# Velocity Racing Development

Velocity Racing Development, also competing as VRD Racing in select championships, is an auto racing team from the United States. The team competes in the USF Pro Championships in the United States and the GB3 Championship in Europe in collaboration with Arden Motorsport. The team is based in Dawsonville, Georgia near Atlanta Motorsports Park and was founded by British engineer Dan Mitchell.

## History

Velocity Racing Development was founded in 2019 by British engineer Dan Mitchell, following an engineering role with Team Benik and driver Kyle Kirkwood in 2018. VRD made its competitive debut in the 2019 F3 Americas Championship and the 2019 Formula 4 United States Championship. The team finished second in the F3 Americas teams' championship in its first year of competition.
In 2020, VRD driver Hunter Yeany won the Formula 4 United States Championship, marking the team's first drivers' title.
In 2021, VRD expanded it's operation into the Road to Indy, entering into the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship and the 2021 USF2000 Championship. At the end of year, the team would win the 2021 Formula 4 United States teams' championship, marking VRD's first championship.
VRD added another series to their program in the form of the 2022 USF Juniors, the inaugural season of the series. Drivers Sam Corry and Nikita Johnson would finish second and third in the drivers standings, while VRD won the teams' championship.
The following year saw continued expansion of VRD's operations with the team entering the 2023 GB3 Championship and the 2023 GB4 Championship. VRD entered a partnership with established British racing team Arden International to field cars in both championships. 2023 was a successful year for the team, finishing third in the USF2000, USF Juniors, and GB3 teams' championships.
In 2024, the team made the decision to leave the Formula Regional Americas and F4 United States championships. In the 2024 USF Juniors, VRD driver Max Taylor won the drivers' championship, marking the team's second drivers' title. VRD would also win the 2024 USF Juniors teams' championship.
In 2025, VRD elected to part ways with Arden International and enter the 2025 GB3 Championship on its own, under the name VRD Racing.

## Current series results
### USF2000 Championship

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2021 | Tatuus USF-17 | Erik Evans | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 22nd | 12th |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-22 | Alex Quinn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 17th | 5th |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-22 | Nikita Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 18th | 5th |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-22 | Viktor Andersson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 19th | 5th |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-22 | Nicholas d'Orlando† | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 20th | 5th |
| 2022 | Tatuus USF-22 | Ethan Ho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25th | 5th |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Nikita Johnson | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 344 | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Sam Corry | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 7th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Danny Dyszelski | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 13th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Gordon Scully | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 15th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Max Taylor | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 18th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Zack Ping | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus USF-22 | Nico Christodoulou | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 21st | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-22 | Max Taylor | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 343 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-22 | Thomas Schrage‡ | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 156 | 12th | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-22 | Nico Christodoulou | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 19th | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-22 | Xavier Kokai | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 20th | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus USF-22 | Cole Kleck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25th | 3rd |
| 2025 | Tatuus USF-22 | Thomas Schrage | | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Tatuus USF-22 | Christian Cameron | | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Tatuus USF-22 | Teddy Musella | | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Tatuus USF-22 | Ryan Giannetta | | | | | | | | |
† D'Orlando drove for Exclusive Autosport from round 14 onwards.
‡ Schrage drove for Exclusive Autosport until round 7.

### 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 118 | 17th | 8th |
| 2024 | Tatuus IP-22 | Nikita Johnson | 18 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 355 | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus IP-22 | Nico Christodoulou | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 23rd | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus IP-22 | Shawn Rashid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27th | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus IP-22 | Noah Ping | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 28th | 3rd |
| 2025 | Tatuus IP-22 | Owen Tangavelou | | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Tatuus IP-22 | Max Taylor | | | | | | | | |

