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| Base | Brownsburg, Indiana [1] |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Henry Malukas [2] [3] |
| Current series | Indy NXT [4] [5] |
| Former series | Formula Regional Americas Championship [6] IndyCar Series [1] [7] |
HMD Motorsports is an American racing team in the Indy NXT series. [4] [5] The team is owned by Henry Malukas. [2] [3]
HMD Motorsports was formed from the Indy Lights operations of BN Racing. In August of 2019, BN Racing sold off their Indy Lights operation to Henry Malukas. [8] Henry Malukas then formed HMD Motorsports as a result.
Toby Sowery won the Sunday race at Portland for HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey. [9] [10] HMD was to run the 2020 Indy Lights series, but the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. [6] [11]
HMD Motorsports, together with Global Racing Group fielded four cars to start the 2021 Indy Lights series season. [2] [3] [12] Drivers included Benjamin Pedersen, Linus Lundqvist, Nikita Lastochkin, and David Malukas. Exclusive Autosport, due to delaying its planned Indy Lights entry, sold their two cars to HMD/GRG. [13] Linus Lundqvist won Race 1 from pole at the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama with teammate David Malukas winning Race 2 from pole. [14] [15] Malukas won Race 2 from pole at the Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. [16] Lundqvist won the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Race 1 from pole with teammate Malukas winning Race 2 from pole. [17] [18] Malukas won Race 2 at Road America, both races at Gateway, and Portland Race 1. [19] [20] [21] Lundqvist would use another car at Gateway due to a crash before the races. [20] Manuel Sulaimán joined the team at Portland, replacing Lastochkin. [22] Lundqvist won the season finale at Mid-Ohio. [23]
HMD partnered with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2022 Indy Lights series season. Drivers included Christian Bogle, Danial Frost, Linus Lundqvist, and Manuel Sulaimán. [24] [25] The teams partnership continued with Global Racing Group, fielding driver Benjamin Pedersen. [24] Lundqvist won several races throughout the season, while teammate Frost won at the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Race 1. [26] [27] Sulaimán would leave the team and be replaced by Antonio Serravalle starting at Indianapolis. [28] Kyffin Simpson would join the team starting at Iowa, moving over from TJ Speed. [29] Serravalle would leave and be replaced by James Roe starting at Nashville, who also moved over from TJ Speed. [30] Pedersen would win at Portland. [31] Nolan Siegel joined the team for the season finale at Laguna Seca [32] Lundqvist would win the series championship at Race 1 of Laguna Seca. [33]
HMD Motorsports fielded an entry for Force Indy driver Ernie Francis Jr.. [34] HMD also took over the teams equipment and personal. [35] The team started 2023 with nine cars in the Indy NXT field. [36] Christian Rasmussen won the championship racing for HMD. [37] Rasmussen almost ran out of funding three times during the season. [38]
Myles Rowe joined Force Indy/HMD for 2024. [34] [39] HMD started 2024 with ten cars in the Indy NXT field. [40]
HMD Motorsports partnered with Dale Coyne Racing to run David Malukas in the 2022 IndyCar Series and 2023 IndyCar Series. [41] [42] [43] The partnership would end after 2023. [1] [7]
HMD Motorsports entered the 2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship series with drivers David Malukas and Santiago Urrutia after the cancellation of the 2020 Indy Lights series. [6] Logan Cusson joined the team starting at Barber Motorsports Park. [44] Kyffin Simpson joined the team starting at Sebring International Raceway. [45] David Malukas would win the Saturday race at Sebring. [46] Marco Kacic joined the team for Circuit of the Americas. [47]
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dallara DW12 |  David Malukas | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 305 | 16th |
| 2023 | Dallara DW12 | David Malukas | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 265 | 17th |
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dallara IL-15 |  Toby Sowery | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 367 | 3rd | 3rd |
| David Malukas | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 301 | 6th | |||
| 2021 | Dallara IL-15 | David Malukas | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 524 | 2nd | 1st |
 Linus Lundqvist | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 449 | 3rd | |||
| Benjamin Pedersen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 356 | 4th | |||
 Nikita Lastochkin | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 13th | |||
 Manuel Sulaimán | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 15th | |||
| 2022 | Dallara IL-15 | Linus Lundqvist | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 575 | 1st | 2nd |
 Danial Frost | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 382 | 7th | |||
 Kyffin Simpson† | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 | 9th | |||
| Christian Bogle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 11th | |||
 James Roe Jr.† | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 12th | |||
 Antonio Serravalle† | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 13th | |||
| Manuel Sulaimán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16th | |||
| Nolan Siegel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 17th | |||
| Benjamin Pedersen | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 444 | 5th | 3rd | ||
| 2023 | Dallara IL-15 |  Christian Rasmussen | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 539 | 1st | 1st |
| Nolan Siegel | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 415 | 3rd | |||
| Danial Frost | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 361 | 6th | |||
| Reece Gold† | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 334 | 8th | |||
| Christian Bogle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 11th | |||
| Rasmus Lindh† | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 14th | |||
| Josh Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 20th | |||
 Kyffin Simpson | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 283 | 10th | 5th | ||
| Josh Pierson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 15th | |||
| Toby Sowery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 23rd | |||
| Ernie Francis Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 9th | 6th | ||
| 2024 | Dallara IL-15 |  Caio Collet | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 436 | 3rd | 2nd |
 Callum Hedge | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 332 | 4th | |||
| Reece Gold | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 289 | 10th | |||
| Christian Bogle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 12th | |||
| Jonathan Browne | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 13th | |||
| Josh Pierson | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 14th | |||
| Christian Brooks | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 16th | |||
| Nolan Siegel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 17th | |||
| Nolan Allaer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 19th | |||
 Niels Koolen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 20th | |||
| Kiko Porto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 26th | |||
| Jagger Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27th | |||
| Myles Rowe | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 286 | 11th | 5th |
† Shared results with other teams.
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | David Malukas | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 283 | 2nd | 2nd |
| Logan Cusson† | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 8th | |||
| Kyffin Simpson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13th | |||
 Santiago Urrutia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15th | |||
| Marco Kacic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th |
† Shared results with other teams.
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| Indy NXT | 2019–present |
| Former series | |
| Formula Regional Americas Championship | 2020 |
| IndyCar Series | 2022–2023 |
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