Anthony Kumpen
Kumpen (right) with teammateMaxime Dumarey in 2015
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1978-11-03)3 November 1978 (age 47) Hasselt,Belgium
Related to	Max Verstappen (First cousin once removed)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season	2014
Teams	PK Carsport
Car number	66
Starts	57
Championships	2 (2014,2016)
Wins	10
Podiums	27
Poles	6
Fastest laps	7
Best finish	1st in2014,2016
Finished last season	27th in2024
Previous series
2015–2017 2015 2011–2013 2010 2001–2003 2001 1999–2009	NASCAR Xfinity Series NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Blancpain Endurance Series FIA GT1 World Championship American Le Mans Rolex Sports Car Series FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
2014,2016	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
NASCAR driver
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2017 position	51st
Best finish	51st (2017)
First race	2015U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race	2017Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2001–2004
Teams	Paul Belmondo Racing, Team Carsport Holland / Racing Box, Carsport America, Taurus Sports Racing
Best finish	40th (2001)
Class wins	0

Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver and team manager. Kumpen currently works as driver and team manager forPK Carsport in theNASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed full-time in the series, winning the championship twice, in2014 and2016. He also joint-held the record of the most24 Hours of Zolder wins with six.^[1]

In 1988, Kumpen startedkart racing.^[2] He moved on toBelcar, the Belgian Racing Car Championship, in 1998, winning the GT2 championship in his first year, and the GT championship in 1999.^[3] He won several more Belgian GT and GTA championships over the next decade. In 2000, he won the overall classification at the24 Hours of Zolder, a feat he would repeat in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2012 for a record total of 6 victories.^[4]

In 2000, he started competing in theFIA GT Championship for thePaul Belmondo Racing team. His first victory in a race in this championship followed in 2002. More victories followed in 2005 (2), 2006, 2008 and 2009 (2).^[5]

He also competed in the24 Hours of Daytona and the24 Hours of Le Mans.^[6]

In 2014, he competed in theNASCAR Whelen Euro Series for thePK Carsport team, driving aHolden VF Commodore. He won one race in the championship, and ended the season in first place, one point ahead of defending championAnder Vilariño.^[7]

His win gave him a license to compete in the2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, racing for Bill McAnally.^[8] On 7 June, as part of theNexteer Automotive Road To Daytona program, he announced his intentions to compete in theXfinity Series, running three races atIowa Speedway,Phoenix International Raceway andHomestead-Miami Speedway.^[9] In 2016, he announced that he would run theXfinity Series season opener atDaytona forPrecision Performance Motorsports, driving the No. 46 Chevy.^[10] He continued his part-time slate in the Xfinity Series in 2017, adding two races at Daytona andMid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving the No. 46 Chevy for PPM.^[11] Kumpen was also in discussions withRick Ware Racing to make hisMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut with the team in 2018,^[12] but it never materialised because of his doping suspension (NASCAR is a member of ACCUS, which honours FIA doping suspensions such as the one imposed by the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium).

Kumpen was suspended for four years by theRoyal Automobile Club of Belgium after he failed a drug test during the 201824 Hours of Zolder.^[13] He had neglected to apply for atherapeutic use exemption concerningADHD medication.^[14] During his suspension, he moved to a management role inPK Carsport and is currently working as the team manager for the Euro Series operations of the team.^[15]

He returned to racing in late2022,^[16] and embarked on a full-time season in theNASCAR Whelen Euro Series for the2023 season always with their PK Carsport team.^[17]

Kumpen is the son of Paul Kumpen, a former race pilot, BelgianRallycross Champion 1987 with Porsche 911 BiTurbo 4x4, director of the building company Kumpen, president ofVOKA Limburg, and founder ofPK Carsport. Paul Kumpen owned 50% of the shares ofRidley Bikes, and Anthony worked as a commercial director for the company, which became the largest bike manufacturer in Belgium.^[18] Anthony stayed on at the company after his father sold his share in 2013.^[18]

Kumpen lives inHasselt and is married to Griet Vanhees. They have a son.^[19] Kumpen has a daughter and a stepson, from his and his wife's previous relationships.^[20] He is the first cousin ofSophie Kumpen, the mother of four-time F1 World ChampionMax Verstappen.^[21]

