22 Facts About Lawson Aschenbach

Lawson L Aschenbach was born on November 22,1983 and is an American professional racing driver.

Lawson Aschenbach is a four-time Pirelli World Challenge champion, and most recently, the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge GTS Champion.

Lawson Aschenbach is the 2006 SPEED World Challenge Rookie of the Year and became the first person to win the SPEED GT Championship in his rookie season.

Lawson Aschenbach is the champion of the 2010 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST Championship and 2014 Lamborghini Super Trofeo ProAM World Champion.

Lawson Aschenbach was introduced to kart racing by his father, who drove him to his first competitions.

In 1998, Lawson Aschenbach won the World Karting Association Gold Cup.

Lawson Aschenbach won an additional four WKA Grand Nationals titles and the North American Karting Championship before moving onto racecars at age 16.

In 2001, Lawson Aschenbach won the SCCA Southeast National Formula Ford title.

Lawson Aschenbach won the SCCA Pro FF2000 series' Road to Indy Oval Crown Championship a year later.

Lawson Aschenbach began racing professionally in the SPEED World Challenge in 2005 and had a podium finish in his first GT race.

In 2006, during his first full SPEED World Challenge GT season, Lawson Aschenbach won at the Grand Prix of St Petersburg and placed second at both Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Road America.

Lawson Aschenbach never finished lower than ninth that season, and became the first driver to win the SPEED GT Championship in his rookie season.

Lawson Aschenbach began driving for Team Cadillac during the 2007 SPEED World Championship GT season and finished the season ranked third.

Lawson Aschenbach won the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Championship while piloting a Honda Civic Si for Team Compass360.

Lawson Aschenbach won five races and poles that season, and led Honda to the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car Manufacturers' Championship.

Lawson Aschenbach clinched the championship in the second-to-last race that year and finished the season with 1,543 points.

Lawson Aschenbach later joined Blackdog Speed Shop and piloted the team's Chevrolet Camaro to the 2013 Pirelli World Challenge GTS Championship in what was his first season in the division.

Lawson Aschenbach scored his first win that season in what was only his second weekend with Blackdog.

Lawson Aschenbach won a class-best six races that season, but trailed Jack Baldwin until the last race of the season held at Grand Prix of Houston.

Lawson Aschenbach repeated as Pirelli World Challenge GTS Champion in 2014 in his second season driving for Blackdog Speed Shop.

Lawson Aschenbach clinched the championship during the final race day of the year, which was held at Miller Motorsports Park.

Lawson Aschenbach is a 2006 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science while double majoring in engineering and mathematics.