Kaylee Bryson

USAC

Bryson made her first attempt in the USAC National Midget Championship with Dave Mac Motorsports in 2019.^[5] She then signed with Keith Kunz Motorsports (KKM) in 2020, driving with sponsorship from JBL and backing from Toyota Racing Development (TRD).^[6] Bryson advanced to the main event in 22 of her 23 season starts, finishing eleventh in the standings and leading Racer's Robin Miller to call her "the best shot at a woman dirt racer ever making it to the big time."^[7]

In 2021, Bryson became the first female driver to qualify on pole at the Turkey Night Grand Prix, leading the first seventeen laps and finishing fifth, the highest-ever finish for a woman in the event's history.^[8] Bryson spent a total of three seasons with KKM, the best of which came in 2022, where she picked up additional sponsorship from Yahoo! for eighteen races.^[9] Bryson finished seventh in USAC National Midget points and was named the series' Most Improved Driver.^[10] Bryson also made headlines at the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals by winning her B-Main feature race, making her the first female driver to advance to the A-Main, where she finished eighteenth.^[11]

Bryson made her USAC Silver Crown Series debut with Sam Pierce Racing (SPR) on June 18, 2022.^[12] On December 8, 2022, she signed with SPR to compete full-time in Silver Crown in 2023.^[13] Bryson's final start with KKM came at the 2023 Chili Bowl Nationals,^[14] where she again advanced to the A-Main feature and finished 22nd,^[15] after which she departed from the TRD program. Bryson later admitted that Toyota "didn't have enough to offer me and I really wanted to do something more with my career than midgets and late models...I thought going my own route would be better in the long run."^[16] She ultimately finished fifth in the USAC Silver Crown standings for SPR, becoming the first female driver to earn Rookie of the Year honors in series history.^[17]

In 2024, Bryson returned to the Chili Bowl with Sammy Swindell's team, Swindell-Bertrand Motorsports.^[18][19] Her preliminary result forced her to start from an F-Main race, leaving her unable to advance farther than the E-Main.^[20] Bryson then returned to Sam Pierce Racing for another full Silver Crown season.^[2] On May 18, she won her first Silver Crown race at the Belleville High Banks from pole position, making her both the first woman to qualify on pole and win a USAC National Series feature race.^[21]

Trans-Am

Bryson made her Trans-Am Series debut in the 2023 season-opening race at Sebring.^[22] In 2024, she began competing full-time in the series' SGT class to gain road course experience before pursuing opportunities in IndyCar or NASCAR.^[2] In her fourth career series start, Bryson won her first race on April 14, 2024, at NOLA Motorsports Park, leading every lap from pole position and winning with a 29-second margin of victory.^[23] She then earned a second class win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on August 31.^[24] With Bryson's third win at Virginia International Raceway in October, she clinched the series championship in the SGT class,^[25] becoming the second female driver in history to do so and third overall to win a Trans-Am title of any kind.^[26]

In 2025, Bryson moved up to Trans-Am's XGT class.^[27] She earned her first class win at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on June 21 despite battling a cam sensor issue throughout the race,^[28] giving her the championship standings lead over veteran driver Paul Tracy.^[29] Bryson clinched the XGT championship at the season's penultimate race at Barber Motorsports Park and became the first female driver to win Trans-Am championships in two different classes.^[30]

ARCA

In 2025, Bryson made her stock car racing debut in the ARCA Menards Series West race at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 17 Chevrolet for Cook Racing Technologies.^[31][32] Bryson finished fourteenth after battling electrical issues throughout the event.^[33] In August, she made her national stock car debut in the ARCA Menards Series at Madison International Speedway,^[34] where she finished in eighth place.

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)