Kyle Weatherman

Kyle Weatherman
File:Testing at Rockingham.jpg Weatherman at Rockingham Speedway in 2013
Born	Kyle Jay Weatherman (1997-08-28) August 28, 1997 Wentzville, Missouri, U.S.
Awards	2015 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
11 races run over 3 years
2019 position	61st
Best finish	38th (2018)
First race	2017 First Data 500 (Martinsville)
Last race	2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
93 races run over 5 years
Car no., team	No. 02 (Our Motorsports) No. 96 (FRS Racing) No. 91 (DGM Racing) No. 08 (SS-Green Light Racing) No. 4 (JD Motorsports) No. 36 (DGM Racing)
2022 position	22nd
Best finish	22nd (2022)
First race	2019 Alsco 300 (Bristol)
Last race	2023 Ambetter Health 200 (New Hampshire)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2015 position	68th
Best finish	68th (2015)
First race	2015 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of April 1, 2023.

Kyle Jay Weatherman (born August 28, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Camaro for Our Motorsports and the No. 96 Camaro for FRS Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series in the past.

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. Later on, Weatherman moved up to bandolero racing. He spent four years racing Bandoleros, culminating in a national championship.

At age 12, Weatherman moved to the Legends Series, in which he raced until age 15. 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 15, 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. The following year, he also became a development driver for Roush Fenway Racing. He made eight starts for the Roush-affiliated Roulo Brothers Racing, finding moderate success. 2015 was a highly successful season as he was named Rookie of the Year, won the Short-Track Championship and contributed to winning the Bill France Four Crown Award, riding with Cunningham Motorsports. 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. Signing on with Lira Motorsports to start 2015, Weatherman ran eight races with the team before running the next two with Mason Mitchell Motorsports. In his first race, at Madison International Speedway, 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 15 of 20 events to finish seventh in points; he had seven Top 5 and nine top-ten finishes. Prior to the 2017 season, Mason Mitchell Motorsports announced that Weatherman would run ten races for the team. Weatherman once again led the most laps early in the season at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

NASCAR

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Weatherman competing in the 2019 FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway

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. In the debut race for driver and team, Weatherman qualified 21st but was hampered by a pit road penalty in the early stages of the event, resulting in a 23rd-place finish, three laps down.

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Weatherman in the No. 99 at Pocono Raceway in 2018.

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.

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Weatherman's No. 47 car at Pocono in 2021

He 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 8th at Atlanta. He also drove for the No. 34 Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Chevrolet for a majority of the season, including another 8th place finish at Loudon.

Personal life

Weatherman, the oldest child of Daryn and Lori Weatherman, was born and raised in Wentzville, Missouri, where he lived until he was 17. 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	MENCC	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	MAR 35	TEX	PHO 34	HOM	45th	5
2018	StarCom Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI 33	DAY	KEN	NHA 31	POC 31	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS 26	RCH	ROV	DOV	TAL	KAN 35	MAR	TEX 34	PHO	HOM 35	38th	33
2019	Rick Ware Racing	51	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH 36																						61st	01
	Premium Motorsports	15	Chevy																SON QL†	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH
	Rick Ware Racing	52	Chevy																								BRI 31	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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2019	Rick Ware Racing	17	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI 28	RCH 32	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC													IND 35						TEX 34	PHO	HOM	54th	35
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy													MCH 34	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR		LVS 32	RCH	ROV		KAN 22
	Jimmy Means Racing	53	Chevy																													DOV 35
2020	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	LVS 30	CAL 34	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL																										31st	236
		47										HOM 33	HOM 35	TAL	POC 15	IRC 15	KEN 8	KEN 36	TEX 28	KAN 36	ROA 21	DRC 17	DOV 25	DOV 35	DAY	DAR 36	RCH 26	RCH 20	BRI 32	LVS 36	TAL	ROV 37	KAN	TEX 19	MAR 30	PHO 17
2021				DAY 15	DRC 16	HOM 25	LVS 33	PHO 34	ATL 28	MAR 25	TAL 23	DAR 33	DOV 22	COA DNQ	CLT DNQ	MOH 26	TEX 37	NSH 28	POC 26	ROA DNQ	ATL 32	NHA 19	GLN 34	IRC 16	MCH 24	DAY 32	DAR 34	RCH 15	BRI 29	LVS 18	TAL 20	ROV 23	TEX 25	KAN 21	MAR 34	PHO 26	24th	341
2022	DGM Racing	92	Chevy	DAY 32	CAL 16	LVS 26	PHO 30	ATL 8	COA																												22nd	369
	Jesse Iwuji Motorsports	34	Chevy							RCH 28	MAR 16	TAL	DOV 27	DAR 12	TEX QL†	CLT 36	PIR	NSH 38	ROA QL†	ATL	NHA 8	POC 19	IRC 30	MCH 16	GLN 22	DAY	DAR 16	KAN QL†	BRI 17	TEX 22	TAL	ROV	LVS 14	HOM 20	MAR 30	PHO 14
2023	Our Motorsports	02	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS 16	PHO 17	ATL 33	COA 22				DOV 14	DAR																							-*	-*
	FRS Racing	96	Chevy							RCH DNQ	MAR 34	TAL
	DGM Racing	91	Chevy												CLT 20	PIR
	SS-Green Light Racing	08	Ford														SON 22
	JD Motorsports	4	Chevy															NSH 18	CSC 14		NHA 27	POC	ROA 20	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
	DGM Racing	36	Chevy																	ATL 31
† – 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	NCWTC	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	HOM 23	68th	21

^* Season still in progress
¹ 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Weatherman Motorsports	11	Dodge	DAY	MOB	SLM 4	TAL	TOL 12	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN 4	CHI	NJE	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW 2	SLM 2	KEN	KAN	27th	1055
2014	Roulo Brothers Racing	99	Ford	DAY	MOB	SLM 10	TAL	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	ELK													21st	1440
		17											WIN 21	CHI
		60													IRP 10	POC	BLN 4	ISF	MAD 7	DSF 9	SLM 11	KEN 8	KAN
2015	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	MOB 5					NJE 1	POC	MCH	CHI		IOW 2				ISF 2	DSF 2*		KEN 7	KAN 2		10th	3565
			Ford			NSH 5	SLM 2	TAL	TOL 5					WIN 4		IRP 7	POC 31	BLN 7			SLM 11*
2016	Lira Motorsports	58	Ford	DAY 3	NSH 24	SLM 4	TAL 12	TOL 3	NJE 7	POC 18	MCH 12														7th	3165
	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	98	Chevy									MAD 2*	WIN 3
	Weatherman Motorsports	10	Ford											IOW 9	IRP	POC 5	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI 4	KEN 19	KAN 28
2017	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	78	Chevy	DAY 8	NSH 2*	SLM 3	TAL 32	TOL	ELK	POC 16	MCH 14*	MAD	IOW 5	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN		27th	1040

External links

• Official website
• Kyle Weatherman driver statistics at Racing-Reference