Spencer Pumpelly

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Spencer Pumpelly
Pumpelly at Virginia International Raceway in 2017
Born	(1974-12-28) December 28, 1974 (age 49) Arlington, Virginia
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Magnus Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	44
Former teams	Flying Lizard Motorsports, Park Place Motorsports, Change Racing, Alegra Motorsports, Team Hardpoint
Best finish	5th in 2015
NASCAR driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
5 races run over 3 years
2023 position	62nd
Best finish	58th (2021)
First race	2021 Pit Boss 250 (Austin)
Last race	2023 The Loop 101 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Previous series
1998–2013 1999, 2003–2006, 2010–2013 2009	Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series ARCA Re/Max Series
Last updated on: June 27, 2023.

Spencer Pumpelly (born December 28, 1974) is an American professional racing driver who competes part-time in IMSA, driving the No. 44 Acura NSX GT3 for Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports as well as part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing. A veteran sports car racing driver, Pumpelly has competed in IMSA and its predecessor series, the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series since 1998 and 1999, respectively. He also has competed in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and the ARCA Menards Series in the past.

Pumpelly made his stock car racing debut when he competed in the ARCA Re/Max Series race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2009. Driving the No. 09 for TRG Motorsports using RAB Racing's owner points, he qualified fifth, and in the race, he led 7 laps, and finished third.^[1]

Pumpelly drove for Flying Lizard Motorsports and BGB Motorsports during the 2013 season.

Pumpelly competed in the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series before the two series merged to become the IMSA SportsCar Championship Series in 2014.

On May 17, 2021, it was announced that Pumpelly would make his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the series' new race at Circuit of the Americas. He would drive the JD Motorsports No. 6 car, replacing its normal driver Ryan Vargas. Vargas had struggled during the season and with the race at COTA having qualifying and a smaller field of 36 cars (instead of the typical 40 in races without qualifying), the No. 6 car was in danger of failing to qualify due to being low in owner points.^[2]

In 2022, Pumpelly returned to the Xfinity Series to attempt two races as a road course ringer. He drove the No. 08 car for SS-Green Light Racing in the series' new race at Portland instead of David Starr, finishing 29th. He replaced Ryan Vargas in the JD Motorsports No. 6 car in a race for the second year in a row, this time in the race at Watkins Glen, although he would fail to qualify for the race.

In 2023, Pumpelly returned to SRO competition, joining Pedro Torres and ACI Motorsports in the GT World Challenge America.^[3] On June 27, it was announced that Pumpelly would return to SS-Green Light Racing to drive their No. 07 car in the new Xfinity Series race at the Chicago Street Course.^[4]

Pumpelly lives with his wife Lindsay, son Ryder, and daughter Parker in Atlanta. He has been a vegetarian since 2003 and a vegan since 2010. He attended college at James Madison University. During a visit to the Farm Sanctuary in June 2011, Spencer was quoted, saying "I'm honored to support Farm Sanctuary and the people who are devoted to defending others."^[5]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points	Ref
1999	Team Pumpelly Racing	GT	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	SEB	ATL 14	MOS	SON	POR	PET Ret	MON	LSV					[6]
2003	ZIP Racing	GT	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	SEB 10	ATL Ret	SON Ret	TRO 5	MOS	AME 3	MON Ret	MIA 7	PET		18th	32	[7]
2004	Marshall Cooke Racing	LMP2	Lola B2K/40	Ford (Millington) 2.0 L Turbo I4	SEB	MID	LIM	SON	POR	MOS	AME	PET 2	MON		15th	22	[8]
2005	ZIP Racing	GT2	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	SEB 6	ATL	MID	LIM	SON	POR	AME	MOS	PET	MON	32nd	12	[9]
2006	J-3 Racing	GT2	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	SEB 10†	TEX	MID	LIM	UTA	POR	AME	MOS	PET	MON	48th	7	[10]
2010	TRG	GTC	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	SEB	LBH	LAG	UTA	LRP	MDO 6	ELK	MOS	PET		28th	6	[11]
2011	TRG	GTC	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	SEB 2	LBH Ret	LRP 2	MOS 1	MDO 1	ELK 2	BAL 6	LAG 1	PET 3		2nd	157	[12]
2012	TRG	GTC	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	SEB 4	LBH 5	LAG	LRP 6	MOS 1	MDO 2	ELK 8	BAL 4	VIR 5	PET 2	3rd	116	[13]
2013	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTC	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB 2	LBH 2	LAG 8	LRP 1	MOS 2	ELK 1	BAL 7	COA 5	VIR 7	PET 1	2nd	139	[14]

^† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Darren Law	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	211	DNF	DNF
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Darren Law	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	313	27th	4th
2014	JMW Motorsport	Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Seth Neiman	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	327	27th	7th
2018	Proton Competition	Patrick Long Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	334	29th	4th
Sources:[15][16]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2021	JD Motorsports	6	Chevy	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA 19	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA 36	ATL	NHA	GLN														58th	32	[17]
		0																						IND 24	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO
2022	SS-Green Light Racing	08	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR 29	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH													68th	8	[18]
	JD Motorsports	6	Chevy																						GLN DNQ	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
2023	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	POR	SON	NSH	CSC 28	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IND	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	62nd	9	[19]

^* Season still in progress

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2009	TRG Motorsports	09	Chevy	DAY	SLM	CAR	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD	IOW	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI	TOL	DSF	NJE 3	SLM	KAN	CAR	101st	220	[20]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2014	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 2	SEB 8	LGA 6	BEL 14	WGL 15	MOS 10	IMS 8	ELK 7	VIR 16	AUS 7	ATL 14		16th	232	[21]
2015	Park Place Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 16	SIR 12	LGA 1	DET 5	WGL 11	LIM 6	ELK 3	VIR 10	AUS 5	PET 1			5th	266	[22]
2016	Change Racing	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 18	SEB 14	LGA 10	BEL 6	WGL 9	MOS 5	LIM 8	ELK 14	VIR 5	AUS 9	PET 10		9th	247	[23]
2017	Alegra Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB 10	LBH	AUS	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	67th	21	[24]
2018	Park Place Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 13		64th	17	[25]
2019	Magnus Racing	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 10	SEB 2	MOH	BEL	WGL 7	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL 8		23rd	100	[26]
2020	GRT Magnus	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 2					ATL 12			PET 3		SEB 7		11th	228	[27]
	Team Hardpoint		Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10		DAY 12	SEB 8	ELK 10	VIR 13		MOH 12	CLT 6		LGA 10
2021	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 11	SEB 4	MDO	DET	WGL 12	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET 6	27th	1003	[28]
2022	Magnus Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 2	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL 5	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET 14	24th	1076	[29]
2023	Magnus Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 2	SEB 9	LBH	MON	WGL 9	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 17		30th	969	[30]
2024	Magnus Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 23	SEB 10			WGL 3		ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			15th*	1493*	[31]
	Heart of Racing Team						LBH 14	LGA 6		MOS 1
Source:[15]

• Official website
• Spencer Pumpelly driver statistics at Racing-Reference