🇺🇸 Cody Kishel

Cody Kishel is a semi-professional racing driver competing in national multiclass endurance and sprint series across the United States. He holds an FIA Bronze grade, the amateur classification in GT and endurance racing, placing him among drivers racing alongside graded professionals. Kishel races a 3.8-litre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car in International GT, competes in a spec BMW E46 in BMW CCA Club Racing, and drives in the Pro-Am class of McLaren Trophy America for RWE Motorsport, alongside occasional appearances in NASA sprint racing.[1]

Across nine seasons beginning in 2016, Kishel has taken eight wins and 25 podiums from 73 starts. His breakthrough has come in 2026, where he has won all three rounds contested in International GT so far this season and claimed a victory in McLaren Trophy America. His earlier record centres on NASA racing, where three wins and 15 podiums from 44 starts place him as an established competitor in that series. He took a win in American Endurance Racing during the 2016 to 2018 period, and has added four podiums in BMW CCA Club Racing since 2023.[2]

The drivers Kishel regularly encounters in NASA racing include Rob Eskew, a semi-professional and two-time NASA champion who typically finishes ahead of him, and John Clark, a competitive amateur with whom he is closely matched across NASA and BMW CCA Club Racing. He has beaten Lucas Weisenberg, an entry-level professional and 2022 NASA Spec E46 champion, on three occasions. Currently 48th in the 2026 NASA championship standings after one round, Kishel continues to balance his commitments across multiple series as the season develops.