Kyle R Tilley was born on 16 February 1988 and is a British professional racing driver.
10 Facts About Kyle Tilley
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Kyle Tilley mainly competes in historic motorsport and sports car racing such as the Historic Formula One Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship; in IMSA, he drives in the LMP2 class for his team Era Motorsport.
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Kyle Tilley won the Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 championship in 2021.
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Kyle Tilley originally participated in cycling before a knee injury forced him to quit the sport, and he began kart racing at the age of eight.
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Kyle Tilley moved to sports cars in 2011 and spent the next two years driving for Topcats Racing in Britcar.
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Kyle Tilley continued sports car racing upon moving to the United States.
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Kyle Tilley's vintage racing saw him create his team Era Motorsport, which began racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship LMP2 class in 2020.
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The project was spurred after Kyle Tilley befriended tech company businessman Dwight Merriman, with whom he started worked as a touring car racing driver coach in 2018.
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Kyle Tilley began dabbling in stock car racing in May 2021 when he joined Live Fast Motorsports for the NASCAR Cup Series' Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas.
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Kyle Tilley is an alumnus of Sheldon School in Chippenham.