Will Kimmel III (born May 11, 1988) is an American

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driver. He is the son of Bill Kimmel, Jr. and nephew of

Frank Kimmel Francis James Kimmel (born April 30, 1962) is an American former stock car racing driver. He competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series, from 1990 through 2016. Kimmel is the most successful driver in ARCA history. He has won the ARCA championsh ...

. He currently competes part-time in the

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for the family-owned

Kimmel Racing 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 for the family-owned Kimmel Racing. He previously ...

. He previously competed part-time in the

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, and

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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

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, 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

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street-stock race at

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in 2010, beating

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NASCAR

In 2010, Kimmel made his debut in

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competition, driving the No. 44 Ford in a

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event at

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, finishing 21st. He made his first start in the

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the following year at Kentucky Speedway, driving for

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; he finished 35th after an accident. In January 2014, Kimmel announced that he would be driving for

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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 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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimmel, Will Living people 1988 births People from Sellersburg, Indiana Sportspeople from Clark County, Indiana Racing drivers from Indiana NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers