Cooper MacNeil

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Cooper MacNeil
File:Cooper MacNeil.jpg
MacNeil in 2014
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1992-09-07) September 7, 1992 (age 33)
Hinsdale, Illinois
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2009
Current teamWeatherTech Racing / Proton Competition
Racing licenceFile:FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number79
Former teamsAlex Job Racing[1]
Riley Motorsports[2]
Championship titles
2012-2013ALMS – GTC class

Cooper Ian MacNeil[3] (born September 7, 1992 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a retired professional American racecar driver. He most recently competed in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship driving the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 with co-drivers Dani Juncadella, Maro Engel, and Jules Gounon. He is son of WeatherTech owner and car collector David MacNeil. Cooper has won the 24 Hours of Daytona, Petit Le Mans three times, 12 hours of Sebring twice, and has been on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (2x third place, 1x second place). He has also won the SCCA Runoffs and is a 4 time Ferrari Challenge Champion (2018,2019,2020,2021).

2010

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

2011

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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

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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.

Retirement

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MacNeil retired from racing after the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona to focus on running WeatherTech.[4]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 American Le Mans Series - GTC Alex Job Racing 10 3 0 0 7 161 1st
2013 American Le Mans Series - GTC Alex Job Racing 10 2 0 0 6 148 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Larbre Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th
2014 United SportsCar Championship - GTD Alex Job Racing 11 0 0 0 1 295 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro Prospeed Competition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2015 United SportsCar Championship - GTD Alex Job Racing 10 0 0 0 1 262 7th
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Alex Job Racing 8 0 0 0 0 190 12th
2017 IMSA Sportscar Championship - GTD Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing 12 1 0 0 1 254 11th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Scuderia Corsa 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 11 1 0 0 4 295 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am JMW Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 11 0 0 0 4 246 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am WeatherTech Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 9 1 0 0 2 206 14th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro WeatherTech Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM WeatherTech Racing 10 3 0 0 8 3356 3rd
European Le Mans Series – LMGTE 5 0 0 0 0 38 11th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro WeatherTech Racing 6 0 0 0 1 1701 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD 3 0 0 0 0 756 32nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro WeatherTech Racing 1 1 0 0 1 385 21st

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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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

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

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(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 13 Rank Points Ref
2011 Mitchum Motorsports GT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DAY
30 		HOM BAR VIR LIM WGI ROA LAG NJ WGI MON LEX 57th 16 [5]
2012 Alex Job Racing GT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DAY
17 		BAR HOM NJ DET LEX ELK WGI IMS WGI MON LGA LIM 68th 16 [6]
2013 Alex Job Racing GT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY
6 		COA BAR ATL DET MOH WAT IMS ELK KAN LAG LRP 66th 25 [7]

Complete American Le Mans Series results

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(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 Rank Points Ref
2012 Alex Job Racing GTC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 SEB
2 		LBH
2 		LAG
4 		LIM
1 		MOS
2 		LEX
4 		ROA
1 		BAL
2 		VIR
1 		PET
5† 		1st 161 [8]
2013 Alex Job Racing GTC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 SEB
1 		LBH
4 		LAG
3 		LIM
5† 		MOS
1 		ROA
2 		BAL
2 		COA
6 		VIR
2 		PET
4 		1st 148 [9]

† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

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(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 Ref
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 [12]
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 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 ELK
9 		VIR
6 		LGA
6 		PET
17
2018 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 DAY
10 		SEB
2 		MOH
8 		DET
5 		WGL
7 		MOS
8 		LIM
3 		ELK
3 		VIR
4 		LGA
8 		PET
1 		4th 295 [16]
2019 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 DAY
23 		SEB
3 		MOH
7 		DET
12 		WGL
3 		MOS
9 		LIM
11 		ELK
7 		VIR
3 		LGA
2 		PET
5 		5th 246 [17]
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 		MOH CLT PET
1 		LGA
7 		SEB
4 		14th 206 [18]
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 [19]
2022 WeatherTech Racing GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
8 		SEB
6 		7th 1701 [20]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
11 		SEB
3 		LBH
5 		LGA
6 		WGL
5 		MOS
4 		LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 PET
GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA
 MID DET WGL
 MOS
 LIM
7 		ELK
11 		VIR
6 		PET
 32nd 756
2023 WeatherTech Racing GTD Pro Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
1 		SEB
 LBH
 MON
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 IMS PET
 21st 385 [21]
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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 WeatherTech Racing LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 CAT RBR
6 		LEC
4 		MNZ
9 		SPA
7 		ALG
5 		11th 38
Source:[10]

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