Anthony Kumpen
| Anthony Kumpen | |||||||
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 Kumpen (right) with teammate Maxime Dumarey in 2015 | |||||||
| Nationality |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | ||||||
| Born |
3 November 1978 Hasselt, Belgium | ||||||
| Related to | Max Verstappen (nephew) | ||||||
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2014 | ||||||
| Current team | PK Carsport | ||||||
| Car no. | 24 | ||||||
| Championships | 1 (2014) | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2014 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 1st (2014) | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2001–2003 2001 |
American Le Mans Rolex Sports Car Series | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 2014 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 46 (Precision Performance Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2015 position | 52nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 52nd (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 21, 2015. | |||||||
Anthony Kumpen (born 3 November 1978) is a Belgian professional racing driver. As the overall winner of the 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season, he received his license to compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.
Career
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.[1]
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).[2]
He also competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3]
In 2014, he competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for the PK Carsport team, driving a Chevrolet Super Sport. He won one race in the championship, and ended the season in first place, one point ahead of defending champion Ander Vilariño.[4]
His win gave him a license to compete in the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, racing for Bill McAnally.[5] 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.[6] In 2016, he announced that he will run the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona for Precision Performance Motorsports.[7]
Personal life
Kumpen is the son of Paul Kumpen, former race pilot, director of the building company Kumpen, and president of VOKA Limburg. 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.[8] Anthony stayed on at the company after his father sold his share in 2013.[8]
Kumpen lives in Hasselt and is married to Griet Vanhees. They have one child, a son named Henri-Constant.[9] Kumpen has an older daughter Laura from a previous relation, and Griet has an older son Thibeau.[10]
In 2010, Kumpen participated in Sterren op de Dansvloer (the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars) on vtm.[11] He was voted out of the show in the third episode and finished as 8th out of 10 contestants.[12]
Kumpen is the uncle of F1 driver Max Verstappen.[13]
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NXSC | Pts | |||
| 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 28 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | 52nd | 53 | |||||
| Precision Performance Motorsports | 55 | Chevy | PHO 24 |
HOM 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 46 | DAY | 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 | |||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Notes
- ↑ "SPORTWEEKEND: Monza en Zolder". Autowereld.be (in Dutch). 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Anthony Kumpen". driverdb.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "Anthony Kumpen". racingreference.info. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ Estrada, Chris (14 October 2014). "NASCAR: Belgium’s Kumpen takes Whelen Euro Series title at Le Mans". NBC.
- ↑ "Anthony Kumpen volgend seizoen in het Nascar: "Dit is een unieke kans"". De Morgen (in Dutch). Belga. 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Anthony Kumpen To Debut In XFINITY Series". NASCAR Home Tracks. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ "NASCAR Euro champion Kumpen to race Xfinity season-opener at Daytona". Motorsport.com. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- 1 2 "CEO koopt familie Kumpen uit bij Ridley bikes". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Belga. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ verhoogen, Inne. "Griet Vanhees is mama van Henri-Constant". Deredactie.be (in Dutch).
- ↑ jva (4 June 2011). "Racepiloot Anthony Kumpen gehuwd met babe Griet Vanhees". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch).
- ↑ "Anthony Kumpen" (in Dutch). vtm. 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Anthony Kumpen mag niet meer dansen". De Standaard (in Dutch). 16 April 2010.
- ↑ Bonardel, Cécile (18 August 2014). "Verstappen's son in F1 in 2015". 24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Anthony Kumpen driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ander Vilariño |
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2014 |
Succeeded by Ander Vilariño |