Dalton Kellett | |||||||
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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||
Born | Stouffville, Ontario | August 19, 1993||||||
IndyCar Series career | |||||||
41 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Team(s) | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | ||||||
Best finish | 23rd (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2020 GMR Grand Prix (Indianapolis) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca) | ||||||
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Previous series | |||||||
2013–2019 2019 2014–2015 2012–2013 2011 | Indy Lights WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Pro Mazda Championship U.S. F2000 National Championship Ontario Formula Ford Championship |
Dalton Kellett (born August 19, 1993) is a Canadian former racing driver from Stouffville, Ontario. He last competed in the IndyCar Series, driving for A. J. Foyt Racing. [1]
Kellett started his racing career in snowmobile racing at the age of three, moving up to go-kart racing after a hiatus while convincing his parents to let him race. [2] After karting, Kellett competed in the Ontario Formula Ford Championship in 2011 where he finished third.
In 2012 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for Pabst Racing Services and finished 11th in the 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest and 14th in the 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship season, and returned to Pabst to race in U.S. F2000 in 2013.
Kellett made his Pro Mazda Championship debut in July 2013 for Team Pelfrey at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, finishing 10th and 8th in two races. In the following months, Kellett and Pabst announced that they would join the Indy Lights series for the series' race at Baltimore and contest the 2014 season in the series together. [3] Kellett crashed out on the second lap of the Baltimore race, but still became the first driver to race in all three Road to Indy divisions during the same season. [4] On November 14 he announced that he would race in the Pro Mazda Championship with Team Pelfrey in 2014. [5] Kellett finished 10th in the championship with one podium finish at Houston, and returned to the series in 2015 with Andretti Autosport. [6] He again finished 10th in the championship with one podium finish, this time a second place at Iowa Speedway.
On September 22, 2015, Kellett announced that he would stay with Andretti Autosport to compete in the Indy Lights series in 2016, becoming the first driver to confirm plans for the series for the 2016 season. [7] On September 8, 2016, the team confirmed Kellett's return for the 2017 season. [8] He also returned to Andretti in 2018, winning the Freedom 100 pole. [9]
After spending three years with Andretti in Indy Lights, Kellett moved to Juncos Racing for the 2019 season and also made some WeatherTech SportsCar Championship starts in the LMP2 class with PRI/Mathiasen Motorsports. Kellett drove the sports car races to practice live pit stops before a hopeful IndyCar Series ride in 2020. [10]
On February 4, 2020, A. J. Foyt Racing announced that Kellett would race for the team, mostly on road and street courses in the 2020 season. [11] The Canadian scored a best finish of 20th at both Road America races and ended up 26th in the standings.
Kellett's ride expanded to full-time for 2021. [12] He improved his best finish to 12th at World Wide Technology Raceway on his way to 23rd in points.
A.J. Foyt Racing re-upped Kellett for another season in 2022, partnering him with 2021 Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood. Kellett's best finish was 17th at Texas Motor Speedway and he finished the championship in 25th place, last among full-time drivers.
On October 12, 2022, Kellett announced he would not be returning to the team for the 2023 season.
Kellett graduated from Queen's University at Kingston with a degree in engineering physics. [10] "His passion for academics and STEM has been coupled with racing" and "he has teamed up with STEM organizations to use racing to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and thinkers." [13]
† As Kellett was an unregistered driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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2012 | Pabst Racing Services | SEB 10 | SEB 19 | STP 33 | STP 14 | LOR 20 | MDO 9 | MDO 7 | ROA 10 | ROA 16 | ROA 22 | BAL 26 | BAL 21 | VIR 11 | VIR 26 | 14th | 78 |
2013 | Pabst Racing Services | SEB 17 | SEB 13 | STP 28 | STP 18 | LOR 8 | TOR 7 | TOR 9 | MDO 6 | MDO 11 | MDO 24 | LAG 16 | LAG 22 | HOU 13 | HOU 14 | 16th | 102 |
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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2013 | Team Pelfrey | AUS | AUS | STP | STP | IND | IOW | TOR | TOR | MOS 10 | MOS 8 | MOH | MOH | TRO | TRO | HOU | HOU | NC | 0* | |
2014 | Team Pelfrey | STP 9 | STP 11 | BAR 10 | BAR 11 | IMS 4 | IMS 19 | LOR DNS | HOU 3 | HOU 7 | MOH 8 | MOH 8 | MIL 11 | SON 7 | SON 10 | 10th | 160 | |||
2015 | Andretti Autosport | STP 7 | STP 7 | LOU 7 | LOU C | BAR 15 | BAR 6 | IMS 11 | IMS 13 | IMS 11 | LOR 13 | TOR 17 | TOR DNS | IOW 2 | MOH 9 | MOH 8 | LAG 6 | LAG 5 | 10th | 187 |
* Kellett was an unregistered driver for the 2013 Pro Mazda season.
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
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2013 | Pabst Racing | STP | ALA | LBH | INDY | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | MDO | BAL 10 | HOU | FON | 19th | 20 | ||||||
2016 | Andretti Autosport | STP 15 | STP 10 | PHX 10 | ALA 9 | ALA 9 | IMS 16 | IMS 12 | INDY 3 | RDA 14 | RDA 12 | IOW 9 | TOR 8 | TOR 11 | MDO 11 | MDO 9 | WGL 11 | LAG 7 | LAG 13 | 10th | 193 |
2017 | Andretti Autosport | STP 12 | STP 12 | ALA 6 | ALA 10 | IMS 13 | IMS 9 | INDY 3 | ROA 9 | ROA 9 | IOW 3 | TOR 12 | TOR 9 | MDO 7 | MDO 13 | GMP 7 | WGL 13 | 12th | 198 | ||
2018 | Andretti Autosport | STP 8 | STP 6 | ALA 6 | ALA 6 | IMS 7 | IMS 6 | INDY 3 | ROA 7 | ROA 6 | IOW 5 | TOR 5 | TOR 5 | MDO 3 | MDO 5 | GTW 7 | POR 7 | POR 7 | 7th | 299 | |
2019 | Juncos Racing | STP 10 | STP 8 | COA 9 | COA 9 | IMS 8 | IMS 7 | INDY 5 | RDA 8 | RDA 7 | TOR 8 | TOR 3 | MDO 7 | MDO 8 | GTW 6 | POR 5 | POR 6 | LAG 6 | LAG 6 | 7th | 275 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2020 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Dallara DW12 | 14 | Chevrolet | TXS | IMS 21 | ROA 20 | ROA 20 | IOW | IOW | MDO 22 | MDO 21 | 26th | 67 | [14] | |||||||||
41 | INDY 31 | GTW | GTW | IMS 24 | IMS 25 | STP | ||||||||||||||||||
2021 | 4 | ALA 18 | STP 23 | TXS 18 | TXS 23 | IMS 20 | INDY 23 | DET 18 | DET 23 | ROA 25 | MDO 21 | NSH 23 | IMS 26 | GTW 12 | POR 26 | LAG 23 | LBH 19 | 23rd | 148 | [15] | ||||
2022 | STP 25 | TXS 17 | LBH 26 | ALA 23 | IMS 27 | INDY 27 | DET 20 | ROA 23 | MDO 22 | TOR 24 | IOW 20 | IOW 22 | IMS 21 | NSH 25 | GTW 18 | POR 22 | LAG 25 | 25th | 133 | [16] |
* Season still in progress.
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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2020 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 24 | 31 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
2021 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 30 | 23 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
2022 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 29 | 27 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
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