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Tõnis Kasemets (born March 17, 1974 in Pärnu, Estonia)is an Estonian racing driver and a former competitor in the CART Champ Car World Series.
Career
Kasemets emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman. He participated in a partial 2006 schedule in the Champ Car World Series for Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing.
To participate in Champ Car in 2006 he had to gather funds for a quarter of the participation costs. Kasemets wanted to do a full season of Champ Car in 2007 and in the future he wants to own a successful team à la Newman-Haas and Forsythe. However, he has not appeared in a Champ Car or IndyCar Series race since 2006. He continued racing in the Atlantic Championship until its closure after the 2009 season and made his Firestone Indy Lights debut on the Streets of Long Beach in April 2010.
Kasemets has competed in some Grand Am Road Racing events, including the 2013 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
He currently lives in Mundelein, Illinois with his son and daughter.
Racing record
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mid-Ohio | Carbir | Ford | Formula Continental | 23 | 6 | DNF |
| 2000 | Mid-Ohio | Mygale 99 | Ford | Formula Continental | 1 | 2 | Running |
| 2003 | Mid-Ohio | Swift 008.a | Toyota 4AGE | Formula Atlantic | 20 | 8 | Running |
| 2005 | Mid-Ohio | Alfa Romeo | GT Lite | DNS | 7 | DNS | |
| 2007 | Heartland Park | Swift 014.a | Toyota 4AGE | Formula Atlantic | 2 | 2 | Running |
| 2008 | Heartland Park | Vestal 09F | Ford Kent | Formula Ford | 2 | 2 | Running |
American open–wheel racing results
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Atlantic Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Brooks Associates Racing | LBH Ret | MTY | MIL | POR1 11 | POR2 12 | CLE 9 | TOR | VAN | ROA 5 | DEN | MTL | LS 5 | 13th | 81 | |||
| 2005 | Team Tonis | LBH Ret | MTY 2 | POR1 1 | POR2 1 | CLE1 2 | CLE2 4 | TOR 8 | EDM 5 | SJO Ret | DEN 8 | ROA 1 | MTL 2 | 2nd | 289 | |||
| 2007 | Newman Wachs Racing | LVG | LBH | HOU | POR1 | POR2 | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM1 | EDM2 | SJO | ROA 17 | 29th | 4 | |||
| 2008 | Genoa Racing | LBH | LS | MTT | EDM1 | EDM2 | ROA1 3 | ROA2 3 | TRR | NJ | UTA | ATL | 21st | 51 | ||||
| 2009 | Polestar Motor Racing | SEB 7 | NJ1 6 | NJ2 7 | LIM 5 | ACC1 5 | ACC2 3 | MDO Ret | TRR 4 | MOS 6 | ATL Ret | LS 4 | 5th | 103 | ||||
| Genoa Racing | UTA 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | K-Hill Motorsports | ATL1 | ATL2 | NJ1 | NJ2 | SUM1 1 | SUM2 6 | 9th | 87 | |||||||||
| 2015 | K-Hill Motorsports | PBI 1 | ATL | ATL | WGL | WGL | VIR | VIR | MDO | MDO | PIT | PIT | NJMP | NJMP | PIT 10 | PIT | 18th | 53 |
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Team PBIR | STP | ALA | LBH 6 | INDY | IOW | WGL | 18th | 56 | ||||||||
| Andersen Racing | TOR 6 | EDM | MDO | SNM | CHI | KTY | HMS | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Team Moore Racing | STP | ALA | LBH | INDY | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM1 | EDM2 | TRO | NHM | BAL 8 | KTY | LVS | 27th | 24 |
Champ Car
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rocketsports Racing | LBH | HOU | MTY | MIL | POR 16 | CLE 12 | TOR 15 | EDM 11 | SJO | DEN | MTL | ROA 17 | SRF | MXC | 19th | 34 |