HMD Motorsports
HMD Motorsports (formerly BN Racing) is an American racing team in the IndyCar Series and Indy Lights series.[4][5] The team is owned by Henry Malukas.[2][3]
| Base | Brownsburg, Indiana[1] |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Henry Malukas[2][3] |
| Current series | IndyCar Series[4] Indy NXT[5] |
| Former series | Formula Regional Americas Championship[6] Pro Mazda Championship[7][8] U.S. F2000 National Championship[9] |
| Noted drivers | 7. Christian Bogle[10] 11. James Roe 21. Kyffin Simpson 26. Linus Lundqvist 68. Danial Frost GRG with HMD 24. Benjamin Pedersen |
Road to Indy (2017–present) Edit
USF2000 and Pro Mazda Edit
The team entered the USF2000 series in 2017 running a limited schedule.[11] Along with USF2000, the team also entered the 2018 Pro Mazda Championship with two cars, and had several wins.[7][12]
Indy Lights Edit
2019 Edit
HMD Motorsports (BN Racing) entered the 2019 Indy Lights series.[11] David Malukas ran for the team in 2019 with a limited budget.[13] Toby Sowery won the Sunday race at Portland for HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey.[14][15] HMD was to run the 2020 Indy Lights series, but the season was cancelled due to COVID-19.[6][16]
2021 Edit
HMD Motorsports, together with Global Racing Group fielded four cars to start the 2021 Indy Lights series season.[2][3][17] Drivers included Benjamin Pedersen, Linus Lundqvist, Nikita Lastochkin, and David Malukas. Exclusive Autosport, due to delaying its planned Indy Lights entry, sold their two cars to HMD/GRG.[18] Linus Lundqvist won Race 1 from pole at the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama with teammate David Malukas winning Race 2 from pole.[19][20] Malukas won Race 2 from pole at the Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.[21] Lundqvist won the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Race 1 from pole with teammate Malukas winning Race 2 from pole.[22][23] Malukas won Race 2 at Road America, both races at Gateway, and Portland Race 1.[24][25][26] Lundqvist would use another car at Gateway due to a crash before the races.[25] Manuel Sulaimán joined the team at Portland, replacing Lastochkin.[27] Lundqvist won the season finale at Mid-Ohio.[28]
2022 Edit
HMD partnered with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2022 Indy Lights series season. Drivers included Christian Bogle, Danial Frost, Linus Lundqvist, and Manuel Sulaimán.[29][30] The teams partnership continued with Global Racing Group, fielding driver Benjamin Pedersen.[29] Lundqvist won several races throughout the season, while teammate Frost won at the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Race 1.[31][32] Sulaimán would leave the team and be replaced by Antonio Serravalle starting at Indianapolis.[33] Kyffin Simpson would join the team starting at Iowa, moving over from TJ Speed.[34] Serravalle would leave and be replaced by James Roe starting at Nashville, who also moved over from TJ Speed.[35] Pedersen would win at Portland.[36] Nolan Siegel joined the team for the season finale at Laguna Seca [37] Lundqvist would win the series championship at Race 1 of Laguna Seca.[38]
2023 Edit
HMD Motorsports will field a entry for Force Indy driver Ernie Francis Jr. in 2023.[39] HMD also took over the teams equipment and personal.[40]
IndyCar (2022–present) Edit
2022 Edit
HMD Motorsports partnered with Dale Coyne Racing to run David Malukas in the 2022 IndyCar Series.[4][41]
Formula Regional Americas Championship (2020) Edit
2020 Edit
HMD Motorsports entered the 2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship series with drivers David Malukas and Santiago Urrutia after the cancellation of the 2020 Indy Lights series.[6] Logan Cusson joined the team starting at Barber Motorsports Park.[42] Kyffin Simpson joined the team starting at Sebring International Raceway.[43] David Malukas would win the Saturday race at Sebring.[44] Marco Kacic joined the team for Circuit of the Americas.[45]
Current series results Edit
IndyCar Series Edit
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dallara DW12 | David Malukas | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 305 | 16th |
| 2023 | Dallara DW12 | David Malukas | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 265 | 17th |
Indy Lights / Indy NXT Edit
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dallara IL-15 | Toby Sowery | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 367 | 3rd | 3rd |
| David Malukas | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 301 | 6th | |||
| 2021 | Dallara IL-15 | David Malukas | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 524 | 2nd | 1st |
| Linus Lundqvist | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 449 | 3rd | |||
| Benjamin Pedersen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 356 | 4th | |||
| Nikita Lastochkin | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 13th | |||
| Manuel Sulaimán | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 15th | |||
| 2022 | Dallara IL-15 | Linus Lundqvist | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 575 | 1st | 2nd |
| Danial Frost | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 382 | 7th | |||
| Kyffin Simpson† | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 | 9th | |||
| Christian Bogle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 11th | |||
| James Roe Jr.† | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 12th | |||
| Antonio Serravalle† | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 13th | |||
| Manuel Sulaimán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16th | |||
| Nolan Siegel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 17th | |||
| Benjamin Pedersen | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 444 | 5th | 3rd | ||
| 2023 | Dallara IL-15 | Christian Rasmussen | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 539 | 1st | 1st |
| Nolan Siegel | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 415 | 3rd | |||
| Danial Frost | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 361 | 6th | |||
| Reece Gold† | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 334 | 8th | |||
| Christian Bogle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 11th | |||
| Rasmus Lindh† | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 14th | |||
| Josh Green | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 20th | |||
| Kyffin Simpson | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 283 | 10th | 5th | ||
| Josh Pierson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 15th | |||
| Toby Sowery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 23rd | |||
| Ernie Francis Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 9th | 6th |
† Shared results with other teams.
Former series results Edit
Pro Mazda Championship / Indy Pro 2000 Championship Edit
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tatuus PM-18 | David Malukas | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 302 | 4th | 3rd |
| Charles Finelli | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 10th | |||
| Kris Wright | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 12th | |||
| Toby Sowery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 16th | |||
| 2019 | Tatuus PM-18 | Matthew Round-Garrido | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17th | 10th |
| 2020 | Tatuus PM-18 | Jacob Loomis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 17th | ? |
| Sabré Cook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19th |
U.S. F2000 National Championship Edit
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tatuus USF-17 | David Malukas | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 10th | ? |
| Zach Holden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36th | |||
| 2018 | Tatuus USF-17 | Keith Donegan† | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 9th | 7th |
| Russell McDonough | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19th | |||
| Jamie Caroline | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 25th | |||
| 2019 | Tatuus USF-17 | Zach Holden | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 170 | 9th | 6th |
| Matthew Round-Garrido† | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 14th | |||
| Anthony Famularo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 19th |
† Shared results with other teams.
Formula Regional Americas Championship Edit
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ligier JS F3 | David Malukas | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 283 | 2nd | 2nd |
| Logan Cusson† | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 8th | |||
| Kyffin Simpson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13th | |||
| Santiago Urrutia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15th | |||
| Marco Kacic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th |
† Shared results with other teams.
References Edit
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External links Edit
- Official website