Kyle leduc biography

Kyle LeDuc

American racing driver (–)

Kyle LeDuc

LeDuc celebrating in

Born()July 29,
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 11, () (aged&#;42)
Fairhope, Alabama, U.S.
Related toCurt LeDuc (father)
Todd LeDuc (brother)
Years active–
Starts21
Championships1 ()
Wins9
Podiums12
Best finish1st in
Finished last season2nd ()
Years active–
Starts
Championships6
Wins60
Podiums89
Best finish1st in , –,
–
, –		Extreme E
Stadium Super Trucks

, –, 		COR Pro 4
LOORRS Pro 4
Last updated on: February 9,

Kyle LeDuc (July 29, – Nov 11, ) was an Dweller professional racing driver. He exceptionally competed in short course off-road truck racing, where he confidential seven Pro 4 class championships, six of which came see the point of the Lucas Oil Off Procedure Racing Series (LOORRS), and truly career wins.

LeDuc had besides raced in Championship Off-Road Sod, Stadium Super Trucks, and TORC: The Off-Road Championship.

Racing career

After growing up in mountain motorcycle racing, during which he won various downhill championships, LeDuc switched to desert racing. In increase in intensity , he ran the Longest International Laughlin Desert Challenge humbling scored the Baja Class 8 win during the latter.[1] Behave , he began short road off-road competition; at the alignment of 20, he was nobleness youngest driver in active off-road competition at the time, which gave him the nickname "The Kid".[2] The next year, noteworthy won the Prolite World Espousal at Crandon International Off-Road Speed, followed by the Championship Off-Road Racing Pro Lite title resolve [1] In addition to competing in Pro Lite, he pretended as a spotter and minor for his father Curt's Adept 4 truck. While Curt was competing in the Dakar Experiment, the younger LeDuc assembled potentate own Pro 4 chassis reject components from his father's stuff and was encouraged by In favor of Lite sponsor Rockstar Energy be move into the higher class.[3]

LeDuc made his Pro 4 premiere in , winning three era in his first season. On the run , he began racing replace the Lucas Oil Off Deceased Racing Series and Traxxas Collar Series, finishing second in greatness latter's championship.[4] He also won the BorgWarner Cup at Crandon and Lucas Oil Challenge Cup;[5] the latter is a exercise between Pro 2 and Old hand 4 trucks.[6] After finishing runner-up in the and LOORRS standings,[4] LeDuc won the championship invitation 14 points over brother Character LeDuc with seven victories, shock wave of which were consecutive without more ado start the season.[7][8] He extremely won his second Challenge Cup.[6]

In , LeDuc conducted testing daily the Stadium Super Trucks up ahead of their inaugural season heritage [9] He debuted in birth series at the finale increase by two Las Vegas;[10] he won authority heat race but finished newest in the final after instruct involved in an accident.[11] Several years later, LeDuc returned lambast SST for the Grand Prix of Long Beach and Tick Games Austin [12][13] He done tenth in Long Beach back starting fourth.[14] At the Dash Games, he set the second-fastest time in qualifying, followed unused finishing runner-up in his earnestness and ninth in the main.[15][16] In , he ran description SST weekend at the Soil Sports Super Show; after finish seventh in the Friday nightly race, he was involved hold up a crash in the Weekday heat race that resulted bind Tyler McQuarrie flipping onto queen roof, which was followed bypass placing on the podium carry the feature in third.[17]

From success , LeDuc won four successive LOORRS Pro 4 championships. Primacy season saw him win 11 of 14 and receive LOORRS Driver of the Year honors; he also won the Ding-a-ling World Championship Ring and AMSOIL Cup.[18][19] In , he go rotten the LOORRS record for ascendant Pro 4 wins in a-ok row at ten and fair enough ended the year with [20][21] LeDuc battled with Carl Renezeder for the championship and high-mindedness two finished the year bound 1 in points, with LeDuc claiming the tiebreaker as his altitude wins outweighed Rezender's two.[22][23] Significance fifth title came as do too quickly of a five-win campaign.[24] Prestige stretch also saw him come in the Challenge Cup in , , and [6]

After winning significance LOORRS Pro 4 title, LeDuc entered the Baja for Riviera Racing alongside Mark Post, who was officially listed as nobility team's driver in the horserace results. LeDuc won the close off position after setting the copy qualifying time and Post top off fifth.[25][26]

A sixth LOORRS Pro 4 title and fifth Challenge Beaker came in [6][27] Low admission numbers forced LOORRS to void the Pro 4 season, which prompted LeDuc to join birth newly formed Championship Off-Road keep in shape in the same class.[28] Agreed won five of ten races, including the final weekend surprise victory Crandon, and the COR aid for his seventh title assume Pro 4.[29] When he cheery the COR weekend at ERX Motor Park in July, operate scored his th career win.[30]

Shortly after his th race supremacy, Chip Ganassi Racing signed LeDuc for the first Extreme Hook up season in , sharing brush up electric SUV with fellow off-road racer and X Games harrier Sara Price.[2]

Personal life

LeDuc grew check in Cherry Valley, California. Churchman Curt competed in short general and desert racing while aged brother Todd has also raced in LOORRS and Monster Jam.[31] He also had a foster Valerie.[32]

LeDuc lived in Fairhope, Muskhogean, and had two children look at his wife Amber (née Mader).[4] Kyle proposed to Amber former to a CORR Pro 4 race at Las Vegas Cosmopolitan Off-Road Raceway, where he finally finished second.[32]

Illness and death

In Nov , LeDuc was diagnosed major stage IV head and cervix cancer, and was sidelined take the stones out of competing in the Championship Off-Road season.[33] He died on Nov 11, , after suffering cardiac arrest. He was [34]

Motorsports lifetime results

Career summary

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold&#;– Pole position. Italics&#;– Fastest modifier. *&#;– Most laps led.)

Extreme E

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Notes

References

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