Tyler Gonzalez

Tyler Angel Gonzalez (born 19 July 2004) is an American and Spanish racing driver who competes full-time for Victor Gonzalez Racing Team in the Michelin Pilot Challenge and RAFA Racing Team in GT4 America. He also competes part-time for BSI Racing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup and RGR Motorsports in the NASCAR Canada Series.

Career Karting and car racing debut (2012–2019) Gonzalez began karting in 2012. Racing in karts until 2019, Gonzalez most notably won the Florida Winter Tour in Mini Max and the SKUSA SuperNationals in X30 Junior in 2016, before following that up with Junior Rok and Rotax Junior titles in the Florida Winter Tour the following year.

In his last year of full-time karting in 2018, Gonzalez joined Copeland Motorsports to make his car racing debut in the Mazda MX-5 Cup at the non-championship invitational round at Sebring. Following that, Gonzalez returned to the team in 2019 to compete in his first full season of car racing. Having taken a best result of fifth at Barber, Gonzalez left the series after three rounds, and joined Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian for the final round of that year's TC America season in the TCA class.

Maiden season in Touring cars and MX-5 Cup return (2020–2022)

Staying in TC America for 2020, Gonzalez remained in the TCA class but switched to Copeland Motorsports for his first full-season in the series. Having taken an early championship lead by winning four times in the first three rounds, but after scoring only three podiums in the last three rounds, Gonzalez ended the year third in points as Kevin Boehm won the title. At the end of the year, Gonzalez made his debut in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge alongside Tyler Maxson with Copeland Motorsports. Racing at both Road Atlanta and Sebring, the duo scored their maiden series podium in the latter by finishing second.

Returning to Michelin Pilot Challenge and Copeland Motorsports for 2021, Gonzalez and Maxson scored the pole at Lime Rock Park alongside a pair of podium finishes at the former and at Road Atlanta en route to a tenth-place championship finish.

Gonzalez returned to the series the following year, switching to Van der Steur Racing for his sophomore season, with whom he scored a lone podium at Laguna Seca on his way to ninth in points in the Hyundai Veloster TCR's final full season in TCR competition. Alongside his sophomore season in Michelin Pilot Challenge, Gonzalez also returned to the Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he competed with Copeland Motorsports. Running in all but one round, Gonzalez won at Daytona, Watkins Glen, Virginia International Raceway and Road Atlanta to end the season 11th in points.

Toyota Development Driver and maiden title in cars (2023–)

Having become a Toyota Development Driver in late 2022, Gonzalez returned to Copeland Motorsports to race in the newly-created Toyota GR Cup North America, as well as returning to the Mazda MX-5 Cup and making his GT4 America debut with them. After becoming GR Cup North America's first ever winner at Sonoma, Gonzalez took six more wins as he became the series' inaugural champion. In the other two series, Gonzalez once again won the season-opening race at Daytona in the former, whereas in GT4 America, Gonzalez took a lone podium at Circuit of the Americas.

After racing in the last three rounds of the 2023 Michelin Pilot Challenge with Victor Gonzalez Racing Team's Hyundai Elantra N TCR, Gonzalez returned to the team for the following year for his third full-time season in the series' TCR class. Racing alongside a revolving door of drivers, Gonzalez took his only podium of the season at Virginia International Raceway alongside Morgan Burkhard. During 2024, Gonzalez also raced for Saito Motorsport Group in the Mazda MX-5 Cup and Smooge Racing in the GT4 America Series. In the former, Gonzalez took a lone win at Sebring, whereas in the latter, Gonzalez won at Sonoma and Indianapolis as he ended the year fourth in the Silver Cup points.

Gonzalez returned to Victor Gonzalez Racing Team for 2025, whilst also joining RAFA Racing Team and BSI Racing to compete in both GT4 America and Mazda MX-5 Cup. In the former, Gonzalez scored two podiums in the first six races of the season, before the team switched to the Cupra León VZ TCR ahead of Road America. With the new car, Gonzalez won at Indianapolis and Road Atlanta to jump to fifth in the TCR standings at season's end. In GT4 America, Gonzalez scored wins at Circuit of the Americas, Barber and Indianapolis as well as four more podiums to end the season runner-up in the Silver class. In MX-5 Cup, Gonzalez kicked off the year by winning at Daytona and St. Petersburg, before winning both races at Barber and race one at Mosport as well as scoring a second-place finish at VIR to end the season runner-up in points.

The following year, Gonzalez continued with Victor Gonzalez Racing Team for another season in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, as well as remaining with BSI Racing and RAFA Racing Team to continue racing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup and GT4 America Series. During 2026, Gonzalez also made a one-off appearance in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series for Hettinger Racing at Circuit of the Americas, in which he failed to qualify. Gonzalez also made his NASCAR Canada Series debut at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, driving the No. 38 Ford for RGR Motorsports, and later joined the team for a part-time schedule.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary

Complete Mazda MX-5 Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2019 Copeland Motorsports COA1 COA2 BAR1 BAR2 ELK1 ELK2 MOH1 MOH2 POR1 POR2 LGA1 LGA2 17th 50 2022 Copeland Motorsports DAY1 DAY2 STP1 STP2 MOH1 MOH2 WGL1 WGL2 ELK1 ELK2 VIR1 VIR2 ATL1 ATL2 11th 2390 2023 Copeland Motorsports DAY1 DAY2 STP1 STP2 LGA1 LGA2 WGL1 WGL2 ELK1 ELK2 VIR1 VIR2 ATL1 ATL2 19th 1580 2024 Saito Motorsport Group DAY1 DAY2 SEB1 SEB2 LAG1 LAG2 MOH1 MOH2 MOS1 MOS2 VIR1 VIR2 ATL1 ATL2 16th 1990 2025 BSI Racing DAY1 DAY2 STP1 STP2 BAR1 BAR2 MOH1 MOH2 MOS1 MOS2 VIR1 VIR2 ATL1 ATL2 2nd 3290 Season still in progress

Complete TC America Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2019 Bryan Herta Autosportwith Curb Agajanian Hyundai Veloster Turbo R-Spec TCA AUS1 AUS2 STP1 STP2 VIR1 VIR2 SON1 SON2 POR1 POR2 WGL1 WGL2 ROA1 ROA2 LVG1 LVG2 NC 0 2020 Copeland Motorsports Hyundai Veloster Turbo TCA AUS11 AUS12 VIR1 VIR2 VIR3 SON1 SON2 SON3 ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 AUS21 AUS22 AUS23 IMS1 IMS23rd211

Complete Michelin Pilot Challenge results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 2026 Hettinger Racing 5 Ford DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR CAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH POC COR SON CHI ATL IND IOW DAY DAR GTW BRI LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Canada Series

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points