-time in the Nationwide Series during the 2014 season, competing in five events driving the No. 44 Toyota.[9]

On May 12, 2015, Kimmel joined Go FAS Racing for his Sprint Cup Series debut, which took place in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky.[10] Kimmel finished in 38th, five laps behind the leaders. He then raced at Kansas for the Hollywood Casino 400, and finished 39th.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "About Kimmel Racing". Kimmel Racing official site. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  2. ↑ "About Will Kimmel". Will Kimmel official site. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  3. ↑ "Will Kimmel - ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  4. ↑ "Kimmel holds off Kurt Busch to win Polar Bear 150". November 27, 2010. Fox Sports. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Will Kimmel to race at Kentucky Speedway". August 24, 2010. Louisville, KY: WDRB. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  6. ↑ Hinton, Ed. "Carl Edwards feeling like a contender again". September 6, 2010. ESPN. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  7. ↑ Harris, Kevin. "Kimmel to make Nationwide Series debut at Kentucky". June 28, 2011. Jeffersonville, IN: News and Tribune. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  8. ↑ Frakes, Jason. "Will Kimmel 35th in Nationwide debut after crash on 63rd lap". July 8, 2011. Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  9. ↑ "Will Kimmel Gets 5 Nationwide Races". January 21, 2014. National Speed Sport News. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  10. ↑ Wolkin, Joseph (May 12, 2015). "ARCA SERIES VETERAN WILL KIMMEL TO ATTEMPT NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DEBUT". Frontstretch. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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