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Will Kimmel

American stock car racing driver

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 previously competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for family-owned Kimmel Racing. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series for Go Fas Racing.

Quick Facts Born, NASCAR Cup Series career ...

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 position

46th

Best finish

46th (2015)

First race

2015 Quaker State 400 (Kentucky)

Last race

2015 Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

NASCAR Xfinity Series career

6 races run over 2 years

2014 position

41st

Best finish

41st (2014)

First race

2011 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)

Last race

2014 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 finish

97th (2010)

First race

2010 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

ARCA Menards Series career

133 races run over 15 years

Best finish

8th (2013)

First race

2008 Cayuga ARCA Re/Max 250 (Cayuga)

Last race

2022 General Tire 150 (Charlotte)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	43	1

Statistics current as of October 4, 2020.

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

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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
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

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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

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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.)

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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	Kimmel Racing	68	Ford	DAY	PBE 30	SLM	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC	MCH						ISF 21	CHI	DSF 6	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR		37th	700	^[17]
2010	Mark Gibson Racing	59	Dodge									IOW 18	MFD	POC 15	BLN	NJE									37th	700	^[17]
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		68		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]
2012		69														IRP 34		BLN 27		MAD 27					12th	2990	^[19]
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]
2014		68					TAL 36	TOL	NJE				WIN 16						MAD 27				KAN 29		18th	1800	^[21]
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]
2015			Toyota																ISF 23		SLM 3				11th	3000	^[22]
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]
2017			Chevy				TAL 33	TOL																	26th	1075	^[24]
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]
2021		Toyota																			SLM 4	KAN		34th	113	^[28]
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																	-*	-*	^[31]
2024	69						CLT	IOW	MOH	BLN	IRP	SLM	ELK	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	GLN	BRI	KAN	TOL				-*	-*	^[31]

ARCA Menards Series East

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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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"About Kimmel Racing". Kimmel Racing official site. Accessed 2014-01-22.
[2]
"About Will Kimmel". Will Kimmel official site. Accessed 2014-01-22.
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"Will Kimmel - ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Accessed 2014-01-22.
[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.
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Hinton, Ed. "Carl Edwards feeling like a contender again". September 6, 2010. ESPN. Accessed 2014-01-22.
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Harris, Kevin. "Kimmel to make Nationwide Series debut at Kentucky". June 28, 2011. Jeffersonville, IN: News and Tribune. Accessed 2014-01-22.
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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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"Will Kimmel – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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"Will Kimmel – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
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"Will Kimmel – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2023.

External links

Official website
Will Kimmel driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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