Perhaps the main difference in jim and juniors win totals was equipment. Pro race car driver, oval specialist, first driver to run a nascar and an indycar series race on the same. Jimmy kite is a race car driver from illinois, united states. Current racing series nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoors truck series arca menards west series arca menards east series arca menards series pintys series whelen modified tour weekly racing series peak mexico series whelen euro series ntt indycar series indy lights series formula one series weathertech sportscar champ. The first race of the 1950 season was run on february 5 at the daytona beach road course in daytona beach, florida. Mar 06, 2020 jimmy kite jimmy is a retired american race car driver. I try to make it as complete as possible and update it often.
Veteran open wheel and stock car racer jimmy kite will race the full, fourrace season of the sportscar vintage racing associations svra vintage race. Hamilton, parsons, kite, beechler join vroc lineup for indy. Hamilton, parsons, kite, beechler return to indy legends pro. Jun, 2000 the event marked the first race that driver jimmy kite was with the team. Kite primarily raced in sprint cars, amongst others, in the usac silver crown series, but also had a brief foray in the nascar craftsman truck series in 2005.
The 70yearold american race car driver has done well thus far. Alain pascal prost was born in lorette, loire, france. Races, wins, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps. Pdm driver jimmy kite practicing for the 2007 indianapolis 500. Harold kite, a onetime winner in nascars premier division, died after. American race car driver who was named the usac sliver crown rookie of the year in 1997. Former nascar driver who was the 1986 and 1987 nascar national modified champion. Jimmy kite closes usac season with top10 clermont, ind. Now lives in georgia and indianapolis, although his family hails from missouri. He competed in over 30 irl races and a number of indy 500s. When davies won the 100mile 160 km aaa championship race at del mar, california on november 6, 1949 aged 20 years, 2 months, 29 days, he became the youngest. Jim clark a few weeks from now, 1 may will assume a significance in motor sport that means as much as todays date does to an older generation of f1 fans.
Harold kite of east point, georgia, a former tank driver who began racing on the short tracks after world war ii, drove past red byron in the 25th lap and went on to score a victory in the 200mile grand national opener of the. The driver they tabbed to drive the car was jimmy pardue. He is the first cousin once removed to indycar driver marco andretti. Jimmy kite born february 18, 1976 in effingham, illinois is a retired american race car driver. Kite, who races a winged sprintcar at the benton, missouri dirt oval while not. May 21, 2018 jimmy kite hits the wall in turn 4 as his left rear wheel and rear wing fly off the car during practice for the indianapolis 500 at the indianapolis motor speedway thursday, may 14, 1998.
May 22, 2018 jimmy kite hits the wall in turn 4 as his left rear wheel and rear wing fly off the car during practice for the indianapolis 500 at the indianapolis motor speedway thursday, may 14, 1998. Jimmy kite is a popular race car driver from illinois, united states. Muniz drives in the champ car world series and will participate in sundays las vegas grand prix, a 2. Veteran open wheel and stock car racer jimmy kite will race the full, four race season of the sportscar vintage racing associations svra vintage race of champions charity proam series in 2020.
Jimmy kite to take the wheel in four vintage events. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. This will be jimmys fourth indy legends charity proam. He has raced in sports cars, indy pro series, nascar, and stadium super trucks. This is a total unofficial page compiled by me from many different sources. He is a fivetime starter in the indianapolis 500, and first qualified for the big show in 1998. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. James robert stewart 6 march 1931 3 january 2008 was a british racing driver from scotland who participated in a single formula one world championship grand prix, driving for ecurie ecosse. Weve been trying to make the car comfortable and more. Mrd motorsports announces open wheel ace jimmy kite to drive nascar truck concord, n. Learn about jimmy s life, zodiac sign, birthday, real bio, and interesting facts here. Hamilton, parsons, kite, beechler join vroc lineup for.
Clark, 32, was at the wheel of his lotuscosworth which left the track at 170mph 274kmh, somersaulted through the air and collided with a. Jimmy kite burst on to the izod indycar series with a flourish and in a hurry. He dove under veteran chuck gurney off the fourth turn to win the copper world classics silver crown race in 1997 at phoenix, then stopped his car and ran down the front stretch, looking for victory lane as the. Yeley, winner of the previous weeks tony hulman classic sprint car race at the halfmile dirt track, was also involved in an opening lap incident and flipped but there were. May 18, 2010 jimmy kite burst on to the izod indycar series with a flourish and in a hurry. He had 36 career starts in indy car races, finishing on the podium twice. He began his professional career racing in the usac silver crown in 1994. Beechler is a fourtime starter in the indianapolis 500 and drove for the great a. He also competed in several nonchampionship formula one races. He debuted in the indy racing league indycar series in 1997 and has competed in 34 indycar races, including five indianapolis 500s.
