Kyle Marcelli (born 23 February 1990) is a Canadian racing driver who currently competes in the Michelin Pilot Challenge.[1]
Career
Marcelli began his racing career in karts in 2005, before moving into single seaters for the 2006 Bridgestone F2000 Racing Series, in which he finished second. In December 2014, Marcelli was a part of the Davidson Racing team that won the yearly 25 Hours of Thunderhill, driving a Norma prototype chassis alongside co-drivers Randy Pobst, Alex Lloyd, and Brian Frisselle.[2] For the following Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season, Marcelli signed with Mantella Autosport.[3] He would spend just one season with the team, joining Performance Tech Motorsports for the full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season in 2016.[4] The following season would see Marcelli take on SprintX races in the Pirelli World Challenge for R.Ferri Motorsport.[5] Driving for KohR Motorsports, Marcelli won the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge GS class championship.[6]
After scoring the championship in the 2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, Marcelli and co-driver Danny Formal returned to defend their title in 2023.[7] Over 12 races, the pair scored ten total race victories.[8] In 2024, after another title victory in Super Trofeo competition, Marcelli and Formal stepped up to the IMSA SportsCar Championship full-time in the GTD class.[9]