Will Kimmel

Will Kimmel
Born (1988-05-11) May 11, 1988 (age 36)
Sellersburg, Indiana, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2015 position46th
Best finish46th (2015)
First race2015 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)
Last race2015 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 2 years
2014 position41st
Best finish41st (2014)
First race2011 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)
Last race2014 Drive for the Cure 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish97th (2010)
First race2010 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
136 races run over 17 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 68/69 (Kimmel Racing)
Best finish8th (2013)
First race2008 Cayuga ARCA Re/Max 250 (Cayuga)
Last race2024 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 47 1
Statistics current as of October 21, 2024.

Will Kimmel III (born May 11, 1988) is an American stock car racing driver. He is the son of Bill Kimmel, Jr. and nephew of Frank Kimmel. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for the family-owned Kimmel Racing. He previously competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Career

Kimmel's 2013 ARCA car at Road America.

Kimmel began his racing career in 1998;[1] in 2006 he began competing at Salem Speedway, winning the track's Rookie of the Year award for Super Late Model drivers. The following year he won the track's championship, becoming the youngest driver to do so.[2] He made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series in 2008, competing in 62 races in the series between 2008 and 2013 with a best finish of second at Salem in 2011.[3] Kimmel also won the Polar Bear 150 street-stock race at Rockingham Speedway in 2010, beating Kurt Busch.[4]

NASCAR

In 2010, Kimmel made his debut in NASCAR competition, driving the No. 44 Ford in a Camping World Truck Series event at Kentucky Speedway,[5] finishing 21st.[6] He made his first start in the Nationwide Series the following year at Kentucky Speedway, driving for Go Green Racing;[7] he finished 35th after an accident.[8]

In January 2014, Kimmel announced that he would be driving for TriStar Motorsports part-time in the Nationwide Series during the 2014 season, competing in five events driving the No. 44 Toyota.[9]

On May 12, 2015, Kimmel joined Go FAS Racing for his Sprint Cup Series debut, which took place in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky.[10] Kimmel finished in 38th, five laps behind the leaders. He then raced at Kansas for the Hollywood Casino 400, and finished 39th.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

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
2015 Go FAS Racing 32 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN
38 		NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN
39 		TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 46th 11 [11]

