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Charlie Kimball

  • » Birthday: February 20, 1985
  • » Hometown: Camarillo, Calif.
  • » Residence: Indianapolis
" ––@charliekimball via Twitter
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Charlie Kimball

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Career Statistics - Firestone Indy Lights *

Year Starts Wins Poles ** Top 5 Top 10 Laps Led Running at Finish
2010 13 0 0 8 9 3 11
2009 15 0 0 2 8 0 12
Total: 28 0 0 10 17 3 23
* Under INDYCAR sanction
** Includes all poles, including those awarded based on entrant points

Bio

· Was born in Chertsey, England while his father, Gordon Kimball, worked for McLaren.

· Was accepted into the engineering program at Stanford, but opted to pursue a racing career.

· Continues his racing career despite being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2007. Races with a "constant blood sugar monitor that wirelessly transmits" data, so if his level falls he can drink sugar water.

Driver History

2009
· Finished 10th in his debut season in Firestone Indy Lights for Team PBIR with best finish of fourth at Watkins Glen.
· Had two top-five finishes (Watkins Glen and Edmonton) and eight top-10 finishes.

2008
· Made six starts in the F3 Euroseries for Prema Powerteam with best finish of second at Hockenheim, his first race since being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
· Competed in A1GP for Team USA at Zandvoort finishing eighth in the sprint race

2007
· Competed in 12 events in the World Series by Renault for Victory Engineering. Missed final races of the season after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

2006
· Finished 11th in the F3 Euroseries for Signature with a win at Zandvoort. Was the first American driver to win in the F3 Euroseries.
· Competed in two British F3 races, the Macau Grand Prix and the Masters of F3 at Zandvoort.

2005
· Finished second in British Formula 3 for Carlin Motorsport, the top finishing rookie in the series.
· Won five races, set two track records. Was first American in 13 years to win a British F3 race.
· Competed in the Macau Grand Prix and the Masters of F3 at Zandvoort.

2004
· Finished fourth in British Formula Ford recording two wins, three poles and 11 podiums for Team JLR
· Finished eighth in the Formula Ford Festival
· Won the Talley's New Zealand International Formula Ford Challenge for Team USA

2003
· Finished third as a rookie in the Formula Ford 2000 series with four wins and seven podiums
· Finished third in the UK Formula Ford Winter Series with a win, two poles and three podiums in four starts.
· Won the Team USA Scholarship to race in New Zealand.

2002
· Finished 10th in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge National Championship with
· Graduates to car racing and wins first race in SCCA Formula Ford competition.

Early Career
· Begins go-kart racing at age 9, winning numerous national championships by age 16.

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