T. J. Bell
Bell atRoad America in 2012
Born	Timothy Peter Bell Jr. (1980-08-25)August 25, 1980 (age 44) Sparks, Nevada, U.S.
Achievements	1989–1995 Nevada State Go-Kart Champion
Awards	2004ARCA Re/MAX Series Rookie of the Year
NASCARCup Series career
11 races run over 3 years
2015 position	49th
Best finish	45th (2011)
First race	2011Showtime Southern 500 (Darlington)
Last race	2015Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARXfinity Series career
69 races run over 7 years
2016 position	39th
Best finish	25th (2012)
First race	2005Ameriquest 300 (Fontana)
Last race	2016Food City 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
121 races run over 15 years
2020 position	71st
Best finish	15th (2009)
First race	2003Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race	2020Baptist Health 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 13 0
Statistics current as of November 11, 2020.

Timothy Peter "T. J." Bell Jr. (born August 25, 1980) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He has primarily competed inNASCAR competition, driving in all three national touring series. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 83Chevrolet Silverado forCMI Motorsports and the No. 12 Silverado forYoung's Motorsports.

Bell began racing at the age of eight in go-karts and went on to win six consecutive championships in the state of Nevada. In 1997, he began racing in theSCCAF2000 Championship Series and won one out of the nine races he competed in. He soon moved up to theU.S. F2000 National Championship and was named the national spokesman for the Special Wish Foundation. In 2000, he joined theCARTToyota Atlantic Series, driving forMichael Shank Racing and posting five top-five finishes. After another tun in Toyota Atlantic, Bell joined theASCARI factory team, participating in several endurance races for the team, including the24 Hours of Daytona,12 Hours of Sebring, and24 Hours of LeMans.

In 2003, Bell switched to stock car racing and began racing in the Truck Series. He drove a total of nine races in the No. 86Defiant ClothingChevrolet Silverado forTeam Racing, his best finish a twelfth atDover International Speedway. He also drove three races in the No. 53 truck owned by Mary Ward, but did not finish higher than 23rd. The following season, he moved to theARCA RE/MAX Series to drive forPowertech Motorsports. He finished third in points and was named Rookie of the Year. He made eighteen starts in ARCA in 2005 and returned to the Truck Series, finishing sixteenth atKentucky Speedway in a one-race deal withGlynn Motorsports. In the summer of 2005, he was hired byDCT Motorsports to drive their No. 36 Pontiac, earning a best finish of 22nd in eight races.

He drove a limited schedule forBobby Jones Racing in 2006 in the ARCA Series, as well as driving the No. 07Green Light Racing truck in the Truck Series. In 2007, Bell signed to drive sixteen races forRoush Fenway Racing's No. 50Ford F-150 in the Trucks in 2007. Despite driving in elite equipment he had only one top-ten finish and ended the year 22nd in points. He finished out 2008 withTRG Motorsports when he replacedAndy Lally in the No. 7. Bell impressed many, scoring five top tens for TRG before leaving to driveRed Horse Racing's No. 11 Toyota vacated byDavid Starr. In 2010, he drove the No. 50 for new teamMAKE Motorsports, and will drive with them in 2011.

Bell made his Cup Series debut at the May Darlington race, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet forJoe Falk, a Virginia car dealer who ownedLJ Racing from 1997 to 2000. The car finished 38th after the transmission gave out after 67 laps. Bell ran several more races later in the year, attempting a run forRookie of the Year honors.

In 2012, Bell ran full-time in the Nationwide Series for MAKE Motorsports,^[1] in addition to making selected Sprint Cup Series starts forFAS Lane Racing.^[2] He also ran selected races in the Truck Series forJJC Racing. In early August MAKE Motorsports began skipping races due to a lack of funding.

Since 2012, Bell has been ajourneyman in the Truck and Xfinity Series. He has raced for various teams likeNiece Motorsports andCMI Motorsports at the Truck level andMBM Motorsports andObaika Racing in the Xfinity tier.^[3][4][5]

Bell was the spotter forCorey LaJoie in the NASCAR Cup Series, along with spotting for various other drivers in NASCAR's lower series.

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* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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24 Hours of Daytona results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class pos.
2002	SR	49	Team Ascari	Pontiac Riley	Werner Lupberger Harri Toivonen	429	38DNF	10DNF

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• Racing drivers from Nevada
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