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Revision as of 16:16, 5 December 2022
Kyffin Simpson | |||||||
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Nationality | American Barbadian via dual nationality | ||||||
Born | Bridgetown, Barbados | 9 October 2004||||||
Indy Lights career | |||||||
10 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Team(s) | No. 21 (T. J. Speed Motorsports) No. 21 (HMD Motorsports) | ||||||
First race | 2022 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Indy Lights Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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Formula Regional Americas Championship career | |||||||
Debut season | 2020 | ||||||
Current team | TJ Speed Motorsports | ||||||
Car number | 21 | ||||||
Former teams | HMD Motorsports | ||||||
Starts | 21 | ||||||
Wins | 7 | ||||||
Podiums | 13 | ||||||
Poles | 2 | ||||||
Fastest laps | 9 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2021 | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2021 2020 | Indy Pro 2000 Championship Formula 4 United States | ||||||
Championship titles | |||||||
2021 | FR 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ^ "KYFFIN SIMPSON (R)". Indy Pro 2000 Championship. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Kyffin Simpson". DriverDB. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cayman-based racer, 16, is way ahead". Caymanian Times. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "KYFFIN SIMPSON SIGNS FOR VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF 2020 F4 U.S. CAMPAIGN". Formula 4 United States Championship. 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Kyffin Simpson and TJ Speed team dominate FRegional Americas debut". Formula Scout. 29 March 2021.
- ^ Jamie Klein (12 November 2021). "HPD scholarship winner Simpson turns down Super Formula chance". Motorsport.com.
- ^ "Juncos signs Kyffin Simpson to Indy Pro 2000 team". Motorsport.com. 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Ganassi signs Simpson to multi-year development deal". Racer. 12 May 2022.
- ^ 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.
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External links
- Official website
- Kyffin Simpson career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2004 births
- Caymanian sportsmen
- British racing drivers
- Barbadian racing drivers
- Indy Pro 2000 Championship drivers
- Indy Lights drivers
- Living people
- Formula Regional Americas Championship drivers
- Dale Coyne Racing drivers
- Juncos Hollinger Racing drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- Formula 4 drivers