Kyle Kaiser

Kyle Kaiser
Nationality United States American
Born (1996-03-05) 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 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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.intervision.com/intervision-racing/
  2. ↑ http://www.promazdachampionship.com/driverpages/2013/kaiser.html
  3. ↑ http://www.skipbarber.com/2014.asp
  4. ↑ http://www.formulacarchallenge.com/NewsItems/AlumniReport2011.html

External links

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