Kyle Keller (racing driver)

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Kyle Keller
Kyle Keller Roseville 2023.jpg
Keller at All American Speedway in 2023
Born (2005-01-25) January 25, 2005 (age 19)
Las Vegas, Nevada
ARCA Menards Series career
3 races run over 3 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 12 (Kennealy Keller Motorsports)
Best finish72nd (2023)
First race 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
ARCA Menards Series West career
23 races run over 5 years
ARCA West no., teamNo. 12 (Kennealy Keller Motorsports)
Best finish8th (2023)
First race 2020 General Tire 150 (Las Vegas Bullring)
Last race 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
0130
Statistics current as of March 12, 2024.

Kyle Keller (born January 25, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes 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.

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Racing career

Lucas Oil Modified Series

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

Keller's No. 12 car at All American Speedway in 2022 Kyle Keller Roseville 2022.jpg
Keller's No. 12 car at All American Speedway in 2022
Keller's No. 70 ARCA car at Sonoma in 2023 Kyle Keller ARCA Sonoma 2023.jpg
Keller's No. 70 ARCA car at Sonoma in 2023

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

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

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

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

ARCA Menards Series

(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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920AMSCPtsRef
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 121st12 [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 72nd39 [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

(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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112AMSWCPtsRef
2020 JP Racing7 Ford LVS UMC UMC IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS
4		 AAS 16th78 [14]
Toyota KCR
6		 PHO
2021 Jerry Pitts Racing5 Ford PHO SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS
5		 AAS PHO 43rd39 [15]
2022 Kyle Keller Racing 70 Chevy PHO
32		11th267 [16]
Ford PHO
25
12 Chevy IRW
Wth		 KCR
14		 PIR SON
Ford IRW
4		 EVG
7		 PIR AAS
5		 LVS
4
2023 Jerry Pitts Racing70 Toyota PHO
5		 IRW
6		 KCR
14		8th496. [6]
Chevy PIR
20		 SON
13
Ford IRW
15		 SHA
6		 EVG
7		 AAS
17		 LVS
6		 MAD
7		 PHO
14
2024 Kennealy Keller Motorsports PHO
18		-*-* [17]
12 KER
PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO

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References

  1. ↑ "Kyle Keller (NV)/Results/Spears Manufacturing Modified Series presented by Lucas Oil/2019". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kyle Keller (NV)/Results/Winter Showdown (Modified)/2019". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kyle Keller - 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ Srigley, Joseph (January 4, 2022). "Kyle Keller Planning Full ARCA West Schedule in 2022". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 "Kyle Keller – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ Branscum, Benjamine (September 1, 2023). "Kennealy Keller Motorsports Announces Launch of ARCA West Development Team for 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kyle Keller Makes SRL Debut in the "All-Star Showdown"". SRL Southwest Tour. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Kyle Keller (NV)/Results/SRL Spears Southwest Tour/2021". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Keller cops $10,000 Madera Check". Speed Sport. October 3, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kyle Keller – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Kyle Keller – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Kyle Keller – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Kyle Keller – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Kyle Keller – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
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  17. ↑ "Kyle Keller – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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