Kyle Weatherman

Kyle Jay Weatherman (born August 28, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 91 and 36 Chevrolet Camaro SSs for DGM Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series.

Racing career Early years Weatherman was born in Wentzville, Missouri, where he was first introduced to racing by his father and a family friend at the age of eight years old, with Kyle and brother Clayton both racing go-karts.

At the age of twelve, Weatherman moved to the Legends Series, in which he raced until the age of fifteen. At the same time, he participated in some IMCA dirt races. He won the Legends National Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and became the youngest driver up until that point to claim victory in that race.

ARCA Racing Series When Weatherman was fifteen, he made the move to the ARCA Racing Series. Running in five races that year, he recorded four top fives and a best finish of second with his family-owned team. He made eight starts for the Roush-affiliated Roulo Brothers Racing, finding moderate success. won the Short-Track Championship Weatherman won all those accolades despite not running a full schedule; in fifteen races he won his first career race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, won three straight poles and led laps in ten races while posting just two finishes outside the top-ten. Weatherman led over half of the 200 laps and came home second to Josh Williams. Running a few races for his own team near the end of the season, Weatherman captured the pole at Pocono and was briefly hospitalized after a hard crash with Myatt Snider in the season's final race. He ended up competing in fifteen of twenty events to finish seventh in points; he had seven top-five and nine top-ten finishes. Weatherman once again led the most laps early in the season at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

NASCAR

Weatherman teamed up with Roush Fenway Racing development team Lira Motorsports to run the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

On October 23, 2017, it was announced that Weatherman would make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut driving Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 at Martinsville Speedway. He would also drive the car at Phoenix International Raceway. A year later, Weatherman joined StarCom Racing to run the 2018 Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, driving the No. 99 car. Although that was his first race appearance for the team, Weatherman had been a StarCom employee since April. Weatherman wound up making six additional starts in the No. 99, recording a best finish of 26th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In 2019, Weatherman debuted in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Rick Ware Racing, and also made a Cup start for the team at Michigan International Speedway in June. Later that month at Sonoma Raceway, he qualified Premium Motorsports' No. 15 car in place of Ross Chastain, who was competing in the Truck race at Gateway.

Weatherman returned to Mike Harmon Racing and the Xfinity Series in 2020. At Kentucky Speedway's Shady Rays 200 in July, Weatherman scored MHR's best finish and maiden top ten when he finished eighth.

Weatherman was promoted to a full-time ride in MHR's No. 47 for the 2021 Xfinity season. Weatherman departed the team at the end of the year.

On January 31, 2022, Weatherman announced he would drive the first five races of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season with DGM Racing driving the 92 and having sponsorship from LS Tractor at Daytona International Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. California Law Enforcement would sponsor Weatherman at Auto Club Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway. He finished eighth at Atlanta. He also drove for the No. 34 Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Chevrolet for a majority of the season, including another eighth place finish at Loudon.

Weatherman's No. 91 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024. On November 14, 2023, it was announced that Weatherman would return to DGM in 2024, this time driving the No. 91 full-time. Following the Portland race, Weatherman was fined 25,000 for intentionally damaging another vehicle on pit road. Weatherman would be moved to the team's part-time No. 36 car for the race at Watkins Glen due to Josh Bilicki bringing sponsorship to drive the No. 91 and Dawson Cram bringing sponsorship to drive the No. 92, the team's two full-time cars. Weatherman would not drive in the final two races of the season due to sponsorship issues.

Personal life Weatherman, the oldest child of Daryn and Lori Weatherman, was born and raised in Wentzville, Missouri, where he lived until he was seventeen. He then moved to Concord, North Carolina, and lived with fellow driver Chris Buescher. Weatherman views Buescher, the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, as a mentor and a major influence on his career.

