Liam Sceats

Liam Sceats (born 20 September 2005) is a racing driver from New Zealand who formerly competed in the 2025 Indy NXT driving for HMD Motorsports. He previously competed in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship for TJ Speed Motorsports.

Early career

Formula Regional Oceania Championship

2023 After competing in karting and Formula Ford championships, on the 29 December 2022, it was announced that Sceats would make his debut in the 2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition. He would get his first podium of the series at Highlands Motorsport Park. Sceats would finish fourth in the standings with three podiums.

2024 In 2024, Sceats would return to the championship, once again driving for M2 Competition. He would qualify on pole for the third race at Euromarque Motorsport Park and go on to get his first win in the series.

At the final round at Highlands Motorsport Park, Sceats qualified on pole for race one, while championship leader Roman Bilinski crashed during qualifying. Sceats also qualified on pole for the New Zealand Grand Prix (race 3). He would have a commanding performance in race one and proceeded to win the race. Sceats managed to keep the championship alive with this result. During race two, championship rival Bilinski had climbed all the way up to second. Bilinski would fight with Bryce Aron for the top spot, but only briefly, as Bilinski's pace faded and was passed by Patrick Woods-Toth. However, this was enough for Bilinski to take the title. In the New Zealand Grand Prix, Sceats would battle with Callum Hedge for the win. Hedge kept putting pressure on Sceats, but Sceats would ultimately hold him off and win his home race. Sceats finished second in the championship to Bilinski.

Formula Regional Japanese Championship

2023 Sceats would join the 2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship driving for Sutekina Racing Team. He would get his first win in the third round of the championship at Okayama International Circuit, and became the first foreign race winner in championship history. Sceats would be in championship contention all season with Sota Ogawa. Sceats would get two more wins at Twin Ring Motegi and Fuji Speedway before the final round of the season at Sugo. In the second race at Fuji, championship leader Ogawa would go off during the race and ultimately have to retire. This promoted Sceats to first and allowed him to win the race. Ogawa's championship lead reduced to just 28 points going into the final round. At the final round at Sugo, Ogawa had done enough to take the title ahead of Sceats. Sceats finished second in the standings.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

2024 For 2024, Sceats would make the move to America and compete in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. However, Johnson was disqualified after the race which promoted Sceats to first. Sceats achieved his next podium at Road America, and got his final podium of the season at the Grand Prix of Toronto. He finished the championship in fifth position with 256 points.

Indy NXT

2025 On 13 February 2025, it was announced that Sceats would join HMD Motorsports to compete in the 2025 Indy NXT at St. Petersburg in the No. 30 car.

Sportscar career

One-make Lamborghini racing

2026

Sceats transitioned to sportscar racing in the former of one-make Lamborghini's where he competed in the 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia for VSR with Pole Gustaw Wisniewski.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship / Trophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2023 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 6th 6th 2024 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 1st1st 2026 HMD Motorsports with TJ Speed Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 6th 7th

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2023 Sutekina Racing Team FUJ11 FUJ12 FUJ13 SUZ1 SUZ2 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 2nd 219.5

American open-wheel racing results

USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy NXT (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2025 HMD Motorsports STP BAR IMS IMS DET GMP RDA MOH IOW LAG LAG POR MIL NSH 18th 162 Season still in progress.