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Road to IndyCarUSF Pro 2000
TeddyMusella
Seventeen years old, four seasons of car racing, and one championship already banked on the way to Indianapolis.
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Four years ago he was a karting kid in Central Florida. He has since won a national title and finished runner‑up on the Road to Indy.
Teddy Musella started racing karts in 2019 and moved into cars four years later. The 2024 season gave him his first championship — the inaugural Ligier JS F4 Series title, taken with five wins from fifteen starts. In 2025 he finished second in the USF2000 Championship, winning at Road America and Portland. 2026 took him into USF Pro 2000, the middle rung of the Road to Indy, for a full season with VRD Racing.
His 2027 season is still to be confirmed.
Career to date
The record so far
- 1
- Championship
- 7
- Race wins
- 22
- Podiums
- 5
- Pole positions
Career car-racing totals, 2023–2026. Karting results are in the timeline below.
Career results at a glance
- 2024 Ligier JS F4 champion
- 2024 Five wins, twelve podiums
- 2025 USF2000 runner-up
- 2025 Road America winner
- 2025 Portland winner
- 2025 371 points
- 2026 USF Pro 2000
- 2027 Season to be confirmed
Who he is
The driver
Musella was born in Orlando on 25 May 2009, and holds both American and Italian citizenship. He picked up karting in 2019, and the results came quickly: fourth in the 2022 USPKS X30 Junior standings, and seventh at the SKUSA SuperNationals the same year — the biggest karting race in the United States.
Cars followed in 2023. He moved into single-seaters in Lucas Oil Formula, and tested an F4 car with Scuderia Buell.
2024 was the breakthrough. Driving for Scuderia Buell in the first year of the Ligier JS F4 Series, he won five races, took three poles, stood on the podium twelve times in fifteen starts, and left with the inaugural championship.
That earned a full Road to Indy campaign. In 2025 he joined VRD Racing in USF2000, won at Road America and Portland, and finished the year second in the championship with 371 points — nine podiums across eighteen races. 2026 brought the step into USF Pro 2000 with the same team — a full season in a quicker car, with one podium and multiple top-five finishes.
Where he races in 2027 is still to be confirmed.
“What an amazing year it has been. There were some crazy races and great battles, even back to NOLA for the first race of the season.”
The numbers
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Podiums | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | To be confirmed | — | ||||
| 2026 | USF Pro 2000 | VRD Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 7th |
| 2025 | USF2000Vice Champion | VRD Racing | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 371 | 2nd |
| 2024 | Ligier JS F4 SeriesChampion | Scuderia Buell | 15 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 254 | 1st |
How he got here
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2019
First laps in a kart
Starts racing karts at ten years old.
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2022
National karting form
Fourth in USPKS X30 Junior; seventh at the SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas.
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2023
Into single-seaters
Lucas Oil Formula, with F4 testing alongside Scuderia Buell.
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2024
Champion, first time out
Five wins, three poles and twelve podiums in fifteen starts takes the inaugural Ligier JS F4 Series title with Scuderia Buell.
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2025
Runner-up on the Road to Indy
Joins VRD Racing in USF2000. Wins at Road America and Portland, nine podiums, second in the championship on 371 points.
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2026
USF Pro 2000
Steps up with VRD Racing for the full season, taking a podium and multiple top-five finishes.
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2027
TBD
Next season still to be confirmed.
Photography by Gavin Baker
On track
