# Nicholas d'Orlando

Nicholas d'Orlando (born April 9, 2003) is an American racing driver who competes 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.

## 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.

## Personal life

d'Orlando's older brother Michael d'Orlando is also a racing driver.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2021 | F1600 Championship Series | Team Pelfrey | 24 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 901 | 1st |
| 2022 | YACademy Winter Series | Cape Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6th |
| 2022 | USF Juniors | DC Autosport w/Cape Motorsports | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 22nd |
| 2022 | USF2000 Championship | Velocity Racing Development | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 20th |
| 2022 | USF2000 Championship | Exclusive Autosport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 20th |
| 2023 | USF2000 Championship | Exclusive Autosport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26th |
* 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)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Rank | Points |
| 2021 | Team Pelfrey | CMP 1 13 | CMP 2 1 | CMP 3 1 | MDO 1 3 | MDO 2 2 | MDO 3 2 | ALA 1 DNF | ALA 2 1 | ALA 3 1 | PIR1 1 1 | PIR1 2 26 | PIR1 3 1 | ROA 1 3 | ROA 2 5 | ROA 3 1 | SPM 1 DNF | SPM 2 1 | SPM 3 1 | ACC 1 1 | ACC 1 2 | ACC 1 3 | PIR2 1 1 | PIR2 2 1 | PIR2 3 DNF | 1st | 901 |

#### USF Juniors

(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 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports | OIR 1 DNS | OIR 2 11 | OIR 3 C† | ALA 1 8 | ALA 2 6 | VIR 1 | VIR 2 | VIR 3 | MDO 1 | MDO 2 | MDO 3 | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | ROA 3 | COA 1 | COA 2 | COA 3 | 22nd | 39 |
† 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)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | Velocity Racing Development | STP 1 | STP 2 | ALA 1 | ALA 2 | IMS 1 | IMS 2 | IMS 3 | IRP | ROA 1 10 | ROA 2 13 | MOH 1 15 | MOH 2 8 | MOH 3 20 | | | | | | 20th | 77 |
| 2022 | Exclusive Autosport | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOR 1 9 | TOR 2 12 | POR 1 19 | POR 2 19 | POR 3 9 | 20th | 77 |
| 2023 | Exclusive Autosport | STP 1 6 | STP 2 13 | SEB 1 | SEB 1 | IMS 1 | IMS 2 | IMS 3 | IRP | ROA 1 | ROA 2 | MOH 1 | MOH 2 | MOH 3 | TOR 1 | TOR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | 26th | 23 |
* Season still in progress.