### USF Juniors

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Sam Corry | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 369 | 2nd | 1st |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Nikita Johnson | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 352 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Alessandro De Tullio | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 314 | 4th | 1st |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Noah Ping | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20th | 1st |
| 2023 | Tatuus JR-23 | Jimmie Lockhart | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 292 | 4th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus JR-23 | Max Taylor | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 236 | 6th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus JR-23 | Ethan Barker | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 7th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus JR-23 | Hudson Schwartz | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 208 | 8th | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus JR-23 | Max Taylor | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 329 | 1st | 1st |
| 2024 | Tatuus JR-23 | Sebastian Wheldon | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 308 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2024 | Tatuus JR-23 | Christian Cameron | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 10th | 1st |
| 2024 | Tatuus JR-23 | Michael Suco | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 21st | 1st |

### GB3 Championship

| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | James Hedley | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 347 | 6th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Nico Christodoulou | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 261 | 8th | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Noah Ping | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 204 | 12th | 3rd |
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Noah Ping | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 10th | 5th |
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Nikita Johnson | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 11th | 5th |
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | James Hedley† | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 15th | 5th |
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Shawn Rashid | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 17th | 5th |
† Hedley drove for Rodin Motorsport and Chris Dittmann Racing from round 4 onwards.

## Former series results
### 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 |
| 2023 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Erik Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22nd | 8th |
| 2024 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Ava Dobson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17th | 8th |

### 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 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th | 10th |
| 2018 | Ligier JS F4 | Sabré Cook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | 10th |
| 2019 | Ligier JS F4 | Ryan MacDermid† | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11th | 6th |
| 2019 | Ligier JS F4 | Michael d'Orlando | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 14th | 6th |
| 2019 | Ligier JS F4 | Oliver Clarke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20th | 6th |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F4 | Hunter Yeany | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 285 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F4 | Erik Evans | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F4 | Nick Persing† | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F4 | Kyffin Simpson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18th | 2nd |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | Jason Alder | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 184 | 3rd | 1st |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | Nico Christodoulou | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 174.5 | 4th | 1st |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | Hayden Bowlsbey† | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 11th | 1st |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | Erik Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14th | 1st |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F4 | Nick Persing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 1st |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Noah Ping | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 196 | 3rd | 2nd |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Matthew Christensen | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 129 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Nicholas Rivers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Jacob Loomis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 12th | 2nd |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F4 | Ethan Barker† | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16th | 2nd |
| 2023 | Ligier JS F4 | Jimmie Lockhart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 10th | 7th |
| 2023 | Ligier JS F4 | Max Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th | 7th |
| 2023 | Ligier JS F4 | Cole Kleck† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th | 7th |
† 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 |
| 2019 | Ligier JS F3 | Parker Locke | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 10th | 2nd |
| 2019 | Ligier JS F3 | Dominic Cicero | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14th | 2nd |
| 2019 | Ligier JS F3 | Antonio Serravalle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16th | 2nd |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | Matt Round-Garrido | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16th | 7th |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | Mathias Soler-Obel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17th | 7th |
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | Hunter Yeany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 7th |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | Nick Persing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 11th | 4th |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | Hunter Yeany | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12th | 4th |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | Jason Alder | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 14th | 4th |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | Arias Deukmedjian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18th | 4th |
| 2021 | Ligier JS F3 | Matt Round-Garrido | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th | 4th |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F3 | Nico Christodoulou | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9th | 4th |
| 2022 | Ligier JS F3 | Rodrigo Gutiérrez | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10th | 4th |
| 2023 | Ligier JS F3 | Cole Kleck† | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 10th | 7th |
| 2023 | Ligier JS F3 | Rodrigo Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16th | 7th |
† Cleck drove for Speed Factory in round 6.

## Timeline

Current series :
| USF2000 Championship | 2021–present |
| USF Pro 2000 Championship | 2021, 2023–present |
| USF Juniors | 2022–present |
| GB3 Championship | 2023–present |
| Former series ||
| GB4 Championship | 2023–2024 |
| Formula 4 United States Championship | 2018–2023 |
| Formula Regional Americas Championship | 2019–2023 |