At 11 years old, Kolt Kinsler of Delphi has a need for speed. And it earned him three trophies at the recent Miami County Speedway awards banquet.
He won the points championship in junior sprint and came in third place in the 600 restrictor modified midget. He also received a special award - Double Play Golden Cup for being the first person ever to race the junior and the 600 the same night. He raced both cars in every points race (over 90 laps per night), moving back and forth from the bigger car to the smaller car. In all the points races, with both cars, he didn’t have one DNF (did not finish).
Kolt was also the youngest driver this season in the 600 sprint. Most of his other competitors were teenagers.
This season, at Peru, Kolt won 12 feature races, 18 heat races and 15 trophy dashes.
He started racing junior sprints in 2007, finishing a close second in the points championship. Now, since he’s won the first place trophy in junior sprints, he said his goal is to win the championship in the restrictor class.
His parents, Tony and Renee Kinsler, said Kolt started riding a dirt bike at age two.
“He could ride it, but he couldn’t stop it, so we had to stop him,” Renee said.
He started racing at age four - dirt bike hill climbing. He won the Indiana State District 15 Hill Climb championship in 2005.
Kolt says the things he likes best about racing are: “it’s fun, going fast, winning, and hanging out with my friends.” His favorite race car drivers are Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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