Bill Bacon: Firefighter Lights It Up in Rally
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
 Privateer team Bacon Motorsports currently sits in 2nd place overall in the Rally America Championship National Series ahead of the Subaru Rally Team USA and Monster World Rally Team. With family support and his own financial backing, Bill Bacon heads into Round 3: Olympus Rally to try defending his position or attempt a takeover of the Championship lead from Antoine L'Estage.
Check out this video of Bill Bacon to find out more about this dynamic driver and how he is able to outfit a rally team while while holding down a full and part-time job!
Bill Bacon Driver Bio:
Whenever Bill Bacon shows up on the entry list, top national drivers get nervous! Bill is the ultimate family-run rally team pushing top competitors to the brink with his incredible car handling skills and willingness to hit top-speed. With Bill in the line-up expect to see him in the top 5 spots.
Inspired by watching WRC on TV with his brother and seeing Carl Merrill and Paul Choinere drive in the late 1990s, Bill quickly converted an Acura Integra into a rally car and began driving in regional rallys and hill climbs in the USA and Canada.
Bill is used to taking risks considering that he works as a fire fighter, which translates into success for this dynamic driver. Bill secured the #1 driver spot with the Suzuki Swift rally team in Canada and won the Production Class in 2004 despite being severely underpowered. Since then, Bill took 2nd overall at the 2008 Defi Ste-Agathe Rally and 3rd overall at the 2009 STPR Rally for his best Rally America result.
In addition, Bill has also finished 4th overall in a group N Subaru in the 2005 SCCA ProRally Series, 5th overall at 2008 STPR and 4th in NEFR 2008.
In 2010 Bill Bacon has finished in third place in the first 2 events of the season. Enough to give him 2nd place overall in the Rally America National Championships. However, Bill won't be entirely satisfied until he snatches the top podium spot... a probable feat in the not too distant future.
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