Matthew Elwin Bell (born August 31, 1985) is an American professional race car driver. Bell was born in Mountain View, California. Although Bell grew up in Los Altos, California, he attended Mountain View High School from which he graduated in 2004. After graduation, he pursued transportation design at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California. Shortly after his third year of attendance, Bell joined Grand America Road Racing Association Koni Challenge Series in 2008 and raced with Turner Motorsport. For two years he raced for Turner Motorsport. Bell is racing for Stevenson Motorsport in the 2010 No. 6 Sunoco Camaro. Bell resides in San Mateo, California and when not racing is an instructor at Jim Russell Racing School.
Racing career In 2012, Bell made his debut in NASCAR competition, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series for JD Motorsports at Road America. Five years later, Bell returned to the series – now the Xfinity Series – at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where he drove the No. 90 for King Autosport. His car suffered from brake issues and he violently crashed into the tire barrier in turn one; he finished 38th.
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.)
Xfinity Series 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 Pts Ref 2012 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA34 KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW 83rd 18 Go Green Racing 39 Ford GLN36 CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 2017 King Autosport 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH38 BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 83rd 1
Sports car racing (key) Bold – pole position (overall finish/class finish).
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge YearTeamClass123456789101112RankPoints 2008 Turner MotorsportSTDIS 15LRP42MOS 22MOH15WGI9IWO2TRR21NJP14UTA11VIR412th170 2009GSDIS1HOM24NJP10LS15LRP3WGI2MOH5BAR5TRR1UTA2VIR43rd288 Compass360 RacingSTDISHOMNJPLSLRPWGIMOHBAR10TRRUTAVIR78th21 2010 Stevenson Motorsports GSDIS 5HOM32BAR14VIR2LRP19WGI24MOH18NJP6TRR3UTA157th178 2011DIS28HMS11BAR5VIR9LRP4WGI2ROA1LS1NJP14MOH 338th218 2012DIS17BARHMSNJP12MOH5ROA6WGI4IMS8LS1LRP49th198 2013DIS6COTA10BAR2ATL1MOH3WGI6IMS20ROA17KAS1LS2LRP2 2nd 289 2014DIS23 SEB8LS11 LRP3KAS15 WGI4MOS1IMS19 ROA14 VIR16 COTA17 ATL18 17th 204 2015DIS3 SEB2LS10 WGI5MOS 4LRP5ROA12 VIR3 COTA8 ATL8 4th 260
Rolex Sports Car Series YearTeamClass12345678910111213RankPoints 2010 Stevenson MotorsportsGTDIS10HOMBARVIRLRPWGIMOHDIS NJPWGIMONUTA 21st 49 Doran RacingDPDISVIRNJP6LAGWGIMOHDIS BARWGIMONUTA7HOM 2011DIS17HOMBARVIRLRPWGI6ROA 18th 61 Michael Shank RacingDPLAG11NJPWGIMONMOH2012 Stevenson MotorsportsGTDIS 15BARHOMNJPDETMOHROAWGI5IMS17WGIMONLAGLRP 35th 56
American Le Mans Series YearTeamClass12345678910RankPoints 2009 LG MotorsportsGT2SEBSTPLBGPUTALRPMOHROAMOS ATL8MRLS32nd13
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