Robbie Kennealy

Robbie Kennealy (born March 3, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently races full-time in the regional ARCA Menards West Series in the No. 1 Ford for Jan's Racing and part-time in the national touring ARCA Menards Series in a partnership entry between Jan's Racing and Fast Track Racing.

Born and raised in Madera, California, Kennealy began racing at the age of four. While racing late models, in 2021, he joined a development team owned by racing driver Kyle Keller. Kennealy made his debut attempts in the ARCA Menards West Series in 2023 for his family team, obtaining some early success. Partnering with Keller to form Kennealy Keller Motorsports the following year, Kennealy was originally scheduled to run the full West Series season. However, two engine failures and his father's passing led to the team's early folding. In 2025, he joined Jan's Racing, having a breakout season that included his first West Series win. He remained with the team the following year, expanding his schedule to include standalone ARCA Menards Series events.

Early life and family background Robbie Kennealy was born on March 3, 2006, to Gary and Francesca Kennealy. He was born alongside a twin sister named Harley and a younger brother named Joey, the latter of whom is also a racing driver. He was educated at Sherman Thomas Charter School where he graduated in 2024.

Racing career

Early racing career Kennealy began racing quarter midgets at four and a half years old, racing quarter midgets for the following eight years. According to Kennealy, he began racing after a cousin introduced him to motorsports. Additionally, his twin sister began racing before him, stating that "once I saw her do it I quickly got myself wanting to race".

Nearing the end of 2021, Kennealy's race shop completely burned down in a fire due to an electrical issue. According to Kennealy, almost all of his racing equipment was destroyed, including one racecar, a motorhome, and all equipment inside of the shop. Kennealy estimated that he lost approximately "90 to 95 percent" of his the team's racing assets. After the incident, John Keller, father of racing driver Kyle Keller, offered Kennealy to drive a car under his development program, eventually joining the program and earning various late model victories with the organization in the next couple years. In 2022, Kennealy finished second in Madera Speedway's Junior Pro Late Models division, losing a tie-breaker to Ethan Nascimento.

ARCA

Kennealy made his debut in the regional ARCA Menards West Series on July 1, 2023, at the series' sixth round of the season at Irwindale Speedway in a family-owned car. In his debut, Kennealy finished in fifth, describing the race as an "awesome weekend", stating that "I would’ve been happy just finishing all the laps in the race. Top five wasn’t even a thought in my head before the race." Kennealy later raced the final four races of the West Series season, obtaining one additional top-ten at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Additionally, he failed to finish two races due to damages sustained in crashes or accidents.

Kennealy initially announced plans to race full-time for the 2024 ARCA Menards West Series season, forming a merger with Keller Motorsports to race under Kennealy Keller Motorsports (KKM), owned by Kennealy's mother, Francesca, and sister, Harley. Both Robbie and Kyle handled the day-to-day operations of the organization. During the season, Kennealy was described by motorsports writer Brandon White to have suffered "plenty of growing pains". White described the beginning of the season as "inconsistent", with Kennealy failing to finish within the top-ten in any of the season's races. and the fifth round at Irwindale Speedway. On September 30, Kennealy's father, Gary, passed away suddenly due to a heart attack. After Gary's passing, Kennealy briefly became a motorsports crew member for his brother, Joey. Due to both the engine failures and Gary's passing, KKM folded before the season concluded. Kennealy's car at All American Speedway in 2025, where he won his first career West Series win.During his time as a crew member, Kennealy was introduced to California towing truck company owner Jan Qualkenbush, owner of West Series team Jan's Racing, by Keller, who had previously connected with Qualkenbush at Madera Speedway. After building a professional relationship, Kennealy signed with Jan's Racing for the full-time 2025 West Series season. Kennealy improved significantly from the previous season. Throughout the 12-race season, Kennealy finished in the top-ten in all but two races, At the ninth round at All American Speedway, Kennealy both won his first career pole in the West Series and his first West Series race. The race, occurring on September 14, took place almost a year after his father's passing, whom he dedicated the win towards. At season's end, Kennealy finished third in the driver's point standings, earning rookie of the year honors. In addition, he also announced plans to run select standalone national touring ARCA Menards Series races in a partnership entry between Jan's Racing and the Andy Hillenburg-owned Fast Track Racing, including the season-opener at Daytona, the third round at Kansas, and the fourth round at Talladega. In his first standalone ARCA Menards Series race at Daytona, Kennealy finished 15th.

Motorsports career results

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 2024 Kennealy Keller Motorsports 1 Ford DAY PHO22 TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 104th 22 2025 Jan's Racing 1 Ford DAY PHO9 TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 99th 35 2026 41 DAY15 PHO10 TAL21 GLN TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN -* -* Fast Track Racing 11 Chevy KAN25

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2023 3K Motorsports 1 Ford PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW5 SHA EVG AAS16 LVS8 MAD16 15th 207 11 PHO18 2024 Kennealy Keller Motorsports 1 PHO22 KER23 IRW18 IRWWth 11th 235 Chevy PIR13 SON17 11 SHA13 TRI MAD17 AAS KER PHO 2025 Jan's Racing 9 Ford KER4 3rd 604 1 PHO9 TUC7 CNS6 KER3 SON21 TRI4 PIR12 AAS1** MAD4 LVS3 PHO6 2026 KER20 TUC4 SHA5 CNS2 TRI4 SON7 PIR7 AAS MAD LVS PHO KER -* -* 41 PHO10