Douglas Bacon

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Douglas Bacon
Douglas Bacon
Nationality 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png American
Born (1982-04-29) 29 April 1982 (age 42)
Odenton, Maryland, USA
Formula Virtual World Championship career
Active years 2013-2014, 2016-2017
Team(s) Westwood, FIRST
Races 41 (41 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 40
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 0
First race 2013 Australian V-Prix
Last race 2017 Chinese V-Prix
2017 position 24th (0 pts)

Douglas Bacon is a retired American virtual racing driver who last competed in Formula Virtual at the 2017 Chinese V-Prix for FIRST.

He is the only American to ever score a pole position in Formula Virtual, something that he did at the 2013 German V-Prix while driving for Westwood. That pole position was also Westwood's maiden pole position in Formula Virtual. He has also scored the best finish for any American at a V-Prix, with a 4th in the same race and he had also amassed the most career points and starts of any American until Brock Kidd beat his record.

Personal life

Douglas is living with his wife Susan in Odenton. Together they have one child, a girl named Madison (born 2015).

After his active racing career, he began working as a personal trainer for professional athletes in various sports. He is also employed by the FVA.

Career

Early career

Before Formula Virtual was founded, Douglas raced in VNASCAR, where he became champion in 2010. With his switch to formula racing, he wanted to give himself a new challenge.

Formula Virtual (2013-2014, 2016-2017)

Westwood (2013-2014)

2013

Douglas started 2013 at Westwood alongside Italian Romano Agostino and fellow American Keith Boston. In his first year he was able to score 36 points and a highest finish of 4th place in Germany, where he started on pole position too, the first American to do so. He finished the season in 12th place in the standings.

2014

In 2014, Douglas was replaced by Tumo Kinnumen and was demoted to a test driver role. He filled in for three races were he scored 4 points, all of them in France. From Belgium onward he returned to his role as a test driver.

Later that season, Will Hoskins signed for Westwood meaning Douglas was forced out of his role and started 2015 without a seat.

FIRST (2016-2017)

2016

After one year without a seat, Douglas came back to Formula Virtual with the American team FIRST. In 18 races he, like the other drivers for the 2016 new teams, never scored a single point with a best finish of 13th place in Belgium and 4 retirements. Despite the poor performance, Douglas kept his seat at FIRST for 2017. He finished the season placed 23rd in the standings.

2017

2017 started poorly for Douglas, in the first four races he retired twice and scored 0 points while his teammate Arden Hutchinson scored 22 points including a podium in China. After the Chinese V-Prix, Douglas was replaced with Oleksandr Zozulya, who was FIRST's reserve driver. Douglas was demoted to the reserve driver role where he remained for the season. Later that season, he announced that he will return to VNASCAR before retiring after the 2019 season.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 Formula Virtual Westwood Racing 16 0 1 0 0 36 12th
2014 Formula Virtual Westwood Racing 3 0 0 0 0 4 24th
2016 Formula Virtual FIRST Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2017 Formula Virtual FIRST Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 24th

* Season in progress.

Complete Formula Virtual results

(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points
2013 Westwood Racing Westwood WR01 Ferrari 056 AUS
6
MAL
8
BHR
Ret
GBR
Ret
ESP
18
CAN
9
USA
15
FRA
Ret
GER
4
AUT
14
BEL
8
ITA
7
CHN
14
JPN
12
BRA
Ret
MEX
16
12th 36
2014 Westwood Racing Westwood WR02 Westwood Type 069NA AUS
MAL
BHR
GBR
CAN
USA
ESP
POR
FRA
8
GER
Ret
AUT
11
BEL
ITA
CHN
JPN
BRA
MEX
24th 4
2016 FIRST Motorsport FIRST Inspire 16 Ford Zephyr 146 AUS
22
MAL
Ret
CHN
Ret
JPN
19
FRA
22
ESP
18
GBR
22
GER
Ret
NED
DSQ
BEL
13
ITA
20
TUR
Ret
BHR
17
CAN
21
USA
19
MEX
23
POR
22
BRA
20
23rd 0
2017 FIRST Motorsport FIRST Transform 17 Ford Zephyr 168 AUS
Ret
MAL
11
JPN
13
CHN
Ret
FRA
ESP
GER
AUT
GBR
BEL
ITA
POR
TUR
BHR
CAN
TD
USA
MEX
BRA
24th 0

* Season in progress.