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 currently competes part-time in the

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nation ...

for family-owned Kimmel Racing. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series for Go Fas Racing.

Career

Will Kimmel 69 car being worked on by many crews 2013 Scott 160 ARCA race at Road America

Kimmel began his racing career in 1998; in 2006 he began competing at

Salem Speedway Salem Speedway is a long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately south of Indianapolis. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. Major auto racing series ...

, 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. He made his debut in the

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in 2008, competing in 62 races in the series between 2008 and 2013 with a best finish of second at Salem in 2011. Kimmel also won the Polar Bear 150 street-stock race at

Rockingham Speedway Rockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located near Rockingham, North Carolina. It is also known as The Rock and previously hosted NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Serie ...

in 2010, beating Kurt Busch.

NASCAR

In 2010, Kimmel made his debut in

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competition, driving the No. 44 Ford in a Camping World Truck Series event at Kentucky Speedway, finishing 21st. He made his first start in the

Nationwide Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

the following year at Kentucky Speedway, driving for Go Green Racing; he finished 35th after an accident. In January 2014, Kimmel announced that he would be driving for

TriStar Motorsports TriStar Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that used to compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing oper ...

part-time in the Nationwide Series during the 2014 season, competing in five events driving the No. 44 Toyota. On May 12, 2015, Kimmel joined

Go FAS Racing Go Fas Racing (doing business as Circle Sport-Go Fas Racing LLC, and often stylized as Go FAS Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. Founded by long-time crew chief Frank Allen ...

for his

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debut, which took place in the

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at Kentucky. Kimmel finished in 38th, five laps behind the leaders. He then raced at Kansas for the

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, 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

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
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.)

ARCA Menards Series East

Season still in progress

References

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