Velocity Racing Development
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| Founded | 2019 |
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| Founder(s) | Dan Mitchell |
| Base | Dawsonville, Georgia, United States |
| Team principal(s) | Dan Mitchell |
| Current series | USF Pro 2000 Championship GB3 Championship USF2000 Championship USF Juniors |
| Former series | GB4 Championship Formula 4 United States Championship Formula Regional Americas Championship |
| Current drivers | USF Pro 2000 Championship: United States 84. Frankie Mossman United States 88. Max Taylor GB3 Championship: Thailand 8. Enzo Tarnvanichkul Germany 33. Hugo Schwarze USF2000 Championship: United States 2. Thomas Schrage United States 19. Christian Cameron United States 25. Teddy Musella USF Juniors: Brazil 10. João Vergara Israel 77. Matan Achituv United States 99. Ryan Giannetta |
| Teams' Championships | USF Juniors: 2022, 2024 Formula 4 United States Championship: 2021 |
| Drivers' Championships | USF Juniors: 2024: Max Taylor Formula 4 United States Championship: 2020: Hunter Yeany |
| Website | https://vrd-racing.com/ |
Velocity Racing Development, also competing as VRD Racing in select championships, is an auto racing team from the United States. The team competes in the USF Pro Championships in the United States and the GB3 Championship in Europe, previously in collaboration with Arden Motorsport.[1] The team is based in Dawsonville, Georgia near Atlanta Motorsports Park and was founded by British engineer Dan Mitchell.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Velocity Racing Development was founded in 2019 by British engineer Dan Mitchell, following an engineering role with Team Benik and driver Kyle Kirkwood in 2018.[2] VRD made its competitive debut in the 2019 F3 Americas Championship and the 2019 Formula 4 United States Championship.[3][4] The team finished second in the F3 Americas teams' championship in its first year of competition.
In 2020, VRD driver Hunter Yeany won the Formula 4 United States Championship, marking the team's first drivers' title.[5][6]
In 2021, VRD expanded its operation into the Road to Indy, entering into the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship and the 2021 USF2000 Championship.[7][8] At the end of year, the team would win the 2021 Formula 4 United States teams' championship, marking VRD's first championship.
VRD added another series to their program in the form of the 2022 USF Juniors, the inaugural season of the series.[9] Drivers Sam Corry and Nikita Johnson would finish second and third in the drivers standings, while VRD won the teams' championship.[10][11]
The following year saw continued expansion of VRD's operations with the team entering the 2023 GB3 Championship and the 2023 GB4 Championship. VRD entered a partnership with established British racing team Arden International to field cars in both championships.[12] 2023 was a successful year for the team, finishing third in the USF2000, USF Juniors, and GB3 teams' championships.[13][14]
In 2024, the team made the decision to leave the Formula Regional Americas and F4 United States championships. In the 2024 USF Juniors, VRD driver Max Taylor won the drivers' championship, marking the team's second drivers' title.[15] VRD would also win the 2024 USF Juniors teams' championship.[16]
In 2025, VRD elected to part ways with Arden International and enter the 2025 GB3 Championship on its own, under the name VRD Racing.[17]
Current series results
[edit | edit source]USF2000 Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tatuus USF-17 | United States Erik Evans | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 22nd | 12th |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-22 | United Kingdom Alex Quinn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 17th | 5th |
| United States Nikita Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 18th | |||
| Sweden Viktor Andersson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 19th | |||
| United States Nicholas d'Orlando† | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 20th | |||
| United States Ethan Ho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25th | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | United States Nikita Johnson | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 344 | 2nd | 3rd |
| United States Sam Corry | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 7th | |||
| United States Danny Dyszelski | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 13th | |||
| United States Gordon Scully | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 15th | |||
| United States Max Taylor | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 18th | |||
| United States Zack Ping | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19th | |||
| Canada Nico Christodoulou | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 21st | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-22 | United States Max Taylor | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 343 | 3rd | 3rd |
| United States Thomas Schrage‡ | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 156 | 12th | |||
| Canada Nico Christodoulou | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 19th | |||
| Australia Xavier Kokai | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20th | |||
| United States Cole Kleck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25th | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus USF-22 | United States Thomas Schrage | ||||||||
| United States Christian Cameron | ||||||||||
| United States Teddy Musella | ||||||||||
| United States Ryan Giannetta |
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† D'Orlando drove for Exclusive Autosport from round 14 onwards.
‡ Schrage drove for Exclusive Autosport until round 7.
