Bill Sweedler

Bill Sweedler, Townsend Bell and Johnny Mowlem’s Lotus Evora GTE at Petit Le Mans 2012

William "Bill" Sweedler (born October 11, 1966 ) is an American racing car driver and finance manager.

Entrepreneur

Bill Sweedler studied finance at Babson College in Wellesley Massachusetts . After completing his studies, he only worked for Polo Ralph Lauren for four years and then went into business for himself. He founded several companies that deal with the financing of companies and the investment of financial resources. His most recent founding was Tengram Capital Partners , a finance and private equity firm serving small and medium-sized businesses in the United States, where he is also a managing partner. Sweedler is married with a father of three and lives in Westport , Fairfield County , Connecticut, USA .

Career in motorsport

Motorsport started late in 2007 at the age of 41. The entry into GT sport was financed with own money. He contested his first races in the Mazda MX5 Cup , then from 2009 in the American Le Mans Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . He has been a regular starter in the Sebring 12-hour race since 2010 and finished in 24th place in the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2015 .

His greatest success so far was the overall victory in the GTD classification of the United SportsCar Championship 2015 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Townsend Bell	Jeff Segal	Rank 24
2016	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Townsend Bell	Jeff Segal	Rank 26 and class win
2017	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GTE	Townsend Bell	Cooper MacNeil	Rank 29

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Romeo Kapudija	Jan-Dirk Lueders		Rank 18
2011	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Brian Wong	Leh Keen		Rank 34
2012	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Townsend Bell	Dion von Moltke		Rank 31 and class win
2013	Team West AJR Boardwalk Ferrari	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Townsend Bell	Leh Keen		failure	malfunction
2014	AIM Autosport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Townsend Bell	Jeff Segal	Maurizio Mediani	Rank 24
2015	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	Townsend Bell	Anthony Lazzaro		Rank 18
2016	O'Gara Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Townsend Bell	Richard Antinucci		failure	accident
2017	Alex Job Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Townsend Bell	Frank Montecalvo		Rank 31st
2018	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Townsend Bell	Frank Montecalvo		failure	accident

Web links

• Tengram Capital website
• William Sweedler at the Driver Database
• Bill Sweedler at Racing Sports Cars