KYLE KAISER
RENE BINDER
AGUSTIN CANAPINOCrew
Tom Vigne
Team Manager
Toni Calderon
Strategist
Kevin Eichler
Engineer
Richard Jones
Crew Chief
Alex Noel
Mechanic
Alejandro Juncos
Mechanic
Terran Swanson
Fuel/Tires
Tom Harper
Truck Driver
Ryan Negron
Mechanic
I’m from Prescott, AZ, and have been in racing since 2005.
Career highlights include winning my first race with Wade Cunningham from the pole in Watkins Glen. James Hinchcliffe and I got our first IndyCar win at St. Petersburg in 2013. I got 2nd place in the Indy Pitstop Competition with Marco Andretti in 2009. Winning the Indy Lights Championship with Spencer Pigot and Juncos Racing in 2015, and again with Kyle Kaiser in 2017.
In addition to Juncos Racing, I have worked with Michael Crawford Motorsports (2006 Indy Pro Series), SWE Racing (2007 Indy Pro Series), AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing (2017 Indy Pro Series), and Andretti Green Racing/Andretti Autosport (2008-2014 IndyCar Series)
I now live in Indianapolis, IN. I have a wife, Beth, and two kids, Ashlyn and Maximus.
I am an avid hunter, both with a bow and a gun. I am also federally licensed firearms dealer.
Rene Binder is a third-generation driver whose grandfather was an Austrian rally champion, his father a German F3 Trophy champion and his uncle, Hans Binder, a Formula One driver in the late 70s. Rene is a four-time race winner, two-time pole sitter in the World Series Formula V8. He has competed in GP2 where his highlights were 6th and 7th place finishes in Monte Carlo and in the German F3, claiming 3 victories and 9 podiums. Rene is no test-tube racer, but rather an engineer of wood technology who started to turn his passion for motorsports into a profession after his successful graduation from the Wood Technolgoy College in Kuchl, Austria.
When not on the track, Rene works in the export department of their family lumber business, speaking German, English and Italian. This down-to-earth guy lists karting and outdoor training in the beautiful Zillertal mountains as his hobbies. He’s also an excellent skier and a big fan of Austria’s Ski World Cup Team.
Over the past 15 years, Kyle Kaiser has made his mark in the motorsports community competing in various levels of karting and open-wheel racing.
Kyle’s racing career began at age of seven on the west coast. He earned multiple podium finishes in the IFK Regional Races Series, IKF 2-Cycle Sprint Grand Nationals, ProKart Nor-Cal Race Series, Skip Barber Western Regional Championship, and the Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear.
Kyle made his professional open-wheel racing debut in September 2012, joining the “Mazda Road to Indy” Star Mazda Championship at Mazda raceway Laguna Seca. The 2013 season marked Kaiser’s first full year in Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, where he claimed three Top-5’s and received the “Quarter Master Hard Charger” award twice for advancing the most positions at Lucas Oil Raceway and the Streets of Toronto.
In 2014, Kyle joined Juncos Racing to enter his second season of the Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires. That year he proved to be one of the top drivers, claiming one win and multiple podiums and propelling the team to win the Pro Mazda Championship.
Kyle moved up to the final step of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder the following year, remaining with Juncos Racing throughout the Indy Lights Championship presented by Cooper Tires. During his rookie season, he scored two podiums, multiple Top-5’s and the “Replay XD Move of the Race” award at the Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Kaiser returned to the Indy Lights series for the 2016 season with Juncos Racing where he recorded two wins (Phoenix Raceway and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca), three poles, and multiple podiums. Kaiser would go on to finish third in one of the tightest driver championships in the Indy Lights series history.
Kaiser returned with Juncos for the 2017 season, where he earned three poles, three wins, and many podiums throughout the year. Kaiser’s hard work and dedication paid off when he clenched the 2017 Indy Lights Championship and was awarded the Mazda Scholarship, giving him the funds to run a partial season in the Verizon IndyCar Series.
