Scott Maxwell

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Scott Maxwell
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Maxwell on the podium at Donington Park
Nationality Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Born (1964-01-20) January 20, 1964 (age 60)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2006
Teams Multimatic Motorsports
Team Ascari
Team Panoz
Best finish25th
Class wins1

Scott Maxwell (born January 20, 1964), is a Canadian auto racing driver.

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Scott has competed and won titles in Formula Vee (1984), Formula Ford 1600 (1985 and 1986), Canadian National Showroom Stock (1992 and 1993) and Grand-Am/Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge GS (2002 and 2008, 2016). He also contested the Canadian GM Challenge, Porsche Carrera Cup and Pro Formula Ford 2000 series from 1986 through 1990. He made a single Indy Lights start in 1992.

One of the highlights of Maxwell's career came in 2000 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans when he won the LMP 675 class [1] for Multimatic Motorsports aboard a Nissan-powered Lola with fellow Canadians John Graham and Greg Wilkins.

In 2003, Scott Maxwell along with David Empringham and David Brabham won the first ever Daytona Prototype race at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. However, The Racer's Group GT-class Porsche 911 won overall honors in that race. He also contested the American Le Mans Series with Panoz in 2003 [2] and Krohn-Barbour Racing (Lamborghini) in 2004 as well as contesting several Rolex Sports Car Series events for Multimatic Daytona Prototype customers. 2003 was to also see Maxwell make his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut, but he failed to qualify the #43 car for Petty Enterprises at Watkins Glen International.

The Canadian co-drove with Grand Am Cup Champion David Empringham in 2005 aboard a Multimatic Motorsports entered factory Ford Mustang FR500C. Maxwell missed out on sharing the title because he skipped one race to compete at Le Mans for Panoz Motor Sports.

In 2006, Maxwell clinched another milestone victory for Multimatic Motorsports when he teamed with David Brabham and Sébastien Bourdais to win the GT2 class at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring. [3] In 2008 he won the Grand American Road Racing KONI Sports Car Challenge driver's championship with partner Joe Foster aboard the Hypersports Mustang FR500C run in cooperation with Multimatic Motorsports. Maxwell clinched the 2016 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge GS championship co-driving with Billy Johnson in the Ford Performance Shelby GT350R-C.

Maxwell and Priaulx's Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang at Donington Park Multimatic Motorsports Mustang at Donington Park.jpg
Maxwell and Priaulx's Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang at Donington Park

Maxwell drove for Multimatic Motorsports with Sebastian Priaulx in a Ford Mustang in the GT4 class in the 2019 British GT Championship. They were in contention for the class title but missed out by just 8.5 points from Tom Canning and Ash Hand, despite finishing ahead of their rivals in the finale. [4]

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NWCCPtsRef
2003 Petty Enterprises 43 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
DNQ
MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM NA0 [5]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Graham
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Wilkins
Lola B2K/40-Nissan LMP67527425th1st
2001 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Ascari Flag of the Netherlands.svg Klaas Zwart
Flag of France.svg Xavier Pompidou
Ascari A410-Judd LMP90066DNFDNF
2003 Flag of the United States.svg JML Team Panoz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benjamin Leuenberger
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Saelens
Panoz LMP01 Evo-Élan LMP900233DNFDNF
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Liddell
Panoz Esperante GT-LMGT227DNFDNF
2006 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsport Team Panoz Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Panoz Esperante GT-LMGT234DNFDNF

Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2019 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 GT4 OUL
1

29
OUL
2

10
SNE
1

24
SNE
2

18
SIL
16
DON
15
SPA
19
BRH
21
DON
13
2nd132.5

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References

  1. 24 Hours of Le Mans Results Archived 2009-07-23 at the Wayback Machine , LeMans.org
  2. American Le Mans Series - results
  3. 2006 12 Hours of Sebring results, SebringRaceway.com, March 18, 2006
  4. "GT4: Steller take victory but it's Canning and Hand's title at #DoningtonDecider".
  5. "Scott Maxwell – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2023.