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts Ref
2011 Go Green Racing 39 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN
35 		NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 85th 9 [12]
2014 TriStar Motorsports 44 Toyota DAY PHO
33 		LVS BRI
22 		CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH
25 		CHI
28 		KEN DOV KAN CLT
38 		TEX PHO HOM 41st 74 [13]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2010 Kimmel Racing 44 Ford DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN
21 		NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 97th 100 [14]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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 AMSC Pts Ref
2008 Hixson Motorsports 29 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY
31 		KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 141st 75 [15]
2009 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford DAY
18 		SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF
8 		CHI TOL DSF
33 		NJE SLM KAN CAR 70th 395 [16]
2010 DAY PBE
30 		SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH ISF
21 		CHI DSF
6 		TOL SLM KAN CAR 37th 700 [17]
Mark Gibson Racing 59 Dodge IOW
18 		MFD POC
15 		BLN NJE
2011 Kimmel Racing 68 Ford DAY TAL
38 		SLM
29 		TOL NJE
31 		CHI
31 		POC
32 		MCH
37 		WIN
27 		BLN
27 		IOW
37 		IRP POC
12 		ISF
4 		MAD
30 		DSF
8 		SLM
2 		KAN
17 		TOL
29 		15th 2235 [18]
2012 DAY
3 		MOB
25 		SLM
27 		TAL
6 		TOL
Wth 		ELK
26 		POC
34 		MCH
30 		WIN
27 		NJE
5 		IOW
38 		CHI
10 		POC
9 		ISF
11 		SLM
25 		DSF
C 		KAN
9 		12th 2990 [19]
69 IRP
34 		BLN
27 		MAD
27
2013 68 DAY
33 		MOB
27 		SLM
3 		TAL
36 		TOL
29 		WIN
20 		BLN
23 		MAD
22 		8th 4215 [20]
69 ELK
18 		MCH
7 		ROA
11 		CHI
4 		NJE
4 		ISF
28 		DSF
24 		IOW
9 		SLM
12 		KAN
6
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge POC
31 		POC
7 		KEN
7
2014 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford DAY
38 		MOB SLM POC
4 		MCH
6 		ELK CHI
4 		IRP POC
2 		BLN ISF
5 		DSF
21 		SLM KEN
6 		18th 1800 [21]
68 TAL
36 		TOL NJE WIN
16 		MAD
27 		KAN
29
2015 69 DAY
10 		MOB
23 		NSH
25 		SLM
20 		TAL
29 		TOL NJE POC
4 		MCH
16 		CHI
3 		WIN
20 		IOW
26 		IRP POC
17 		BLN
11 		DSF
14 		KEN
22 		KAN
21 		11th 3000 [22]
Toyota ISF
23 		SLM
3
2016 Chevy DAY
18 		NSH SLM TAL
4 		TOL 13th 2060 [23]
Ford NJE
16 		POC
29 		MCH POC
10 		BLN ISF
19 		DSF
11 		SLM
18 		CHI KEN KAN
Cunningham Motorsports 22 Ford MAD
10 		WIN
8
Higdon Racing 08 Chevy IOW
18 		IRP
2017 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford DAY NSH SLM
18 		ELK
22 		POC MCH MAD
20 		IOW IRP
26 		POC WIN ISF
9 		ROA DSF
7 		SLM
10 		CHI KEN KAN 26th 1075 [24]
Chevy TAL
33 		TOL
2018 Ford DAY NSH
24 		SLM
12 		TAL TOL
23 		CLT POC MCH MAD GTW
13 		CHI
15 		IOW ELK POC ISF
Wth 		BLN DSF
2 		SLM IRP
10 		KAN
13 		18th 1310 [25]
2019 DAY FIF SLM TAL NSH TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF
5 		DSF
18 		SLM IRP KAN 51st 345 [26]
2020 DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY
13 		GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF
14 		KAN 46th 61 [27]
2021 DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF
6 		MLW DSF
9 		BRI 34th 113 [28]
Toyota SLM
4 		KAN
2022 68 Ford DAY
35 		PHO TAL 24th 165 [29]
69 Toyota KAN
6 		CLT
19 		IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN
Ford ISF
16 		MLW DSF
19 		KAN BRI SLM
4 		TOL
2023 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF
3 		KAN BRI SLM
13 		TOL 54th 72 [30]
2024 68 DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN
Wth 		40th 106 [31]
69 CLT
4 		IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM
4 		ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF
18 		GLN BRI KAN TOL

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2023 Kimmel Racing 69 Ford FIF DOV NSV FRS
8 		IOW IRP MLW BRI 34th 36 [32]

* Season still in progress

References

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  4. ^ "Kimmel holds off Kurt Busch to win Polar Bear 150". November 27, 2010. Fox Sports. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  5. ^ "Will Kimmel to race at Kentucky Speedway". August 24, 2010. Louisville, KY: WDRB. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  6. ^ Hinton, Ed. "Carl Edwards feeling like a contender again". September 6, 2010. ESPN. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  7. ^ Harris, Kevin. "Kimmel to make Nationwide Series debut at Kentucky". June 28, 2011. Jeffersonville, IN: News and Tribune. Accessed 2014-01-22.
  8. ^ Frakes, Jason. "Will Kimmel 35th in Nationwide debut after crash on 63rd lap". July 8, 2011. Louisville, KY: The Courier-Journal. Accessed 2014-01-22.
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  27. ^ "Will Kimmel – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  28. ^ "Will Kimmel – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  29. ^ "Will Kimmel – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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  31. ^ "Will Kimmel – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  32. ^ "Will Kimmel – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2023.