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T. J. Bell

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T. J. Bell
Bell at Road America in 2012
BornTimothy Peter Bell Jr.
(1980-08-25) August 25, 1980 (age 44)
Sparks, Nevada, U.S.
Achievements1989–1995 Nevada State Go-Kart Champion
Awards2004 ARCA Re/MAX Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
11 races run over 3 years
2015 position49th
Best finish45th (2011)
First race2011 Showtime Southern 500 (Darlington)
Last race2015 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
69 races run over 7 years
2016 position39th
Best finish25th (2012)
First race2005 Ameriquest 300 (Fontana)
Last race2016 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
121 races run over 15 years
2020 position71st
Best finish15th (2009)
First race2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race2020 Baptist Health 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 13 0
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.

Racing career

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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.

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Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
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

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 NXSC Pts Ref
2005 McGill Motorsports 36 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL
38 		RCH
24 		DOV
22 		KAN
35 		CLT
34 		MEM
41 		TEX
34 		PHO
36 		HOM 69th 517 [9]
2011 JJC Racing 13 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN
42 		CGV 122nd 01 [10]
MAKE Motorsports 50 Chevy BRI
DNQ 		ATL
27 		RCH
DNQ 		CHI
43 		DOV
42 		KAN
42 		CLT
23 		TEX
41 		PHO HOM
DNQ
2012 DAY
24 		PHO
29 		LVS
31 		BRI
34 		CAL
27 		TEX
26 		RCH
28 		TAL
31 		DAR
32 		IOW
27 		CLT
30 		DOV
24 		MCH
32 		ROA
37 		KEN
27 		DAY
39 		CHI
38 		IND
39 		IOW
36 		GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN CLT
DNQ 		KAN TEX
43 		PHO HOM 25th 258 [11]
Toyota NHA
35
The Motorsports Group 47 Chevy DOV
41
2013 42 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW
37 		MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
36 		IND IOW
37 		MOH
DNQ 		BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
38 		45th 102 [12]
46 GLN
38
40 DOV
28 		KAN
33 		CLT
28 		TEX
32 		PHO
37 		HOM
38
2014 JGL Racing 93 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO
38 		HOM
15 		104th 01 [13]
2015 26 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI
23 		DAY KEN NHA IND IOW DAR
36 		RCH CHI
38 		KEN
35 		DOV
36 		CLT
36 		KAN
36 		TEX
38 		PHO
36 		HOM
39 		103rd 01 [14]
MBM Motorsports 40 Toyota GLN
QL† 		MOH BRI ROA
2016 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO
26 		CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV 39th 89 [15]
MBM Motorsports 40 Dodge CLT
DNQ
13 POC
32
Obaika Racing 97 Chevy MCH
28 		IOW DAY KEN
28 		MOH
32 		BRI
31 		ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
77 NHA
27 		IND
DNQ 		IOW
38 		GLN
38
† - Qualified but replaced by Morgan Shepherd

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
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 NGTC Pts Ref
2003 Team Racing 86 Chevy DAY DAR MMR
18 		MAR
28 		CLT DOV
12 		TEX MEM MLW
28 		KAN
25 		KEN
29 		GTW
28 		MCH IRP
25 		NSH
26 		BRI RCH NHA 26th 1059 [16]
Pro Motion Motorsports 53 Chevy CAL
30
Ford LVS
23 		SBO TEX
27 		MAR PHO HOM
2005 Glynn Motorsports 65 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN
16 		MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 75th 115 [17]
2006 Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA
21 		LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 77th 105 [18]
2007 Roush Fenway Racing 50 Ford DAY CAL ATL
26 		MAR
23 		KAN
22 		CLT
9 		MFD
13 		DOV
30 		TEX
23 		MCH
20 		MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW
24 		NHA
16 		LVS
31 		TAL
31 		MAR ATL
30 		TEX
17 		PHO
15 		HOM
17 		22nd 1569 [19]
2008 TRG Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX
31 		MCH
20 		MLW
29 		MEM
18 		KEN
25 		IRP
7 		NSH
19 		BRI
6 		GTW
29 		NHA
10 		LVS
8 		TAL
8 		MAR
6 		ATL
9 		TEX
32 		PHO
27 		HOM
12 		22nd 1906 [20]
2009 Red Horse Racing 11 Toyota DAY
11 		CAL
5 		ATL
12 		MAR
31 		KAN
22 		CLT
30 		DOV
23 		TEX
14 		MCH
18 		MLW
28 		MEM
18 		KEN
23 		IRP
15 		NSH
10 		BRI
8 		CHI
15 		IOW
7 		GTW
24 		NHA
12 		LVS
12 		MAR
30 		TAL
29 		TEX
23 		PHO
13 		HOM
10 		15th 2767 [21]
2010 MAKE Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT
27 		TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR
26 		BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX
19 		PHO HOM 68th 273 [22]
2011 DAY
31 		PHO DAR
22 		MAR NSH DOV CLT
31 		KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR 103rd 01 [23]
JJC Racing 0 Ford TEX
32 		HOM
2012 Ram DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI
34 		POC 102nd 01 [24]
Ford MCH
35 		BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2013 MAKE Motorsports 1 Chevy DAY MAR CAR
DNQ 		KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM NA - [25]
2014 50 DAY MAR KAN
17 		CLT
18 		DOV
15 		TEX
18 		GTW
19 		KEN
25 		IOW
24 		ELD
21 		POC
29 		MCH
25 		BRI
28 		MSP
21 		CHI
26 		NHA
25 		LVS
25 		TAL MAR
36 		TEX
25 		PHO HOM 22nd 352 [26]
2015 Premium Motorsports 94 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP
13 		CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 98th 01 [27]
2017 Niece Motorsports 45 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		ATL
17 		MAR
24 		KAN CLT
14 		DOV
23 		TEX
14 		GTW
15 		KEN
26 		ELD POC
14 		MCH
16 		BRI
21 		MSP CHI NHA
16 		PHO
30 		HOM
16 		20th 257 [28]
38 IOW
29 		LVS
24 		TAL MAR TEX
2018 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS
21 		TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 73rd 16 [29]
2019 DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN
26 		CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC
26 		ELD MCH
29 		BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 60th 30 [30]
2020 CMI Motorsports 83 Chevy DAY LVS CLT
33 		ATL
38 		71st 15 [31]
Niece Motorsports 40 Chevy HOM
35 		POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(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
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

Rolex Sports Car Series

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24 Hours of Daytona

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24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class pos.
2002 SR 49 United Kingdom Team Ascari Pontiac Riley South Africa Werner Lupberger
Finland Harri Toivonen 		429 38 DNF 10 DNF

References

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  1. ^ Adamczyk, Jay (January 31, 2012). "Nationwide Series Silly Season Page". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  2. ^ "Green Smoke and TJ Bell Join FAS Lane Racing for Coke 600". FAS Lane Racing. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  3. ^ Eggert, Seth. "TJ Bell Looking to Build on Niece Motorsports Success". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "CMI Motorsports welcomes TJ Bell to the teams driver lineup". CMI Motorsports (Press release). Speedway Digest. May 18, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Obaika Racing Takes on Bell for Michigan!". Obaika Racing. June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  7. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  11. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  12. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  14. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  15. ^ "T. J. Bell – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  16. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  17. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  18. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  19. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  20. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  21. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  22. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  23. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  24. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  25. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  26. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  27. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  28. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  29. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  30. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  31. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  32. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  33. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  34. ^ "T.J. Bell – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
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