Taylor Kiel is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. His career highlights include starting with Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2007 in Indy Lights before rising the ranks of now Arrow McLaren SP to president of the team. Kiel has been part of the team’s nine NTT INDYCAR SERIES wins and two Indianapolis 500 pole positions. He was also the race strategist during Pato O’Ward’s first career victory at Texas Motor Speedway in 2021 and led the team to a third-place finish in the point standings.