Sebastiaan Bleekemolen

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Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
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Sebastiaan Bleekemolen driving the #24 Team Bleekemolen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 in the Porsche Supercup in 2006 at Silverstone.
Nationality Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch
Born (1978-08-09) 9 August 1978 (age 46)
Haarlem
Related to Michael Bleekemolen (father)
Jeroen Bleekemolen (brother)
Nick Bleekemolen (nephew)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season 2019
Current teamTeam Bleekemolen
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number69
Starts55
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th in 2022
Finished last season6th in 2022
Previous series
2014-15
2014-15
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010-13
2009-10
2008
2008, 2014
2006-07
2005
2004
2004, 2009, 2012
2003-13, 2014-15
03-04, 06-08, 10-14
2002-03
2001-04, 2007-13
2001
2001
2000
1999-2002
1998-99
1998
1997-98
1996
1996
Renault Clio Cup Benelux
United SportsCars
VLN Endurance
Carrera World Cup
Eurocup Clio
Tourwagen Diesel Cup
American Le Mans Series
Dutch GT4
24H Series
ADAC GT Masters
Dutch BMW 130i Cup
Dutch Porsche GT3 Cup
Dutch Supercar Challenge
German Carrera Cup
Dutch Winter Endurance
Porsche Supercup
Dutch Alfa 147 Challenge
Dutch Renault Clio Cup
International Clio Cup
FIA GT Championship
Dutch Touring Cars
Renault Sport Clio Trophy
Dutch Mégane Trophy
Dutch Formula Acrobaleno
Renault Spider Europe
Benelux Formula Ford 1800
Dutch Formula Ford 1800
Championship titles
2014
2003-04, 2009-10
2002, 2004, 2011
1996
1996
Renault Clio Cup Benelux
Dutch Winter Endurance
Dutch Renault Clio Cup
Benelux Formula Ford 1800
Dutch Formula Ford 1800

Sebastiaan Bleekemolen (born 9 August 1978 in Haarlem) is a Dutch racing driver that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for the family-owned Team Bleekemolen in the No. 69 Ford Mustang in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. [1] His brother Jeroen and father Michael are also racing drivers. His father is a former Formula One driver, who has competed with RAM and ATS. Sebastiaan won the Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford 1800 championships in 1996, but decided early in his career formula racing was not his thing and already started driving sports cars and touring cars from 1997.

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Since 2002 he has been very successful in sports car racing and touring car racing. He became the Dutch Renault Clio Cup champion three times, winning the championship in 2002, 2004 and 2011. He won the Dutch Winter Endurance championship in 2003-04 and in 2009-10.

Since 2010 he participated in the American Le Mans Series. He has always driven a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in the GTC class, but with three different teams. Since the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series, which became the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship, he drives a SRT Viper GT3-R with Riley Motorsports in the GTD class together with his brother and Ben Keating.

Racing record

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Results are overall/class)

YearTeamCar1234567891011PosPoints
2001 Team Carsport Holland Dodge Viper GTS-R MNZ
DNS
BRN
Ret
MAG
6
SIL
2
ZOL
Ret
HUN
3
SPA
Ret
A1R
3
NÜR
Ret
JAR
Ret
EST
4
11th18

