Jimmy Kite

Jimmy Kite (born February 18, 1976 in Effingham, Illinois) is a retired American race car driver. He debuted in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in 1997 and has competed in 34 IndyCar 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.

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 1998 1994-1995, 1997, 1999-2001, 2002-2003, 2005	Indy Lights Craftsman Truck Series ARCA Racing Series USAC Silver Crown Series
Awards
1997	USAC Sliver Crown Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Best finish	49th (2005)
First race	2005 World Financial Group 200 (Atlanta)
Last race	2005 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

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
1996-97	Team Scandia	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR 20	CLT 15	NH2 23	LV2 6								27th	76
1998	Team Scandia	WDW 16	PHX 18	INDY 11	TXS Wth	NHM	DOV												31st	52
	Sinden Racing Services							CLT 23	PPIR	ATL	TX2	LVS
1999	McCormack Motorsports	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY 24	TXS 25	PPIR 15	ATL 9	DOV 16	PPIR 8	LVS	TX2							24th	86
2000	Blueprint Racing	WDW	PHX 16	LSV 16	INDY 30	TXS 16	PPIR 24	ATL 12	KTY 17	TX2 21									24th	79
2001	McCormack Motorsports	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					NC	-
2002	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY Rpl	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TX2			NC	-
2003	PDM Racing	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY 13	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	STK	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TX2		32nd	17
2005	Hemelgarn	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY 32	TXS 22	RIR 13	KAN 19	NSH 13	MIL 14	MCH 13	KTY 10	PPIR 17	SNM	CHI 18	WGL	FON 13	22nd	163
2007	PDM Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY DNQ	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MCH	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
• Jimmy Kite driver statistics at Racing-Reference