Jimmy kite hits the wall in turn 4 as his left rear wheel and rear wing fly off the car during practice for the indianapolis 500 at the indianapolis. Most of johns money comes from being a race car driver. He earned the money being a professional race car driver. Short track stars featured in brickyard invitational at ims. He debuted in the indy racing league indycar series in 1997 and has competed in 34 indycar races, including. Five cars were eliminated from the race on the opening lap, including front row starter cary faas as well as former series point leaders jimmy kite and chuck gurney. He became a tv commentator on a number of programs after retirement. Jimmy kite born february 18, 1976 is famous for being race car driver. The big daddys bbq founders bank blueprint racing special started 14th and finished 26th, falling out on lap14 with an. Braun previously worked with driver jimmy kite at team scandia.
Jimmy kite jimmy is a retired american race car driver. Jimmy kite has competed in every brickyard invitational indy legends proam race since 2015. Jim was a local boy from nearby wilkes county, and like another wilkes county driver named junior johnson was a lead footed charger. Click on the site to see jimmy kite s career results at that track. It was a rookie drivers way of apologizing for destroying another good race car. He also runs a motorsports public relations and communication business.
From the bullrings of british columbia, jimmy carr entered the world of sprint car racing spending more time running up and down the i5 than he did on the dirt ovals in washington, oregon, and california, but by 1990 he was ready to take a shot at fulltime racing in the world of outlaws series. After his first crash, jimmy kite brought doughnuts to his teams garage the next morning. He made his nascar nationwide series debut at the 1985 sandhills 200 at rockingham. In 2005, he intended to compete in the nascar craftsman truck series and he made four starts before being called to replace the injured paul dana for hemelgarn racing in. Nascar grand national drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing.
Indycar series in 1997 and has competed in 34 indycar races, including five indianapolis 500s. Its an honor that tony parella and everybody at svra are letting me be a part of the four race vroc series, kite said. He made his name driving midgets and sprint cars and really got the attention of the motorsports world in 1997 by winning one of short track racing. We seem to think on the same wavelength, buzz calkins said of braun. Jimmy kite born february 18, 1976, in effingham, illinois is an american race car driver.
In addition to his 34 starts in indy car competition kite has also ventured into arca stock car and nascar truck racing. Continue to next page below to see how much is jimmy kite really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary for 2019 and 2020. Jimmy kite net worth, biography, age, height, dating, wiki. Jimmy kite to drive nascar trucks nascar midgetmadness. His father gary was a professional racing mechanic. In 2005, he intended to compete in the nascar craftsman truck series and he made four starts before being called to replace the injured paul dana for hemelgarn racing in the irl, where. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for jimmy kite on. Apr 11, 2020 five cars were eliminated from the race on the opening lap, including front row starter cary faas as well as former series point leaders jimmy kite and chuck gurney. He debuted in the indy racing league in 1997 and has competed in over 30 irl races, including five indianapolis 500s. Pages in category racing drivers from illinois the following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total.
Paul earned a bachelors degree in journalism from the northwestern university. He was the second man to win three usac national midget championships. Jimmy kite stats, race results, wins, news, record, videos. Pdm racing continued working with asr to field the indy lights car driven by junior strous. Driver jimmy kite 2005 indycar series results racing. Jul 11, 2019 in addition to his 34 starts in indy car competition kite has also ventured into arca stock car and nascar truck racing. Jimmy stewarts career began in a healey silverstone in local hillclimb events in 1951, and soon he had done well enough to attract the attention of the edinburghbased businessman and racing. Click on the site to see jimmy kites career results at that track glossary. Motor racing world champion jim clark has been killed in a car crash during a formula two race at hockenheim.
Jimmy kite is best known for being a race car driver. Without a drive in some while, he ran a business devoted to hobbies, like toy trains, planes and cars, but now runs indy line stripe, a commerical pavement striping business. Jimmy kite to drive nascar trucks posted in nascar. In addition to his stints in the cockpit of vintage machines, kite is an instructor for the dodgesrt thrill rides program and pace car driver for the ferrari challenge series in north america. Paul started as a motorsports journalist for several magazines, including autoweek and sports illustrated, but dreamed of getting behind the wheel. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. It was a rookie driver s way of apologizing for destroying another good race car. May 17, 2018 in addition to his 34 starts in indy car competition kite has also ventured into arca stock car and nascar truck racing. Hamilton, parsons, kite, beechler return to indy legends. The event marked the first race that driver jimmy kite was with the team.