Cooper MacNeil

Cooper MacNeil
MacNeil in 2014
Nationality	American
Born	(1992-09-07) September 7, 1992 (age 32) Hinsdale, Illinois
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2009
Current team	WeatherTech Racing / Proton Competition
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	79
Former teams	Alex Job Racing[1] Riley Motorsports[2]
Championship titles
2012-2013	ALMS – 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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
Sources:[10][11]

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

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

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