Meet Bill McDowell, the Father of Michael McDowell:Biography, Net Worth & More- The 39-year-old Phoenix native Michael McDowell is a racing driver who began his NASCAR Series career in 2007.
Who is Bill McDowell?
Bill McDowell has been a foundation of support to his son Michael McDowell’s career.
Bill has kept his personal life on a low profile; there’s therefore almost no recorded information about him.
Michael McDowell whose full name is Michael Christopher McDowell was born in Glendale, Arizona on December 21, 1984. McDowell attended a local high school where he studied his school education. He has also participated at the University of Redlands, where he has received. BS in environmental science and an MA in curriculum and instruction. He started learning car driving at a young age of three.He drives the #95 Ford Fusion for Leavine Family Racing and competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
McDowell started out racing BMX bicycles at three years old and then moved to karting when he won the World Karting Association championship. He has competed in over 180 races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and has two top-ten finishes.McDowell competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 93 races with 19 top-ten finishes and two poles. He has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Champ Car series.
McDowell won the 2004 Star Mazda Championship. He was named the 2003 Star Mazda Championship Rookie of the Year and the 2007 ARCA Re/MAX Series Rookie of the Year.After competing in open-wheel cars, like Formula Renault and Champ Car, and in sports cars like the Rolex Sports Car Series and 24 Hours of Daytona, he moved to stock car racing in 2006 and his first Cup Series season came in 2008, the latter of which saw him attract attention for a violent qualifying crash at Texas Motor Speedway.
However, after losing his ride at Michael Waltrip Racing, much of McDowell’s Cup career in the following years was with smaller teams, oftentimes as a start and park driver.McDowell did not run full-time in the Cup Series again until 2017 with Leavine Family Racing when he ran all 36 races. McDowell joined his current employer Front Row in 2018.
He won the 2021 Daytona 500 with FRM, McDowell’s first-ever win in the Cup Series. He also had a win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016.
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