Английская Википедия:Ben Kennedy (NASCAR)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Benjamin Kennedy (born December 26, 1991) is an American motorsports executive and former professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently serves as NASCAR's senior vice president of racing development and strategy.

Executive career

General manager of Truck Series

On January 30, 2018, Kennedy was named general manager of the Camping World Truck Series. Kennedy spent one season in the position before transitioning to a strategic-based role.

NASCAR front office

In January 2019, Kennedy was hired by NASCAR to be a part of the racing operations team as well as help develop the sport internationally. He was promoted a year later when he became the Vice President of Racing Development, and promoted again in July 2020 as the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, where he oversaw racing development initiatives for all three national series. In June 2021, he named the senior vice president of strategy and innovation, where he reports directly to Steve Phelps, the president of NASCAR.

Kennedy is currently tasked with creating the schedule for the three top series of the sport. It was in this position that he helped craft the idea of the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum, which saw a pre-season race being held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. According to NASCAR, he is the "point man" of the schedule.

On March 10, 2022, NASCAR announced that Kennedy would be promoted in the company, with his new title being the senior vice president of racing development and strategy.

Racing career

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Kennedy's 2013 K&N East car

Kennedy began his racing career on the short tracks of central Florida, winning championships in Super Late Models at Orlando Speedworld, and in Pro Truck racing at Orlando Speedworld and New Smyrna Speedway. He made his touring series debut in the K&N Pro Series East in 2010 and began racing the series full-time in 2011.

In 2012, in addition to running the full K&N Pro Series East schedule, Kennedy competed in the first Euro Racecar Series event competed under NASCAR sanctioning, winning the event at Tours Speedway, the first NASCAR race held on an oval in Europe.

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Kennedy at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

After finishing ninth in series points in 2012, Kennedy was named by Fox Sports as one of NASCAR's "drivers 25 and under to watch" in January 2013. In April 2013, Kennedy won his first career race in the K&N Pro Series East, in the series' first race held at Five Flags Speedway in Kennedy's native Florida. Kennedy also announced that he would be driving a truck prepared by Turner Scott Motorsports in three Camping World Truck Series races in the 2013 season, running in events at Bristol Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway; he ran a total of five races, posting a best finish of fourth at Martinsville Speedway. He was named the K&N Pro Series East's Most Popular Driver for the 2013 season.

In December 2013, it was announced that Kennedy would drive the No. 31 Chevrolet Silverado full-time in the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season for Turner Scott Motorsports, competing for Rookie of the Year. He got 8 top tens and won ROTY honors. The team closed at the end of the season.

In December 2014, it was announced that Kennedy would move to Red Horse Racing, driving the No. 11 Local Motors Toyota Tundra.

On July 9, 2015, with seven laps to go in Kentucky, Kennedy was clipped by David Gilliland into the fence where the back of his truck received hard damage, causing the race to be red-flagged and eventually ended prematurely with five laps left, though he was uninjured.

On February 14, 2016, he announced his return to Red Horse Racing with new sponsor JACOB Companies. However, on April 15, RHR announced Kennedy had parted ways with the team. Ten days later, Kennedy joined GMS Racing to drive the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado. On August 17, 2016, after a falter by both Daniel Suárez and William Byron, he won the August Bristol race after a duel with Brett Moffitt. By virtue of that win, he qualified for the inaugural Truck Series Chase. Kennedy advanced to the Round of 6 from the Round of 8 but was eliminated following the Lucas Oil 150. He finished seventh in points.

Also during the 2016 season, Kennedy started his first career Xfinity Series race, driving the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet at Iowa Speedway. He started sixth and finished tenth.

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Kennedy at Road America in 2017

On February 6, 2017, it was announced that Kennedy would drive nine races for Richard Childress Racing in the Xfinity Series, splitting time in the No. 2 entry with Austin Dillon and Paul Menard. Kennedy received at least one offer to drive in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in that offseason from an undisclosed team, as well as other offers, but took the part-time ride and advice that comes with being around an established Cup organization. He later expanded his schedule with a twelve-race agreement to drive the No. 96 car for GMS Racing.

Team ownership

Шаблон:More footnotes Ben Kennedy fielded a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and K&N Pro Series West team. The team started fielding the No. 96 Chevrolet part-time for Ben Kennedy in the K&N East in 2010. In 2011 and 2012, the team became full-time in the East and part-time in the K&N West, and in the West, the car was a Toyota. In 2013, the team only fielded the K&N East full-time and made two races in Camping World Truck Series with a 15th best team's finish at Iowa. In 2014, with Ben Kennedy moving to compete full-time in the Camping World Truck series for Turner Scott Motorsports, Kenzie Ruston raced full-time in the No. 96 in the K&N East. In 2015, the team moved to Toyota and renumbered the car to No. 3 to Kaz Grala in both K&N Pro Series East and K&N Pro Series West. Ben Kennedy also made one start in K&N West in the old No. 96. In 2016, Grala returned to a part-time schedule in the K&N East. In 2017, the No. 96 returned for Spencer Davis and a second car appeared in the form of the No. 20 for Anthony Sergi.

