🇺🇸 Charlie Kimball

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar, KV AFS Racing.

Driver facts

Full name

Charlie Kimball

Born

20 February 1985(b. 1985)

Nationality

United States

Current team

KV AFS Racing

Series

IndyCar

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,473

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,473

RANK 380 / 12,285 INDEXED · +0 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Gold

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

Charlie Kimball is an American race car driver whose career developed through the junior open-wheel ranks before he reached the IndyCar Series, where he became known as one of the first drivers with Type 1 diabetes to compete at the top level of American open-wheel racing. He built his reputation over a lengthy IndyCar tenure, driving for teams including KV AFS Racing, and became a recognizable figure in the paddock both for his on-track consistency and for his advocacy work related to diabetes awareness in motorsport.[1]

Across his IndyCar career, Kimball made 53 starts and collected 5 podium finishes, though he did not secure a series win. His Racer Rating of 4,473 places him 380th among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale, reflecting a career built more on reliability and steady point-scoring than outright dominance. In his final active season, 2026, he competed in 2 rounds without a win or podium, finishing 29th in the standings, a fitting coda to a career now marked as retired with no championships to his name.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Charlie Kimball is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar for KV AFS Racing. Kimball has recorded 0 wins and 5 podiums from 53 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,473 ranks Kimball 380th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2021 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 2H AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Podiums	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2021	IndyCar	KV AFS Racing	2	0	P29	−37	4,473
2020	IndyCar	KV AFS Racing	14	0	P11	+146	4,510
2019	IndyCar	KV AFS Racing	7	0	P17	+69	4,363
2018	IndyCar	KV AFS Racing	17	0	P20	+188	4,294
2010	Indy NXT	KV AFS Racing	13	5	P4	−893	4,107

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES KIMBALL FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe	4,604	44	14	30	32%
🇳🇿 Scott Dixon	5,767	40	4	36	10%
🇺🇸 Josef Newgarden	5,476	40	5	35	13%
🇺🇸 Will Power	5,358	40	12	28	30%
🇺🇸 Alexander Rossi	5,246	40	10	30	25%
🇺🇸 Graham Rahal	5,161	40	13	27	33%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato	5,014	40	15	25	38%
🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud	4,772	40	7	33	18%
🇺🇸 Ryan Hunter-Reay	4,692	40	12	28	30%
🇺🇸 Marco Andretti	3,172	38	18	20	47%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia