Tyler Gonzalez
Tyler Gonzalez is an American and Spanish racing driver competing for BSI Racing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup, Victor Gonzalez Racing Team in Michelin Pilot Challenge and RAFA Racing Team in GT4 America Series.
Career
Karting and car racing debut (2012–2019)
Gonzalez began karting in 2012. Racing in karts until 2019, Gonzalez most notably won the Florida Winter Tour in Mini Max and the SKUSA SuperNationals in X30 Junior in 2016, before following that up with Junior Rok and Rotax Junior titles in the Florida Winter Tour the following year.In his last year of full-time karting in 2018, Gonzalez joined Copeland Motorsports to make his car racing debut in the Mazda MX-5 Cup at the non-championship invitational round at Sebring. Following that, Gonzalez returned to the team in 2019 to compete in his first full season of car racing. Having taken a best result of fifth at Barber, Gonzalez left the series after three rounds, and joined Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian for the final round of that year's TC America season in the TCA class.
Maiden season in Touring cars and MX-5 Cup return (2020–2022)
Staying in TC America for 2020, Gonzalez remained in the TCA class but switched to Copeland Motorsports for his first full-season in the series. Having taken an early championship lead by winning four times in the first three rounds, but after scoring only three podiums in the last three rounds, Gonzalez ended the year third in points as Kevin Boehm won the title. At the end of the year, Gonzalez made his debut in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge alongside Tyler Maxson with Copeland Motorsports. Racing at both Road Atlanta and Sebring, the duo scored their maiden series podium in the latter by finishing second.Returning to Michelin Pilot Challenge and Copeland Motorsports for 2021, he and Maxson scored the pole at Lime Rock Park alongside a pair of podium finishes at the former and at Road Atlanta en route to a 10th-place championship finish.
Gonzalez returned to the series the following year, switching to Van der Steur Racing for his sophomore season, with whom he scored a lone podium at Laguna Seca on his way to ninth in points in the Hyundai Veloster TCR's final full season in TCR competition. Alongside his sophomore season in Michelin Pilot Challenge, Gonzalez also returned to the Mazda MX-5 Cup, where he competed with Copeland Motorsports. Running in all but one round, Gonzalez won at Daytona, Watkins Glen, Virginia International Raceway and Road Atlanta to end the season 11th in points.
Toyota Development Driver and maiden title in cars (2023–)
Having become a Toyota Development Driver in late 2022, Gonzalez returned to Copeland Motorsports to race in the newly-created Toyota GR Cup North America, as well as returning to the Mazda MX-5 Cup and making his GT4 America debut with them. After becoming GR Cup North America's first ever winner at Sonoma, Gonzalez took six more wins as he became the series' inaugural champion. In the other two series, Gonzalez once again won the season-opening race at Daytona in the former, whereas in GT4 America, Gonzalez took a lone podium at Circuit of the Americas.After racing in the last three rounds of the 2023 Michelin Pilot Challenge with Victor Gonzalez Racing Team's Hyundai Elantra N TCR, Gonzalez returned to the team for the following year for his third full-time season in the series' TCR class. Racing alongside a revolving door of drivers, Gonzalez took his only podium of the season at Virginia International Raceway alongside Morgan Burkhard. During 2024, Gonzalez also raced for Saito Motorsport Group in the Mazda MX-5 Cup and Smooge Racing in the GT4 America Series. In the former, Gonzalez took a lone win at Sebring, whereas in the latter, Gonzalez won at Sonoma and Indianapolis as he ended the year fourth in the Silver Cup points.
Gonzalez returned to Victor Gonzalez Racing Team for 2025, whilst also joining RAFA Racing Team and BSI Racing to compete in both GT4 America and Mazda MX-5 Cup. In the former, Gonzalez scored two podiums in the first six races of the season, before the team switched to the Cupra León VZ TCR ahead of Road America. With the new car, Gonzalez won at Indianapolis and Road Atlanta to jump to fifth in the TCR standings at season's end. In GT4 America, Gonzalez scored wins at Circuit of the Americas, Barber and Indianapolis as well as four more podiums to end the season runner-up in the Silver class. In MX-5 Cup, Gonzalez kicked off the year by winning at Daytona and St. Petersburg, before winning both races at Barber and race one at Mosport as well as scoring a second-place finish at VIR to end the season runner-up in points.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete Mazda MX-5 Cup results
Complete TC America Series results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian | Hyundai Veloster Turbo R-Spec | TCA | AUS 1 | AUS 2 | STP 1 | STP 2 | VIR 1 | VIR 2 | SON 1 | SON 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | LVG 1 14 | LVG 2 12 | NC | 0 |
| 2020 | Copeland Motorsports | Hyundai Veloster Turbo | TCA | AUS1 1 20 | AUS1 2 27 | VIR 1 21 | VIR 2 21 | VIR 3 17 | SON 1 15 | SON 2 16 | SON 3 5 | ROA 1 Ret | ROA 2 Ret | ROA 3 DSQ | AUS2 1 20 | AUS2 2 22 | AUS2 3 9 | IMS 1 4 | IMS 2 8 | 3rd | 211 |