Velocity Racing Development
| Founder(s) | Dan Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Base | Dawsonville, Georgia, United States |
| Team principal(s) | Dan Mitchell |
| Current series | Formula 4 United States Championship Formula Regional Americas Championship USF2000 Championship USF Pro 2000 Championship USF Juniors GB3 Championship GB4 Championship |
| Website | https://vrd-racing.com/ |
Velocity Racing Development, also known as VRD Racing, is an auto racing team from the United States. In 2024 the team competes in the USF Pro Championships in the United States and the GB3 Championship in Europe 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
Current series results
Formula 4 United States Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ligier JS F4 |  Oliver Clarke
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17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th | 10th |
 Sabré Cook
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | |||
| 2019 | Ligier JS F4 |  Ryan MacDermid†
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11th | 6th |
| Michael d'Orlando
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 14th | |||
| Oliver Clarke
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20th | |||
| 2020 | Ligier JS F4 | Hunter Yeany
|
15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 285 | 1st | 2nd |
| Erik Evans
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 6th | |||
| Nick Persing†
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 9th | |||
 Kyffin Simpson
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18th | |||
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | Jason Alder
|
16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 184 | 3rd | 1st |
| Nico Christodoulou
|
16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 174.5 | 4th | |||
| Hayden Bowlsbey†
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 11th | |||
| Erik Evans
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14th | |||
| Nick Persing
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Noah Ping
|
18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 196 | 3rd | 2nd |
| Matthew Christensen
|
15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 129 | 6th | |||
| Nicholas Rivers
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 9th | |||
| Jacob Loomis
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 12th | |||
| Ethan Barker†
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16th | |||
| 2023 | Ligier JS F4 | Jimmie Lockhart
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 10th | 7th |
| Max Taylor
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | |||
| Cole Kleck†
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th |
† Shared results with other teams
Formula Regional Americas Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ligier JS F3 |  Mathias Soler-Obel
|
16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 161 | 3rd | 2nd |
| Parker Locke
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 10th | |||
| Dominic Cicero
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14th | |||
| Antonio Serravalle
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16th | |||
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | Matt Round-Garrido
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16th | 7th |
| Mathias Soler-Obel
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | |||
| Hunter Yeany
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | Nick Persing
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 11th | 4th |
| Hunter Yeany
|
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12th | |||
| Jason Alder
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 14th | |||
| Arias Deukmedjian
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18th | |||
| Matt Round-Garrido
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th | |||
| 2022 | Ligier JS F3 | Nico Christodoulou
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9th | 4th |
 Rodrigo Gutiérrez
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10th | |||
| 2023 | Ligier JS F3 | Cole Kleck†
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 10th | 7th |
| Rodrigo Gutiérrez
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16th |
† Cleck drove for Speed Factory in round 6.
USF2000 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tatuus USF-17 | Erik Evans
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 22nd | N/A |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-17 | Alex Quinn
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3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 17th | N/A |
| Nikita Johnson
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 18th | |||
 Viktor Andersson
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 19th | |||
| Nicholas d'Orlando†
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 20th | |||
| Ethan Ho
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25th | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-17 | Nikita Johnson
|
18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 344 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Sam Corry
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18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 7th | |||
| Danny Dyszelski
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 13th | |||
| Gordon Scully
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 15th | |||
| Max Taylor
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 18th | |||
| Zack Ping
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19th | |||
| Nico Christodoulou
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 21st | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-17 | Nico Christodoulou
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| Max Taylor
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| Cole Kleck
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 Xavier Kokai
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† D'Orlando drove for Exclusive Autosport from round 14 onwards.
USF Pro 2000 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tatuus PM-18 | Hunter Yeany
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 14th | 9th |
| 2023 | Tatuus IP-22 | Nikita Johnson
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5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 118 | 17th | 8th |
| 2024 | Tatuus IP-22 | Nikita Johnson
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| Shawn Rashid
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| Nico Christodoulou
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USF Juniors
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Sam Corry
|
16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 369 | 2nd |
| Nikita Johnson
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16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 352 | 3rd | ||
| Alessandro De Tullio
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15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 314 | 4th | ||
| Noah Ping
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20th | ||
| 2023 | Tatuus JR-23 | Jimmie Lockhart
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16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 292 | 4th |
| Max Taylor
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16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 236 | 6th | ||
| Ethan Barker
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 7th | ||
| Hudson Schwartz
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13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 208 | 8th | ||
| 2024 | Tatuus JR-23 | Michael Suco
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| Max Taylor
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| Christian Cameron
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| Sebastian Wheldon
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GB3 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | James Hedley
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23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 347 | 6th | 3rd |
| Nico Christodoulou
|
23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 8th | |||
| Noah Ping
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23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 204 | 12th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | James Hedley
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| Noah Ping
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| Nikita Johnson
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| Shawn Rashid
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GB4 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Zack Ping
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 16th | 8th |
| Erik Evans
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22nd | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Ava Dobson
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Timeline
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| Formula 4 United States Championship | 2018–present |
| Formula Regional Americas Championship | 2019–present |
| USF2000 Championship | 2021–present |
| USF Pro 2000 Championship | 2021, 2023–present |
| USF Juniors | 2022–present |
| GB3 Championship | 2023–present |
| GB4 Championship | 2023–present |
Notes
References
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (2023-01-19). "Christodoulou to continue racing in GB3 with Arden VRD". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2024-01-24). "Dan Mitchell: The British expat aiming to forge America's future F1 stars". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
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