Teddy Musella (born 25 May 2009) is an American racing driver who last competed in the USF Pro 2000 Championship for VRD Racing. He is the 2024 Ligier JS F4 Series champion.
Career Musella began karting 2019. Spending four years in karting, he most notably finished fourth in the 2022 USPKS X30 Junior standings and seventh in the SKUSA SuperNationals in the same year.
Musella made his single-seater debut in the 2023 F4 Western Winter Series, where he won one race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. After also competing in the Lucas Oil Winter Series, Musella made a one-off appearance in USF Juniors for Zanella Racing at Barber Motorsports Park. In his only two races in the series, Musella finished tenth and seventh.
However, Musella's main program in 2024 was in the newly-created Ligier JS F4 Series, where he drove for Scuderia Buell as the team's sole full-time driver. Musella won two of the three races of the season-opening round at NOLA Motorsports Park to take the lead in points. After losing the points lead to Bacon Zelenka at Road America, Musella won the first race at Mid-Ohio, before finishing on the podium in four of the following five races. In the final round of the season at Circuit of the Americas, Musella won the first two races of the weekend on his way to the inaugural Ligier JS F4 title.
Despite winning a scholarship to race in the Formula 4 United States Championship, Musella joined VRD Racing to compete in the USF2000 Championship alongside Thomas Schrage, Christian Cameron and Ryan Giannetta. After taking his first top five of the season in the second round at NOLA Motorsports Park, Musella took the pole for both races at Indianapolis before taking his maiden series podium in race two by finishing second to teammate Schrage. Following a sixth-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Musella took his maiden series win in the following round at Road America. Musella then scored six podiums in the last eight races of the season, including his second win of the season at the season-ending round in Portland.
The following year, Musella continued with VRD to step up to USF Pro 2000, as well as making a one-off appearance with the same team in USF2000, In his rookie season in USF Pro 2000, Musella scored a lone podium in race two at Indianapolis to end the year seventh in points. Towards the end of the year, Musella partook in Indy NXT's evaluation test at the same venue for AJ Foyt Racing.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2021SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 JuniorZanella Racing38th2022SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 JuniorRolison Performance Group7thUSPKS — X30 Pro Junior15th 2024RMC Winter Trophy — Junior Max35thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2023Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series 3 0 0 0 0 72 12th2024Ligier JS F4 SeriesScuderia Buell 15 5 3 5 12 2541stUSF JuniorsZanella Racing 2 0 0 0 0 25 27th 2025USF2000 ChampionshipVRD Racing 18 2 2 2 9 3712nd2026USF2000 ChampionshipVRD Racing 2 0 0 0 0 22 27th USF Pro 2000 Championship 18 0 0 0 1 228 7th Source:
Complete Ligier JS F4 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2024 Scuderia BuellNOL1 NOL2NOL3 ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 NJM1 NJM2 NJM3 COA1 COA2 COA3 1st 254
American open-wheel racing results USF Juniors (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints2024 Zanella RacingNOL1NOL2NOL3ALA1ALA2VIR1VIR2VIR3MOH1MOH2ROA1ROA2ROA3POR1POR2POR327th25
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2025 VRD Racing STP1 STP2 NOL1 NOL2 NOL3 IMS1 IMS2 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 TOR1 TOR2 POR1 POR2 POR3 2nd 371 2026 VRD Racing STP1 STP2 IMS1 IMS2 IMS3 IRP ROA11 ROA12 ROA13 MOH1 MOH2 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 ROA21 ROA22 ROA2327th22
USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2026 VRD Racing ARL1 ARL2 IMS1 IMS2 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 MIL ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 7th 228
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