Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Haarlem | 9 August 1978
Related to | Michael Bleekemolen (father) Jeroen Bleekemolen (brother) Nick Bleekemolen (nephew) |
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |
Debut season | 2019 |
Current team | Team Bleekemolen |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 69 |
Starts | 60 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 6th in 2022 |
Finished last season | 6th 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.
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.
(key) (Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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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 | 11th | 18 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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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 | 9th | 70 |
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 | 18th | 23 |
2007 | Bleekemolen Race Planet | BHR 11 | BHR 9 | ESP 11 | MON 5 | FRA 15 | GBR 20 | GER | HUN | TUR 13 | BEL Ret | ITA 24† | 12th | 42 | |
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 | 16th | 44 |
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 | 16th | 35 | ||
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 | 11th | 49 | |
2012 | Team Bleekemolen | BHR 6 | BHR 8 | MON Ret | ESP 6 | GBR 9 | GER Ret | HUN 11 | HUN 9 | BEL 11 | ITA 17 | 11th | 54 | ||
2013 | Team Bleekemolen | ESP 18 | MON 18 | GBR 18 | GER 8 | HUN 21 | BEL 18 | ITA 18 | UAE Ret | UAE 10 | 18th | 15 | |||
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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Results are overall/class)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2010 | Black Swan Racing | GTC | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | SEB | LBH | LGA 1‡ | UTA | LIM | MDO | ROA | MSP | PET 2 | 20th | 26 | |
2011 | Black Swan Racing | GTC | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | SEB 1 | LBH | LIM | MOS | MDO | ROA | BAL | LGA 2‡ | PET 1 | 11th | 60 | |
2012 | Green Hornet Racing | GTC | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | SEB 3 | LBH | LGA 5‡ | LIM | MOS | MDO | ROA | BAL | VIR | PET | 24th | 17 |
2013 | Alex Job Racing | GTC | 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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
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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 | 8th | 35 |
(key) (Results are overall/class)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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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† | 95th | 17 |
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 | 23rd | 66 |
† Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | ||
2019 | Team Bleekemolen | 69 | 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 | 16th | 354 | ||
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 | 8th | 338 | ||||||
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 | 6th | 346 | ||||||
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 | 12th | 310 | ||||||
2024 | Race Planet Team Bleekemolen | Toyota | ESP 20 | ESP 24 | ITA 11^ | ITA 10 | GBR 10 | GBR 9 | NED 6 | CZE 4 | CZE 19 | GER 7 | GER 8 | BEL 6 | BEL DNS | 11th | 392 |
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