I’m from Troon, Scotland, and have been in racing since 1985.
The milestones of my career include a few Indy 500s and Championships with Penske, a few IMSA Championships operating as TRB Engineering. Also, I helped start Dragon Racing’s Formula E group while with TRB Engineering group.
In addition to Juncos Racing, I have also worked with Penske Racing, Bettenhausen, HVM, Forsythe and various positions within teams as part of TRB Engineering Group.
I now live in Indianapolis, IN. I have a wife and three kids (Suzi, Kay and Fiona) and a dog, Stan.
I’m an embarrassingly bad golfer—work gets in the way of a good handicap. And my kids are still my main focus, even though they are all grown up.
I’m from Plano, TX, and I’ve been in open wheel racing since 2004.
My first win as a Pro Mazda engineer was the 2009 New Jersey Race 1 with Conor Daly. I
qualified on the front row for the 2013 Indy 500 with Marco Andretti, and finished 3rd in the 2014 Indy 500.
In addition to Jucos Racing, I’ve worked with Valley Motorsports, MJ Motorsports, Andersen Racing, Belardi Auto Racing, and Andretti Autosport.
Married? Yes, to Diana Carolina Reggio, for 10 years. Children? Hell no. Three cats and a dog.
In my free time, like I race RC cars. Have been since about 1995. If my wife is reading this: they are not toys.
I’m from Cary, NC, now living in Indianapolis, IN. I’ve been in racing since 2016.
I graduated from IUPUI in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Motorsports Engineering. Right out of the gate, I helped win the 2017 Indy Lights Championship with Juncos Racing.
My favorite place to be? On a lake in a wakeboard boat.
I’m from Christchurch, New Zealand, and have been in racing since 1982.
I won the Clint Brawner award at the 2018 Indy 500. In addition to Juncos Racing, I have also worked with DSTP motorsports, Pacific Coast Motorsports, Truspeed Motorsport, and KV Racing.
I have a wife, Whitney, and a baby on the way. And when I was at school, I played the bagpipes.
I’m from Villa Park, IL, and have been in racing since 1992.
I won the 2011 Indy 500 pole with Alex Tagliani. In addition to Juncos Racing, I have also worked with KV Racing, Walker Racing, SPM and Dragon in Formula E.
I now live in Noblesville, IN. I am married with three kids. We love camping and dirt bike riding together.
I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have been in racing since 1996.
I started in 1996 in Formula Reno in Argentina as the main mechanic on Ricardo Juncos’ car. I won the Pro Mazda Championship in 2014, and was over the wall as the right rear tire changer in the Indy 500 in 2017. In addition to Juncos Racing, I’ve also worked with JLS Racing.
I now live in Indianapolis, IN. I have a wife, Brenda, and daughter Valentina.
I’ve been skydiving, and I compete in national slot car races. When I’m not racing, I love to sail.
I’m from Essex Junction, Vermont, now living in Indianapolis, IN. I’ve been in racing since 2014.
I helped win the 2015 and 2017 Indy Lights Championships, and completed a Bachelors in Mechanical & Motorsport Engineering in December 2015.
In addition to Juncos Racing, I’ve worked with Pratt & Miller Cadillac Racing, and IMSA.
Fun fact — I’m fluent in German.
I’m from northern California, and I’ve been in racing since 2010.
It has been so exciting being part of a professional racing team with an IndyCar. I was also a Provisional Winner of the SCCA National Runoffs at Laguna Seca in the Formula Vee class in 2014.
In addition to Juncos Racing, I have also worked with Veloce Motors West, Linstrand Motorsports, and FatBoy Racing.
I am a third-generation racer, and I’ve been going to racetracks since I was able to walk.
I’m from Ridgewood, NJ, now living in Indianapolis, IN. I’ve been in racing since 2016.
During the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500, I was an airjack for Kyle Kaiser’s car as well as a member of Sebastian Saavedra’s pit crew.
It might surprise you that I’ve never been on a roller coaster.
