Sebastiaan Bleekemolen (born 9 August 1978 in Haarlem) is a Dutch racing driver that currently competes in the

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, driving for the family-owned Team Bleekemolen in the No. 69 Ford Mustang in the Elite 1 class. His brother

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and father

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are also racing drivers. His father is a former

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driver, who has competed with

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and ATS. Sebastiaan won the

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and Dutch Formula Ford 1800 championships in 1996, but decided early in his career

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was not his thing and already started driving

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and

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from 1997. Since 2002 he has been very successful in sports car racing and touring car racing. He became the Dutch Renault Clio Cup champion three times, winning the championship in 2002, 2004 and 2011. He won the Dutch Winter Endurance championship in 2003-04 and in 2009-10. Since 2010 he participated in the

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. He has always driven a

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in the GTC class, but with three different teams. Since the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the

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, which became the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship, he drives a SRT Viper GT3-R with Riley Motorsports in the GTD class together with his brother and Ben Keating.

Racing record

Complete FIA GT Championship results

( key) (Results are overall/class)

Complete Porsche Supercup results

( key) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Not eligible for points.

Complete American Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Results are overall/class) Not eligible for points. Bleekemolen was the third driver of the car and third drivers were only able to score points in Sebring and

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. At the

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Bleekemolen was the fourth driver and was not able to score points.

Complete Eurocup Clio results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Complete United SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Results are overall/class) Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Complete NASCAR results

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bleekemolen, Sebastiaan 1978 births Living people Dutch racing drivers FIA GT Championship drivers Formula Ford drivers Sportspeople from Haarlem 24 Hours of Daytona drivers American Le Mans Series drivers Porsche Supercup drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers NASCAR drivers Britcar 24-hour drivers 24H Series drivers Walter Lechner Racing drivers Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers