Velocity Racing Development, also competing as VRD Racing in select championships, is an

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team from the United States. The team competes in the USF Pro Championships in the United States and the

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in Europe, previously in collaboration with Arden Motorsport. The team is based in

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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

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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

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, marking the team's first drivers' title. In 2021, VRD expanded it's operation into the

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, 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

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, 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

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. VRD entered a partnership with established British racing team

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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

and enter the

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on its own, under the name ''VRD Racing''.

Current series results

USF2000 Championship

† D'Orlando drove for Exclusive Autosport from round 14 onwards. ‡ Schrage drove for Exclusive Autosport until round 7.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

USF Juniors

GB3 Championship

† Hedley drove for

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and Chris Dittmann Racing from round 4 onwards.

Former series results

GB4 Championship

Formula 4 United States Championship

† Shared results with other teams

Formula Regional Americas Championship

† Cleck drove for Speed Factory in round 6.

Timeline

References

External links

* {{USF Pro 2000 Championship teams American auto racing teams Formula Regional teams Auto racing teams established in 2019