Kyle Kaiser
| Kyle Kaiser | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality |
 American |
| Born |
March 5, 1996 Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
| Pro Mazda Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Junos Racing[1] |
| Car no. | 18 |
| Former teams | World Speed Motorsports |
| Starts | 32 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 6th in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012 2010–2011 |
Formula Car Challenge Skip Barber |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 | Formula Car Challenge |
Kyle Kaiser (born March 5, 1996) is an American racing driver from Santa Clara, California, currently competing in the Mazda Road to Indy.
Kaiser started racing go karts at age 7, and then progressed to formula cars with Skip Barber in 2009, winning the Western Region Rookie-of-the-Year title, finishing 2nd overall in the 2009/10 championship. Following a 3rd-place finish in the 2010/11 Skip Barber Western Region Championship, Kaiser joined World Speed Motorsports and captured the Formula Mazda class championship in the 2012 Formula Car Challenge, winning 8 races, and finishing on the podium in 11 out of the 14 races. He made his professional open wheel racing debut in September 2012 in the Star Mazda Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and competed in the 2013 Pro Mazda Championship season with World Speed Motorsports, placing 7th in his rookie season. Kaiser competed in his second year in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2014 recording four podium finishes and earning his first professional victory at Sonoma Raceway in the season finale. Kaiser is currently competing in the 2015 Indy Lights Championship with Juncos Racing. He is currently enrolled in classes part-time at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.
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 2-Cyle Sprint Grand Nationals. In 2009, he won the Infinion Raceway 3 hr Karting Enduro.[2]
Skip Barber
In 2010, Kaiser joined Skip Barber Racing School's 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.[3]
Formula Car Challenge
In 2012, Kaiser competed in the Formula Car Challenge, in the Pro Mazda class, earning the championship title by winning 8 races, and finishing on the podium in 11 out of the 14 races.[4]
Pro Mazda
For the 2013 season, Kaiser joined World Speed Motorsports in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. 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.
Motorsports career results
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 | 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 |
IMS |
INDY |
RDA |
RDA |
IOW |
TOR |
TOR |
MDO |
MDO |
LAG |
LAG |
2nd* | 102* |
* Season still in progress.
References
External links
- Official website
- Kyle Kaiser career summary at DriverDB.com
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