19 Facts About Bill Hynes

William Hynes was born on January 31,1972 and is an American professional auto racing driver and entrepreneur.

Bill Hynes was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on January 31,1972.

Bill Hynes attended Union Catholic Regional High School before moving to Hillside High School as a sophomore, though he returned to Union Catholic after getting involved in a fight.

In 1996 and 1997, Bill Hynes was a corrections officer recruit in the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.

Bill Hynes was later employed as an operations manager for Velocity Express in Lehigh Valley and a warehouse distribution supervisor for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia.

Bill Hynes, who has a degree in business administration, became a real estate agent in 2002, and had holdings in Arizona and Colorado.

Bill Hynes founded 101st Holdings LLC and held two commercial properties before its closure due to the Great Recession.

In 2011, Bill Hynes founded Think Loud Development, an urban development firm aimed at economically struggling areas in Pennsylvania, alongside members of the rock band Live.

Taylor accused Bill Hynes of being a confidence trickster who stole over $10 million from him and Live; after his claims were published in a Rolling Stone article about the band, Bill Hynes filed a defamation suit in response.

Bill Hynes recorded his first SST podium at the 2015 Valvoline Raceway round in Australia, where he started on the pole and finished third.

In 2016, Bill Hynes joined the newly formed EXR Racing Series, a supercar spec racing championship.

Bill Hynes ran as high as second in points and finished fourth.

At the 2017 Clipsal 500 weekend, Bill Hynes ran the SST races in addition to making his Aussie Racing Cars debut.

Bill Hynes won his first career SST race in the 2018 season opener at Lake Elsinore Diamond.

Bill Hynes initially finished ninth, but video review found that Hynes had taken his mandatory Joker Lap prior to the final lap while many of the leaders waited until said lap, which was not allowed, due to a miscommunication with race officials.

Consequently, many of the leaders were bumped down the running order while Bill Hynes was promoted to first place, which he shared with the original winner Apdaly Lopez.

Bill Hynes scored his third podium over a year later in the final race of the Gold Coast 600 round.

Bill Hynes appeared in a season 14 episode of The Celebrity Apprentice in 2015.

Bill Hynes was sentenced to house arrest, which he completed in time for the 2023 SST season.