Lawson Aschenbach
Aschenbach atRoad America in 2015
Born	Lawson L. Aschenbach (1983-11-22)November 22, 1983 (age 41) Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
Pirelli World Challenge career
Debut season	2005
Current team	Stevenson Motorsports
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Championship titles
2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014	Pirelli World Challenge
NASCAR driver
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
5 races run over 2 years
Car no., team	No. 0 (JD Motorsports)
2019 position	53rd
Best finish	53rd (2019)
First race	2015Road America 180 (Road America)
Last race	2019Drive for the Cure 250 (Charlotte Roval)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of November 18, 2019.

Lawson L. Aschenbach (born November 22, 1983) is an American professional racing driver. He is a four-timePirelli World Challenge champion, and most recently, the 2014Pirelli World Challenge GTS Champion. He is the 2006 SPEED World Challenge (later Pirelli World Challenge) Rookie of the Year^[1][2] and became the first person to win the SPEED GT Championship in his rookie season.^[2] He is also the champion of the 2010 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (later IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge) ST Championship and 2014Lamborghini Super Trofeo ProAM World Champion.^[3][4]Aschenbach first raced professionally in 2005.^[5] He currently races for Stevenson Motorsports in theIMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.^[6]

Aschenbach was born inGaithersburg, Maryland and begankart racing at age 8.^[7][8] He was introduced to kart racing by his father, who drove him to his first competitions.^[9] In 1998, Aschenbach won theWorld Karting Association Gold Cup.^[8][10] He won an additional four WKA Grand Nationals titles and the North American Karting Championship before moving onto racecars at age 16.^[11][12] In 2001, Aschenbach won the SCCA Southeast National Formula Ford title.^[12] He won the SCCA Pro FF2000 series’ Road to Indy Oval Crown Championship a year later.^[11]

Aschenbach began racing professionally in theSPEED World Challenge (later Pirelli World Challenge) in 2005 and had a podium finish in his first GT race.^[5] In 2006, during his first full SPEED World Challenge GT season, Aschenbach won at theGrand Prix of St. Petersburg and placed second at bothMid-Ohio Sports Car Course andRoad America. He never finished lower than ninth that season, and became the first driver to win the SPEED GT Championship in his rookie season.^[13] That year Porsche won the SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship over second-place Dodge by three points.^[13] Aschenbach began driving for Team Cadillac during the 2007 SPEED World Championship GT season and finished the season ranked third.^[13] That year Aschenbach and teammateAndy Pilgrim led Team Cadillac to the SPEED GT Manufacturers’ Championship.^[13]

In 2010 Aschenbach and co-pilot David Thilenius won theGrand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (later IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge) ST Championship with team Compass360.^[3] The championship was decided on the final day of racing, with Lawson and David winning the overall championship via tiebreaker.^[3] Aschenbach and Compass360 won the subsequent tiebreaker with their third-place finish atMiller Motorsports Park.^[14]

Aschenbach won the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Championship while piloting a Honda Civic Si for Team Compass360.^[15] He won five races and poles that season, and led Honda to the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Manufacturers’ Championship.^[13] Aschenbach clinched the championship in the second-to-last race that year and finished the season with 1,543 points.^[15]

Aschenbach later joined Blackdog Speed Shop and piloted the team’s Chevrolet Camaro to the 2013 Pirelli World Challenge GTS Championship in what was his first season in the division. Aschenbach scored his first win that season in what was only his second weekend with Blackdog. He won a class-best six races that season, but trailedJack Baldwin until the last race of the season held atGrand Prix of Houston.^[16] Aschenbach’s win at Houston secured the overall championship.^[16]

Aschenbach repeated as Pirelli World Challenge GTS Champion in 2014 in his second season driving for Blackdog Speed Shop.^[17] He clinched the championship during the final race day of the year, which was held at Miller Motorsports Park.^[17] In the first race of a doubleheader at the track, Aschenbach placed fourth and moved within to two points of the overall lead.^[17] His second-place finish in the final race of the season secured for him the overall GTS championship.^[17] Aschenbach finished the season with four wins overall.^[17] Later that year, he won the 2014Lamborghini Super Trofeo ProAm World Championship at the Sepang Circuit with co-pilotKevin Conway and Change Racing.^[4]

Aschenbach is an alumnus ofLandon School.^[8] He is a 2006 graduate ofVanderbilt University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science while double majoring in engineering and mathematics.^[18] Aschenbach married Beth Beattie in November 2013.^[19]

(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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class
2006	Jon Groom Racing	N/A	Porsche 911 GT3	GT
2011	Compass360 Racing	N/A	Honda Civic Si	TC
2013	Blackdog Speed Shop	N/A	Chevy Camaro	GTS
2014	Blackdog Speed Shop	N/A	Chevy Camaro	GTS

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class
2010	Compass360 Racing	David Tilenius	Honda Civic Si	ST

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