Kye Kelley (born 19 May 1987), in Magnolia, Mississippi USA. He is a racer and reality television personality, best known for being a part of the Discovery channel series “Street Outlaws: New Orleans”.

Kye Kelley grew up in the country setting of Magnolia, Mississippi alongside his younger sister Lacey Howell.

Growing up Kye and his sister did not get the luxury to choose what they wanted because of financial circumstances.

But they would eventually get the things of the necessity.

Kye began school in his hometown and continue until he completed high school.

When not in school, he was earning money by taking a few jobs.

At the age of 13, he began milking cows in Progress, Mississippi alongside he worked bagging groceries. He wanted to become a race car driver and to pursue he needed a car first. From the saving from both jobs, he bought his first car at the age of 15. Kelley attended South Pike Senior high school in Magnolia, Mississippi. In school, Kye was performing well.

In 2003, he graduated from Pike Senior High.

He was granted a partial scholarship to junior college but could not afford to pay the remaining fees. Hence, he decided to work instead and went for a job in an Oil refinery.

Kye Kelley is the kind of person who wants to improve no matter what line of work he joins.

Before the huge fame as American street car racer and featuring in Discovery channel show “Street Outlaws,” he did a fulltime job in an oil refinery company.

He started in the role of “Fire Watcher” after high school which would yield him $10-an-hour.

After a little over ten years, he had worked his way up to superintendent with 250 people under him, and running the whole job. He was the youngest boss in the companies history. He left the superintendent post in 2015 after over 12 years. Then he went onto establish his own business; he opened performance shop “Down South Performance” with his partner Greg Champagne in McComb, Mississippi.

Kye Kelley got in street racing even before he had a license or a car.

He first raced in dirt bikes then he got the real taste of car race at the age of 14 on his friend owned 1965 Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova. At the age of 15, He bought his own after saving money from cow milking and bagging groceries.

Kye kept the passion for the sport alive and maintained even when he was preoccupied with the job at an oil refinery.

When at home after work he would get down to race with guys whether for a simply fun challenge or money at stakes.

If it was the huge sum of money in the payout, the crew mostly would travel all the way to Jackson, Mississippi, or New Orleans, at Da Pad for drag racing.

Kye emerged victorious beating every big name he came across in the street race of “Da’ Pad,” location in New Orleans, and though not a formal record he had earned the title of the fastest person around. He got the opportunity to shine in the bigger stage after Justin “Big Chief” Shearer reached to find out the fastest racer at Da Pad and the name that emerged was his, Kye Kelley. Following the acclaim, in mid-2014 he was set up to race against OKC’s Daddy Dave who was his favorite racer from the street outlaws. He lost the match by a close margin.

Kye Kelley has been in a long-term relationship with Alisa Mote, after dating for several years, the two became engaged in 2014, and married the following year; they now have a child together. Kelley also has a child from a previous relationship. However, things turned for the worse, and the duo divorced in early 2017. He has since linked with Lizzy Musi, the daughter of Pat Musi who is the owner of Musi Racing Engines. She shares the same passion as Kelley as she is also a drag racer. The two confirmed their relationship sometime in 2017.

Kye Kelley has become quite popular over the years on social media platforms, especially on his official Facebook page with over 250,000 followers, who have enjoyed in Kye’s daily posts in regards to his career, including the announcement of the new No Prep season, among other posts. You can find Kye on Instagram as well, on which he has over 100,000 followers, with whom he has also shared his most recent career endeavors. He also uses his social media pages to promote upcoming episodes of “Street Outlaws: New Orleans”.

Kye Kelley's Net worth is estimated at $200,000, earned through success in his numerous endeavors. He’s established himself both in racing and on television, and as he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.

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