Gio Scelzi

Giovanni Scelzi (born November 28, 2001) is an American racing driver who competes in the High Limit Racing Series for Spire Motorsports.

Racing career Scelzi began his career in the micro-sprint ranks, driving at Plaza Park Raceway. Racing at Lemoore Speedway as a nine-year-old, Scelzi posted 24 wins during that season.

At age sixteen, Scelzi moved from his hometown of Fresno, California to Indianapolis, Indiana to be closer to sprint car competition.

In 2019, Scelzi became the youngest driver to win a feature at Knoxville Raceway, using the highest groove on the racetrack to take the lead. He also won his first career United States Auto Club midget race, taking the checkered flag at Placerville Speedway.

Scelzi started his 2020 season by racing at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On January 14, Scelzi was confirmed for a full ARCA Menards Series West schedule for Bill McAnally Racing, driving the organization's No. 16 entry. A midwinter trip to Australia to race sprint cars was cancelled when Scelzi left Indy Race Cars, the team he drove for in 2018 and 2019, to join Forbrook. He won his first Pro Late Model race at New Smyrna Speedway on February 9, capitalizing on a last lap crash/penalty combination that took the top two cars out of contention. In June, Scelzi returned to his family sprint car team for some All Star Circuit of Champions races and also joined Tucker Boat Motorsports for some sprint car races during Indiana Midget Week. Scelzi scored a career-best ARCA West finish of second at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring in September. In the following race, Scelzi executed a bump-and-run maneuver on Taylor Gray during the penultimate lap to claim his first ARCA win. He would finish the season fifth in points.

In 2023, Scelzi joined the World of Outlaws full time, pursuing Rookie of the Year honors. His time with KCP Racing ended after the Double Down Duels at Eldora in July 2025, and joined Clauson-Marshall Racing to finish out the High Limit Racing season after Tyler Courtney's season-ending injury.

Personal life Gio is the son of former drag racing driver Gary Scelzi, and is the younger brother of sprint car driver Dominic Scelzi.

Motorsports career results ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2020 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 33rd 98

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Ref 2020 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI FIF 38th 31

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Ref 2020 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO 5th 560