Kyle Krisiloff

Kyle Krisiloff (born March 3, 1986) is an American former professional racing driver. He is the son of former Champ Car racer, Steve Krisiloff, the nephew of Tony George, and the grandson of Mari Hulman George. He became the youngest BMX rider in the United States, when he began racing BMX bicycles at just three years old. He raced quarter midgets from 1995 to 1999, winning over 320 features and nine Grand National Championships.

Racing career

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Krisiloff made his home in Carmel, Indiana. In 2000, Krisiloff raced in Superkarts USA competition, winning two races and two pole positions. In 2001, he competed in twenty-two SCCA Formula Ford events, winning six races, six poles, and national championship at the historic SCCA Runoffs (The youngest ever at 14 years of age). In 2002, he competed in Toyota Atlantic for the last six races of the year. He ran the full season in 2003, placing tenth in points. His best finish was a second at the Milwaukee Mile, which made him the youngest driver to score a podium finish in Toyota Atlantics as well as the fastest Toyota Atlantic driver ever setting a speed over at the Milwaukee Mile.

In 2004, Krisiloff signed a driver development contract with Hendrick Motorsports and ran three ARCA Re/Max Series races with Bobby Gerhart Racing and ten ASA races as part of the agreement. He started third and finished ninth in his ARCA series debut at Lake Erie Speedway, and then finished second at Nashville Superspeedway, before winning at Chicagoland Speedway in only his third series start. In ten ASA starts, he recorded a single top-ten finish with a fourth at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He ran fourteen ARCA races in 2005, recording three top fives, five top tens, and two poles. He also competed in three NASCAR Busch Series races in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. After leaving Hendrick Motorsports in 2005, Krisiloff moved to the Craftsman Truck Series in 2006, driving for Billy Ballew Motorsports, before parting ways due to financial conflicts.

In January 2007, a partnership including Carl Haas, Travis Carter, Mari Hulman George, and Michael T. Lanigan announced that it was purchasing ppc Racing and would field the No. 14 Ford Fusion in the Busch Series with Krisiloff as the driver. The car was to be sponsored by Clabber Girl, which is part of the Hulman-George family holdings, but later gained sponsorship from Walgreens and Eli Lilly and Company. His best finishes were fifth at Talladega and 6th at Montreal. In 2008, he drove six races for Chip Ganassi Racing in the No. 41 Polaroid Dodge, earning a best finish of 24th at Phoenix.

Motorsports career results SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status 2001 Mid-Ohio Van Diemen RF01 Ford Formula Ford 1 5 Running

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2005 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW42 DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH40 BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM19 TEX PHO HOM 95th 186 2007 Carl A. Haas Motorsports 14 Ford DAY27 CAL33 MXC16 LVS27 ATL38 BRI39 NSH21 TEX27 PHO23 TAL5 RCH34 DAR28 CLT38 DOV21 NSH27 KEN29 MLW24 NHA32 DAY20 CHI28 GTY36 IRP21 CGV6 GLN37 MCH34 BRI36 CAL41 RCH29 DOV34 KAN28 CLT21 MEM42 TEX27 PHO25 HOM29 18th 2798 2008 Chip Ganassi Racing 41 Dodge DAY CAL LVS43 ATL BRI NSH25 TEX33 PHO24 MXC29 TAL33 RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 67th 417

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2006 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY28 CAL19 ATL16 MAR23 GTY33 CLT17 MFD25 DOV27 TEX19 MCH32 MLW29 KAN17 KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 33rd 1106

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2004 Hendrick Motorsports 6 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER9 45th 660 5 NSH2 ISF TOL DSF CHI1 SLM TAL 2005 Gerhart Racing 7 Chevy DAY13 24th 1960 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy NSH13 SLM KEN36 TOL LAN MIL16 POC7 MCH5 KAN2 KEN6 BLN POC32 GTW33 LER NSH34 MCH37 ISF TOL DSF CHI23 SLM TAL2 2008 Gerhart Racing Chevy DAY38 SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 153rd 40