Teddy Musella

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Teddy Musella
Born
Teddy Musella

(2009-05-25) 25 May 2009 (age 16)
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
USF2000 Championship career
Debut season 2025
Current team VRD Racing
Car number25
Championship titles
2024 Ligier JS F4 Series

Teddy Musella (born 25 May 2009) is an American racing driver who competes in the USF2000 Championship for VRD Racing. He is the 2024 Ligier JS F4 Series champion.

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Career

Musella began karting 2019. [1] Spending four years in karting, Musella most notably finished fourth in the 2022 USPKS X30 Junior standings and seventh in the SKUSA SuperNationals in the same year. [2] [3]

Musella made his single-seater debut in the 2023 F4 Western Winter Series, where he won one race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. [4] After also competing in the Lucas Oil Winter Series, Musella made a one-off appearance in USF Juniors for Zanella Racing at Barber Motorsports Park. [5] In his only two races in the series, Musella finished tenth and seventh. [6] [7]

However, his main program in 2024 was in the newly-created Ligier JS F4 Series, where he drove for Scuderia Buell as the team's sole full-time driver. [8] Musella won two of the three races of the season-opening round at NOLA Motorsports Park to take the lead in points. [9] After losing the points lead to Bacon Zelenka at Road America, [10] Musella won the first race at Mid-Ohio, [11] before finishing on the podium in four of the following five races. [12] In the final round of the season at Circuit of the Americas, Musella won the first two races of the weekend on his way to the inaugural Ligier JS F4 title. [13] [14]

Despite winning a scolarship to race in the Formula 4 United States Championship, [15] Musella joined VRD Racing to compete in the USF2000 Championship alongside Thomas Schrage, Christian Cameron and Ryan Giannetta. [16] After taking his first top five of the season in the second round at NOLA Motorsports Park, [17] Musella took the pole for both races at Indianapolis before taking his maiden series podium in race two by finishing second to teammate Schrage. [18] Following a sixth-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Musella took his maiden series win in the following round at Road America. [19] Musella then scored six podiums in the last eight races of the season, including his second win of the season at the season-ending round in Portland. [20]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2021 SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 JuniorZanella Racing38th
2022 SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 JuniorRolison Performance Group7th
2024RMC Winter Trophy — Junior Max35th
Sources: [21] [22]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2023Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series300007212th
2024 Ligier JS F4 Series Scuderia Buell15535122541st
USF Juniors Zanella Racing200002527th
2025 USF2000 Championship VRD Racing 1822293712nd
Source: [23] [21]

Complete Ligier JS F4 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2024 Scuderia Buell NOL
1

1
NOL
2

2
NOL
3

1
ROA
1

3
ROA
2

10
ROA
3

5
MOH
1

1
MOH
2

2
MOH
3

2
NJM
1

3
NJM
2

5
NJM
3

3
COA
1

1
COA
2

1
COA
3

2
1st254

American open-wheel racing results

USF Juniors

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2024 Zanella Racing NOL
1

NOL
2

NOL
3

ALA
1

10
ALA
2

7
VIR
1

VIR
2

VIR
3

MOH
1

MOH
2

ROA
1

ROA
2

ROA
3

POR
1

POR
2

POR
3

27th25

USF2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2025 VRD Racing STP
1

14
STP
2

8
NOL
1

5
NOL
2

8
NOL
3

6
IMS
1

4
IMS
2

2
IRP
6
ROA
1

2*
ROA
2

1*
MOH
1

4
MOH
2

3
MOH
3

3
TOR
1

3
TOR
2

4
POR
1

3
POR
2

3
POR
3

1
2nd371

References

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  2. "Rolison Performance Group Takes Five Wins and Two Championships at USPKS Heartland Grand Prix". rolisonperformancegroup.com. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. "Victories for OTK products at SKUSA SuperNationals 25". tkart.it. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  4. "2023 International Formula 4 season review". formulascout.com. 24 December 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  5. "Entry List - Continental Tire Grand Prix of Alabama" (PDF). USF Juniors . 23 April 2024.
  6. "Ariel Elkin wins opening USF Juniors race at Barber shortened by crash". formulascout.com. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  7. "Elkin wins again at Barber but Wheldon grows USF Juniors lead". formulascout.com. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  8. "Ligier JS F4: 2024 season guide". feederseries.net. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  9. "Musella, Hauanio win Ligier JS F4 openers at NOLA". racer.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  10. "US F4 starts new era with Gen2 cars as its old machinery puts on a show". formulascout.com. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  11. "Stati, Musella take JS F4, US F4 wins at Mid-Ohio, Shehan wins FR Americas". racer.com. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  12. "Teddy Musella Discusses Breakout Season and Upcoming Ligier JS F4 Championship Showdown". usopenwheelnation.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  13. "Popow takes first F4 U.S. win at COTA, Musella wins in JSF4". racer.com. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  14. "Teddy Musella wins inaugural Ligier JS F4 title". usopenwheelnation.com. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  15. "Ligier Junior Formula Championship: 2025 season guide". feederseries.net. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  16. "Ligier JS F4: 2024 season guide". feederseries.net. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  17. "Liam McNeilly continues unbeaten USF2000 run with third win in a row". formulascout.com. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  18. "Schrage takes his turn for first USF2000 victory". racer.com. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  19. "USF2000: Schrage cements lead with win as crash derails Jeffers' weekend". feederseries.net. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  20. "USF2000: Jeffers seals title as last-gasp victory helps Musella usurp Schrage". feederseries.net. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  21. 1 2 "Teddy Musella | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  22. Kartcom. "Musella Teddy" . Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  23. "Teddy Musella Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.