Kyle Marcelli (born 23 February 1990) is a Canadian racing driver who currently competes in the

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Career

Marcelli began his racing career in karts in 2005, before moving into single seaters for the 2006

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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

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, and Brian Frisselle. For the following

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season, Marcelli signed with Mantella Autosport. He would spend just one season with the team, joining Performance Tech Motorsports for the full

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season in 2016. The following season would see Marcelli take on SprintX races in the

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for R.Ferri Motorsport. Driving for KohR Motorsports, Marcelli won the

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GS class championship. 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. Over 12 races, the pair scored ten total race victories. 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. PLM 2011 89 Intersport LMPC 1

Racing record

Complete American Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Pinty's Series

References

External links

Personal WebsiteKyle Marcelli
at Motorsport.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcelli, Kyle 1990 births Living people 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Canadian racing drivers Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Racing drivers from Toronto WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Wayne Taylor Racing drivers Starworks Motorsport drivers Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers 24H Series drivers American Le Mans Series drivers Rolex Sports Car Series drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers Andretti Autosport drivers Trans-Am Series drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers GT World Challenge America drivers