Ben Keating
| Ben Keating | |
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| Born |
August 18, 1971 Tomball, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Employer | Owner/Driver, Viper Exchange Racing Owner, Port Lavaca Auto Group |
| Home town | Tomball, Texas |
| Tudor United SportsCar Championship career | |
| Teams |
ViperExchange.com The Racers Group Riley Motorsports TI Automotive Racing |
| Wins | 2014 Grand Prix of Mosport 2014 Circuit of the Americas 2015 24 Hours of Daytona |
| Previous series | |
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Viper Racing League (2007–2008) North American Road Racing Association (2009–2010) Dodge Viper Cup (2010–2012) North American Endurance Championship (2012) American LeMans Series (2013) |
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| Championship titles | |
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2008 Viper Racing League National Champion 2009 & 2010 NARRA National Champion 2011 & 2012 Dodge Viper Cup National Champion |
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Ben Keating (Born August 18, 1971) is an American racing driver and business owner operating out of Tomball, Texas. Keating is the owner of Viper Exchange Racing, and since starting in 2006 he has competed in a number of North American endurance racing, road racing and Dodge Viper specific series, winning multiple championships. In addition to his racing endeavors, Keating is also the owner of 10 car dealerships across Texas, including the Port Lavaca Auto Group, and The Viper Exchange, a Viper specialty dealership. In 2015, Keating paired with legendary car designer Henrik Fisker to develop a high-performance sports car, the Force 1 V10, which debuted at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show.
Ben Keating was born on August 18, 1971 in Tomball, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Keating attended Texas A&M University where he would graduate in 1994 with a Degree of Engineering, with Honors. While at A&M, Keating served as the president of the Industrial Engineering Society. After graduating, Keating went to work selling, eventually buying into his father's dealership in 1996. After rising to the position of general sales manager, Keating bought his first car dealership in 2002, and has gone on to purchase one dealership every year since. Keating now owns 10 dealerships throughout Texas, in addition to The Viper Exchange, a Dodge Viper specialty dealer boasting the largest volume of Dodge Viper sales in the world.
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