Kyle Keller
Quick Facts
Biography
Kyle Keller (born January 25, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. TBA for Kennealy Keller Motorsports, a team in which he partially owns.
Racing career
Lucas Oil Modified Series
Keller would drive a full time season in the Lucas Oil Modified Series in 2019, for his family owned team. Keller had six top tens, which placed him fourth in the overall standings. He would also compete in the SRL 5th Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway Park that year, and would finish in thirteenth.
ARCA Menards Series West
Keller would sign with Jerry Pitts Racing for two races in the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West. He would get one top-five and two top tens in his only two starts, finishing sixteenth in the final standings. He made one start for Jerry Pitts Racing in 2021, finishing fifth at his home track, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. On January 3, 2022, Keller announced that he will be running the full 2022 ARCA Menards Series West schedule for his own team, Kyle Keller Racing. After finishing 32nd at Phoenix and withdrawing from Irwindale, he scaled down to a partial schedule. He ran the No. 12 for most of the season in a technical alliance with JPR, earning four top tens and three top fives to finish 11th in point standings.
In 2023, Keller returned to JPR for a full season. He earned six top tens and one top five throughout the season, finishing 8th in point standings.
On September 2, 2023, it was announced that Keller and fellow driver Robbie Kennealy would drive for the newly formed Kennealy Keller Motorsports driver development program in the 2024 season. The team is owned by Robbie's mother, Francesca, and his fraternal twin sister, Harley.
SRL Southwest Tour
Keller made two starts in the SRL Southwest Tour in 2021, driving in the first and last race of the season. He finished eighteenth at the Irwindale Event Center, and fourth at the Kern County Raceway Park. He would get his first ever late model win at the Madera Speedway Short Track Shootout, after starting from the pole and leading the most laps.
NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series
He ran two races in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series in 2021, driving at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. He would get one top-five and two top tens, finishing eighteenth in the regular standings.
Personal life
Keller and his father John run a driver development program called Kyle Keller Driver Development. Some drivers included in the program are Robbie Kennealy and Monty Tipton, who made starts in the ARCA Menards Series West in 2023.
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2022 | Kyle Keller Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 32 | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 121st | 12 | |
2023 | Jerry Pitts Racing | Toyota | DAY | PHO 5 | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 72nd | 39 | ||
2024 | Kennealy Keller Motorsports | TBA | TBA | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL |
ARCA Menards Series West
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | JP Racing | 7 | Ford | LVS | UMC | UMC | IRW | EVG | DCS | CNS | LVS 4 | AAS | 16th | 78 | ||||
Toyota | KCR 6 | PHO | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 5 | Ford | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS 5 | AAS | PHO | 43rd | 39 | ||||
2022 | Kyle Keller Racing | 70 | Chevy | PHO 32 | 11th | 267 | ||||||||||||
Ford | PHO 25 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Chevy | IRW Wth | KCR 14 | PIR | SON | |||||||||||||
Ford | IRW 4 | EVG 7 | PIR | AAS 5 | LVS 4 | |||||||||||||
2023 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 70 | Toyota | PHO 5 | IRW 6 | KCR 14 | 8th | 496 | . | |||||||||
Chevy | PIR 20 | SON 13 | ||||||||||||||||
Ford | IRW 15 | SHA 6 | EVG 7 | AAS 17 | LVS 6 | MAD 7 | PHO 14 |