Bill Auberlen
Born Oct. 12, 1968
Residence Redondo Beach, Calif.
Family wife Yvette
Interests building record-setting offshore boats, motorcycles, deep-sea fishing
Helmet colors orange, blue
Highlights Six championships, 75 wins, 139 podiums, 53 poles, 64 fastest laps, 102 records
- 2007 American Le Mans Series GT2 – one podium; Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
DP – one win; KONI Challenge Series (Grand-Am Cup) GS – one win, three
podiums, one record race lap
- 2006 American Le Mans Series GT2 – three podiums; Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car
Series – one DP podium, one GT record fastest race lap; Grand-Am Cup GS –
third, two wins, five podiums, two fastest race laps (one record); SPEED World
Challenge Touring Car – one record pole, one win, one record fastest race lap
- 2005 24 Heures du Mans GT2 – qualified third; Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT –
three poles (one record), three wins, five podiums, three fastest race laps (two
record); Grand-Am Cup GS – five wins, six podiums, one record fastest race lap;
American Le Mans Series GT – one record pole, one win, two podiums; SPEED
World Challenge Touring Car – one pole, two wins, three podiums, two fastest race
laps (one record), one record race speed, series record fifth career win at Lime
Rock Park
- 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT champion – five record poles, record eight
wins including record six consecutive wins, nine podiums, six fastest race laps
(three record), career GT victory record; SPEED World Challenge Touring Car
champion – three record poles, three wins, five podiums, two record fastest race
laps, one record race speed, record career winning percentage; Grand-Am Cup ST – one win; selected as All-American Team member, American Auto Racing Writers
and Broadcasters Association
- 2003 SPEED World Challenge Touring Car champion – three poles (two record), four
wins including three flag-to-flag, record eight podiums, seven fastest race laps (five
record), two record race speeds; SPEED World Challenge GT – second, four poles
(three record), three wins, one flag-to-flag and one last-to-first at Lime Rock Park in
heavy rain, four podiums, four fastest race laps (three record), one record race
speed; Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series DP – one record pole, two podiums,
one record fastest race lap; American Le Mans Series LMP 900 – one podium
- 2002 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT co-champion – two poles (one record), five
wins, seven podiums, one record fastest race lap; 24 Heures du Mans LMP 900;
American Le Mans Series LMP 900 – one podium; Grand-Am Cup GS1 – one
podium, one record fastest race lap
- 2001 American Le Mans Series GT – Petit Le Mans win, one record fastest race lap;
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GT – one overall and GT podium, one record
fastest race lap; SPEED World Challenge Touring Car – one pole, record 43-
position last-to-first victory at Lime Rock Park in heavy rain, one fastest race lap
- 2000 American Le Mans Series Prototype – two podiums; Grand American Road Racing
Association GTU – two wins, two record fastest race laps
- 1999 Fifth, 24 Heures du Mans Prototype; American Le Mans Series Prototype – three
podiums; USRRC GT3 – one record fastest race lap
- 1998 Fourth, 24 Heures du Mans GT1; test driver, BMW V8 race engine development;
SPORTS CAR – first BMW prototype victory; SPORTS CAR and USRRC GT2 and
GT3 – six record poles, seven wins including Rolex 24 at Daytona and 12 Hours of
Sebring, two class wins in same race, nine podiums, seven fastest race laps (six
record); International Sports Racing Series – two podiums
- 1997 IMSA GTS-3 champion – six poles (three record), five wins including Rolex 24 at
Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, eight podiums, three fastest race laps (two
record); three WSC starts; Speedvision Cup – one record pole, two podiums;
Atlantic Championship podium
- 1996 Peruvian Formula Three champion – four wins, five podiums; IMSA GTS-2 – one
record pole, three podiums, one fastest race lap; competed in all three classes at
the 12 Hours of Sebring; first WSC start, in Rolex 24 at Daytona
- 1995 IMSA GTS-2 – second in driver championship, record seven-consecutive record
poles, five wins including 12 Hours of Sebring on 10th anniversary of father Gary's
Sebring win, eight podiums and seven record fastest race laps in 11 races;
Speedvision Cup – two wins, three podiums, two record fastest race laps; Atlantic
Championship – second in series debut, record fastest race lap
- 1987-94 IMSA GTU – eight poles (five record), five wins including pole and win in East-West
Challenge 1993 (Fuji, Japan) and 1994 (Autopolis, Japan), 16 podiums including
second in 12 Hours of Sebring 1987 and 24 Hours of Daytona 1988, three fastest
race laps (one record); co-drove with father Gary 1987 to 1989
- 1972-86 Started racing motocross at age four; won 39 percent of more than 200 motocross
races entered
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