Timeline
2021
- Bill climbs back behind the wheel of a NASCAR Truck and races at Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Winning in Reverse Hardcover Book Release
2013
- Received the Trailblazer Award from RYSE Magazine
- Received the Sam Lacy Pioneer Award from the National Association of Black Journalists
2012
- Bill represents Team USA in international kart racing by competing in the Rotax Grand Finals in Portimao, Portugal
2011
- Competed professionally in the NASCAR sanctioned Grand-Am sports car series and became the first African-American to win a race
2006
- Became only the seventh African American to race in the NASCAR Cup Series in the past 70 years at the Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Received the Jackie Robinson Award from the Rainbow/PUSH organization
2005
- Earned back-to-back Pole Positions at two different NASCAR racetracks while in the NASCAR Truck Series
2004
- Was featured on the cover of General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios boxes from 2003-2004
- Received the Trailblazer in Motor Sports award from the Rainbow/PUSH organization
- Was featured on the cover of Black Enterprise Magazine in April
- Received the Breaking New Frontiers Award from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
- Was featured in nationally televised NASCAR Truck Series Flags commercial
1998
- Terminated employment with Hewlett-Packard to commit to racing pursuit
- Competed in and won the Championship Auto Racing Team (CART) African-American Driver Development Program competition
- Competed in first IMSA Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona endurance sports car race
1990
- Competed in SCCA Trans-Am series professional races at Portland International Raceway and at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
1989
- Entered first professional race at the International Motor Sports Associated (IMSA) event at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California
1984
- Graduated University of California, Berkeley with B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Employed by Hewlett-Packard Company as a Software Development Engineer
- Began Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) amateur road racing