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Townsend Lorenz 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 FOX Sports’ IndyCar Series coverage.

Early career
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 championship in 2001. This earned him two late-season starts in a in a joint effort between and Dale Coyne Racing. He earned 's seat at Patrick for 2002. He scored a best finish of fourth at Portland, however a run of disappointing performances and a two probation sanctions from CART Chief Steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. led to his firing from the team after the nine races.

International Formula 3000 career
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 third place at the and he finished ninth overall in a field covered with future talent – , Patrick Friesacher, Vitantonio Liuzzi and among them.

His performance in F3000 led to Formula One tests with the Jaguar and BAR Honda F1 teams.

Return to IndyCar
Despite earning a test with British American Racing at year's end, Bell returned to America where he replaced Mark Taylor for in the Indy Racing League 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 in 2006, qualifying fifteenth and finishing 22nd. He returned to the IndyCar Series in 2008 driving the No. 23 car in events where 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, engineered by Gerald Tyler. 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 on the last restart, Bell impressed with a fourth-place finish.

Bell posted his best Indianapolis 500 qualifying effort to date in 2011, racing for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, once again engineered by Tyler. By qualifying fourth fastest, he started the 95th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing on the inside of the second row.

Bell finished ninth in the 2012 Indianapolis 500 with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, engineered by Tyler. 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 qualified fourth and led twelve laps in the 2016 Indy 500, racing for Andretti Autosport, before an incident on pit road during caution. He finished 21st.

Sports car career
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 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.

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.

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.

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 for the 2019 & 2020 GTD class seasons.

Television
Since 2025, Bell is a color commentator for FOX Sports with lead anchor and fellow analyst James Hinchcliffe.

Bell has filled in for Formula One coverage on NBC, most notably in 2016 when he replaced , who was on bereavement leave for the races at Sepang and Mexico City.

Bell is also a color commentator for NBC Sports's Global RallyCross Championship. He has also both competed and commented in the Stadium Super Trucks.

At the 2013 X-Games in Munich, Bell competed in Global Rallycross and finished sixth in the final.

Racing record
American open–wheel racing results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Barber Dodge Pro Series
1998SEB
LRP
DET
WGI
CLE
GRAMOHLS1

HMS
LS2
16th36
1999SEB
NAZ
LRP
POR
CLE

DET
MOH
GRA
LS
HMS
WGI
3rd104

Indy Lights
2000 ! LBH

DET
POR
MIS
CHI
MOH
VAN
LS
STL
HOU
FON
2nd146 !
2001 !
LBH
TXS

POR

TOR
MOH
STL

LS
FON
1st192 !

CART
2001 ! MTYLBHTXSNZRMOTMILDETPORCLETORMISCHIMOHROAVANLAU
ROC
HOULSSRFFON30th1 !
2002 ! MTY
LBH
MOT
MIL
LS
POR
CHI

CLE
VANMOHROAMTLDENROCMIASRFFONMXC ! !20th19 !

IndyCar Series

1 Run on same day.
2 Non-points race.
3 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

! Years ! Teams ! Races ! Poles ! Wins ! Podiums
(non-win) ! Top 10s
(non-podium) ! Indianapolis 500
wins ! Championships

12631000900

Indianapolis 500
20061522
20081210Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2009244KV Racing Technology
20101016Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2011426Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2012209Schmidt–Hamilton Motorsports
20132227
20142525KV Racing Technology
20152414Dreyer & Reinbold Kingdom Racing
2016421Andretti Autosport

Complete International Formula 3000 results
()
2003 ! Arden InternationalIMO
CAT
A1R
MON
NUR
MAG
SIL


MNZ
! 9th ! 17

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
2014 ! Level 5 Motorsports !rowspan=2GTD !rowspan=2Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 !rowspan=2 4.5L V8DAY
 !rowspan=2 4th !rowspan=2293
2015 ! ! GTD ! Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 ! 4.5L V8DAY
SEB
LGA
BEL
WGL
LIM
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
 ! style="background:#ffffbf;" 1st ! style="background:#ffffbf;"281
2018 ! ! GTD ! Ferrari 488 GT3 ! Ferrari F154CB 3.9L V8DAY
SEB
MOH
BEL
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
! 17th ! 109
2019 ! AIM Vasser Sullivan ! GTD ! ! 5.0L V8DAY
SEB
MOH
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
! 8th ! 236
2020 ! AIM Vasser Sullivan ! GTD ! ! 5.0L V8DAY
DAY
SEB
ELK
VIR
ATL
MOH
CLT
PET
LGA
SEB
! 6th ! 251
2021 ! Vasser Sullivan Racing ! GTD ! ! 5.0L V8DAY
SEB
MOH
DET
WGL
WGL
LIM
ELK
LGA
LBH
VIR
PET
! 66th ! 202
2022 ! VasserSullivan ! GTD ! Lexus RC F GT3 ! Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8DAY
SEB
LBH
LGA
MOH
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
PET
! 63rd ! 190

External links

  • http://townsendbell.com/

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