Jimmy Kite

Jimmy Kite
Jimmy Kite at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2008.
Nationality	American
Born	February 18, 1976 Effingham, Illinois
IRL IndyCar Series
Years active	1997–2003, 2005, 2007
Former teams	Team Scandia Sinden Racing McCormack Motorsports Blueprint Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports PDM Racing Hemelgarn Racing
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	22nd in 2005
Previous series
2007 2005 1994-1995, 1997, 1999-2001, 2002-2003, 2005	Indy Lights Craftsman Truck Series USAC Silver Crown Series
Awards
1997	USAC Sliver Crown Rookie of the Year

Jimmy Kite (born February 18, 1976 in Effingham, Illinois) is an American race car driver. He debuted in the Indy Racing League in 1997 and has competed in over 30 IRL races, including five Indianapolis 500s. 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 he completed the season after the Indy 500.

Largely out of racing since the end of the 2005 season, Kite founded JK Hobby World in November 2006. He failed in his attempt to qualify for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 in the PDM Racing #18 Panoz and failed to secure a ride for the 2008 race.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1996-1997	Scandia	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPI Ret	CHR Ret	NH2 Ret	LV2 6								27th	76
1998	Scandia	WDW Ret	PHX 18	INDY 11	TXS	NHM	DOV	CHR Ret	PPI	ATL	TX2	LVS							31st	52
1999	McCormack	WDW	PHX	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	PPI 15	ATL 9	DOV Ret	PP2 8	LVS	TX2								24th	86
2000	Blueprint	WDW	PHX Ret	LSV 16	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	PPI Ret	ATL 12	KTY Ret	TX2 Ret									24th	79
2001	McCormack	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					NC	-
2002	Schmidt	HMS	PHX	CAL	NZR	INDY Rpl	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2			NC	-
2003	PDM	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY 13	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STK	KTY	NZR	CHI	CAL	TX2		32nd	17
2005	Hemelgarn	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	RIR 13	KAN 19	NSH 13	MIL 14	MIS 13	KTY 10	PPI 17	SNM	CHI 18	WGL	CAL 13	22nd	163
2007	PDM	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY DNQ	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	NC	-

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
9	7	34	0	0	0	4	0	0

Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1998	Dallara	Oldsmobile	26th	11th	Scandia
1999	G-Force	Oldsmobile	28th	24th	McCormack
2000	G-Force	Oldsmobile	25th	30th	Blueprint
2001	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Failed to Qualify		McCormack
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	Raced by Mark Dismore		Schmidt
2003	Dallara	Chevrolet	32nd	13th	PDM
2005	Dallara	Toyota	32nd	32nd	Hemelgarn
2007	Panoz	Honda	Failed to Qualify		PDM

External links

• Jimmy Kite at ChampCarStats.com