Kyle Marcelli | |||||||
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Born | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | 23 February 1990||||||
Michelin Pilot Challenge career | |||||||
Debut season | 2014 | ||||||
Current team | KohR Motorsports | ||||||
Racing licence | FIA Gold | ||||||
NASCAR Canada Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
2021 position | 25th | ||||||
Best finish | 25th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Guardian Angels 60 (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
Last race | 2021 Clarington 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
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Car number | 59 | ||||||
Former teams | Rebel Rock Racing Mantella Autosport Mühlner Motorsports America | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2014, 16, 18 2010–13 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship American Le Mans Series | ||||||
Championship titles | |||||||
2022, 2023 2020 2019 2007 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS class GT World Challenge America – Pro-Am class Formula Ford Ontario Championship |
Kyle Marcelli (born 23 February 1990) is a Canadian racing driver who currently competes in the Michelin Pilot Challenge. [1]
Marcelli began his racing career in karts in 2005, before moving into single seaters for the 2006 Bridgestone F2000 Racing Series, in which he finished second. In December 2014, Marcelli was a part of the Davidson Racing team that won the yearly 25 Hours of Thunderhill, driving a Norma prototype chassis alongside co-drivers Randy Pobst, Alex Lloyd, and Brian Frisselle. [2] For the following Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season, Marcelli signed with Mantella Autosport. [3] He would spend just one season with the team, joining Performance Tech Motorsports for the full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season in 2016. [4] The following season would see Marcelli take on SprintX races in the Pirelli World Challenge for R.Ferri Motorsport. [5] Driving for KohR Motorsports, Marcelli won the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge GS class championship. [6]
After scoring the championship in the 2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, Marcelli and co-driver Danny Formal returned to defend their title in 2023. [7] Over 12 races, the pair scored ten total race victories. [8] In 2024, after another title victory in Super Trofeo competition, Marcelli and Formal stepped up to the IMSA SportsCar Championship full-time in the GTD class. [9]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2010 | Performance Tech | LMPC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 | SEB 4 | LBH 5 | 5th | 101 | ||||||||
Genoa Racing | LGA 2 | |||||||||||||||
Intersport Racing | MIL 10 | LRP 8 | MDO 4 | ELK 4 | MOS 6 | PET 2 | ||||||||||
2011 | Intersport Racing | LMPC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 | SEB 8 | LBH 2 | LRP 3 | MOS 6 | MDO 1 | ELK 4 | BAL 1 | LGA 3 | PET 2 | 3rd | 124 | |
2012 | BAR1 Motorsports | LMPC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 | SEB 9 | LBH 4 | LGA 5 | LRP 6 | MOS 5 | MDO 3 | ELK 3 | BAL 5 | VIR 7 | PET 5 | 9th | 53 |
2013 | BAR1 Motorsports | LMPC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 | SEB 2 | LBH 6 | LGA 4 | LRP 4 | MOS 3 | ELK 2 | BAL 5 | COT 1 | VIR 1 | PET 1 | 4th | 128 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2013 | Mühlner Motorsports America | GT | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY | COT 9 | BAR | ATL | DET | MDO | WGL | IMS | ELK | KAN | LGA 8 | LIM DNS | 49th | 45 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Pinty's Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NPSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Dave Jacombs | 7 | Ford | SUN | SUN | CTR 15 | ICAR | MSP 22 | MSP 3 | FLA | DEL | DEL | DEL | -* | -* | [11] |
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