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Nationality
  
American

Starts
  
32

Car no.
  
18


Current team
  
Junos Racing

Debut season
  
2012

Name
  
Kyle Kaiser

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Born
  
March 5, 1996 (age 28) Santa Clara, California (
1996-03-05
)

Former teams
  
World Speed Motorsports

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Kyle Kaiser (born March 5, 1996) is an American racing driver from Santa Clara, California, currently competing in Indy Lights with Juncos Racing for his third season. He is also currently enrolled in classes part-time at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.

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Karting

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From 2003 to 2009, Kaiser competed in the International Kart Federation, in the IKF Regional Race Series, 2-Cycle Sprint Grand Nationals, and the Stars of Karting. In 2008 he claimed his first national championship in the HPV-1 class. In 2009, he won the Infinion Raceway 3 hr Karting Enduro.

Skip Barber

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Kaiser joined Skip Barber Racing School's 2009/10 Western Regional Championship, earning second place and Rookie of the Year. In 2011, he returned to the series, earning third place in the championship. That year, he also participated in the Skip Barber Karting Scholarship shootout, earning a partial season scholarship with the race series.

Formula Car Challenge

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In 2012, Kaiser competed in the Formula Car Challenge for World Speed Motorsports, in the Pro Mazda class. He earned the championship title by winning 8 races, and finishing on the podium in 11 out of the 14 races.

Pro Mazda

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He made his professional open wheel racing debut in September 2012 in the Star Mazda Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. For the 2013 season, Kaiser joined World Speed Motorsports to race full-time in the Pro Mazda Championship. He finished seventh in the championship with a best finish of fifth (three times). He returns to the series for 2014, but switched teams to past series champions Juncos Racing. He finished on the podium in the first race of the 2014 Pro Mazda Winterfest. He finished the 2014 season 6th in points, recording four podium finishes and earning his first professional victory at Sonoma Raceway in the season finale.

Indy Lights

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For 2015, Juncos Racing promoted Kaiser to Indy Lights. He scored two podiums and seven top 5s out of 16 races, finishing sixth in the season standings. In 2016, he claimed two wins and eight podiums in 18 races, which put him third in the final classification. He signed with Juncos Racing for a third Indy Lights season in 2017 and is currently leading the championship by 51 points after 12 races, recording three wins and eight podiums still with 4 races remaining.

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Kyle Kaiser Wikipedia