Weatherman has two younger siblings, one of whom is ARCA driver Clayton Weatherman.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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 36 Pts Ref 2017 Rick Ware Racing 51 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR35 TEX PHO34 HOM 45th 5 2018 StarCom Racing 99 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI33 DAY KEN NHA31 POC31 GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS26 RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN35 MAR TEX34 PHO HOM35 38th 33 2019 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH36 61st 01 Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy SONQL† CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH Rick Ware Racing 52 Chevy BRI31 DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM † – Qualified for Ross Chastain

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 Pts Ref 2019 Rick Ware Racing 17 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI28 RCH32 TAL DOV CLT POC IND35 TEX34 PHO HOM 54th 35 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy MCH34 IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR LVS32 RCH ROV KAN22 Jimmy Means Racing 53 Chevy DOV35 2020 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAY LVS30 CAL34 PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL 31st 236 47 HOM33 HOM35 TAL POC15 IRC15 KEN8 KEN36 TEX28 KAN36 ROA21 DRC17 DOV25 DOV35 DAY DAR36 RCH26 RCH20 BRI32 LVS36 TAL ROV37 KAN TEX19 MAR30 PHO17 2021 DAY15 DRC16 HOM25 LVS33 PHO34 ATL28 MAR25 TAL23 DAR33 DOV22 COADNQ CLTDNQ MOH26 TEX37 NSH28 POC26 ROADNQ ATL32 NHA19 GLN34 IRC16 MCH24 DAY32 DAR34 RCH15 BRI29 LVS18 TAL20 ROV23 TEX25 KAN21 MAR34 PHO26 24th 341 2022 DGM Racing 92 Chevy DAY32 CAL16 LVS26 PHO30 ATL8 COA 22nd 369 Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 34 Chevy RCH28 MAR16 TAL DOV27 DAR12 TEXQL† CLT36 PIR NSH38 ROAQL† ATL NHA8 POC19 IRC30 MCH16 GLN22 DAY DAR16 KANQL† BRI17 TEX22 TAL ROV LVS14 HOM20 MAR30 PHO14 2023 Our Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY CAL LVS16 PHO17 ATL33 COA22 DOV14 DAR 26th 336 FRS Racing 96 Chevy RCHDNQ MAR34 TAL DGM Racing 91 Chevy CLT20 PIR MCH35 KAN38 TEX15 LVS36 HOM16 MAR PHO17 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Ford SON22 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy NSH18 CSC14 NHA27 POC ROA20 IRC20 GLN13 DAY33 DAR31 BRI23 ROV26 DGM Racing 36 Chevy ATL31 2024 91 DAY38 ATL17 LVS21 PHO16 COA29 RCH17 MAR33 TEX36 TAL27 DOV8 DAR17 CLT11 PIR25 SON30 IOW33 NHA25 NSH31 CSC14 POC23 IND25 MCH32 DAY10 DAR37 ATL11 BRI26 KAN26 TAL31 ROV LVS20 HOM14 MAR PHO 25th 394 36 GLN38 † – Qualified for Jesse Iwuji

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World 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 Pts Ref 2015 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM23 68th 21

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2013 Weatherman Motorsports 11 Dodge DAY MOB SLM4 TAL TOL12 ELK POC MCH ROA WIN4 CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW2 SLM2 KEN KAN 27th 1055 2014 Roulo Brothers Racing 99 Ford DAY MOB SLM10 TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK 21st 1440 17 WIN21 CHI 60 IRP10 POC BLN4 ISF MAD7 DSF9 SLM11 KEN8 KAN 2015 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY MOB5 NJE1 POC MCH CHI IOW2 ISF2 DSF2* KEN7 KAN2 10th 3565 Ford NSH5 SLM2 TAL TOL5 WIN4 IRP7 POC31 BLN7 SLM11* 2016 Lira Motorsports 58 Ford DAY3 NSH24 SLM4 TAL12 TOL3 NJE7 POC18 MCH12 7th 3165 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Chevy MAD2* WIN3 Weatherman Motorsports 10 Ford IOW9 IRP POC5 BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI4 KEN19 KAN28 2017 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY8 NSH2* SLM3 TAL32 TOL ELK POC16 MCH14* MAD IOW5 IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 27th 1040