Tyler Gonzalez | |
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Born | Tyler Gonzalez 19 July 2004 St. Cloud, Florida, USA |
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2023 | Toyota GR Cup North America |
Tyler Gonzalez (born 19 July 2004) is an American racing driver competing for BSI Racing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup, Victor Gonzalez Racing Team in Michelin Pilot Challenge and RAFA Racing Team in GT4 America Series.
Gonzalez began karting in 2012. Racing in karts until 2019, Gonzalez most notably won the Florida Winter Tour in Mini Max and the SKUSA SuperNationals in X30 Junior in 2016, [1] [2] before following that up with Junior Rok and Rotax Junior titles in the Florida Winter Tour the following year. [3] [4]
In his last year of full-time karting in 2018, Gonzalez joined Copeland Motorsports to make his car racing debut in the Mazda MX-5 Cup at the non-championship invitational round at Sebring. [5] Following that, Gonzalez returned to the team in 2019 to compete in his first full season of car racing. [6] Having taken a best result of fifth at Barber, Gonzalez left the series after three rounds, and joined Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian for the final round of that year's TC America season in the TCA class. [7]
Staying in TC America for 2020, Gonzalez remained in the TCA class but switched to Copeland Motorsports for his first full-season in the series. [8] Having taken an early championship lead by winning four times in the first three rounds, [9] but after scoring only three podiums in the last three rounds, Gonzalez ended the year third in points as Kevin Boehm won the title. [10] At the end of the year, Gonzalez made his debut in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge alongside Tyler Maxson with Copeland Motorsports. [11] Racing at both Road Atlanta and Sebring, the duo scored their maiden series podium in the latter by finishing second. [12]
Returning to Michelin Pilot Challenge and Copeland Motorsports for 2021, [13] he and Maxson scored the pole at Lime Rock Park alongside a pair of podium finishes at the former and at Road Atlanta en route to a 10th-place championship finish. [14] [15] [16]
Gonzalez returned to the series the following year, switching to Van der Steur Racing for his sophomore season, [17] with whom he scored a lone podium at Laguna Seca on his way to ninth in points in the Hyundai Veloster TCR's final full season in TCR competition. [18] Alongside his sophomore season in Michelin Pilot Challenge, Gonzalez also returned to the Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he competed with Copeland Motorsports. Running in all but one round, Gonzalez won at Daytona, [19] Watkins Glen, [20] Virginia International Raceway and Road Atlanta to end the season 11th in points. [21] [22]
Having become a Toyota Development Driver in late 2022, Gonzalez returned to Copeland Motorsports to race in the newly-created Toyota GR Cup North America, [23] as well as returning to the Mazda MX-5 Cup and making his GT4 America debut with them. [24] After becoming GR Cup North America's first ever winner at Sonoma, [25] Gonzalez took six more wins as he became the series' inaugural champion. [26] In the other two series, Gonzalez once again won the season-opening race at Daytona in the former, [27] whereas in GT4 America, Gonzalez took a lone podium at Circuit of the Americas. [28]
After racing in the last three rounds of the 2023 Michelin Pilot Challenge with Victor Gonzalez Racing Team's Hyundai Elantra N TCR, [29] Gonzalez returned to the team for the following year for his third full-time season in the series' TCR class. [30] Racing alongside a revolving door of drivers, Gonzalez took his only podium of the season at Virginia International Raceway alongside Morgan Burkhard. [31] During 2024, Gonzalez also raced for Saito Motorsport Group in the Mazda MX-5 Cup and Smooge Racing in the GT4 America Series. [32] In the former, Gonzalez took a lone win at Sebring, [33] whereas in the latter, Gonzalez won at Sonoma and Indianapolis as he ended the year fourth in the Silver Cup points. [34] [35]
Gonzalez returned to Victor Gonzalez Racing Team for 2025, [36] whilst also joining RAFA Racing Team and BSI Racing to compete in both GT4 America and Mazda MX-5 Cup. [37]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2012 | Florida Winter Tour — Micro Max | 42nd | |
Florida Winter Tour — Vortex TaG Cadet | 41st | ||
2013 | Florida Winter Tour — Micro Max | 6th | |
RMC Grand Finals — Micro Max | 7th | ||
SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Cadet | NC | ||
2014 | Florida Winter Tour — Mini Max | 13th | |
Florida Winter Tour — TaG Cadet | AM Racing Team | 8th | |
2015 | Florida Winter Tour — Mini Max | 5th | |
Florida Pro Kart Winter Series – Vortex | NC | ||
2016 | Florida Winter Tour — Mini Max | 1st | |
Florida Winter Tour — Junior Rok | 8th | ||
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | 1st | ||
2017 | Florida Winter Tour — Junior Rok | 1st | |
Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Junior | 1st | ||
Orlando Cup — Junior Rok | 2nd | ||
Karting World Championship — OKJ | Paul Carr Racing | 17th | |
RMC Grand Finals — Junior Max | SRA Karting Int | 25th | |
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | Speed Concepts Racing | 15th | |
2018 | Orlando Cup — Junior Rok | 1st | |
Florida Winter Tour — Junior Rok | 4th | ||
SKUSA Pro Tour — X30 Junior | 4th | ||
Rok the Rio — Junior Rok | Team Benik | 7th | |
