# Nicky Hays

Nicholas "Nicky" Hays (born September 24, 2001) is an American racing driver. He most recently competed in the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America driving for Wright Motorsports. Hays competed in the 2022 USF2000 Championship with Cape Motorsports.

## Racing career
### Lower formulae

In 2018 Hays made his single-seater debut in the F1600 Championship Series.
In 2019 he competed in the French F4 Championship. He took his first race win at Circuit de Lédenon and finished the season in third only behind champion Hadrien David and runner-up Reshad de Gerus. That year he also competed in some rounds of the Formula 4 United States Championship for DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports. He finished ninth in the standings with two podiums.

### Formula Regional

In 2020 he competed in the Formula Regional Americas Championship for Global Racing Group. He scored two podiums and finished the season in fourth.

### U.S. F2000 National Championship

On February 11, 2022, it was announced that Hays would compete in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Cape Motorsports for the 2022 season. His season went pretty poorly, being consistently beaten by his teammates Michael d'Orlando, and Jagger Jones, with d'Orlando winning the championship. On the other hand, he would consistently beat teammate Jackson Lee throughout the season, before Lee had to leave the team after the Mid-Ohio round. In the Portland round, Hays finally found his form, picking up consecutive second-place finishes in the final two rounds, bringing home enough points to jump up to seventh place in the final championship standings with 235 points.

### Indy NXT

Hays took part in the 2022 Chris Griffis Memorial Test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, driving for Abel Motorsports alongside Jack William Miller. He would finish the day 14th out of the 16 drivers, ending up behind his teammate and 0.933 seconds behind leader Danial Frost.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2018 | F1600 Championship Series | N/A | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 236 | 15th |
| 2019 | Formula 4 United States Championship | DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 9th |
| 2019 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 173 | 3rd |
| 2020 | Formula Regional Americas Championship | Global Racing Group | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 4th |
| 2022 | U.S. F2000 National Championship | Cape Motorsports | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 235 | 7th |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Wright Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33rd |
* Season still in progress.

### Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | NOG 1 4 | NOG 2 5 | NOG 3 3 | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 Ret | PAU 3 DNS | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 9 | SPA 3 3 | LÉD 1 3 | LÉD 2 7 | LÉD 3 1 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 8 | HUN 3 6 | MAG 1 3 | MAG 2 5 | MAG 3 4 | LEC 1 3 | LEC 2 Ret | LEC 3 5 | 3rd | 173 |

### American open-wheel racing results
#### U.S. F2000 National 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 |
| 2022 | Cape Motorsports | STP 1 15 | STP 2 8 | ALA 1 8 | ALA 2 7 | IMS 1 13 | IMS 2 8 | IMS 3 11 | IRP 17 | ROA 1 11 | ROA 2 9 | MOH 1 7 | MOH 2 5 | MOH 3 11 | TOR 1 6 | TOR 2 10 | POR 1 8 | POR 2 2 | POR 3 2 | 7th | 235 |
* Season still in progress.