Justin Bell - Torque Media Group / Motorsport Host / 24hrsLM GT2 Champion...All Around Good Guy!

Like many successful car racers, Justin Bell nurtured and
developed his passion for speed and competitive racing at an
early age. With natural talent and the encouragement of his
father Derek Bell, a five-time Le Mans 24 hours winner, he
started out fast and got faster, and soon began carving his own
place in history. Since beginning his career in 1988, Justin has
achieved many significant racing accomplishments, including the
1997 FIA GT2 Championship, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2
class in 1998 and second-place finishes in Le Mans and Daytona,
and a pair of SCCA Trans-Am wins. 


Along the way he raced for major car manufacturers including
Saab, Peugeot, Porsche, BMW, Dodge and General Motors. For Dodge
Viper, he won the 1997 FIA GT2 world championship and the GT2
class at Le Mans in 1998. In 2000 Justin signed with General
Motors as a driver for the factory Corvette Racing team,
finishing second in the Daytona 24 Hours, the 24 Hours of Le Mans
and Petit Le Mans. Justin co-founded Torque Media Group in 2018
with Tommy Kendall and Jason Jacobson. Breaking with the
traditional TV model the trio created The Torque Show as a
branded Livestream Show to support Michelin in the IMSA Series.
Evolving into a vibrant chat show style format, JB and TK
interview the highest profile people in the Sportscar world,
attracting a huge audience on their Facebook Live channel. 


Another series integrated into The Torque Show is 'The Love of
Cars' presented by Hagerty, which has seen guests such as Jay
Leno, Patrick Dempsey and Danny Trejo. 


Drawing on their vast experience in Live sports broadcasting, and
led by the producing talents of Jason Jacobson, the company
branched out into live event hosting with the Audrain Newport
Concours and Motorweek and the incredibly prestigious honor of
hosting and producing the livestream for the Pebble beach
Concours d'Elegance in 2021. 


After all this, Justin still felt like something was still
missing. The medium to express himself and the world as he saw
it. But when he saw a Hasselblad medium format camera he knew he
had found it! 


Learning the craft was fun and frustrating and led him to the
world of Leica cameras, where he really found his footing. He
likes to focus on portraits of the men and women who inspire him
in the world of speed. He is not a technical photographer
(although he is learning all the time) but he thinks because of
his skills as an interviewer, people open up to him and he simply
transition that trust and access into the images you see on his
Life. with Legends website. 


Life.With Legends is an intimate collection of his conversations
with fascinating people that arguably are legends in the world of
racing, cars and speed. These portraits are all taken at the time
of the recordings and are unique to the shared moments between
artist and subject.