Kyle Belmont

Kyle Belmont
Born (1994-07-11) July 11, 1994 (age 30)
Penndel, Pennsylvania
ARCA Menards Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Best finish75th (2010)
First race2010 Berlin ARCA 200 (Berlin)
Last race2011 Hantz Group 200 (Berlin)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 6, 2023.

Kyle J. Belmont (born July 11, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently works for Team Penske as a tire specialist and interior mechanic for the No. 2 Ford Mustang driven by Austin Cindric in the NASCAR Cup Series.[1] He has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series. He is the son of former driver Andy Belmont.

Racing career

In 2010, Belmont made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the age of fifteen at Berlin Raceway, driving the No. 6 Toyota for Eddie Sharp Racing, where he would finish 28th after running only three laps due to handling issues. He would then run the next two races for the team at New Jersey Motorsports Park, where he would finish 30th due to handling issues, and the Illinois State Fairgrounds dirt track, where he would finish 31st due to suspension issues. He would make one more start in the series the following year, this time driving the No. 15 Chevrolet for Venturini Motorsports at Berlin, where he would finish 31st after running two laps due to handling issues. His most recent start as a driver came in the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Crate 602 Sportsman Tour race at Cherokee Raceway in 2020, where he would finish eighth after starting seventeenth.[2]

Belmont has previously worked at a crew member for Wood Brothers Racing and the No. 21 Ford driven by Ryan Blaney, and it was in Belmont's final year with the team that Blaney would finish ninth in the points having make it to the Round of 8 and getting a win at Pocono Raceway earlier in the year.[3] Belmont would then move over to Team Penske in 2018, where he has remained with as of 2023.[4][5] In 2022, he was assigned as the interior mechanic and tire specialist for the No. 2 Ford of Austin Cindric, who would win that years Daytona 500.[1]

Personal life

Belmont has a brother named Andrew, who has also raced in the ARCA Racing Series.

Motorsports results

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 ARSC Pts Ref
2010 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Toyota DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN
28 		NJE
30 		ISF
31 		CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 75th 245 [6]
2011 Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN
31 		IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 154th 75 [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Belmont Files". Speed Sport. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Kyle Belmont". The Third Turn. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Andrew Belmont Continues Family Tradition at Daytona". Speedway Digest. 5 February 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "NASCAR at Pocono: Racing is a family affair for Bucks County native". The Morning Call. June 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Local connections strong when NASCAR comes to town". Pocono Record. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Kyle Belmont – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Kyle Belmont – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2023.