Teddy Musella

Musella began karting 2019.^[1] Spending four years in karting, he most notably finished fourth in the 2022 USPKS X30 Junior standings and seventh in the SKUSA SuperNationals in the same year.^[2][3]

Musella made his single-seater debut in the 2023 F4 Western Winter Series, where he won one race at New Jersey Motorsports Park.^[4] After also competing in the Lucas Oil Winter Series, Musella made a one-off appearance in USF Juniors for Zanella Racing at Barber Motorsports Park.^[5] In his only two races in the series, Musella finished tenth and seventh.^[6][7]

However, Musella's main program in 2024 was in the newly-created Ligier JS F4 Series, where he drove for Scuderia Buell as the team's sole full-time driver.^[8] Musella won two of the three races of the season-opening round at NOLA Motorsports Park to take the lead in points.^[9] After losing the points lead to Bacon Zelenka at Road America,^[10] Musella won the first race at Mid-Ohio,^[11] before finishing on the podium in four of the following five races.^[12] In the final round of the season at Circuit of the Americas, Musella won the first two races of the weekend on his way to the inaugural Ligier JS F4 title.^[13][14]

Despite winning a scholarship to race in the Formula 4 United States Championship,^[15] Musella joined VRD Racing to compete in the USF2000 Championship alongside Thomas Schrage, Christian Cameron and Ryan Giannetta.^[16] After taking his first top five of the season in the second round at NOLA Motorsports Park,^[17] Musella took the pole for both races at Indianapolis before taking his maiden series podium in race two by finishing second to teammate Schrage.^[18] Following a sixth-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Musella took his maiden series win in the following round at Road America.^[19] Musella then scored six podiums in the last eight races of the season, including his second win of the season at the season-ending round in Portland.^[20]

The following year, Musella continued with VRD to step up to USF Pro 2000,^[21] as well as making a one-off appearance with the same team in USF2000,^[22]