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Revision as of 16:16, 5 December 2022

Kyffin Simpson
NationalityUnited States American
Barbados Barbadian
via dual nationality
Born (2004-10-09) 9 October 2004 (age 19)
Bridgetown, Barbados
Indy Lights career
10 races run over 1 year
Team(s)No. 21 (T. J. Speed Motorsports) No. 21 (HMD Motorsports)
First race2022 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race2022 Indy Lights Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Formula Regional Americas Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamTJ Speed Motorsports
Car number21
Former teamsHMD Motorsports
Starts21
Wins7
Podiums13
Poles2
Fastest laps9
Best finish1st in 2021
Previous series
2021
2020		Indy Pro 2000 Championship
Formula 4 United States
Championship titles
2021FR Americas Championship

Kyffin Simpson (born 9 October 2004 in Bridgetown, Barbados) is a Cayman-based American-Barbadian racing driver.[1][2][3]

Biography

Barbados-born but a resident of the British overseas territory of the Cayman Islands, Simpson made his car racing debut in 2020 for Velocity Racing Development in the US Formula 4 Championship after 9 years of karting across the Caribbean.[4] He twinned this with a Formula Regional Americas Championship campaign, and dominated the championship in his second season with podiums in all but five races.[5] Winning the FR Americas title meant Kyffin was in line to receive HPD’s scholarship fund worth $600,000 to drive for one of the Honda-powered teams in Super Formula in 2022, but he turned it down due to Japan’s ongoing travel restrictions due to COVID-19.[6] His Regional F3 success also opened the door to join the Road to Indy ladder with IndyCar team Juncos Racing.[7] In 2022, Simpson signed a multi-year deal as a development driver with Chip Ganassi Racing, whilst also progressing to Indy Lights, partnering James Roe Jr. at TJ Speed Motorsports.[8] Following eight races with the team, Simpson moved to HMD Motorsports.[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Formula 4 United States Championship Velocity Racing Development 9 0 0 0 0 14 18th
Formula Regional Americas Championship HMD Motorsports 9 0 0 0 0 30 13th
2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship TJ Speed Motorsports 18 7 2 9 13 314 1st
Indy Pro 2000 Championship Juncos Hollinger Racing 16 0 0 1 3 231 8th
2022 Indy Lights TJ Speed Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 312 9th
HMD Motorsports 6 0 0 0 0
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Gradient Racing 4 1 0 0 1 1003 26th
2023 Indy NXT HMD Motorsports
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Tower Motorsport

* Season still in progress.

Formula Regional Americas Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2020 HMD Motorsports MOH
1 		MOH
2 		VIR
1 		VIR
2 		VIR
3 		BAR
1 		BAR
2 		BAR
3 		SEB
1
7 		SEB
2
Ret 		SEB
3
9 		HMS
1
8 		HMS
2
7 		HMS
3
7 		COA
1
10 		COA
2
10 		COA
3
10 		13th 30
2021 TJ Speed Motorsports ATL
1
1 		ATL
2
1 		ATL
3
1 		ROA
1
4 		ROA
2
1 		ROA
3
1 		MOH
1
12 		MOH
2
3 		MOH
3
2 		BRA
1
2 		BRA
2
2 		BRA
3
2 		VIR
1
4 		VIR
2
5 		VIR
3
2 		COA
1
11 		COA
2
1 		COA
3
1 		1st 314

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2022 Gradient Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
13 		SEB
11 		LBH LGA MDO DET
 WGL
9 		MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 ATL
1 		26th 1003

American open-wheel results

Indy Lights

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2022 TJ Speed Motorsports STP
11 		BAR
5 		IMS
12 		IMS
8 		DET
5 		DET
7 		RDA
9 		MDO
10 		9th 312
HMD Motorsports IOW
11 		NSH
8 		GMP
10 		POR
9 		LAG
12 		LAG
12

References

  1. ^ "KYFFIN SIMPSON (R)". Indy Pro 2000 Championship. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Kyffin Simpson". DriverDB. Retrieved 8 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Cayman-based racer, 16, is way ahead". Caymanian Times. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ "KYFFIN SIMPSON SIGNS FOR VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF 2020 F4 U.S. CAMPAIGN". Formula 4 United States Championship. 13 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Kyffin Simpson and TJ Speed team dominate FRegional Americas debut". Formula Scout. 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jamie Klein (12 November 2021). "HPD scholarship winner Simpson turns down Super Formula chance". Motorsport.com.
  7. ^ "Juncos signs Kyffin Simpson to Indy Pro 2000 team". Motorsport.com. 4 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Ganassi signs Simpson to multi-year development deal". Racer. 12 May 2022.
  9. ^ Series, F1 Feeder (18 July 2022). "Indy Lights: Kyffin Simpson switches to HMD as disillusion causes rift with TJ Speed". F1 Feeder Series. Retrieved 10 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

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