Mikey Kile | |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1983 |
Birth Place: | Westlake, Louisiana, U.S. |
Total Busch Races: | 6 |
Years In Busch: | 2 |
Best Busch Pos: | 41st (2011) |
First Busch Race: | 2010 Nashville 300 (Nashville) |
Last Busch Race: | 2011 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) |
Busch Wins: | 0 |
Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
Busch Poles: | 0 |
Total Truck Races: | 6 |
Years In Truck: | 1 |
Best Truck Pos: | 39th (2009) |
First Truck Race: | 2009 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) |
Last Truck Race: | 2009 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas) |
Truck Wins: | 0 |
Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
Truck Poles: | 0 |
Updated: | September 21, 2013 |
Mikey Kile (born February 6, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing and dirt track racing driver. He currently competes part-time in Dirt Super Late Models in the No. 25 Longhorn Chassis for his own team.
Kile was born in Westlake, Louisiana on February 6, 1983, and still resides there; he is a fourth-generation racing driver, with his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all competing in various forms of motorsport. Kile graduated from Westlake High School in 2001, and is married, to Kasha, with one son.[1]
Kile began his racing career at age eight, competing in kart racing events;[1] he would win national championships in World Karting Association and International Kart Federation competition during his karting career.[2] Kile moved to stock car competition in 2005, competing in the USAR Pro Cup Series and the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series; his best Pro Cup season came in 2008, winning his first race in the series at Salem Speedway as well as the Northern Division Rookie of the Year award.[2]
Kile moved up to NASCAR and ARCA competition in 2009, competing for Brad Keselowski Racing on a limited basis; running for Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Re/MAX Series in 2010, he finished fifth in points, scoring his first career win at Michigan International Speedway.[3] [4] He also made his first career start in the NASCAR-sanctioned Nationwide Series in 2010, at Nashville Superspeedway for Braun Racing.[5]
Kile competed on a limited basis in the Nationwide Series for Turner Motorsports in 2011,[6] scoring a best finish of fifteenth at Nashville Superspeedway in July; he planned to return to the team for a limited schedule in 2012, as well as running the full 2012 ARCA Racing Series schedule for Andy Belmont Racing.[7]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)NASCAR Nationwide Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
2010 | Braun Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | NSH 33 | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI | CGV | ATL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | HOM | 132nd | 64 | [8] | |
2011 | Turner Motorsports | 30 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH 29 | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI 33 | MCH | ROA | DAY | KEN | NHA 16 | NSH 15 | IRP | IOW 19 | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 41st | 108 | [9] |
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
2009 | K-Automotive Racing | 29 | Chevy | DAY 27 | SLM | CAR | TAL 4 | KEN 25 | TOL | POC 8 | MCH 6 | MFD | IOW | KEN 30 | BLN | POC 15 | ISF | CHI | TOL | DSF | NJE | SLM | KAN 6 | CAR | 29th | 1235 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY 16 | PBE 7 | TEX 10 | TAL 5 | TOL 10 | POC 2* | MCH 1 | IOW 30 | MFD 9 | POC 8 | BLN 7 | NJE 6 | CHI 25 | TOL 19 | SLM 4 | KAN 4* | CAR 10 | 5th | 4740 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | SLM 20 | ISF 2 | DSF 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Andy Belmont Racing | 1 | Ford | DAY 16 | MOB 4 | SLM 12 | TAL 22 | TOL 6 | ELK | POC | MCH | WIN | NJE | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | SLM | DSF | KAN | 28th | 1100 | [13] |