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Townsend Bell was born on 19 April, 1975 in San Francisco, California, is an American racing driver. Discover Townsend Bell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
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48 years old |
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Aries |
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19 April, 1975 |
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19 April |
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San Francisco, California |
| Nationality |
United States
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Townsend Bell Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Townsend Bell's Wife?
His wife is Heather Bell
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Heather Bell |
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Townsend Bell Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Townsend Bell worth at the age of 48 years old? Townsend Bell’s income source is mostly from being a successful Driver. He is from United States. We have estimated Townsend Bell's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Bell was on a limited-month schedule but had an impressive race day, advancing from 24th on the grid up to the top five.
Passing Team Penske's Will Power on the last restart, Bell impressed with a fourth-place finish.
Townsend Bell (born April 19, 1975) is an American professional motor racing driver competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and also as a motorsports commentator for NBC Sports’ IndyCar Series coverage.
By qualifying fourth fastest, he started the 95th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing on the inside of the second row.
He spent time in karting, Skip Barber, Formula Dodge and the Barber Dodge Pro Series before graduating to Indy Lights in 2000.
He won the Indy Lights championship in 2001 and earned two starts in a Champ Car in a joint effort between Patrick Racing and Dale Coyne Racing as a test for a full-time seat in 2002.
He raced a partial season and scored a best finish of fourth at Portland.
His efforts shifted to Europe and in 2003 he was teammate to series champion Björn Wirdheim in International F3000 competition.
Bell was the first American to score a F3000 podium with a 3rd place at the Hungaroring and he finished 9th overall in a field covered with future Formula One talent – Giorgio Pantano, Patrick Friesacher, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Nicolas Kiesa among them.
His performance in F3000 led to Formula One tests with the Jaguar and BAR Honda F1 teams.
Despite earning a test with British American Racing at year's end, Bell returned to America where he replaced Mark Taylor for Panther Racing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series midway through 2004, and posted a best finish of fifth.
He started one race as an injury replacement for Tomáš Enge in the same car in 2005.
He made his first Indianapolis 500 appearance for Vision Racing in 2006, qualifying 15th and finishing 22nd.
He returned to the IndyCar Series in 2008 driving the No. 23 car in events where Milka Duno was not scheduled to race.
His best result in 2008 was an eighth-place finish at Richmond International Raceway in June.
He also was entered in a third team car in the Indy 500, where he qualified twelfth and finished tenth.
In 2009, KV Racing Technology entered Bell in the Indy 500.
Bell posted his best Indianapolis 500 qualifying effort to date in 2011, racing for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
Bell finished 9th in the 2012 Indianapolis 500 with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
Bell made his sports car debut in 2012 and won the 12 Hours of Sebring on debut with Alex Job Racing.
That season, he drove a Lotus Evora GTE for Alex Job Racing in the American Le Mans Series with Bill Sweedler, before he and Sweedler drove a Ferrari F458 Italia the following year with West/AJR.
At the 2013 X-Games in Munich, Bell competed in Global Rallycross and finished 6th in the final.
His 2014 Indianapolis 500, back with KV Racing Technology in the No. 6 Robert Graham Dallara-Chevrolet, marked his eighth start in the event and seventh consecutive.
He matched his Sebring feat in his first Rolex 24 at Daytona start in 2014, winning that driving with Level 5 Motorsports.
Bell and Sweedler won the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup with AIM Autosport, after finishing first or second in three of the four races in the endurance series within the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
The pairing finished fourth overall in the full season GT Daytona class points.
In 2015, Bell and co-driver Bill Sweedler took home the IMSA GT Daytona Championship.
In addition, they had a dominant win at VIR and podium finishes in the 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of LeMans.
He qualified 4th and led 12 laps in the 2016 Indy 500, racing for Andretti Autosport, before an incident on pit road during caution.
In 2016, Bell along with teammates Jeff Segal and Bill Sweedler won the 24 Hours of LeMans in only their second try.
In the famous Indy500 in 2016 Townsend clocked a top speed of 241.637 mph.
Bell has filled in for Formula One coverage on NBC, most notably in 2016 when he replaced Will Buxton, who was on bereavement leave for the races at Sepang and Mexico City.
Bell is also a color commentator for NBC Sports's IndyCar, Global RallyCross Championship as well as the host of What'Cha Got on Fox Sports 1.
Bell has also both competed and commented in the Stadium Super Trucks.
He is competed full-time in the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona class with Alex Job Racing in an Audi R8 GT3 and returned to Le Mans with Ferrari in 2017.
Most recently, Bell has competed in the AIM Vasser-Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 for the 2019 & 2020 GTD class seasons.
