Bill Lester
Race car driver, Athlete
1961 –
Who is Bill Lester?
William Alexander Lester III is a racing driver who competes in the Grand Touring category in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Autohaus Motorsports. In 1984, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley. Fresh out of college, he worked at Hewlett-Packard for a few years before deciding he wanted to focus on auto racing.
Until 2007, he competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, being at the time the only African-American competing full-time in a NASCAR circuit. He also participated in a number of Sprint Cup races. From 2008 - 2010, he competed in the Daytona Prototype category in the Rolex Sports Car Series.
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- Born
- Feb 6, 1961
Washington, D.C. - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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