Michael d'Orlando (born March 6, 2002) is an American racing driver who last competed in the 2025 Indy NXT driving for Andretti Cape Indy NXT. He previously drove for Turn 3 Motorsport in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship. He is the 2022 USF2000 champion.
Career
Formula 4 United States Championship On July 26, 2019, it was announced that d'Orlando would compete in the Formula 4 United States Championship with Velocity Racing Development starting at the third round at Virginia International Raceway. He would end up with a third place finish at the final race at Circuit of the Americas.
USF2000 Championship After a brief stint in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 2018 with Team Benik, d'Orlando announced on March 3, 2020, that he would return to the series for the full 2020 season and drive for Cape Motorsports. He won his first race at Mid-Ohio and finished fourth in the standings.
On February 17, 2021, d'Orlando confirmed that he would return to the championship with Cape Motorsports for the 2021 season. He won three races that season and finished second in the championship.
d'Orlando would return to the series for a fourth year in 2022 once again with Cape Motorsports. He would compete for the championship all season with competitors Myles Rowe and Jace Denmark. The title would be decided at the final round at Portland. d'Orlando would win the final race of the season which allowed him to win the 2022 championship.
Personal life D'Orlando has a younger brother named Nicholas who is also a racing driver.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2017F2000 Championship SeriesTeam Pelfrey200027620th2018U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipTeam Benik900005620th2019Formula 4 United States ChampionshipVelocity Racing Development1100014014th2020U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipCape Motorsports1710052954th2021U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipCape Motorsports1835283652nd2022 U.S. F2000 National Championship Cape Motorsports1845483871st2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship Turn 3 Motorsport1846162884th2024 Indy NXT Andretti Cape Indy NXT7000017118th2025Indy NXTAndretti Cape Indy NXT300006622nd * Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints 2019 Velocity Racing DevelopmentATL1ATL2ATL3PIT1PIT2PIT3 VIR1 VIR2 VIR3 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 SEB1 SEB2 SEB3 COA1 COA2 14th 40
American open-wheel racing results
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2018Team BenikSTP1STP2IMS1IMS2LORROA1ROA2TOR1TOR2MOH1MOH2MOH3POR1POR2 20th 562020Cape MotorsportsROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3LORIMS1IMS2IMS3MOH1MOH2MOH3NJMP1NJMP2NJMP3STP1STP2 4th 2952021Cape MotorsportsALA1ALA2STP1STP2IMS1IMS2IMS3LORROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3NJMP1NJMP2NJMP3MOH4MOH5 2nd 3652022Cape MotorsportsSTP1STP2ALA1ALA2IMS1IMS2IMS3IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3TOR1TOR2POR1POR2POR3 1st 387
USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints 2023 Turn 3 MotorsportSTP1STP2SEB1SEB2IMS1IMS2IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2TOR1TOR2COTA1COTA1POR1POR2POR3 4th 288 * Season still in progress.
Indy NXT (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points2024Andretti Cape Indy NXT STP BAR IMS IMS DET RDA LAG LAG MOH IOW GMP POR MIL NSH 18th 171 2025Andretti Cape Indy NXT STP BAR IMS IMS DET GMP RDA MOH IOW LAG LAG POR MIL NSH 22nd 66 * Season still in progress.
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