There’s no doubt that Kyle Kirkwood was one of the breakout stars of the IndyCar Series in 2023.
After a rookie campaign with AJ Foyt Racing in 2022, he joined Andretti Autosport and immediately made his presence known this past season by scoring a pair of victories – the only driver to find the podium’s top step from a team that included Colton Herta and Romain Grosjean.
But Kirkwood’s showing was the epitome of feast or famine. Those wins – at Long Beach and Nashville – stood as his only top five results from 17 rounds en route to 11th in the championship standings. “I bounced back and forth from [what could be considered] a good year, almost between like an A-, to a D-, if you look at the season as a whole,” admits the 24-year-old. “It’s hard to separate and think about it; somewhere in the B-range.
