Kyle Keller (racing driver)
| Kyle Keller | |||||||
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 Keller at Sonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | January 25, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 13 (MBM Motorsports) | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | Nos. 12/70 (Kennealy Keller Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 72nd (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 26 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 12 (Kennealy Keller Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 General Tire 150 (Las Vegas Bullring) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of June 16, 2024. | |||||||
Kyle Keller (born January 25, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet for MBM Motorsports, and full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 12 Ford for Kennealy Keller Motorsports, a team in which he partially owns.
Racing career
[edit]Lucas Oil Modified Series
[edit]Keller would drive a full-time season in the Lucas Oil Modified Series in 2019, for his family owned team. Keller had six top tens, which placed him fourth in the overall standings. He would also compete in the SRL 5th Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway Park that year, and would finish in thirteenth.[1][2]
ARCA Menards Series West
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Keller would sign with Jerry Pitts Racing for two races in the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West. He would get one top-five and two top tens in his only two starts, finishing sixteenth in the final standings.[3] He made one start for Jerry Pitts Racing in 2021, finishing fifth at his home track, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. On January 3, 2022, Keller announced that he will be running the full 2022 ARCA Menards Series West schedule for his own team, Kyle Keller Racing.[4] After finishing 32nd at Phoenix and withdrawing from Irwindale, he scaled down to a partial schedule. He ran the No. 12 for most of the season in a technical alliance with JPR, earning four top tens and three top fives to finish 11th in point standings.
In 2023, Keller returned to JPR for a full season.[5] He earned six top tens and one top five throughout the season, finishing 8th in point standings.[6]
On September 2, 2023, it was announced that Keller and fellow driver Robbie Kennealy would drive for the newly formed Kennealy Keller Motorsports driver development program in the 2024 season. The team is owned by Robbie's mother, Francesca, and his fraternal twin sister, Harley.[7]
SRL Southwest Tour
[edit]Keller made two starts in the SRL Southwest Tour in 2021, driving in the first and last race of the season. He finished eighteenth at the Irwindale Event Center, and fourth at the Kern County Raceway Park.[8][9] He would get his first ever late model win at the Madera Speedway Short Track Shootout, after starting from the pole and leading the most laps.[10]
NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series
[edit]He ran two races in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series in 2021, driving at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. He would get one top-five and two top tens, finishing eighteenth in the regular standings.
Personal life
[edit]Keller and his father John run a driver development program called Kyle Keller Driver Development.[5] Some drivers included in the program are Robbie Kennealy and Monty Tipton, who made starts in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2023.
Despite sharing a surname, he is not related to Jason Keller.
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
[edit]| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2024 | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | COA | RCH | MAR | TEX | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | IOW | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | |||
ARCA Menards Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Kyle Keller Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 32 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 121st | 12 | [11] |
| 2023 | Jerry Pitts Racing | Toyota | DAY | PHO 5 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 72nd | 39 | [12] | |
| 2024 | Kennealy Keller Motorsports | Ford | DAY | PHO 18 |
TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [13] | |
ARCA Menards Series West
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | JP Racing | 7 | Ford | LVS | UMC | UMC | IRW | EVG | DCS | CNS | LVS 4 |
AAS | 16th | 78 | [14] | |||
| Toyota | KCR 6 |
PHO | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 5 | Ford | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS 5 |
AAS | PHO | 43rd | 39 | [15] | |||
| 2022 | Kyle Keller Racing | 70 | Chevy | PHO 32 |
11th | 267 | [16] | |||||||||||
| Ford | PHO 25 |
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| 12 | Chevy | IRW Wth |
KCR 14 |
PIR | SON | |||||||||||||
| Ford | IRW 4 |
EVG 7 |
PIR | AAS 5 |
LVS 4 |
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| 2023 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 70 | Toyota | PHO 5 |
IRW 6 |
KCR 14 |
8th | 496 | .[6] | |||||||||
| Chevy | PIR 20 |
SON 13 |
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| Ford | IRW 15 |
SHA 6 |
EVG 7 |
AAS 17 |
LVS 6 |
MAD 7 |
PHO 14 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Kennealy Keller Motorsports | PHO 18 |
-* | -* | [17] | |||||||||||||
| 12 | KER 7 |
IRW 8 |
IRW 11 |
SHA 5 |
TRI 5 |
MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | |||||||||
| Chevy | PIR 9 |
SON 9 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Kyle Keller (NV)/Results/Spears Manufacturing Modified Series presented by Lucas Oil/2019". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller (NV)/Results/Winter Showdown (Modified)/2019". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller - 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 4, 2022). "Kyle Keller Planning Full ARCA West Schedule in 2022". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Fenwick, Adam (April 26, 2023). "Development-focused: Kyle Keller juggling racing and managing a driver development program on the West Coast". ARCA. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "Kyle Keller – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ Branscum, Benjamine (September 1, 2023). "Kennealy Keller Motorsports Announces Launch of ARCA West Development Team for 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Kyle Keller Makes SRL Debut in the "All-Star Showdown"". SRL Southwest Tour. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller (NV)/Results/SRL Spears Southwest Tour/2021". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Keller cops $10,000 Madera Check". Speed Sport. October 3, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Keller – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kyle Keller driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Official website