William O'Brien (racing driver)
American-Hong Kong racing driver

William O'Brien (racing driver)

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American-Hong Kong racing driver
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23 February 1951(Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
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William "Bill" E. O'Brien (born 23 February 1951) is a Hong Kong-based American racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR Asia Series. Having previously competed in the Touring Car Series Asia, KL City Grand Prix and Zhuhai Pan Delta Racing Festival amongst others.

Racing career

O'Brien began his career in 2013 in the Zhuhai Pan Delta Racing Festival, he won the Circuit Hero I, A class three times from 2013-2015. He also took part in the Zhuhai 500km in 2013, winning Class A, he also raced in the Asian Touring Car Series that year winning Class B. For 2014 he took part in the 25 hours of Spa Fun Cup race, finishing third in the race. He switched to the Hong Kong Roadsports Challenge for 2015 finishing third in the championship standings that year. He also raced in the Macau Road Sport Challenge and KL City Grand Prix in 2015. In 2016 he again raced in the Zhuhai 500km race, again winning the A class. He switched to the TCR Asia Series for 2016, joining the series with TeamWork Motorsport.

In September 2016 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for TeamWork Motorsport.

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 TeamWork Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR BHR
1
BHR
2
POR
1
POR
2
BEL
1
BEL
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
GER
1
GER
2
RUS
1
RUS
2
THA
1
THA
2
SIN
1
SIN
2
MYS
1
17
MYS
2
19
MAC
1
DNQ
MAC
2
DNQ
NC 0