Kyle Kaiser
Kyle Kaiser (born March 5, 1996) is an American racing driver from Santa Clara, California, and won the 2017 Indy Lights Championship with Juncos Racing. He is also currently enrolled in classes part-time at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.
| Kyle Kaiser | |
|---|---|
 Kaiser in 2015 | |
| Nationality |  |
| Born | March 5, 1996 Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
| Motorsports career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Juncos Racing |
| Car number | 32 |
| Former teams | World Speed Motorsports |
| Starts | 79 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 2017 | Formula Car Challenge Indy Lights |
Racing career
Karting
From 2003 to 2009, Kaiser competed in the International Kart Federation, in the IKF Regional Race Series, 2-Cycle Sprint Grand Nationals, and the Stars of Karting. In 2008 he claimed his first national championship in the HPV-1 class. In 2009, he won the Infinion Raceway 3 hr Karting Enduro.
Skip Barber
Kaiser joined Skip Barber Racing School's 2009/10 Western Regional Championship, earning second place and Rookie of the Year. In 2011, he returned to the series, earning third place in the championship. That year, he also participated in the Skip Barber Karting Scholarship shootout, earning a partial season scholarship with the race series.[1]
Formula Car Challenge
In 2012, Kaiser competed in the Formula Car Challenge for World Speed Motorsports, in the Pro Mazda and FormulaSPEED classes. He earned the Pro Mazda championship title by winning 8 races, and finishing on the podium in 11 out of the 14 races.[2]
Pro Mazda
He made his professional open wheel racing debut in September 2012 in the Star Mazda Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. For the 2013 season, Kaiser joined World Speed Motorsports to race full-time in the Pro Mazda Championship. He finished seventh in the championship with a best finish of fifth (three times). He returns to the series for 2014, but switched teams to past series champions Juncos Racing. He finished on the podium in the first race of the 2014 Pro Mazda Winterfest. He finished the 2014 season 6th in points, recording four podium finishes and earning his first professional victory at Sonoma Raceway in the season finale.
Indy Lights
For 2015, Juncos Racing promoted Kaiser to Indy Lights. He scored two podiums and seven top 5s out of 16 races, finishing sixth in the season standings. In 2016, he claimed two wins and eight podiums in 18 races, which put him third in the final classification. He signed with Juncos Racing for a third Indy Lights season in 2017 and won the Championship to claim the $1 million scholarship to race in IndyCar.
IndyCar
Kaiser announced he would move up to the Verizon IndyCar series with Juncos Racing for four races in 2018.
Motorsports career results
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Laguna Seca | Mazda Miata | Mazda | Spec Miata | DSQ | 2 | Running |
Pro Mazda Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | World Speed Motorsports | AUS 8 |
AUS 6 |
STP 5 |
STP 10 |
IND 7 |
IOW 10 |
TOR 5 |
TOR 5 |
MOS 8 |
MOS 6 |
MOH 6 |
MOH 8 |
TRO 10 |
TRO 13 |
HOU 8 |
HOU 8 |
7th | 209 |
| 2014 | Juncos Racing | STP 2 |
STP 2 |
BAR 3 |
BAR 5 |
IMS 13 |
IMS 5 |
LOR 8 |
HOU 8 |
HOU 15 |
MOH 12 |
MOH 7 |
MIL 10 |
SON 1 |
SON DSQ |
6th | 211 |
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Juncos Racing | STP 5 |
STP 5 |
LBH 12 |
ALA 8 |
ALA 12 |
IMS 12 |
IMS 6 |
INDY 5 |
TOR 3 |
TOR 9 |
MIL 9 |
IOW 4 |
MDO 4 |
MDO 11 |
LAG 2 |
LAG 10 |
6th | 237 | ||
| 2016 | Juncos Racing | STP 3 |
STP 2 |
PHX 1 |
ALA 15 |
ALA 6 |
IMS 6 |
IMS 3 |
INDY 16 |
RDA 6 |
RDA 6 |
IOW 6 |
TOR 3 |
TOR 3 |
MDO 9 |
MDO 6 |
WGL 4 |
LAG 1 |
LAG 3 |
3rd | 334 |
| 2017 | Juncos Racing | STP 6 |
STP 4 |
ALA 2 |
ALA 2 |
IMS 3 |
IMS 1 |
INDY 9 |
RDA 3 |
RDA 2 |
IOW 5 |
TOR 1 |
TOR 1 |
MDO 12 |
MDO 12 |
GMP 4 |
WGL 7 |
1st | 330 |
IndyCar Series
(key)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Juncos Racing | Dallara DW12 | Chevrolet | STP | PHX 21 |
LBH 16 |
ALA | IMS 19 |
INDY 29 |
DET | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | POR | SNM | 30th | 45 |
| 2019 | STP |
COA 18 |
ALA |
LBH |
IMS |
INDY 31 |
DET |
DET |
TXS |
RDA |
TOR |
IOW |
MDO |
POC |
GTW |
POR |
LAG |
32nd | 22 |
* Season still in progress.
Indianapolis 500
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 17 | 29 | Juncos Racing |
| 2019 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 33 | 31 | Juncos Racing |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Juncos Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 8 |
SEB | LBH 7 |
MDO 9 |
DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 21st | 69 |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2013-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.formulacarchallenge.com/NewsItems/AlumniReport2011.html
External links
- Official website
- Kyle Kaiser career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ed Jones |
Indy Lights Champion 2017 |
Succeeded by Patricio O'Ward |