Kristy Kester is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Kester Racing with Team 3G. Kester has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 19 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,753 ranks Kester 3289th of 17,494 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.
| 2009-07-10 | Iowa | P10 | +30 |
| 2009-06-19 | Milwaukee | P15 | −37 |
| 2009-06-12 | New Jersey | P13 | +19 |
| 2009-06-12 | New Jersey | P13 | +14 |
| 2009-05-15 | Miller | P16 | +13 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Kester Racing with Team 3G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −42 | 3,756 |
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Kester Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +48 | 3,798 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA BRONZE | 4,874 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,323 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 21% |
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,139 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% |
| 🇺🇸 Billy Goshen | 3,927 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 26% |
| 🇺🇸 Joel MillerFIA GOLD | 3,569 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% |
| 🇨🇦 Taylor Hacquard | 3,567 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeffery Kester | 3,357 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% |
| 🇨🇦 Christopher Cumming | 4,564 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Rusty Mitchell | 4,378 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🇺🇸 Chuck Hulse | 3,640 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% |
| 🇺🇸 Conor DalyFIA GOLD · 1× CHAMPION | 5,858 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam ChristodoulouFIA GOLD · 1× CHAMPION | 4,484 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,279 | 🇳🇱 Liroy Stuart | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,757 |
| 3,280 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas Gomar | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,757 |
| 3,281 | 🇩🇪 Roald Goethe | WEC | 3,756 |
| 3,282 | 🇬🇧 Russell Spence | Formula 3 Macau | 3,756 |
| 3,283 | 🇫🇮 Aleksanteri Huovinen | GB3 | 3,754 |
| 3,284 | 🇧🇪 Benjamin Bailly | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,754 |
| 3,285 | 🇦🇺 Aaron Seton | Supercars Championship | 3,753 |
| 3,286 | 🏳️ Bobby Earnhardt | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,753 |
| 3,287 | 🏳️ Dimitri Dimakos | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,753 |
| 3,288 | 🏳️ Dylan Tavella | Formula Regional Americas | 3,753 |
| 3,289 | 🇺🇸 Kristy Kester | Star Mazda Championship | 3,753 |
| 3,290 | 🇺🇸 Morgan Burkhard | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,753 |
| 3,291 | 🇮🇹 Damiano Fioravanti | European Le Mans Series | 3,751 |
| 3,292 | 🏳️ Oliver Millroy | WEC | 3,751 |
| 3,293 | 🇦🇷 Phil Keen | British GT Championship | 3,751 |
| 3,294 | 🇨🇦 Alain Scalzo | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 3,750 |
| 3,295 | 🇨🇦 Emmanuel Anassis | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,750 |
| 3,296 | 🇺🇸 Frankie Mossman | USF Pro 2000 | 3,750 |
| 3,297 | 🏳️ Jairo Avila Jr. | NASCAR Xfinity Series | 3,750 |
| 3,298 | 🇦🇺 Jake Kostecki | Supercars Championship | 3,750 |
| 3,299 | 🇫🇷 Nyls Stievenart | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,750 |
Kristy Kester is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,753 places her among the mid-tier entrants of club and regional racing; this rating reflects a driver competing regularly among full professionals without consistently beating them. Her career on record spans two seasons, 2008 to 2009, conducted entirely in the Star Mazda Championship. Across 19 starts she recorded no wins and no podium finishes, averaging a twelfth-place result.[1]
The competitive context of Kester's career shows her racing regularly against drivers of stronger calibre. Her most frequent rival was Peter Dempsey, an FIA Bronze graded driver rated substantially higher; Kester finished ahead of Dempsey only 3 times across 19 shared races. Similar patterns held against other regulars: she beat Alex Ardoin 4 times in 19 meetings, Caio Lara 7 times in 19, and Billy Goshen 5 times in 14. She achieved isolated results against notably stronger drivers, finishing ahead of Conor Daly, the 2010 Star Mazda champion, twice, and Adam Christodoulou, the 2009 Star Mazda champion, once. Taylor Hacquard represented her most competitive matchup among frequent rivals, with Kester ahead in 10 of 19 encounters.
Kester retired after the 2009 season. Her career was conducted through Kester Racing, which accounted for 12 of her 19 starts and recorded no wins across its history in the index.