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112DCPoints
2003 Team Bleekemolen ITA
6
ESP
9
AUT
11
MON
Ret
GER
13
FRA
14
GBR
11
GER
8
HUN ITA USA
6
USA
Ret
9th70
2004 Team Bleekemolen ITA
5
ESP
9
MON
9
GER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL
7
ITA NC‡0‡
2006 Team Bleekemolen BHR ITA
9
GER
15
ESP
Ret
MON
19
GBR
14
USA USA FRA
11
GER HUN ITA 18th23
2007 Bleekemolen Race Planet BHR
11
BHR
9
ESP
11
MON
5
FRA
15
GBR
20
GER HUN TUR
13
BEL
Ret
ITA
24†
12th42
2008 Bleekemolen Race Planet BHR
12
BHR
8
ESP
13
TUR
10
MON
17
FRA
20
GBR
5
GER
18
HUN
24
ESP
Ret
BEL
17
ITA
25
16th44
2010 Bleekemolen Harders Plaza Racing BHR
17
BHR
10
ESP
Ret
MON
15
ESP
10
GBR
22†
GER
8
HUN
Ret
BEL
Ret
ITA
8
16th35
2011 Team Bleekemolen TUR
11
ESP
12
MON
6
NNS
9
GBR
14
GER
16
HUN
Ret
BEL
8
ITA
Ret
UAE
12
UAE
14
11th49
2012 Team Bleekemolen BHR
6
BHR
8
MON
Ret
ESP
6
GBR
9
GER
Ret
HUN
11
HUN
9
BEL
11
ITA
17
11th54
2013 Team Bleekemolen ESP
18
MON
18
GBR
18
GER
8
HUN
21
BEL
18
ITA
18
UAE
Ret
UAE
10
18th15
2014 VERVA Lechner Racing Team ESP MON
18
AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA NC‡0‡

Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Not eligible for points.

Complete American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Results are overall/class)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678910RankPoints
2010 Black Swan RacingGTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 SEB LBH LGA
1‡
UTA LIM MDO ROA MSP PET
2
20th26
2011 Black Swan RacingGTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 SEB
1
LBH LIM MOS MDO ROA BAL LGA
2‡
PET
1
11th60
2012 Green Hornet RacingGTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 SEB
3
LBH LGA
5‡
LIM MOS MDO ROA BAL VIR PET 24th17
2013 Alex Job RacingGTC Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB LBH LGA LIM MOS ROA BAL AUS VIR PET
4‡
NC‡0‡

Not eligible for points. Bleekemolen was the third driver of the car and third drivers were only able to score points in Sebring and Road Atlanta. At the 2013 Petit Le Mans Bleekemolen was the fourth driver and was not able to score points.

Complete Eurocup Clio results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

YearTeam12345678DCPoints
2011 Team Bleekemolen SPA
1

3
SPA
2

5
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

29
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

6
8th35

Complete United SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Results are overall/class)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014 Riley Motorsports GTD SRT Viper GT3-R SRT 8.0 L V10 DAY
19
SEB
24†
LGA BEL WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET
17†
95th17
2015 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 L V10 DAY
9
SEB
9
LGA BEL WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET
12
23rd66

Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Complete NASCAR results

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NWESPts
2019 Team Bleekemolen69 Ford VAL
17
VAL
12
FRA
16
FRA
12
BRH
21
BRH
17
MOS
5
MOS
10
VEN
14
HOC
24
HOC
25
ZOL
12
ZOL
22
16th354
2021 ESP
19
ESP
3
GBR
5
GBR
3
CZE
10
CZE
3
CRO
12
CRO
9
BEL
8
BEL
10
ITA
10
ITA
21
8th338
2022 ESP
24
ESP
9
GBR
11
GBR
12
ITA
9
ITA
16
CZE
1*
CZE
4
BEL
6
BEL
3
CRO
7
CRO
14
6th346
2023 ESP
5
ESP
26
GBR
5
GBR
3
ITA
13
ITA
DNS
CZE
18
CZE
18
GER
9
GER
9
BEL
7
BEL
21
12th310
2024 Race Planet Team Bleekemolen Toyota ESP
20
ESP
24
ITA
11^
ITA
10
GBR
10
GBR
9
NED
6
CZE
CZE
GER
GER
BEL
BEL
11th*160*

* Season still in progress.

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References

  1. "Team Bleekemolen joins NASCAR Whelen Euro Series". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dutch Formula Ford champion
1996
Succeeded by
Christijan Albers
Preceded by
unknown
Benelux Formula Ford champion
1996
Succeeded by
unknown