Nikita Johnson

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On October 6, 2022, it was announced that Johnson would compete full-time in the 2023 USF2000 Championship driving for Velocity Racing Development.^[4] 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.

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

At the final round of the season at Portland International Raceway, Johnson qualified seven tenths of a second off pole position.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[3] In 2024, Johnson would take eight wins, another two podium finishes, seven pole positions and 355 points to finish second place in the overall standings.

On February 21, 2024, Johnson announced that he would be participating in the 2024 GB3 Championship driving for VRD Racing by Arden. However, he only began the GB3 season from round three since he had to sit out the first two rounds because he was still only fifteen years old at the time, and the minimum age requirement for GB3 is sixteen.^[9]

Johnson contested his first full season of GB3 in 2025, moving over to Hitech Pulse-Eight.^[10]

At the start of 2025, Johnson competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition.^[11]

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.^[12] He qualified last, finishing eighteenth in the sprint race and 22nd in the feature.^[13] 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.^[14] He finished 27th and 26th at Silverstone, being promoted to 23rd in the feature race following penalties to other cars.^[15][16] He was replaced in the Spa-Francorchamps round by Freddie Slater, but returned the next time out in Budapest.^[17]

Johnson raced in selected rounds of the 2025 Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports.^[18]

In 2026, Johnson will race the full Indy NXT season with Cape Motorsports.^[19]

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.^[20]