Mackena Bell (born June 9, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She drove the No. 23 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet for one race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2014. She was also a graduate of NASCAR Drive for Diversity.[1]

Mackena Bell
Bell's 2013 K&N East car at Richmond International Raceway
Born (1990-06-09) June 9, 1990 (age 34)
Carson City, Nevada
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2014 position69th
Best finish69th (2014)
First race2014 DAV 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 8, 2014.

Racing career

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Early years

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Bell started racing go-karts at age five, moved up to Legend cars at age fourteen, and started racing late models at eighteen.[2]

K&N Pro Series East

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As part of the Drive for Diversity program in NASCAR, Bell competed in six races in 2010, failing to finish four and recording a best finish of eighteenth, at Martinsville Speedway.[3] In 2013, running the whole season for Max Siegel, she recorded two top-five finishes and failed to finish only two of the fourteen races.[4] In 2014, she crashed out of two races and recorded only one top ten finish.[5] She did not return to the series in 2015.

Nationwide Series

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Bell made her only Nationwide Series start at the end of 2014 at Phoenix International Raceway.[6] Driving for Rick Ware Racing, she started 39th and finished 29th, eight laps down.[7]

Personal life

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Bell attended Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada, where she was the prom queen.[8]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide 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 NNSC Pts Ref
2014 Rick Ware Racing 23 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO
29
HOM 69th 15 [7]

K&N Pro Series East

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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 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2010 Revolution Racing 8 Chevy GRE
19
SBO
23
IOW
21
MAR
18
NHA
27
LRP
28
LEE JFC NHA DOV 23rd 570 [3]
2013 Rev Racing 21 Toyota BRI
29
GRE
18
FIF
11
RCH
5
BGS
6
LGY
11
COL
11
VIR
17
GRE
5
NHA
9
DOV
19
RAL
25
13th 419 [4]
27 IOW
16
IOW
15
2014 21 NSM
8
DAY
17
BRI
21
GRE
21
RCH
15
IOW
19
BGS
13
FIF
12
LGY
13
NHA
27
COL
22
IOW
19
GLN
13
VIR
21
GRE
16
DOV
17
16th 430 [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Mackena Bell Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. ^ "Women in NASCAR: Mackena Bell". Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Mackena Bell – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Mackena Bell – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Mackena Bell – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  6. ^ "Mackena Bell to make NASCAR Nationwide debut at Phoenix". Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  7. ^ a b "Mackena Bell – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "Drive for Diversity profile: Mackena Bell". FOX Sports. January 22, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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