Cooper MacNeil

Cooper Mort MacNeil
Cooper Mort MacNeil
	MacNeil in 2014
Nationality	American
Born	September 7, 1992 (age 32); Hinsdale, Illinois
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Weathertech Racing / Proton Competition
Car number	63
Former teams	Alex Job Racing ; Riley Motorsports
Championship titles
2012-2013	ALMS – GTC class

Cooper MacNeil (born September 9, 1992 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American born racecar driver. He currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driving the No. 79 Weathertech Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTLM^[3] with co-drivers Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet. He is son of WeatherTech owner and car collector David MacNeil.

2010

Cooper won the National SCCA Touring 2 Points Championship and finished 2nd Place in the SCCA Runoffs at Road America.

2011

Cooper competed in his first 24 Hours of Daytona. He captured his first win in Ferrari Challenge at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as well as his first win in IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge at Montreal.

2012

Alex Job Racing racing with a full ride with teammate Leh Keen. During the 12 Hours of Sebring Leh and his teammates led a strong battle throughout the race. Encountered minor hiccups and climbed one spot to a second-place finish. At Long Beach consistent podium battle. Lost lead half way through on pit stop and never regained the top position. Leh won pole at Lime Rock Park. Cooper started the Porsche and keeps team in top three before handing car to Leh who, despite several on-track run ins, brings the car home in first place under caution. Leh qualified car in third at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Cooper MacNeil starts car and has excellent run, handing car over to Cooper in the GTC lead. Leh dices with #66 Porsche and #11 Porsche before finishing second. Leh and Cooper struggle with brake issues early at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finishing fourth. Cooper started car in second at Baltimore and hands off to Leh still running second. Leh lead briefly, but finished second. Cooper and Leh ran in top three for duration of VIR race, leading multiple times. Leh took the lead on final lap when #11 JDX car must pit for fuel. The win seals GTC driver championship for Cooper and team championship for Alex Job Racing. As for in the Rolex Sports Car Series Leh and Andrew finished eighth in GT points. Four third-place finishes, including Rolex 24 At Daytona and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
2009	Road America	Mini Cooper S	BMW	Touring 3	6	10	Running
2010	Road America	BMW M3	BMW	Touring 2	2	8	Running
2012	Road America	Ford Mustang GT	Ford	Touring 2	DNS	6	Retired
2015	Daytona	BMW M3	BMW	Touring 2	2	2	Running
2019	Virginia International Raceway	Porsche Carrera S 997.2	Porsche	Touring 2	1	1	Running

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Larbre Compétition	Manuel Rodrigues Philippe Dumas	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	268	41st	11th
2014	Prospeed Competition	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	319	33rd	5th
2017	Scuderia Corsa	Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	331	29th	3rd
2018	JMW Motorsport	Liam Griffin Jeff Segal	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	332	30th	5th
2019	WeatherTech Racing	Robert Smith Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	333	33rd	3rd
2020	WeatherTech Racing	Jeff Segal Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	185	DNF	DNF
2021	WeatherTech Racing	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	139	DNF	DNF
2022	WeatherTech Racing	Julien Andlauer Thomas Merrill	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	343	35th	2nd

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(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
2014	Alex Job Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 8	SEB 4	LGA 4	DET 5	WGL 12	MOS 5	IND 5	ELK 2	VIR 5	COA 5	PET 8		3rd	295
2015	Alex Job Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 2	SEB 7	LGA 7	DET 4	WGL 5	LIM 7	ELK 7	VIR 6	COA 9	PET 8			7th	262
2016	Alex Job Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 13	SEB 5	LGA 7	DET 7	WGL 5	MOS 7	LIM 9	ELK 11					12th	190
2017	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 V8	DAY 21	SEB 21	LBH 1	COA 6	DET 12	WGL 4	MOS 11	LIM 10					11th	254
2017	Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6									ELK 9	VIR 6	LGA 6	PET 17	11th	254
2018	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 10	SEB 2	MDO 8	DET 5	WGL 7	MOS 8	LIM 3	ELK 3	VIR 4	LGA 8	PET 1		4th	295
2019	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 23	SEB 3	MDO 7	DET 12	WGL 3	MOS 9	LIM 11	ELK 7	VIR 3	LGA 2	PET 5		5th	246
2020	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 7	DAY 5	SEB 2	ELK 4	VIR 13	ATL 9	MDO	CLT	PET 1	LGA 7	SEB 4		14th	206
2021	WeatherTech Racing	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 6	SEB 1	WGL 5	WGL 3	LIM 3	ELK 1	LGA 3	LBH 3	VIR 3	PET 1			3rd	3356
2022	WeatherTech Racing	GTP	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 8	SEB 6	LBH 5	LGA 6		MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET			8th*	514*
2022	WeatherTech Racing	GTP	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 11	SEB 3			WGL 5								8th*	514*

References

^ Sportscar 365. "Alex Job Racing Confirms MacNeil, Keen in GTD Porsche". Retrieved 17 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Sportscar 365. "Cooper MacNeil, Gunnar Jeannette confirmed in WeatherTech AMG GT3". Retrieved 17 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ IMSA. "Drivers". Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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[1] Sportscar 365. "Alex Job Racing Confirms MacNeil, Keen in GTD Porsche". Retrieved 17 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Sportscar 365. "Cooper MacNeil, Gunnar Jeannette confirmed in WeatherTech AMG GT3". Retrieved 17 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] IMSA. "Drivers". Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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