Who is
Kaylen Frederick

Born on 4 June 2002, Kaylen Frederick began racing cars in 2016 as the youngest open wheel racing driver in the USA SCCA Pro Series.

Racing:

Kaylen began racing in karts at age seven winning his first championship at the local Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia. Six successful years in Karting followed racing in WKA, GLSS, SKUSA, Rotax Max Challenge, and Florida Winter Tours winning championships, races and podiums. Kaylen stepped up to single seater cars at age 13 in 2016 with Team Pelfrey for the Formula Productions F1600 Championship. In pre-season F1600 Winter Series races at PBIR & Sebring during February of 2016, Kaylen collected two pole positions and a 3rd place at Sebring. Once officially licensed at age 14, Kaylen entered the F1600 Series in June mid-way through the championship. Pole positions, podiums, and a win followed quickly. Kaylen also began training in July of 2016 with Rob Wilson at Bruntingthorpe, England, a training that continues in the present.

Racing as the youngest driver in the 2017 Mazda Road to Indy USF 2000 campaign at 14 years of age, Pilot ONE Racing driver Kaylen Frederick routinely impressed in his rookie season and finished 4th in the 2017 USF2K MRTI Championship. In his 1^st season in MRTI with 14 races, Kaylen finished with five podiums (two second place finishes and three 3rd-place finishes). Kaylen competed again in the MRTI USF2K series for a 2nd year in 2018, impressing again with notable performances including 5 podiums, and three pole positions.

2019 was a learning year for Kaylen as he tackled the British BRDC F3 car and circuits, tallying two wins, 4 podiums, two poles and three fastest laps. In his first year abroad, 2019 provided a solid foundation to race again in the BRDC F3 series in 2020, now as a seventeen-year-old.

Returning to the BRDC series in 2020, “…the speed Kaylen showed, at times, utterly crushed all within a strengthened field” (December 28, 2020). Wining 9 races, 12 podiums, Most Laps Led (120 – nearest rival was 36), and 12 Fastest Race Laps (of 24 Races), Kaylen emerged as the series Champion, Winner of the Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup (8 Pole Positions), and the Jim Clark Trophy (Outstanding BRDC F3 Championship Driver), and the first American driver to win the BRDC Championship.

Kaylen entered the FIA F3 Championship in 2021, however following a crash & resulting injury at the Red Bull Ring, Kaylen missed seven races in the series. The following year in 2022, Kaylen finished in the top 10 in multiple events, however track incidents and car issues limited the championship points, with Kaylen finishing 17^th, despite the  strong start in the year:

Best Qualifying: 5^th Red Bull Ring  | 7^th Silverstone
Best Finishes: 5^th Silverstone | 6^th Red Bull Ring  | 7^th Barcelona & Imola | 8^th Sakhir, Bahrain

Moving to Tokyo in 2024, Kaylen raced in the Japan Superformula Lights series with B-Max Racing Team finishing 5^th in the Championship. Kaylen will race again in the SFL series in 2025 for a second campaign with B-MAX Racing Team.

Away from the Track:

Kaylen completed high school studies at age 16 (in June 2018) graduating early and with honors, enabling his full-time focus on racing and development. Away from the track, Kaylen applies a strong work ethic, focus and discipline to racing and fitness training. Kaylen is also a gifted slalom, giant slalom, and Super G ski racer, which satisfies his thirst for speed and adrenaline when not racing on asphalt.

Languages | Travels:

Having attended the German School of Washington D.C. for 10 years, Kaylen speaks English and German fluently. Kaylen is a comfortable traveler in North America, Europe, and Asia as the result of two years of extensive travels while building upon his motorsports career.

Kaylen’s current and future educational focus is on industrial and automotive design, areas with strong affiliations to the immersive motorsports environment, race car systems and technologies.

A Look to the Future: Racing

Like many aspiring young drivers, Kaylen’s aim is to compete in Super Formula (the highest ranked Japanese open wheel series), IndyCar, Indy 500, Formula 1, Formula E, the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA. Please watch these pages as Kaylen races through series and championships in the USA, Europe, and Asia.