Matt Bell (racing driver)

Template:Template other Matthew Elwin Bell (born August 31, 1985) is an American professional race car driver. Bell was born in Mountain View, California. Although Bell grew up in Los Altos, California, he attended Mountain View High School from which he graduated in 2004. After graduation, he pursued transportation design at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California. Shortly after his third year of attendance, Bell joined Grand America Road Racing Association Koni Challenge Series in 2008 and raced with Turner Motorsport. For two years he raced for Turner Motorsport. Bell is racing for Stevenson Motorsport in the 2010 No. 6 Sunoco Camaro. Bell resides in San Mateo, California and when not racing is an instructor at Jim Russell Racing School.

Racing career

In 2012, Bell made his debut in NASCAR competition, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series for JD Motorsports at Road America. Five years later, Bell returned to the series – now the Xfinity Series – at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where he drove the No. 90 for King Autosport. His car suffered from brake issues and he violently crashed into the tire barrier in turn one; he finished 38th.

Images

• Bell at his 2012 NASCAR debut
  Bell at his 2012 NASCAR debut
• Bell at Willow Springs Raceway
  Bell at Willow Springs Raceway
• Bell's No. 4 at the 2012 Sargento 200
  Bell's No. 4 at the 2012 Sargento 200

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2012	JD Motorsports	4	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA 34	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW														83rd	18
	Go Green Racing	39	Ford																					GLN 36	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2017	King Autosport	90	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH 38	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	83rd	1

Sports car racing

(key) Bold – pole position (overall finish/class finish).

Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2008	Turner Motorsport	ST	DIS 15	LRP 42	MOS 22	MOH 15	WGI 9	IWO 2	TRR 21	NJP 14	UTA 11	VIR 4			12th	170
2009		GS	DIS 1	HOM 24	NJP 10	LS 15	LRP 3	WGI 2	MOH 5	BAR 5	TRR 1	UTA 2	VIR 4		3rd	288
	Compass360 Racing	ST	DIS	HOM	NJP	LS	LRP	WGI	MOH	BAR 10	TRR	UTA	VIR		78th	21
2010	Stevenson Motorsports	GS	DIS 5	HOM 32	BAR 14	VIR 2	LRP 19	WGI 24	MOH 18	NJP 6	TRR 3	UTA 15			7th	178
2011			DIS 28	HMS 11	BAR 5	VIR 9	LRP 4	WGI 2	ROA 1	LS 1	NJP 14	MOH 33			8th	218
2012			DIS 17	BAR	HMS	NJP 12	MOH 5	ROA 6	WGI 4	IMS 8	LS 1	LRP 4			9th	198
2013			DIS 6	COTA 10	BAR 2	ATL 1	MOH 3	WGI 6	IMS 20	ROA 17	KAS 1	LS 2	LRP 2		2nd	289
2014			DIS 23	SEB 8	LS 11	LRP 3	KAS 15	WGI 4	MOS 1	IMS 19	ROA 14	VIR 16	COTA 17	ATL 18	17th	204
2015			DIS 3	SEB 2	LS 10	WGI 5	MOS 4	LRP 5	ROA 12	VIR 3	COTA 8	ATL 8			4th	260

Rolex Sports Car Series

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2010	Stevenson Motorsports	GT	DIS 10	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGI	MOH	DIS	NJP	WGI	MON	UTA		21st	49
	Doran Racing	DP	DIS	VIR	NJP 6	LAG	WGI	MOH	DIS	BAR	WGI	MON	UTA 7	HOM
2011			DIS 17	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	WGI 6	ROA							18th	61
	Michael Shank Racing	DP								LAG 11	NJP	WGI	MON	MOH
2012	Stevenson Motorsports	GT	DIS 15	BAR	HOM	NJP	DET	MOH	ROA	WGI 5	IMS 17	WGI	MON	LAG	LRP	35th	56

American Le Mans Series

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2009	LG Motorsports	GT2	SEB	STP	LBGP	UTA	LRP	MOH	ROA	MOS	ATL 8	MRLS	32nd	13

External links

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