Английская Википедия:Anthony Kumpen

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox racing driver Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver and team manager. Kumpen currently works as the team manager for PK Carsport in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He previously competed full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, winning the championship twice, in 2014 and 2016. He also joint-held the record of the most 24 Hours of Zolder wins with six.

Racing career

Файл:Anthony Kumpen 2015 Raceway Venray.jpg

Kumpen's car after his win in Elite 1 race two at Raceway Venray 2015.

In 1988, Kumpen started kart racing. He moved on to Belcar, the Belgian Racing Car Championship, in 1998, winning the GT2 championship in his first year, and the GT championship in 1999. He won several more Belgian GT and GTA championships over the next decade. In 2000, he won the overall classification at the 24 Hours of Zolder, a feat he would repeat in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2012 for a record total of 6 victories.

In 2000, he started competing in the FIA GT Championship for the Paul 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).

He also competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2014, he competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for the PK Carsport team, driving a Holden VF Commodore. He won one race in the championship, and ended the season in first place, one point ahead of defending champion Ander Vilariño.

His win gave him a license to compete in the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, racing for Bill McAnally. On 7 June, as part of the Nexteer Automotive Road To Daytona program, he announced his intentions to compete in the Xfinity Series, running three races at Iowa Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway. In 2016, he announced that he would run the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona for Precision Performance Motorsports, driving the No. 46 Chevy. He continued his part-time slate in the Xfinity Series in 2017, adding two races at Daytona and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving the No. 46 Chevy for PPM. Kumpen was also in discussions with Rick Ware Racing to make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut with the team in 2018, 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 the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium after he failed a drug test during the 2018 24 Hours of Zolder. During his suspension, he moved to a management role in PK Carsport and is currently working as the team manager for the Euro Series operations of the team.

He return racing in late 2022, and embarked on a full-time season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for the 2023 season always with their PK Carsport team.

Personal life

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

Kumpen lives in Hasselt and is married to Griet Vanhees. They have a son. Kumpen has a daughter and a stepson, from his and his wife's previous relationships. He is the first cousin of Sophie Kumpen, the mother of three-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen.

In 2010, Kumpen participated in Sterren op de Dansvloer (the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars) on vtm. He was voted out of the show in the third episode and finished as 8th out of 10 contestants.

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.)

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Шаблон:Tooltip	Pts	Ref
2014	PK Carsport	24	Chevy	VAL Шаблон:Small	VAL Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	TOU Шаблон:Small	TOU Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	UMB Шаблон:Small	UMB Шаблон:Small	BUG Шаблон:Small	BUG Шаблон:Small	1st	656
2015				VAL Шаблон:Small	VAL Шаблон:Small	VEN Шаблон:Small	VEN Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	TOU Шаблон:Small	TOU Шаблон:Small	UMB Шаблон:Small	UMB Шаблон:Small	ZOL Шаблон:Small	ZOL Шаблон:Small	4th	610
2016				VAL Шаблон:Small	VAL Шаблон:Small	VEN Шаблон:Small	VEN Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	TOU Шаблон:Small	TOU Шаблон:Small	ADR Шаблон:Small	ADR Шаблон:Small	ZOL Шаблон:Small	ZOL Шаблон:Small	1st	657
2017				VAL Шаблон:Small	VAL Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	BRH Шаблон:Small	VEN Шаблон:Small	VEN Шаблон:Small	HOC Шаблон:Small	HOC Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	ZOL Шаблон:Small	ZOL Шаблон:Small	2nd	609
2018				VAL 3	VAL 2	FRA 4	FRA 5	BRH 4	BRH 23	TOU 18	TOU 18	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL	23rd	200
2022				ESP	ESP	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	BEL Шаблон:Small	BEL Шаблон:Small	CRO	CRO	37th	46
2023				ESP Шаблон:Small	ESP Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	CZE Шаблон:Small	CZE Шаблон:Small	GER Шаблон:Small	GER Шаблон:Small	BEL Шаблон:Small	BEL Шаблон:Small	4th	388

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	Шаблон:Tooltip	Pts	Ref
2015	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW Шаблон:Small	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX			52nd	53
	Precision Performance Motorsports	55	Chevy																																PHO Шаблон:Small	HOM Шаблон:Small
2016		46		DAY Шаблон:Small	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	70th	15
2017				DAY Шаблон:Small	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH Шаблон:Small	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	51st	36

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Шаблон:Tooltip	Pts	Ref
2015	Bill McAnally Racing	99	Toyota	NSM Шаблон:Small	GRE	BRI	IOW	BGS	LGY	COL								40th	53
	Marsh Racing	36	Chevy								NHA Шаблон:Small	IOW	GLN	MOT	VIR	RCH	DOV

Шаблон:Sup Season still in progress
Шаблон:Sup Ineligible for series points

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Belmondo Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Grégoire de Galzain Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Claude Lagniez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTS	44	DNF	DNF
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Team Carsport Holland Шаблон:Flagicon Racing Box	Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Hezemans Шаблон:Flagicon Gabriele Matteuzzi Шаблон:Flagicon Luca Capellari	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GTS	93	DNF	DNF
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Carsport America	Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Hezemans Шаблон:Flagicon David Hart	Pagani Zonda GR	GTS	10	DNF	DNF
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Taurus Sports Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Andrews Шаблон:Flagicon Calum Lockie	Lola B2K/10	LMP1	35	DNF	DNF
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External links

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