Jimmy Kite (born February 18, 1976, in
Effingham, Illinois
Effingham is a city in Effingham County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It is in South Central Illinois. Its population was 12,252 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Effingham micropolitan statistical area.
The ...
) is a retired American race car driver. He debuted in the
Indy Racing League
IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing Governing body, sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two Auto racing, racing series: the premier IndyCar Serie ...
IndyCar Series
The IndyCar Series, officially known as the NTT IndyCar Series for sponsorship reasons, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of various sanctioning bodies sinc ...
in 1997 and has competed in 34 IndyCar races, including five
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
s. In 2005, he intended to compete in the
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
Craftsman Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock car racing, s ...
and he made four starts before being called to replace the injured
Paul Dana
Paul Frederick Dana (; April 15, 1975 – March 26, 2006) was an American racing driver who competed in the IndyCar Series.
Early life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dana graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. ...
for
Hemelgarn Racing
Hemelgarn Racing was an American auto racing team owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team debuted in 1985, and competed in the CART and Indy Racing League ranks until the team originally shut down in 2010. The team returned to competition in 2015, and cu ...
in the IRL, where he completed the season after the Indy 500.
Largely out of racing since the end of the 2005 season, Kite founded JK Hobby World in November 2006. He failed in his attempt to qualify for the
2007 Indianapolis 500
The 91st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 27, 2007. It was the twelfth Indianapolis 500 sanctioned by the IndyCar, Indy Racing League and the fifth race of the 2007 IndyCar Series se ...
in the
PDM Racing
PDM Racing was a racing team in the IndyCar Series and USAC Silver Crown series owned by Paul Diatlovich. Almost always a low budget team and affectionately dubbed "Poor Dumb Mechanics" by Diatlovich, it was known to make the most out of mediocre ...
#18
Panoz
Panoz is an American manufacturer of Luxury car, luxury Sports car, sports automobiles founded in 1989 as Panoz Auto Development by Don Panoz, Dan Panoz, son of Don Panoz (1935 – 2018). The company has also been extensively involved in profes ...
and failed to secure a ride for the
2008 race.
Motorsports career results
American open-wheel
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
IndyCar
Indy 500 results
Indy Lights
NASCAR
(
key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Craftsman Truck Series
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
(
key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
References
External links
Jimmy Kiteat ChampCarStats.com
*
1976 births
Living people
IndyCar Series drivers
Indianapolis 500 drivers
Indy Lights drivers
NASCAR drivers
ARCA Menards Series drivers
People from Effingham, Illinois
Racing drivers from Illinois
USAC Silver Crown Series drivers
Arrow McLaren SP drivers
PDM Racing drivers
Long stubs with short prose
{{IndyCar-bio-stub