Nikita Johnson

Nikita Andreas Johnson (born May 25, 2008) is an American racing driver who currently competes in Indy NXT for Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for RLL Team McLaren.

Johnson was the 2024 USF Pro 2000 runner-up, driving for Velocity Racing Development. He also raced in FIA Formula 3 for DAMS and Hitech TGR in .

Career USF2000 Championship 2023 On October 6, 2022, it was announced that Johnson would compete full-time in the 2023 USF2000 Championship driving for Velocity Racing Development. This was after a campaign in the USF Juniors series where he finished third overall after taking three wins, an additional seven podiums, two poles and 352 points.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

2023 On August 21, 2023, Johnson announced that he would make his USF Pro 2000 Championship debut at the Circuit of the Americas driving for Velocity Racing Development. He would compete in rounds 14-18.

In race 1 at COTA, Johnson would finish on the podium behind fellow USF Pro 2000 debutant Mac Clark and race winner Kiko Porto. In race 2, Johnson started third behind Clark and Porto. He managed to get past Clark in the opening laps and closed the gap to Porto. On lap seven, Johnson battled with Porto for the lead and Johnson emerged victorious. He extended his gap to Porto to over seventeen seconds by races end to win the race. Johnson not only became the youngest race winner in the history of the USF Pro 2000 Championship at the age of fiteen, but he also became the first driver to win on all three levels of the USF Pro Championships ladder.

At the final round of the season at Portland International Raceway, Johnson qualified seven tenths of a second off pole position. In the final race of the season, Johnson lined up second alongside Michael d'Orlando. Johnson would take the lead of the race going into the first corner. The race was hectic with multiple safety cars and on-track incidents. After the final restart on lap 23, the race would remain green for the final seven laps, and Johnson would go on to win his second race in only five starts.

2024 On November 30, 2023, it was announced that Johnson would compete full-time in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship driving for Velocity Racing Development.

2025

Johnson contested his first full season of GB3 in 2025, moving over to Hitech Pulse-Eight.

Formula Regional 2025 At the start of 2025, Johnson competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition.

FIA Formula 3 2025 Johnson made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 Championship at the Spielberg round, where drove for DAMS Lucas Oil after Nicola Lacorte was given a one-round suspension. He qualified last, finishing eighteenth in the sprint race and 22nd in the feature. Just days later, Johnson was confirmed by Hitech Pulse-Eight to compete for them during the Silverstone round a week later, replacing Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. He finished 27th and 26th at Silverstone, being promoted to 23rd in the feature race following penalties to other cars. He was replaced in the Spa-Francorchamps round by Freddie Slater, but returned the next time out in Budapest.

Indy NXT 2025 Johnson raced in selected rounds of the 2025 Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports.

2026 In 2026, Johnson will race the full Indy NXT season with Cape Motorsports.

Endurance racing 2026 At the start of 2026, Johnson was confirmed to make his endurance racing debut in the GTD Pro class with RLL Team McLaren during the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2022 YACademy Winter Series Velocity Racing Development 6 3 1 3 5 103 1st USF Juniors 16 3 2 5 10 352 3rd USF2000 Championship 8 0 0 1 1 85 18th 2023 USF2000 Championship Velocity Racing Development 18 1 2 2 8 344 2nd USF Pro 2000 Championship 5 2 0 2 4 118 17th 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship Velocity Racing Development 18 8 7 8 10 355 2nd GB3 Championship VRD Racing by Arden 18 2 0 1 2 193 11th 2025 Formula Regional Oceania Championship M2 Competition 15 1 0 1 6 305 3rd Indy NXT HMD Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 55 24th GB3 Championship Hitech TGR 12 0 0 0 2 138 16th FIA Formula 3 ChampionshipDAMS Lucas Oil 2 0 0 0 0 0 32ndHitech TGR 6 0 0 0 0 2026Indy NXTCape Motorsports Powered by ECR 14 2 0 0 7 475* 2nd*IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD ProRLL Team McLaren 8 0 0 1 0 1970* 9th* Season still in progress.

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) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points 2022 Velocity Racing Development OIR1 OIR2 OIR3 ALA1 ALA2 VIR1 VIR2 VIR3 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 COA1 COA2 COA3 3rd 352

USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points2022 Velocity Racing Development STP1 STP2 ALA1 ALA2 IMS1 IMS2 IMS3 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3

USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

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 15 16 17 Rank Points 2025 HMD Motorsports STP BAR IMS IMS DET GMP RDA MOH IOW LAG LAG POR MIL NSH 24th 55 2026 Cape Motorsportspowered by ECR STP ARL BAR BAR IMS IMS DET GAT ROA ROA MOH MOH NSS POR MIL LAG LAG 1st* 505* Season still in progress.

Complete GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2025 DAMS Lucas Oil MELSPR MELFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA 32nd 0 Hitech TGR SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.