William Hynes (born January 31, 1972) is an American professionalauto racing driver and entrepreneur. He races full-time in theStadium Super Trucks and has also competed insports car andtouring car racing. He is the founder and former CEO ofUnited Fiber & Data, and has also overseen other business ventures such as Think Loud and 120 York.

Hynes was born inNew Brunswick, New Jersey on January 31, 1972.^[1][2] He attendedUnion Catholic Regional High School before moving toHillside High School as a sophomore, though he returned to Union Catholic after getting involved in a fight.^[3] He graduated from Union Catholic in 1990.^[1]

As a junior, he enlisted in theUnited States Army Reserve as amilitary police officer. After graduating high school, he served in theGulf War and was stationed inPanama.^[3]

In 1996 and 1997, Hynes was a corrections officer recruit in the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission. He was later employed as an operations manager for Velocity Express inLehigh Valley and a warehouse distribution supervisor for aCoca-Cola bottling plant inPhiladelphia.^[1]

Hynes, who has a degree in business administration, became areal estate agent in 2002, and had holdings in Arizona and Colorado. He founded 101st Holdings LLC and held two commercial properties before its closure due to theGreat Recession. Otherlimited liability companies formed included ADS Builders East, Inner City Investments, BKS Investments, and BKS Technologies.^[1]

In 2011, Hynes founded Think Loud Development, an urban development firm aimed at economically struggling areas in Pennsylvania, alongside members of the rock bandLive.^[4] The group also formed telecommunications company United Fiber & Data (UFD) in 2012.^[1] Live departed Think Loud in 2015.^[5]

In 2019, UFD constructed a 340-milefiber-optic cable fromAshburn, Virginia toNew York City.^[6] He resigned from his position as UFD's CEO in November 2019 following an arrest on burglary and stalking charges, though he remained on the company's board. In October 2020, UFD, Powder Mill Foundation, and Louis Appell III sued Hynes and fellow ex-CEOChad Taylor for misusing the company's funding. The case was amicably settled in August and Hynes cleared of any wrongdoing.^[7]

In 2023, charges were filed against Hynes claiming he stole over $4 million from United Fiber & Data by funneling money into personal accounts and unrelated businesses he was also involved in.^[8]

A longtime racing fan and friend ofMichael Andretti, Hynes began supporting Andretti'sIndyCar Series teamAndretti Autosport through United Fiber & Data in 2013 as an associate sponsor.^[9] UFD upgraded to a primary sponsorship onJames Hinchcliffe's No. 27 car for 2014 on a one-year contract,^[10] and also sponsored the team'sIndy Lights driverMatthew Brabham.^[11] The deal ended in 2015, which the Appell lawsuit alleged was worth $11 million a year and resulted in the company having to pay $9 million to the team.^[9] UFD returned to Andretti Autosport in 2016 as sponsors forMarco Andretti andCarlos Muñoz, and the former gained further backing the next season after original sponsorH. H. Gregg was on the verge of bankruptcy.^[12]

In 2014, he began racing in theStadium Super Trucks atHonda Indy Toronto. After finishing seventh in his debut, he retired from the weekend's second race after four laps with a mechanical problem.^[13][14] UFD sponsored his truck, and the Team UFD Racing banner was formed to support multiple trucks over the following seasons including series champions Brabham andPaul Morris, SST's first female driverSara Price, and SST race winnersArie Luyendyk Jr. andE. J. Viso.^[15][16][17] UFD also sponsored SST's 2017 race weekend atWatkins Glen International, dubbing it the UFD at The Glen.^[18] Hynes recorded his first SST podium at the 2015Valvoline Raceway round in Australia, where he started on the pole and finished third.^[19]

In 2016, Hynes joined the newly formed EXR Racing Series, asupercarspec racing championship. He ran as high as second in points and finished fourth.^[20][21] The following year, EXR'sendurance racing program debuted its Mitjet EXR LV02 car at the25 Hours of Thunderhill, where Hynes was one of the five drivers and also worked as crew chief.^[22] In August, Hynes, Brabham, andAlexandre Prémat won the EXR class at theUtah Motorsports Campus 6 Hour Enduro.^[23]

At the 2017Clipsal 500 weekend, Hynes ran the SST races in addition to making hisAussie Racing Cars debut.^[24] Later in the year atBarbagallo Raceway, he yielded his Aussie Racing Car to fellow SST driversSheldon Creed andRobby Gordon as he wanted to focus on SST.^[25][26]

Hynes won his first career SST race in the 2018 season opener atLake Elsinore Diamond. He initially finished ninth, but video review found that Hynes had taken his mandatory Joker Lap prior to the final lap while many of the leaders waited until said lap, which was not allowed, due to a miscommunication with race officials. Consequently, many of the leaders were bumped down the running order while Hynes was promoted to first place, which he shared with the original winnerApdaly Lopez.^[27] He scored his third podium over a year later in the final race of theGold Coast 600 round.^[28]

2022 saw Hynes' best statistical season to date as he finished fourth in points with two podiums at Mid-Ohio and Bristol.^[29][30]

Hynes lives inNazareth, Pennsylvania.^[2]

He appeared in aseason 14 episode ofThe Celebrity Apprentice in 2015.^[1] In June 2020, he launched theThrillCast podcast alongside Meg Jones.ThrillCast has sponsored his stadium truck.^[31]

In September 2022 he pledno contest to felony criminal trespass, felony theft by deception, two counts of felony forgery, misdemeanor stalking, and misdemeanor simple assault for incidents in 2018/2019 regarding a former female employee with whom he had an intimate relationship. He was sentenced tohouse arrest,^[32][33] which he completed in time for the 2023 SST season.^[34]

(key) (Bold – Pole position.Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season in progress.
¹ The race was abandoned afterMatt Mingay suffered serious injuries in a crash on lap three.
²Davey Hamilton Jr. led the most laps, but his disqualification resulted in Hynes receiving the bonus points.
³ Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.

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