T. J. Bell

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.

This article is about the racecar driver. For the guitarist, see TJ Bell (musician).
T. J. Bell
Bell at Road America in 2012
BornTimothy Peter Bell Jr.
(1980-08-25) August 25, 1980
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.

Racing career

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

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
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
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
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

(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

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona
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

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  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.
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