USF Pro 2000 Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tatuus PM-18 | United States Hunter Yeany | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 14th | 9th |
| 2023 | Tatuus IP-22 | United States Nikita Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 118 | 17th | 8th |
| 2024 | Tatuus IP-22 | United States Nikita Johnson | 18 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 355 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Canada Nico Christodoulou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 23rd | |||
| United States Shawn Rashid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27th | |||
| United States Noah Ping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 28th | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus IP-22 | Vietnam Owen Tangavelou | ||||||||
| United States Max Taylor | ||||||||||
| United States Frankie Mossman |
USF Juniors
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | United States Sam Corry | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 369 | 2nd | 1st |
| United States Nikita Johnson | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 352 | 3rd | |||
| United States Alessandro de Tullio | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 314 | 4th | |||
| United States Noah Ping | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20th | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus JR-23 | United States Jimmie Lockhart | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 292 | 4th | 3rd |
| United States Max Taylor | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 236 | 6th | |||
| United States Ethan Barker | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 7th | |||
| United States Hudson Schwartz | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 208 | 8th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus JR-23 | United States Max Taylor | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 329 | 1st | 1st |
| United States Sebastian Wheldon | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 308 | 3rd | |||
| United States Christian Cameron | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 10th | |||
| United States Michael Suco | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 21st | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus JR-23 | Brazil João Vergara | ||||||||
| Israel Matan Achituv | ||||||||||
| United States Oliver Wheldon | ||||||||||
| United States Colin Aitken |
GB3 Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | United Kingdom James Hedley | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 347 | 6th | 3rd |
| Canada Nico Christodoulou | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 8th | |||
| United States Noah Ping | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 204 | 12th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | United States Noah Ping | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 10th | 5th |
| United States Nikita Johnson | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 11th | |||
| United Kingdom James Hedley† | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 15th | |||
| United States Shawn Rashid | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 17th | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 | Germany Hugo Schwarze | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 143 | 15th | 8th |
| Thailand Enzo Tarnvanichkul | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 17th | |||
| Mexico Patricio González | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 21st | |||
| Mexico Rodrigo González‡ | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 23rd |
† Hedley drove for Rodin Motorsport and Chris Dittmann Racing from round 4 onwards.
‡ Rodrigo González drove for Chris Dittmann Racing in round 5.
Former series results
[edit | edit source]GB4 Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tatuus F4-T014 | United States Zack Ping | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 16th | 8th |
| United States Erik Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22nd | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus F4-T014 | United States Ava Dobson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17th | 8th |
Formula 4 United States Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ligier JS F4 | United Kingdom Oliver Clarke | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th | 10th |
| United States Sabré Cook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | |||
| 2019 | Ligier JS F4 | Canada Ryan MacDermid† | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11th | 6th |
| United States Michael d'Orlando | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 14th | |||
| United Kingdom Oliver Clarke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20th | |||
| 2020 | Ligier JS F4 | United States Hunter Yeany | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 285 | 1st | 2nd |
| United States Erik Evans | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 6th | |||
| United States Nick Persing† | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 9th | |||
| Barbados Kyffin Simpson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18th | |||
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | United States Jason Alder | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 184 | 3rd | 1st |
| Canada Nico Christodoulou | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 174.5 | 4th | |||
| United States Hayden Bowlsbey† | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 11th | |||
| United States Erik Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14th | |||
| United States Nick Persing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | United States Noah Ping | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 196 | 3rd | 2nd |
| United States Matthew Christensen | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 129 | 6th | |||
| United States Nicholas Rivers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 9th | |||
| United States Jacob Loomis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 12th | |||
| United States Ethan Barker† | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16th | |||
| 2023 | Ligier JS F4 | United States Jimmie Lockhart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 10th | 7th |
| United States Max Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | |||
| United States Cole Kleck† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th |
† Shared results with other teams
Formula Regional Americas Championship
[edit | edit source]| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ligier JS F3 | Colombia Mathias Soler-Obel | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 161 | 3rd | 2nd |
| United States Parker Locke | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 10th | |||
| United States Dominic Cicero | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14th | |||
| Canada Antonio Serravalle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16th | |||
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | United Kingdom Matt Round-Garrido | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16th | 7th |
| Colombia Mathias Soler-Obel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | |||
| United States Hunter Yeany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | United States Nick Persing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 11th | 4th |
| United States Hunter Yeany | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12th | |||
| United States Jason Alder | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 14th | |||
| United States Arias Deukmedjian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18th | |||
| United Kingdom Matt Round-Garrido | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th | |||
| 2022 | Ligier JS F3 | Canada Nico Christodoulou | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9th | 4th |
| Bolivia Rodrigo Gutiérrez | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10th | |||
| 2023 | Ligier JS F3 | United States Cole Kleck† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 10th | 7th |
| Bolivia Rodrigo Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16th |
† Cleck drove for Speed Factory in round 6.
Timeline
[edit | edit source]| Current series | |
|---|---|
| USF2000 Championship | 2021–present |
| USF Pro 2000 Championship | 2021, 2023–present |
| USF Juniors | 2022–present |
| GB3 Championship | 2023–present |
| Former series | |
| GB4 Championship | 2023–2024 |
| Formula 4 United States Championship | 2018–2023 |
| Formula Regional Americas Championship | 2019–2023 |
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