Matt Bell

Season Results


Event Name
Entry No. 		Finish Pos.
Class (Overall)
Rolex 24 At Daytona 97 10 (17)
NJMP 250 presented by Crown Royal 77 6 (6)

Biography

Bell will join Stevenson Motorsports for the 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series season opener, the Rolex 24 At Daytona, driving with Mike Borkowski, Gunter Schaldach and Brady Refenning. He will also be running the team’s Chevrolet Camaro in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge fulltime in 2010.

Personal

Bell is a driving instructor in his spare time.

Racing Career

Racing History

Career Highlights

  • - Earned first two GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge victories during 2009 Grand Sport season
  • - Tied for most Continental Tire Challenge poles in a season with five
  • - Finished career-best third in 2009 Continental Tire Challenge GS points standings
  • - Finished fourth nationally in BMWCCA Club Racing in 2007

Year-By-Year Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Recap

2009
Finished third in Grand Sport points standings in first season in class. Won twice - at Daytona International Speedway and Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières - and tied series season record with five pole positions - driving with Turner Motorsport and primary co-driver Bill Auberlen. Led laps in seven of 11 starts. Finished 10th in only Street Tuner start, at Barber Motorsports Park.

2008
Debuted in ST class, finishing season-best second at Iowa Speedway and taking fourth overall at Virginia International Raceway. Finished 12th in ST points standings, driving for Turner Motorsport with co-driver VJ Mirzayan.

Other GRAND-AM/Racing History 

2009
Competed in Petit Le Mans.

2007
Completed SCCA Racing School. Earned multiple BMWCCA Club racing top-five finishes, and finished fourth nationally in his class and second regionally. Contested 25 Hours of Thunderhill.