26 Facts About Charlie Kimball

Charlie Kimball won three races in the SCCA Formula Ford series.

Charlie Kimball contested the UK Formula Ford winter series, taking one race win to finish third overall.

Charlie Kimball's performances earned him a drive with front runners Carlin Motorsport in the 2005 British Formula 3 Championship, where he took five race wins to finish an impressive second behind teammate Alvaro Parente.

Charlie Kimball finished 12th in the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, but failed to finish the season-ending Macau Grand Prix.

For 2006 Charlie Kimball stayed in Formula Three, but moved up to the Formula 3 Euro Series with the French Signature-Plus team.

Charlie Kimball took one race win and three podiums to finish the season in eleventh place.

Charlie Kimball competed in 12 races and finished 24th in points with a best finish of 8th in the Monza and Nurburgring sprint races.

Charlie Kimball's departed the team due to the onset of Type 1 diabetes which required hospitalization.

For 2009 Charlie Kimball signed to drive in Indy Lights for the new Team PBIR outfit.

Charlie Kimball stated that an influencing factor in his return to the US is to increase Diabetes awareness in his home country.

Charlie Kimball finished 10th in points with a best finish of 4th at Watkins Glen International.

Charlie Kimball finished 19th in points with a best finish of ninth at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Charlie Kimball returned to the team in 2012 and again finished 19th in points despite missing a race due to injury.

Charlie Kimball finished second at the Honda Indy Toronto, his first career podium finish.

Charlie Kimball won his first IndyCar race on August 4,2013, at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.

Charlie Kimball finished second at Pocono and fourth at Barber and ranked 9th in points.

Charlie Kimball scored no top 5s in 2017, and he parted with Ganassi afterward.

Charlie Kimball got a fifth-place finish at Toronto and collected six top 10s.

In 2021, Charlie Kimball failed to qualify for the Indy 500 for the first time in his career.

Charlie Kimball was born in England but grew up in Camarillo, California.

Charlie Kimball's father Gordon was a designer of Formula One and Indy cars.

At 22, Charlie Kimball was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and was forced to abandon his racing program midseason.

Charlie Kimball is the first licensed driver with diabetes in the history of IndyCar racing.

Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of the insulin Charlie Kimball uses, became a full-time sponsor of his racing program in 2011.

Charlie Kimball married Kathleen, whom he first met in high school, in 2014, the wedding officiated by fellow driver James Hinchcliffe.

Charlie Kimball is a long-time fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.