Jeff Segal

Jeffrey Segal
Jeffrey Segal
Nationality	American
Born	April 27, 1985 (age 39); Philadelphia, PA
United SportsCar Championship career
Current team	Michael Shank Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Former teams	Level 5 Motorsports, AIM Autosport; SpeedSource
Previous series
	American Le Mans Series; Rolex Sports Car Series; Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge; Ferrari Challenge North America
Championship titles
2012; 2010; 2007	Rolex Sports Car Series; Rolex Sports Car Series; Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge

Jeffrey Segal (born 27 April 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American racing driver who competes in the United SportsCar Championship for Michael Shank Racing. He is a two-time Rolex Sports Car Series GT class champion and winner of the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona in GT Daytona.

Ferrari Challenge

Segal became the youngest race winner in Ferrari Challenge history at the age of 17. He competed in multiple events prior to becoming a driver coach for a number of teams.^[1]

Rolex Sports Car Series

In 2003, Segal made his series debut, finishing third in the GT class at Virginia International Raceway driving a Ferrari of Washington Ferrari 360 GT.

After making select starts from 2004–07, Segal stepped up to full-time competition in 2008, claiming the GT class pole and win in the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen in a SpeedSource Mazda RX-8. He scored seven top-10 finishes that year.

The 2009 season saw continued success, with wins at Watkins Glen and Miller Motorsports Park and one additional podium finish.

In 2010, Segal won the GT Championship with two wins and ten consecutive top-four finishes, as well as a pole position at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He shared the title with co-driver Emil Assentato in the No. 69 AIM Autosport Mazda RX-8. Segal finished fifth in the GT points standings in 2011, scoring eleven top-10 finishes in the SpeedSource Mazda.

Segal earned his second GT Championship in three years, teaming again with Assentato for three class wins in AIM Autosport's Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am for the 2012 title. He finished sixth in the GT standings in 2013, which included a class victory at Indianapolis.^[2]

Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge

Segal joined Automatic Racing for two GS races in 2005, prior to an eighth-place finish in the GS points the following year, with three podiums in nine races and a best finish of second.

In 2007, Segal won the CTSC championship with Jep Thorton in an Automatic Racing BMW, becoming the then-youngest series champion at the age of 22, with four podiums and nine top-10s.

The following year, Segal earned his first career victory at Lime Rock Park, having recorded seven top-10s in nine starts.

United SportsCar Championship

Segal won the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona in the No. 555 Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 with co-drivers Scott Tucker, Townsend Bell, Bill Sweedler and Alessandro Pier Guidi, despite the car having initially been handed a penalty for late-race avoidable contact. IMSA reversed the call more than four hours after the race, declaring the No. 555 car the winners in GTD.^[3]

He will switch to Michael Shank Racing in 2017, where he will drive an Acura NSX GT3.

Personal life

Segal is a graduate of the University of Miami with a degree in Business Administration, specializing in Entrepreneurship. He is fluent in French and proficient in Spanish and enjoys biking and shifterkart racing in his free time.^[4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	330	24th	3rd
2016	Scuderia Corsa	Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	331	26th	1st
2018	JMW Motorsport	Liam Griffin Cooper MacNeil	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	332	30th	5th
2019	JMW Motorsport	Rodrigo Baptista Wei Lu	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	334	32nd	2nd
2020	WeatherTech Racing	Cooper MacNeil Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	185	DNF	DNF
2023	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Andrew Haryanto Chandler Hull	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	307	36th	8th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(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
2014	Level 5 Motorsports	GTD	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY 1												51st	37
2014	AIM Autosport	GTD	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5L V8		SEB 2	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	AUS	ATL		51st	37
2015	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY 6	SEB	LGA	BEL	WGL	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET 4			26th	55
2016	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 6	SEB 1	LGA	BEL	WGL 1	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET 2		16th	96
2017	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 5	SEB 8	LBH 10	AUS 11	DET 5	WGL 16	MOS 10	LIM 9	ELK 14	VIR 14	LGA 10	PET 12	13th	248
2018	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 10	SEB	MOH	BEL 5	WGL 7	MOS 8	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		23rd	94
2019	AIM Vasser Sullivan	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 5.0 L V8	DAY 2	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	ATL		45th	32
2022	TR3 Racing	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 11	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	60th	218

References

^ "Segal Continues Ferrari 458 Grand Am tests".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Cole Smith, Steven. "Ryan Dalziel, Alex Popow race to another Grand-Am Series win at Indianapolis". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
^ DiZinno, Tony. "Level 5 Wins Rolex 24 in GTD after Penalty Overturned".
^ "Jeff Segal Bio". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.

External links

Official website
Jeff Segal career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] "Segal Continues Ferrari 458 Grand Am tests".^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Cole Smith, Steven. "Ryan Dalziel, Alex Popow race to another Grand-Am Series win at Indianapolis". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

[3] DiZinno, Tony. "Level 5 Wins Rolex 24 in GTD after Penalty Overturned".

[4] "Jeff Segal Bio". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.

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