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Adel, IA
2025 race stats
Kelby Watt, a resident of Adel, IA graduated from ADM High School in 2019. He graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 2024. Kelby also participated in the Formula SAE team with Iowa State.
Kelby started racing outlaw dirt karts at the age of 4 and moved into micro sprints at the age of 9. His first year in a 305 sprint car was 2016 and then in 2019 drove his first 360… Kelby took a year off from racing in 2022 to intern at Hendrick Motorsports in Charlotte, NC. In 2023 Watt made his 410 sprint car debut at the Knoxville Nationals. Kelby picked up an IRA win at the Plymouth Dirt Track in Wisconsin in 2025.
Overall Career:
2x 360 Knoxville National Feature Starts
2022 360 Knoxville National Quick Time Award Winner
4x 305 Knoxville Raceway Feature Wins
360 Sprint Car Highlights
4 Top 5 Feature Finishes
13 Top 10 Feature Finishes
3 Hard Charger Awards
2 Quick Time Awards
Knoxville 410 Point Standing by Year:
2025 - 17th, 2024 - 21st
Knoxville 360 Point Standing by Year:
2023 - 10th, 2020 - 6th, 2019 - 11th
Knoxville 305 Point Standing by Year:
2017 - 5th
