Kelly Kovski
Kelly Kovski | |||||||
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Born | (1981-06-16) June 16, 1981 (age 43) Springfield, Illinois | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
37 races run over 20 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 16 (Kelly Kovski Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 37th (2013) | ||||||
First race | 2004 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of September 5, 2024. |
Kelly Kovski (born June 16, 1981) is an American professional racing driver and crew chief. He has competed in the ARCA Menards Series for twenty years, primarily racing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. He has also competed in and won at various dirt track events alongside his starts in ARCA competition.[1]
Racing career
Kovski would make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut in 2004 driving for Fast Track Racing at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack in the No. 10 Chevrolet, where he would finish 15th, a lap down behind race winner Frank Kimmel.
From 2005 to 2011, Kovski would primarily run the dirt races with his own team in collaboration with Roulo Brothers Racing in the No. 39 Chevrolet. In 2005, he would finish in the top-15 in both dirt events, and in 2006, he would finish 11th at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack. In the following year, he would earn his first top-10 at Springfield, finishing in sixth place, and in the following year, he would finish in the top-10 in both events, finishing in ninth and seventh at Springfield and DuQuoin respectively. In 2009, would get a best finish of 12th at Springfield, before he would finish in the top-10 in both events again in the following year, running in the No. 17 that year. He would finish sixth at Springfield in 2011, and would go on to earn his first top-5 in ARCA competition, finishing fourth at DuQuoin.
In 2012, Kovski switched to Allgaier Motorsports, a team that had won the series championship with Justin Allgaier in 2008. He would start off his tenure with the team by finishing fourth at Springfield in their first race together in the No. 99 Chevrolet. For 2013, he would make his first asphalt race at Toledo Speedway, where he would start 26th, and finish ninth. He would also finish tenth at Berlin Raceway before returning to the dirt events, where he would finish 13th at Springfield and eighth at DuQuoin. In 2014, he would delve into a career as a crew chief, working with Team BCR and No. 90 Ford for Grant Enfinger.[2] He would also make starts at the dirt tracks, finishing sixth at Springfield, and finishing 26th due to an engine issue at DuQuoin. He would move with Enfinger to GMS Racing midway through 2014, and would move to the No. 23 Chevrolet in 2015, a year year Enfinger would win the championship. Kovski would finish third at Springfield. In 2016, he would earn his best finish of second place behind Tom Hessert III at DuQuoin.
In 2017, Kovski would suffer an accident at a sprint car race at Volusia County Speedway, where he would be struck in the pits by a flipping sprint car.[3] His injuries were significant enough that he would skip both the ARCA dirt races as a driver. He would serve as the crew chief for Enfinger in the No. 16 Chevrolet at Springfield, a race where Enfinger would win.[4]
Kovski would return to driving duties the following year in 2018, and would finish eighth and seventh at Springfield and DuQuoin respectively. In 2019, he would get his first top-5 since 2016, finishing fifth at DuQuoin, and in his only race of 2020, he would finish fifth at Springfield. In the following year at DuQuoin, Kovski would not start the race and would be classified in 16th position.[5] In 2022, he would finish 15th at Springfield due to an engine failure, and tenth at DuQuoin due to suspension issues. In 2023, Kovski's results improved, finishing 4th at Springfield and 6th at DuQoin.
Motorsports results
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2004 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SBO | BLN | KEN | GTW | POC | LER | NSH | ISF | TOL | DSF 15 | CHI | SLM | TAL | 131st | 155 | [6] | |
2005 | Kelly Kovski Motorsports | 39 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL | LAN | MIL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | MCH | ISF 14 | TOL | DSF 12 | CHI | SLM | TAL | 87th | 350 | [7] |
2006 | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | NSH | MCH | ISF 11 | MIL | TOL | DSF 19 | CHI | SLM | TAL | IOW | 87th | 310 | [8] | |||
2007 | DAY | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF 6 | MIL | GTW | DSF 16 | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | 75th | 350 | [9] | |||
2008 | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF 9 | DSF 7 | CHI | SLM | NJE | TAL | TOL | 67th | 380 | [10] | |||||
2009 | DAY | SLM | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | MFD | IOW | KEN | BLN | POC | ISF 12 | CHI | TOL | DSF 29 | NJE | SLM | KAN | CAR | 89th | 255 | [11] | |||||
2010 | 17 | DAY | PBE | SLM | TEX | TAL | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW | MFD | POC | BLN | NJE | ISF 6 | CHI | DSF 9 | TOL | SLM | KAN | CAR | 59th | 390 | [12] | |||||
2011 | 39 | DAY | TAL | SLM | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | MCH | WIN | BLN | IOW | IRP | POC | ISF 6 | MAD | DSF 4 | SLM | KAN | TOL | 58th | 425 | [13] | ||||||
2012 | Allgaier Motorsports | 99 | Chevy | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | WIN | NJE | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF 4 | MAD | SLM | DSF | KAN | 87th | 220 | [14] | |||
2013 | 16 | Dodge | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL 9 | ELK | POC | MCH | ROA | WIN | CHI | NJE | POC | BLN 10 | 37th | 740 | [15] | ||||||||||
Chevy | ISF 13 | MAD | DSF 7 | IOW | SLM | KEN | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF 6 | MAD | DSF 26 | SLM | KEN | KAN | 58th | 300 | [16] | ||||||
2015 | DAY | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF 3 | DSF 10 | SLM | KEN | KAN | 60th | 395 | [17] | ||||||
2016 | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF 17 | DSF 2 | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 65th | 375 | [18] | ||||||
2018 | Allgaier Motorsports | 16 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF 8 | BLN | DSF 7 | SLM | IRP | KAN | 54th | 385 | [19] | |||
2019 | DAY | FIF | SLM | TAL | NSH | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | ELK | IOW | POC | ISF 6 | DSF 5 | SLM | IRP | KAN | 42nd | 410 | [20] | ||||||
2020 | DAY | PHO | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | I44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF 5 | KAN | 54th | 39 | [21] | ||||||
2021 | Roy Kovski Racing | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF 16 | BRI | SLM | KAN | 119th | 3 | [22] | |||||
2022 | Kelly Kovski Racing | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF 15 | MLW | DSF 10 | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 54th | 63 | [23] | |||||
2023 | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF 4 | MLW | DSF 6 | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 47th | 78 | [24] | ||||||
2024 | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF 4 | MLW | DSF 5 | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [25] |
References
- ^ "Kelly Kovski - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ "Making ARCA history". Times-Mail. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ "DIRTCar Nationals crash victims still recovering". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski To Make ARCA Comeback This Weekend". Speedway Digest. 14 August 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ "ARCA: Kelly Kovski first victim of vicious DuQuoin track". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "Kelly Kovski – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
External links
- Kelly Kovski driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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