- Bell's 2011 Sprint Cup Series car at Pocono
- Bell at Road America in the Nationwide Series in 2012
- Bell at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Xfinity Series in 2016
T. J. Bell | |||||||
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Born | Timothy Peter Bell Jr. August 25, 1980 Sparks, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 1989–1995 Nevada State Go-Kart Champion | ||||||
Awards | 2004 ARCA Re/MAX Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
11 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2015 position | 49th | ||||||
Best finish | 45th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Showtime Southern 500 (Darlington) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
69 races run over 7 years | |||||||
2016 position | 39th | ||||||
Best finish | 25th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2005 Ameriquest 300 (Fontana) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Food City 300 (Bristol) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
121 races run over 15 years | |||||||
2020 position | 71st | ||||||
Best finish | 15th (2009) | ||||||
First race | 2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Baptist Health 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 11, 2020. |
Timothy Peter "T. J." Bell Jr. (born August 25, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has primarily competed in NASCAR competition, driving in all three national touring series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 83 Chevrolet Silverado for CMI Motorsports and the No. 12 Silverado for Young's Motorsports.
Bell began racing at the age of eight in go-karts and went on to win six consecutive championships in the state of Nevada. In 1997, he began racing in the SCCA F2000 Championship Series and won one out of the nine races he competed in. He soon moved up to the U.S. F2000 National Championship and was named the national spokesman for the Special Wish Foundation. In 2000, he joined the CART Toyota Atlantic Series, driving for Michael Shank Racing and posting five top-five finishes. After another tun in Toyota Atlantic, Bell joined the ASCARI factory team, participating in several endurance races for the team, including the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and 24 Hours of LeMans.
In 2003, Bell switched to stock car racing and began racing in the Truck Series. He drove a total of nine races in the No. 86 Defiant Clothing Chevrolet Silverado for Team Racing, his best finish a twelfth at Dover International Speedway. He also drove three races in the No. 53 truck owned by Mary Ward, but did not finish higher than 23rd. The following season, he moved to the ARCA RE/MAX Series to drive for Powertech Motorsports. He finished third in points and was named Rookie of the Year. He made eighteen starts in ARCA in 2005 and returned to the Truck Series, finishing sixteenth at Kentucky Speedway in a one-race deal with Glynn Motorsports. In the summer of 2005, he was hired by DCT Motorsports to drive their No. 36 Pontiac, earning a best finish of 22nd in eight races.
He drove a limited schedule for Bobby Jones Racing in 2006 in the ARCA Series, as well as driving the No. 07 Green Light Racing truck in the Truck Series. In 2007, Bell signed to drive sixteen races for Roush Fenway Racing's No. 50 Ford F-150 in the Trucks in 2007. Despite driving in elite equipment he had only one top-ten finish and ended the year 22nd in points. He finished out 2008 with TRG Motorsports when he replaced Andy Lally in the No. 7. Bell impressed many, scoring five top tens for TRG before leaving to drive Red Horse Racing's No. 11 Toyota vacated by David Starr. In 2010, he drove the No. 50 for new team MAKE Motorsports, and will drive with them in 2011.
Bell made his Cup Series debut at the May Darlington race, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet for Joe Falk, a Virginia car dealer who owned LJ Racing from 1997 to 2000. The car finished 38th after the transmission gave out after 67 laps. Bell ran several more races later in the year, attempting a run for Rookie of the Year honors.
In 2012, Bell ran full-time in the Nationwide Series for MAKE Motorsports, [1] in addition to making selected Sprint Cup Series starts for FAS Lane Racing. [2] He also ran selected races in the Truck Series for JJC Racing. In early August MAKE Motorsports began skipping races due to a lack of funding.
Since 2012, Bell has been a journeyman in the Truck and Xfinity Series. He has raced for various teams like Niece Motorsports and CMI Motorsports at the Truck level and MBM Motorsports and Obaika Racing in the Xfinity tier. [3] [4] [5]
Bell is now a spotter for Corey LaJoie in the NASCAR Cup Series, along with spotting for various other drivers in NASCAR's lower series.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ref | ||
2011 | LTD Powersports | 50 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR 38 | DOV | CLT DNQ | KAN DNQ | POC 39 | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN DNQ | NHA | 45th | 29 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | IND 42 | POC DNQ | GLN 37 | MCH DNQ | BRI DNQ | ATL DNQ | RCH DNQ | CHI | NHA DNQ | DOV | KAN | CLT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TRG Motorsports | 77 | Ford | TAL DNQ | MAR | TEX | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FAS Lane Racing | 32 | Ford | HOM 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT 31 | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH 33 | BRI | ATL 30 | RCH | CHI 30 | NHA | DOV 33 | TAL | CLT | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 68th | 01 | [7] | |||||
2015 | Premium Motorsports | 62 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN DNQ | MCH | BRI | 49th | 7 | [8] | ||||||||||||||
98 | Ford | DAR 37 | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref |
2004 | Brad Kemp Motorsports | 08 | Chevy | DAY 20 | NSH 30 | SLM 10 | KEN 22 | TOL 13 | CLT 9 | KAN 11 | POC 11 | MCH 24 | SBO 6 | BLN 5 | KEN 13 | GTW 8 | POC 5 | LER 5 | NSH 6 | ISF 28 | TOL 5 | DSF 3 | CHI 2* | SLM 7 | TAL 6 | 3rd | 5140 | [32] | |
2005 | Hardcore Motorsports | DAY 6 | 30th | 1570 | [33] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Hylton Motorsports | 48 | Chevy | NSH 39 | SLM 2 | KEN 40 | TOL 5 | LAN 30 | MIL 7 | POC 31 | MCH 20 | KAN | KEN 33 | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | MCH | ISF 29 | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | |||||
2006 | Bobby Jones Racing | 50 | Dodge | DAY 9 | NSH 4 | SLM 21 | WIN 2 | KEN 13 | TOL 12 | POC 25 | 30th | 1615 | [34] | ||||||||||||||||
Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | MCH DNQ | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | NSH | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Weaver Racing | 20 | Dodge | MCH 17 | ISF | MIL | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW |
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24 Hours of Daytona results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002 | SR | 49 | Team Ascari | Pontiac Riley | Werner Lupberger Harri Toivonen | 429 | 38 DNF | 10 DNF |
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