Will Kimmel

Will Kimmel III (born May 11, 1988) is an American stock car racing driver. He is the son of Bill Kimmel, Jr. and nephew of Frank Kimmel. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for family-owned Kimmel Racing. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series for Go Fas Racing.

Will Kimmel
Nationality American
Born (1988-05-11) May 11, 1988
Sellersburg, Indiana
Related toFrank Kimmel
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2008
Current teamKimmel Racing
Car number69
Starts122
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish8th in 2013
Finished last season46th (2020)
Championship titles
2007Salem Speedway track champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2015 position46th
Best finish46th (2015)
First race2015 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)
Last race2015 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 2 years
2014 position41st
Best finish41st (2014)
First race2011 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)
Last race2014 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 finish97th (2010)
First race2010 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 4, 2020.

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
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
2015 Go FAS Racing 32 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN
38		 NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN
39		 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 46th 11

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NNSC Pts
2011 Go Green Racing 39 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN
35		 NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 85th 9
2014 TriStar Motorsports 44 Toyota DAY PHO
33		 LVS BRI
22		 CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH
25		 CHI
28		 KEN DOV KAN CLT
38		 TEX PHO HOM 41st 74

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts
2010 Kimmel Racing 44 Ford DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN
21		 NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 97th 100

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 AMSC Pts
2008 Hixson Motorsports 29 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY
31		 KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 141st 75
2009 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford DAY
18		 SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF
8		 CHI TOL DSF
33		 NJE SLM KAN CAR 70th 395
2010 DAY PBE
30		 SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH ISF
21		 CHI DSF
6		 TOL SLM KAN CAR 37th 700
Mark Gibson Racing 59 Dodge IOW
18		 MFD POC
15		 BLN NJE
2011 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford DAY TAL
38		 SLM
29		 TOL NJE
31		 CHI
31		 POC
32		 MCH
37		 WIN
27		 BLN
27		 IOW
37		 IRP POC
12		 ISF
4		 MAD
30		 DSF
8		 SLM
2		 KAN
17		 TOL
29		 15th 2235
2012 DAY
3		 MOB
25		 SLM
27		 TAL
6		 TOL ELK
26		 POC
34		 MCH
30		 WIN
27		 NJE
5		 IOW
38		 CHI
10		 POC
9		 ISF
11		 SLM
25		 DSF
C		 KAN
9		 12th 2990
69 IRP
34		 BLN
27		 MAD
27
2013 68 DAY
33		 MOB
27		 SLM
3		 TAL
36		 TOL
29		 WIN
20		 BLN
23		 MAD
22		 8th 4215
69 ELK
18		 MCH
7		 ROA
11		 CHI
4		 NJE
4		 ISF
28		 DSF
24		 IOW
9		 SLM
12		 KAN
6
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge POC
31		 POC
7		 KEN
7
2014 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford DAY
38		 MOB SLM POC
4		 MCH
6		 ELK CHI
4		 IRP POC
2		 BLN ISF
5		 DSF
21		 SLM KEN
6		 18th 1800
68 TAL
36		 TOL NJE WIN
16		 MAD
27		 KAN
29
2015 69 DAY
10		 MOB
23		 NSH
25		 SLM
20		 TAL
29		 TOL NJE POC
4		 MCH
16		 CHI
3		 WIN
20		 IOW
26		 IRP POC
17		 BLN
11		 DSF
14		 KEN
22		 KAN
21		 11th 3000
Toyota ISF
23		 SLM
3
2016 Chevy DAY
18		 NSH SLM TAL
4		 TOL 13th 2060
Ford NJE
16		 POC
29		 MCH POC
10		 BLN ISF
19		 DSF
11		 SLM
18		 CHI KEN KAN
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Ford MAD
10		 WIN
8
Higdon Racing 08 Chevy IOW
18		 IRP
2017 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford DAY NSH SLM
18		 ELK
22		 POC MCH MAD
20		 IOW IRP
26		 POC WIN ISF
9		 ROA DSF
7		 SLM
10		 CHI KEN KAN 26th 1075
Chevy TAL
33		 TOL
2018 Ford DAY NSH
24		 SLM
12		 TAL TOL
23		 CLT POC MCH MAD GTW
13		 CHI
15		 IOW ELK POC ISF
Wth		 BLN DSF
2		 SLM IRP
10		 KAN
13		 18th 1310
2019 DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF
5		 DSF
18		 SLM IRP KAN 51st 345
2020 DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY
13		 GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF
14		 KAN 46th 61

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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