Nicholas d'Orlando (born April 9, 2003) is an American racing driver who competed in the 2024 Radical Cup North America driving for Graham Rahal Performance. He previously competed in the 2023 USF2000 Championship driving for Exclusive Autosport. d'Orlando is the 2021 F1600 Championship Series champion. In 2024, Radical Indianapolis announced the addition of d’Orlando to the team in Sebring.
Racing career
F1600 Championship Series Due to budgetary issues, d'Orlando did not race in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, he made his car racing debut in the F1600 Championship Series driving for Team Pelfrey. He would take his maiden pole at the first race of the season at Carolina Motorsports Park, but ultimately retired at lap 14. He would immediately take his maiden win in the second race of the season. d'Orlando would go onto have a dominant season winning 12 out of 24 races and taking 18 podiums. He would finish 176 points ahead of the nearest competitor.
USF Juniors On February 9, 2022, it was announced that d'Orlando would compete in the inaugural USF Juniors season in 2022 driving for DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports. Due to a lack of budget, he would not compete in the Virginia International Raceway round. However, he did not return for the rest of the season, instead opting to race in the USF2000 Championship.
USF2000 Championship
2022 d'Orlando would move up to the USF2000 Championship in 2022 debuting for Velocity Racing Development at the Road America round. He would finish in the top-10 in his first race after qualifying in 18th and would get fastest lap. d'Orlando would switch to Exclusive Autosport mid-season for the Toronto round.
2023 D'Orlando faced budget issues once again for the 2023 season. As a result, he would return to the series only for the first round at St. Petersburg, sticking with Exclusive Autosport.
2024
Radical Indianapolis added d'Orlando to their team in Sebring.
Personal life d'Orlando's older brother Michael d'Orlando is also a racing driver.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2021F1600 Championship SeriesTeam Pelfrey2412612189011st2022YACademy Winter SeriesCape Motorsports60000396thUSF JuniorsDC Autosport w/Cape Motorsports500003922ndUSF2000 ChampionshipVelocity Racing Development500107720thExclusive Autosport500002023 USF2000 Championship Exclusive Autosport200002326th * Season still in progress.
American open-wheel racing results
F1600 Championship Series (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324RankPoints2021Team PelfreyCMP1CMP2CMP3MOH1MOH2MOH3ALA1ALA2ALA3PIR11PIR12PIR13ROA1ROA2ROA3SPM1SPM2SPM3ACC1ACC1ACC1PIR21PIR22PIR231st901
USF Juniors (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints2022DC Autosport with Cape MotorsportsOIR1OIR2OIR3†ALA1ALA2VIR1VIR2VIR3MOH1MOH2MOH3ROA1ROA2ROA3COA1COA2COA322nd39 † Race was cancelled due to inclement weather.
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2022Velocity Racing DevelopmentSTP1STP2ALA1ALA2IMS1IMS2IMS3IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH320th77Exclusive AutosportTOR1TOR2POR1POR2POR32023Exclusive AutosportSTP1STP2SEB1SEB1IMS1IMS2IMS3IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3TOR1TOR2POR1POR2POR326th23 * Season still in progress.
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