T. J. Bell

Timothy Peter "T.J." Bell Jr.
Born	August 25, 1980 (1980-08-25) Sparks, Nevada, United States
Achievements	1989-1995 Nevada State Go-Kart Champion
Awards	2004 ARCA Re/MAX Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
5 race(s) run over 1 year(s)
2011 position	45th
Best finish	45th - 2011
First race	2011 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Last race	2011 Ford 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
18 race(s) run over 3 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 50 (MAKE Motorsports)
2011 position	122nd
Best finish	69th – 2005
First race	2005 Ameriquest 300 (Fontana)
Last race	2012 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
79 race(s) run over 8 year(s)
2011 position	94th
Best finish	15st – 2009
First race	2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race	2011 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 13 0
Statistics current as of March 10, 2012.

Timothy Peter Bell Jr. (born August 25, 1980 in Sparks, Nevada) is an American racing driver. He currently drives the #50 Chevrolet for MAKE Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

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 Formula 2000 series and won one out of the nine races he competed in. He soon moved up to the United States Formula 2000 Series 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 #86 Defiant Clothing Chevrolet Silverado for Team Racing, his best finish a twelfth at Dover International Speedway. He also drove three races in the #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 #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 #07 Green Light Racing truck in the Truck Seres. In 2007, Bell signed to drive sixteen races for Roush Fenway Racing's #50 Ford F-150 in the Trucks in 2007. He had 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 #7. Bell impressed many, scoring five top tens for TRG before leaving to drive Red Horse Racing's #11 Toyota vacated by David Starr. In 2010, he drove the #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 #50 Chevrolet for Joe Falk, a Virginia car dealer who owned LJ Racing from 1997-2000. 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.

For 2012 he will run full-time in the Nationwide Series for MAKE Motorsports.

External links

• Official website
• T. J. Bell at Racing Reference