# Nolan Allaer

Nolan Allaer (born March 5, 2002) is an American racing driver. He currently competes in Indy NXT driving the No. 11 for HMD Motorsports.

## Career

Allaer started racing at age 6 and in 2008 was competing in the Florida Karting Championship Series. His first race in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs garnered him a third place finish in the Formula Continental class. The following year at the SCCA Runoffs he won the Formula Continental class over Simon Sikes, current USF2000 Championship, and finished third in Formula F. Allaer joined Team Pelfrey in 2022 to compete in the F1600 Championship Series earning two wins and nine podiums. In 2023, he returned to the SCCA Runoffs and won the Formula Continental for the second time, with his father, Robert finishing second. Additionally that weekend at the Runoffs he won the Formula F championship winning with a Ford for the first time since 2011. In 2024, it was announced that Allaer would be moving up to the Indy NXT series.

## Personal life

Allaer attends Miami University. His father, Robert, is a two-time SCCA National Championship Runoffs champion in the Formula Continental and his uncle, J. Lewis Cooper III, is a former SCCA National champion in Formula F.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2020 | SCCA Great Lakes Division – Formula Continental | LTD Motorsports | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 2nd |
| 2020 | SCCA Great Lakes Division – Formula Ford | LTD Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 8th |
| 2021 | SCCA National Championship Runoffs – Formula Continental | Martini/Chandon/LTD Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2022 | F1600 Championship Series | Team Pelfrey | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 647 | 4th |
| 2022 | SCCA National Championship Runoffs – Formula Continental | LTD Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2022 | SCCA National Championship Runoffs – Formula F | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2023 | BRSCC National Formula Ford Championship | Ammonite Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6th |
| 2023 | Formula Ford Festival | Ammonite Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th |
| 2023 | SCCA National Championship Runoffs – Formula Continental | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2023 | SCCA National Championship Runoffs – Formula F | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2024 | Indy NXT | HMD Motorsports | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 19th |
| 2025 | Indy NXT | HMD Motorsports | | | | | | | |

### American open–wheel racing results
#### SCCA National Championship Runoffs

| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
| 2021 | Indianapolis | Van Diemen RF02 | Ford | Formula Continental | 3 | 3 | Running |
| 2022 | VIR | Van Diemen RF02 | Ford | Formula Continental | 1 | 1 | Running |
| 2022 | VIR | Van Diemen RF00 | Ford | Formula F | 3 | 4 | Running |
| 2023 | VIR | Van Diemen RF02 | Ford | Formula Continental | 1 | 1 | Running |
| 2023 | VIR | Van Diemen RF00 | Ford | Formula F | 1 | 1 | Running |

#### F1600 Championship Series

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | Team Pelfrey | CMP 2 | CMP 19 | CMP 4 | MO 22 | MO 9 | MO 6 | BAR 3 | BAR 4 | BAR 7 | PITT 3 | PITT 4 | PITT 1 | ABCC 6 | ABCC 4 | ABCC 5 | SP 1 | SP 3 | SP 12 | PITT 3 | PITT 3 | PITT 2 | 4th | 647 |

#### Indy NXT

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with $^L$ indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2024 | HMD Motorsports | STP 14 | BAR 18 | IMS 13 | IMS 17 | DET 17 | RDA 10 | LAG 20 | LAG 14 | MDO 8 | IOW | GMP | POR | MIL | NSH 13 | 19th | 158 |
| 2025 | HMD Motorsports | STP 19 | BAR | IMS | IMS | DET | GMP | RDA | MDO | IOW | LAG | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | 19th* | 11* |
* Season still in progress.