Charlie Kimball

Charlie Kimball
Nationality	American
Born	February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 26) Chertsey (England)
2011 IZOD IndyCar Series
Debut season	2011
Current team	Chip Ganassi Racing
Car no.	83
Starts	17
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009-2010 2008 2006, 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002	Firestone Indy Lights A1 Grand Prix Formula Three Euroseries Formula Renault 3.5 Series British Formula Three British Formula Ford US Formula Ford Formula Dodge

Charlie Kimball (born February 20, 1985 in Chertsey, England) is an Anglo-American racecar driver currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Career

2002–2005

Kimball's single-seater career started in 2002 when he took part in the American Formula Dodge national championship, finishing the season in 10th place overall. He also won three races in the SCCA Formula Ford series. For 2003 he moved up to Formula Ford U.S., finishing third overall with two race wins and seven podium finishes. He also contested the UK Formula Ford winter series, taking one race win to finish third overall.

In 2004, he competed in the full UK Formula Ford championship for Team JLR, taking two race wins and eleven podiums on his way to fourth in the championship. In the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch he finished in eighth place. His performances earned him a drive with front runners Carlin Motorsport in the 2005 British Formula Three Championship, where he took five race wins to finish an impressive second behind team-mate Álvaro Parente. He also finished 12th in the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, but failed to finish the season-ending Macau Grand Prix.

2006–2008

For 2006 Kimball stayed in Formula Three, but moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries with the French Signature-Plus team. He took one race win and three podiums to finish the season in eleventh place. Once again, he took part in the Masters Formula 3 race at Zandvoort and the Macau Grand Prix, finishing in 9th and 21st places respectively.

Kimball driving for Victory Engineering in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

In 2007 he competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Italian Victory Engineering team, alongside Dutchman Giedo van der Garde.^[1] He competed in 12 races (leaving the series with 2 race weekends remaining) and finished 24th in points with a best finish of 8th in the Monza and Nurburgring sprint races. His departed the team due to the onset of Type 1 Diabetes which required hospitalization. As part of his ongoing treatment he wears a wireless blood sugar monitor and carries sugar water on board the car while racing.^[2] In 2008 he returned to F3 EuroSeries for 6 races with Prema Powerteam. Late in 2008 he competed in the first round of the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA.

Firestone Indy Lights (2009–2010)

For 2009 Kimball signed to drive in Firestone Indy Lights for the new Team PBIR outfit. He stated that an influencing factor in his return to the U.S. is to increase Diabetes awareness in his home country.^[3] Kimball finished 10th in points with a best finish of 4th at Watkins Glen International.

He returned to in Indy Lights in 2010 and signed with AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport. Despite not winning a race or pole, Kimball had four second place finishes on the season and captured 4th in points, one spot behind his teammate Martin Plowman.

IndyCar Series (2011–present)

It was announced on December 16, 2010 that Kimball will move up to the IZOD IndyCar Series in 2011, in which he will drive the #83 entry for Chip Ganassi Racing.^[4]

Personal

Kimball was born in England but grew up in Camarillo, California.^[5] His father Gordon was a designer of Formula One and Indy cars.^[6] Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of the insulin Kimball uses, became a full-time sponsor of his racing program in 2011.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2006	Signature-Plus	Dallara F306/010	Mercedes	HOC1 1 22	HOC1 2 12	LAU 1 9	LAU 2 8	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 Ret	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 11	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 4	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 6	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 1	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 2	LMS 1 4	LMS 2 2	HOC2 1 6	HOC2 2 Ret	11th	31
2008	Prema Powerteam	Dallara F308/047	Mercedes	HOC1 1 2	HOC1 2 Ret	MUG 1 17	MUG 2 Ret	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 23	NOR 1	NOR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	17th	8

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2007	Victory Engineering	MOZ FEA Ret	MOZ SPR 8	NÜR FEA 16	NÜR SPR 8	MON FEA Ret	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR Ret	DON FEA Ret	DON SPR 13	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR 17	EST FEA	EST SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	24th	7

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	A1 Team USA	NED SPR 8	NED FEA 10	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	11th	24

American open–wheel results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Team PBIR	STP1 10	STP2 7	LBH 19	KAN 13	INDY 13	MIL 10	IOW 7	WGL 4	TOR 15	EDM 5	KTY 18	MDO 13	SNM 8	CHI 7	HMS 13	10th	310
2010	AFS/Andretti	STP 4	ALA 2	LBH 2	INDY 2	IOW 13	WGL 11	TOR 4	EDM 4	MDO 3	SNM 2	CHI 14	KTY 6	HMS 13			4th	388

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Chip Ganassi Racing	STP 22	ALA 10	LBH 24	SAO 16	INDY 13	TXS1 30	TXS2 23	MIL 14	IOW 22	TOR 21	EDM 17	MDO 11	NHM 9	SNM 26	BAL 21	MOT 23	KTY	LVS	19th*	216*

* 2011 season in progress.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
1	1	16	0	0	0	2	0	0

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

References

1. ^ "Victory completes line-up with Kimball". crash.net. 2006-12-22. http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~WS--Victory-completes-line-up-with-Kimball-~cid~7~id~141516.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
2. ^ Kelly, Peggy. Charlie Kimball: Diabetes doesn’t force Formula driver off the road to fame, Santa Paula News, February 20, 2008
3. ^ Road racer signs with Indy Lights team, USA Today, March 24, 2009
4. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/Chip-Ganassi-Racing-teams-forms-teams-to-field-Charlie-Kimball-Graham-Rahal-121610
5. ^ Charlie Kimball aims to win Indy 500 despite Type 1 diabetes diagnosis By David Felton, Press - Telegram (Long Beach California) April 13 2010
6. ^ Who The Heck Is Charlie Kimball? by Marshall Pruett, Speed Channel December 17, 2010

External links

• Official website
• Career summary at Driver Database
• IndyCar Driver Page
• IndyCar 11 in '11 video

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Name	Kimball, Charlie
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Date of birth	February 20, 1985
Place of birth	Chertsey (England)
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