Tim Pappas

Tim Pappas
Tim Pappas
Nationality	American
Born	September 14, 1973 (age 51); New York, NY
American Le Mans Series career
Current team	Black Swan Racing
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Former teams	Team Trans Sport
Previous series
	Rolex Sports Car Series,
Championship titles
2010-2011	ALMS GTC Championship

Tim Pappas (born September 14, 1973 in New York City) is an American racing driver and businessman who competes in the American Le Mans Series with his Black Swan Racing team. He won the 2010 and 2011 American Le Mans Series GTC Drivers Championships and is the president of Pappas Enterprises Inc., his family's four-decade old real estate company.

Early racing career

Pappas began his professional driving career in 2000 in Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge competition before making select Rolex Sports Car Series starts. In 2005, he drove a BMW 330i to two podiums and six top-ten finishes in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

American Le Mans Series

In 2007, Pappas made his debut in the American Le Mans Series with his Team Trans Sport organization. Making 11 starts in his rookie season with Terry Borcheller in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Pappas scored a season-best fourth-place finish in the GT2 category at the Petit Le Mans, while collecting four top-five finishes in total.

Running under the Black Swan Racing banner, Pappas debuted a new Doran Ford GT-R for 2008, making six starts in the GT2 category with co-driver Anthony Lazzaro.

Pappas and his Black Swan team took one year off before moving to the newly formed GTC category in 2010, earning his and the team's first class championship after four wins and eight podium finishes in as many starts. In 2011, Pappas and regular co-driver Jeroen Bleekemolen repeated as GTC champions with another four class victories and three second-place finishes in nine starts.

The 2012 season saw Pappas and Black Swan step up to P2 with a Lola B11/80 Honda, leased from Level 5 Motorsports. While kicking off the season with a podium at the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring an early race accident in the second round of the season at Long Beach led to the team withdrawing from P2 competition due to a lack of spare parts amid Lola's financial administration.^[1]

Personal life

Pappas is the president of Pappas Enterprises Inc., his family's four-decade old real estate company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Additionally, Pappas holds a film degree from New York University.^[2]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2014	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2L V10	DAY 2	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IND	ELK	VIR	COA	COA		58th	33	^[3]
2016	Black Swan Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 2	SEB 13	LGA 17	BEL WD	WGL 7	MOS	LIM 12	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET		15th	112	^[4]
2017	TRG	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 10	SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	66th	21	^[5]
2018	Park Place Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 18	SEB 9	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 13		38th	53	^[6]
2019	Black Swan Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 14	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		62nd	17	^[7]
2020	Black Swan Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 5	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		43rd	26	^[8]
Source:^[9]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Proton Competition	Patrick Long Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	334	29th	4th

References

^ Dagys, John. "Black Swan Pulls Plug On P2 Lola Program". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ Edgers, Geoff. "Building a reputation". Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Tim Pappas – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Tim Pappas – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Tim Pappas – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Tim Pappas – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Tim Pappas – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Tim Pappas – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Tim Pappas Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

Tim Pappas Career Statistics

[1] Dagys, John. "Black Swan Pulls Plug On P2 Lola Program". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[2] Edgers, Geoff. "Building a reputation". Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[3] "Tim Pappas – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[4] "Tim Pappas – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[5] "Tim Pappas – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[6] "Tim Pappas – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[7] "Tim Pappas – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[8] "Tim Pappas – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

[9] "Tim Pappas Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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