In 2021, Kennedy fielded the No. 43 Chevrolet in the ARCA Menards Series East for Daniel Dye. However, Dye left for GMS Racing mid-season and another driver did not replace him in the No. 43. Kennedy has not fielded a car in the series since then. However, the team continues to field the No. 43 for Daniel Dye in various late model racing events.

Personal life

Kennedy is the son of Lesa France Kennedy and the late Dr. Bruce Kennedy, who died in a 2007 plane crash. He is the grandson of Bill France Jr. and great-grandson of Bill France Sr., the founder of NASCAR. He is a 2014 graduate of the University of Florida, with a degree in sports management. In 2017, Kennedy participated in an episode of American Ninja Warrior which was filmed at Daytona International Speedway.

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.)

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
2016	Richard Childress Racing	2	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW 10	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	106th	01
2017				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 4					IOW 20	DAY 16		NHA 6		IOW 23	GLN	MOH 26		ROA 18				KEN 11	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 18	23rd	326
	GMS Racing	96	Chevy										CLT 25	DOV 18	POC	MCH 36			KEN 32		IND 18				BRI 19		DAR 12	RCH	CHI

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	Шаблон:Tooltip	Pts	Ref
2013	Ben Kennedy Racing	96	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 20	MSP	IOW 15									33rd	135
	Turner Scott Motorsports	30	Chevy																CHI 16	LVS	TAL	MAR 4	TEX	PHO	HOM 30
2014		31		DAY 15*	MAR 3	KAN 20	CLT 8	DOV 7	TEX 14	GTW 14	KEN 10	IOW 6	ELD 13	POC 13	MCH 19	BRI 21	MSP 16	CHI 7	NHA 13	LVS 7	TAL 28	MAR 16	TEX 15	PHO 11	HOM 17		9th	679
2015	Red Horse Racing	11	Toyota	DAY 28	ATL 3	MAR 19	KAN 26	CLT 16	DOV 6	TEX 10	GTW 7	IOW 13	KEN 16	ELD 12	POC 11	MCH 25	BRI 15	MSP 3	CHI 12	NHA 23	LVS 3	TAL 25	MAR 14	TEX 9	PHO 24	HOM 4	9th	690
2016				DAY 23	ATL 15	MAR 11																					7th	2162
	GMS Racing	33	Chevy				KAN 9		CLT 14	TEX 4	IOW 7	GTW 9	KEN 22	ELD 11	POC 7	BRI 1	MCH 11	MSP 8	CHI 26	NHA 11	LVS 4	TAL 5	MAR 18	TEX 13	PHO 9	HOM 14
		24						DOV 13

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
2010	Ben Kennedy Racing	96	Chevy	GRE	SBO	IOW	MAR	NHA	LRP	LEE	JFC 24	NHA	DOV					60th	91
2011				GRE 11	SBO 14	RCH 27	IOW 15	BGS 3	JFC 11	LGY 18	NHA 32	COL 19	GRE 22	NHA 16	DOV 12			13th	1367
2012				BRI 6	GRE 9	RCH 6	IOW 22	BGS 8	JFC 5	LGY 21	CNB 3	COL 7	IOW 19	NHA 25	DOV 4	GRE 16	CAR 9	9th	456
2013				BRI 10	GRE 17	FIF 1*	RCH 14	BGS 1	IOW 9	LGY 7	COL 9	IOW 11	VIR 4	GRE 10	NHA 26	DOV 12	RAL 6	4th	488
2017	Kevin Manion Motorsports	1	Toyota	NSM	GRE	BRI	SBO	SBO	MEM	BLN	TMP	NHA	IOW 7	GLN	LGY	NJM	DOV	45th	38

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Шаблон:Tooltip	Pts	Ref
2011	Ben Kennedy Racing	96	Chevy	PHO	AAS	MMP	IOW	LVS	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	CNS 8				PHO 15		34th	402
			Toyota											MRP 8	SPO	AAS
2012				PHO 11	LHC	MMP	S99	IOW	BIR	LVS	SON	EVG	CNS 9	IOW	PIR	SMP	AAS	PHO 10	27th	102
2015	Ben Kennedy Racing	96	Toyota	KCR	IRW	TUS	IOW	SHA	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS	PHO 25			69th	19

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