Kyle Connery is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Pro Mazda Championship for JDC Motorsports. Connery has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 25 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,192 ranks Connery 4876th 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.
| 2015-09-11 | Laguna Seca | P17 | −82 |
| 2015-09-11 | Laguna Seca | P10 | +30 |
| 2015-07-31 | Mid-Ohio | P18 | −124 |
| 2015-07-31 | Mid-Ohio | P14 | −45 |
| 2015-06-12 | Toronto | P6 | +96 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | JDC Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −387 | 3,192 |
| 2014 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | JDC Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −54 | 3,415 |
| 2013 | ▸Pro Mazda Championship | M1 Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −116 | 3,634 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇽 Jose GutiérrezFIA SILVER | 4,451 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Eberle | 2,873 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 79% |
| 🇨🇦 Garett GristFIA SILVER | 4,710 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 22% |
| 🇺🇸 Neil AlbericoFIA SILVER | 3,897 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 17% |
| 🇨🇦 Dalton KellettFIA SILVER | 4,154 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 23% |
| 🇺🇸 Jay Horak | 2,455 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78% |
| 🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA GOLD | 7,265 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% |
| 🇺🇸 Will OwenFIA SILVER | 4,866 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% |
| 🇲🇾 Weiron TanFIA SILVER | 4,661 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🇫🇷 Timothe BuretFIA SILVER | 4,543 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% |
| 🇧🇷 Luis Felipe DeraniHIGHER-RATED | 5,552 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle KaiserFIA GOLD · 1× CHAMPION | 5,235 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,866 | 🏳️ Henry Cubides Olarte | European Le Mans Series | 3,195 |
| 4,867 | 🇪🇸 Marcelo Conchado | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,195 |
| 4,868 | 🇧🇭 Salman Al Khalifa | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,195 |
| 4,869 | 🏳️ Wesley Mollono | SCCA Majors | 3,195 |
| 4,870 | 🏳️ JJ Jorge | IMSA Prototype Challenge | 3,194 |
| 4,871 | 🏳️ Mark Drennan | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,194 |
| 4,872 | 🇺🇸 Steve Eich | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,194 |
| 4,873 | 🇦🇪 Ed Jones | SVRA | 3,193 |
| 4,874 | 🇷🇺 Yaroslav Shevyrtalov | Italian F4 | 3,193 |
| 4,875 | 🇬🇧 Jarrett Clark | British F4 | 3,192 |
| 4,876 | 🇺🇸 Kyle Connery | Pro Mazda Championship | 3,192 |
| 4,877 | 🇸🇪 Mattias Ekström | DTM | 3,192 |
| 4,878 | 🇺🇸 TJ Bell Jr. | NASCAR Truck Series | 3,192 |
| 4,879 | 🇮🇹 Aldo Festante | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,191 |
| 4,880 | 🇺🇸 Chloe Chambers | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,191 |
| 4,881 | 🇬🇧 Michael Crees | BTCC | 3,191 |
| 4,882 | 🏳️ Mishael Abbott | Star Mazda Championship | 3,191 |
| 4,883 | 🇯🇵 Syuji | Super Formula Lights | 3,191 |
| 4,884 | 🇨🇦 Jean-Frederic Laberge | GT World Challenge America | 3,190 |
| 4,885 | 🇺🇸 Luke Powers | Formula Regional Americas | 3,190 |
| 4,886 | 🇵🇷 Victor Gomez | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,190 |
Kyle Connery is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,192 places him in the competitive amateur band; this level describes drivers who race frequently in strong fields and beat semi-professionals comfortably, though they do not win races or consistently run at the sharp end. Connery's career was confined to three seasons in the Pro Mazda Championship between 2013 and 2015, a period in which he started 25 races without recording a win or podium finish. His average finishing position of 11th across those starts places him in the middle order of the field.[1]
The competitive context of Connery's record reveals a driver outmatched by the stronger runners in the series. He finished behind Jose Gutiérrez, an FIA Silver graded professional, in 20 of 25 shared races, and behind Garett Grist, also FIA Silver, in 18 of 23 encounters. Against Neil Alberico, another Silver-graded rival, Connery's record was 4 ahead and 19 behind in 23 races. He showed a clearer advantage only against Bobby Eberle and Jay Horak, drivers at or near his own level, winning those head-to-head contests by comfortable margins. Notably, Connery finished ahead of Pato O'Ward twice and Kyle Kaiser twice; both would go on to win major championships, though these isolated results came in a field where both were still developing and do not indicate a consistent pattern of outperforming them.
Connery raced for JDC Motorsports in 23 of his 25 starts. His most recent activity was the 2015 Pro Mazda season, in which he competed in 14 rounds and finished fourteenth in points. He has been retired from racing since that season ended.