Tõnis Kasemets

Tõnis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets
Nationality	Estonian
Born	March 17, 1974 (age 50); Pärnu, Estonia
Achievements	2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge champion
Champ Car career
	5 races run over 1 year
Team(s)	Rocketsports Racing
Best finish	19th (2006)
First race	2006 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland)
Last race	2006 Grand Prix of Road America (Road America)

Tõnis Kasemets (born March 17, 1974) is an Estonian racing driver and a former competitor in the CART Champ Car World Series. He won the 2022 IMSA Prototype Challenge championship.

Career

Kasemets started racing karts in 1982, winning the Baltic championships in 1992 and 1993.^[1] In 1995, Kasemets moved to the United States to race in the American series. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman Jr.. He participated in a partial 2006 schedule in the Champ Car World Series for Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing.

To participate in Champ Car in 2006 he had to gather funds for a quarter of the participation costs. Kasemets wanted to do a full season of Champ Car in 2007 and in the future he wants to own a successful team à la Newman-Haas and Forsythe.^[2] However, he has not appeared in a Champ Car or IndyCar Series race since 2006. He continued racing in the Atlantic Championship until its closure after the 2009 season and made his Firestone Indy Lights debut on the Streets of Long Beach in April 2010.

Kasemets has competed in some Grand Am Road Racing events, including the 2013 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

Personal life

He currently lives in Mundelein, Illinois with his son and daughter.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1999	Mid-Ohio	Carbir	Ford	Formula Continental	23	6	DNF
2000	Mid-Ohio	Mygale 99	Ford	Formula Continental	1	2	Running
2003	Mid-Ohio	Swift 008.a	Toyota 4AGE	Formula Atlantic	20	8	Running
2005	Mid-Ohio	Alfa Romeo		GT Lite	DNS	7	DNS
2007	Heartland Park	Swift 014.a	Toyota 4AGE	Formula Atlantic	2	2	Running
2008	Heartland Park	Vestal 09F	Ford Kent	Formula Ford	2	2	Running

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2004	Brooks Associates Racing	LBH 18	MTY	MIL	POR1 11	POR2 12	CLE 9	TOR	VAN	ROA 5	DEN	MTL	LS 5				13th	81
2005	Team Tonis	LBH 15	MTY 2	POR1 1	POR2 1	CLE1 2	CLE2 4	TOR 8	EDM 5	SJO 19	DEN 8	ROA 1	MTL 2				2nd	289
2007	Newman Wachs Racing	LVG	LBH	HOU	POR1	POR2	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	SJO	ROA 17				29th	4
2008	Genoa Racing	LBH	LS	MTT	EDM1	EDM2	ROA1 3	ROA2 3	TRR	NJ	UTA	ATL					21st	51
2009	Polestar Motor Racing	SEB 7		NJ1 6	NJ2 7	LIM 5	ACC1 5	ACC2 3	MDO 12	TRR 4	MOS 6	ATL 9	LS 4				5th	103
2009	Genoa Racing		UTA 5														5th	103
2012	K-Hill Motorsports	ATL1	ATL2	NJ1	NJ2	SUM1 1	SUM2 6										9th	87
2015	K-Hill Motorsports	PBI 1	ATL	ATL	WGL	WGL	VIR	VIR	MDO	MDO	PIT	PIT	NJMP	NJMP	PIT 10	PIT 1	18th	53
2023	K-Hill Motorsports	ATL	ATL	MOH	MOH	PIT	PIT	ROA DNS	ROA 2	SUM	SUM						10th	44

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2010	Team PBIR	STP	ALA	LBH 6	INDY	IOW	WGL									18th	56
2010	Andersen Racing							TOR 6	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	HMS		18th	56
2011	Team Moore Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	INDY	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	TRO	NHM	BAL 8	KTY	LVS	27th	24

Champ Car

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points	Ref
2006	Rocketsports Racing	LBH	HOU	MTY	MIL	POR 16	CLE 12	TOR 15	EDM 11	SJO	DEN	MTL	ROA 17	SRF	MXC	19th	34	^[3]

IMSA Prototype Challenge

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	IMSA Prototype Challenge	Wulver Racing	6	0	0	1	2	139	4th
2020	IMSA Prototype Challenge	Wulver Racing	6	0	0	0	0	134	11th
2021	IMSA Prototype Challenge	Wulver Racing	5	0	0	1	0	1070	10th
2022	IMSA Prototype Challenge	Wulver Racing	5	4	3	0	5	1720	1st

References

^ "Kasemets, Tõnis". www.esbl.ee. Spordikoolituse ja -Teabe Sihtasutus. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "Tõnis Kasemets kavatseb Champ Cari sarjas jätkata". October 17, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2006.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Tõnis Kasemets – 2006 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

Official website
Tõnis Kasemets driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[1] "Kasemets, Tõnis". www.esbl.ee. Spordikoolituse ja -Teabe Sihtasutus. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[2] "Tõnis Kasemets kavatseb Champ Cari sarjas jätkata". October 17, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2006.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Tõnis Kasemets – 2006 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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