In 2010, Kumpen participated inSterren op de Dansvloer (the Belgian version ofDancing with the Stars) onvtm.^[22] He was voted out of the show in the third episode and finished as 8th out of 10 contestants.^[23]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Paul Belmondo Racing	Grégoire de Galzain Jean-Claude Lagniez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTS	44	DNF	DNF
2002	Team Carsport Holland Racing Box	Mike Hezemans Gabriele Matteuzzi Luca Capellari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTS	93	DNF	DNF
2003	Carsport America	Mike Hezemans David Hart	Pagani Zonda GR	GTS	10	DNF	DNF
2004	Taurus Sports Racing	Phil Andrews Calum Lockie	Lola B2K/10	LMP1	35	DNF	DNF
Sources:[33][34]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2000	Düller Motorsport	Carlo Geeraedts Jérôme Thiry	BMW M3	N		DNF	DNF
2001	Paul Belmondo Compétition	Paul Belmondo Claude-Yves Gosselin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	501	8th	5th
2002	Team Carsport Holland	Mike Hezemans Thierry Tassin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	204	DNF	DNF
2003	Force One Racing	Philippe Alliot David Hart Mike Hezemans	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	12	DNF	DNF
2004	Renstal Excelsior	Eric Cayrolle Marc Goossens Yvan Lebon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G2	295	DNF	DNF
2005	GLPK Carsport	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Bert Longin	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GT1	563	DSQ	DSQ
2006	GLPK Carsport	Mike Hezemans Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	GT1	580	3rd	3rd
2007	GLPK Carsport	Frédéric Bouvy Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GT1	529	3rd	3rd
2008	Peka Racing	Frédéric Bouvy Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens	Saleen S7-R	GT1	255	DNF	DNF
2009	PK Carsport	Mike Hezemans Jos Menten Kurt Mollekens	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	559	1st	1st
2010	Phoenix Racing	Marcel Fässler Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R8 LMS	GT3	294	DNF	DNF
2011	KRK Racing Team Holland	Mike Hezemans Koen Wauters	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT3 Pro	151	DNF	DNF
2012	KRK Racing	Dennis Retera Raf Vanthoor Koen Wauters	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	GT3 Pro-Am	190	DNF	DNF
2013	Phoenix Racing	Enzo Ide Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	Pro Cup	453	30th	12th

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	AD Sport	Erik Bruynoghe Bert Longin	Porsche 911	GT2	590	19th	4th
1999	GLPK Racing	Stéphane Cohen Marc Duez	Porsche 993 GT2	GT1	658	11th	4th
2000	GLPK Racing	Stéphane Cohen Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	756	1st	1st
2001	GLPK Racing	Eric Geboers Bert Longin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTA	49	DNF	DNF
2002	GLPK Racing	Vincent Dupont Mike Hezemans Bert Longin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTA	775	1st	1st
2003	GLPK Racing	Vincent Dupont Mike Hezemans Bert Longin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTA	778	1st	1st
2004	GLPK Racing	Mike Hezemans Pedro Lamy Bert Longin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTA	777	1st	1st
2005	GLPK Racing	Marc Duez Val Hillebrand Bert Longin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTA	134	DNF	DNF
2006	GLPK Carsport	Mike Hezemans Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Belcar 1	815	3rd	3rd
2007	PK Carsport	David Hart Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens	Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06.R GT3	Belcar 1		DNF	DNF
2008	Gravity Racing International	Bert Longin Vincent Radermecker	Mosler MT900R	Belcar 1		DNF	DNF
2009	Delahaye Racing Team	Marc Goossens Ludovic Sougnez Maxime Soulet	Renault Mégane Trophy	4A		DNF	DNF
2010	First Motorsport	Frank Beliën Henk Haane Bert Longin	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	GTB	801	1st	1st
2011	KRK Racing	Dennis Retera Raf Vanthoor Koen Wauters	Mercedes SLS AMG GT3	GT3	709	3rd	2nd
2012	Team WRT	Marco Bonanomi Edward Sandström Laurens Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS	GT	860	1st	1st
2013	Team WRT	Enzo Ide Bert Longin Laurens Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS	GT	765	4th	3rd
2014	Avelon Formula	Frank Beliën Ivan Bellarosa Bert Longin	Wolf GB08	P2	740	2nd	1st
2015	Bas Koeten Racing	Frank Beliën Bert Longin Louis Machiels	Wolf GB08	P1	109	DNF	DNF
2016	PK Carsport	Frank Beliën Kris Cools Bert Longin	Wolf GB08	Belcar 2	458	44th	4th
2017	PK Carsport	Frank Beliën Bert Longin Stienes Longin	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 7	519	33rd	4th
2018	Heinz POWERKIT.shop byWolf Racing	Ivan Bellarosa Guglielmo Belotti Tom Boonen Bert Longin	Wolf GB08 Tornado	Belcar 2	780	4th	2nd
	PK Carsport	Christophe Beliën Frank Beliën Pedro Bonnet Tom Boonen Bert Longin	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Belcar 1	676	20th	6th

• Official website
• Anthony Kumpen driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Belgian racing drivers
• Sportspeople from Hasselt
• NASCAR drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• 24 Hours of Spa drivers
• Phoenix Racing drivers
• GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
• W Racing Team drivers

• CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)
• CS1 German-language sources (de)
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Short description is different from Wikidata