John Kinder

John Hartman Kinder (born September 28, 1974 in Santa Ana, California) is a Japanese American former professional stock car racing driver. He is a former competitor in the NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman and the Winston West Series, and in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series.

Career Son of racer Jim Kinder, John Kinder began his racing career in 1991 at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California. Nicknamed "The Kid", Kinder competed in the NASCAR Winston West Series between 1995 and 1997, posting a best finish of second at Mesa Marin in 1996. He also competed in twelve events in the 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman, finishing 23rd in the series standings with a best finish of thirteenth, recorded at Evergreen Speedway and Flemington Speedway.

In 1997, Kinder was selected to participate in the Suzuka Thunder Special, a NASCAR exhibition race held at Suzuka Circuit in Japan; he was the only Japanese-American driver to compete in the event, and he finished seventeenth in the race.

In 1998, Kinder moved to the ARCA Racing Series, competing in six races over two years with a best finish of eighth at Atlanta Motor Speedway, then to the Hooters Pro Cup Series from 1999 to 2003 for PowerBase Motorsports, competing in 59 races with a best finish of third at Concord Speedway. He has not competed in major-league stock car racing since 2003.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) SuperTruck Series NASCAR SuperTruck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 1995 Stroppe Motorsports 14 Ford PHO TUS SGS23 MMR15 POR22 EVG13 I7019 LVL17 BRI MLW26 CNS28 HPT IRP34 FLM13 RCH38 MAR NWS SON MMR31 PHO 23rd 1183