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | 38th | ||
Karting World Championship — OKJ | CRG | NC | |
2019 | Biloxi ROK Fest — Shifter Rok | Zanella Racing | 17th |
Orlando Cup — Shifter Rok Senior | 4th | ||
Sources: [38] [39] [40] |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2019 | Mazda MX-5 Cup | Copeland Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 17th |
TC America Series – TCA | Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
SCCA Majors Championship Nationwide – Spec Miata | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 33rd | ||
2020 | TC America Series – TCA | Copeland Motorsports | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 211 | 3rd |
Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 17th | ||
2021 | Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR | Copeland Motorsports | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2280 | 10th |
2022 | Mazda MX-5 Cup | Copeland Motorsports | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2390 | 11th |
Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR | Van der Steur Racing | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2320 | 9th | |
2023 | Mazda MX-5 Cup | Copeland Motorsports | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1580 | 19th |
Toyota GR Cup North America | TGR Copeland Motorsports | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 259 | 1st | |
GT4 America Series – Silver | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 9th | ||
Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR | Victor Gonzalez Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 780 | 26th | |
Trans-Am Series – TA2 | Nitro Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 63rd | |
2024 | Mazda MX-5 Cup | Saito Motorsport Group | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1990 | 16th |
Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR | Victor Gonzalez Racing Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2440 | 8th | |
GT4 America Series – Silver | TGR Smooge Racing | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 184 | 4th | |
Trans-Am Series – TA2 | Nitro Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 345 | 14th | |
2025 | Mazda MX-5 Cup | BSI Racing | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2440* | 3rd* |
Michelin Pilot Challenge – TCR | Victor Gonzalez Racing Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1680* | 7th* | |
GT4 America Series – Silver | RAFA Racing Team | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 131* | 2nd* | |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro-Am | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | * | ||
Trans-Am Series – TA2 | Nitro Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 158* | 22nd* | |
Source: [38] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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2019 | Copeland Motorsports | COA 1 10 | COA 2 9 | BAR 1 28 | BAR 2 5 | ELK 1 30 | ELK 2 28 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | LGA 1 | LGA 2 | 17th | 50 | ||
2022 | Copeland Motorsports | DAY 1 1 | DAY 2 20 | STP 1 28 | STP 2 10 | MOH 1 26 | MOH 2 7 | WGL 1 1 | WGL 2 28 | ELK 1 | ELK 2 | VIR 1 1 | VIR 2 24 | ATL 1 3 | ATL 2 1 | 11th | 2390 |
2023 | Copeland Motorsports | DAY 1 1 | DAY 2 2 | STP 1 7 | STP 2 25 | LGA 1 | LGA 2 | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | ELK 1 | ELK 2 | VIR 1 | VIR 2 | ATL 1 2 | ATL 2 4 | 19th | 1580 |
2024 | Saito Motorsport Group | DAY 1 2 | DAY 2 8 | SEB 1 1 | SEB 2 26 | LAG 1 16 | LAG 2 14 | MOH 1 27 | MOH 2 10 | MOS 1 | MOS 2 | VIR 1 23 | VIR 2 DNS | ATL 1 18 | ATL 2 6 | 16th | 1990 |
2025 | BSI Racing | DAY 1 1 | DAY 2 34 | STP 1 16 | STP 2 1 | LAG 1 1 | LAG 2 1 | MOH 1 7 | MOH 2 31 | MOS 1 1 | MOS 2 10 | VIR 1 | VIR 2 | ATL 1 | ATL 2 | 3rd* | 2440* |
* Season still in progress
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2019 | Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian | Hyundai Veloster Turbo R-Spec | TCA | AUS 1 | AUS 2 | STP 1 | STP 2 | VIR 1 | VIR 2 | SON 1 | SON 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | LVG 1 14 | LVG 2 12 | NC | 0 |
2020 | Copeland Motorsports | Hyundai Veloster Turbo | TCA | AUS1 1 20 | AUS1 2 27 | VIR 1 21 | VIR 2 21 | VIR 3 17 | SON 1 15 | SON 2 16 | SON 3 5 | ROA 1 Ret | ROA 2 Ret | ROA 3 DSQ | AUS2 1 20 | AUS2 2 22 | AUS2 3 9 | IMS 1 4 | IMS 2 8 | 3rd | 211 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2020 | Copeland Motorsports | Touring Car | Hyundai Veloster N TCR | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | ATL 10 | LAG | SEB 2 | 17th | 53 |
2021 | Copeland Motorsports | Touring Car | Hyundai Veloster N TCR | DAY 15 | SEB 13 | MOH 4 | WGI 1 14 | WGI 2 14 | LRP 3 | RAM 7 | LAG 11 | VIR 4 | ATL 3 | 10th | 2280 |
2022 | Van der Steur Racing | Touring Car | Hyundai Veloster N TCR | DAY 5 | SEB 6 | LGA 3 | MOH 4 | WGL 12 | MOS 14 | LIM 9 | ELK 8 | VIR 6 | ATL 14 | 9th | 2320 |
2023 | Victor Gonzalez Racing Team | Touring Car | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | DAY | SEB | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR 4 | IMS 7 | ATL 5 | 26th | 780 |
2024 | Victor Gonzalez Racing Team | Touring Car | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | DAY 10 | SEB 7 | LGA 7 | MOH 14 | WGL 10 | MOS 10 | ELK 8 | VIR 2 | IMS 10 | ATL 11 | 8th | 2440 |
2025 | Victor Gonzalez Racing Team | Touring Car | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | DAY 11 | SEB 6 | LGA 12 | MOH 8 | WGL 2 | MOS 2 | 7th* | 1680* | ||||
Cupra León VZ TCR | ELK 14 | VIR | IMS | ATL |