Yuven Sundaramoorthy (born February 22, 2003) is an American racing driver who is currently competing in Indy NXT for Cusick Morgan Motorsports. He previously drove for Exclusive Motorsport and Pabst Racing and competed in the US F2000 National Championship, Indian based MRF Challenge, Formula F and F1600 Championship Series.
Racing career
USF Pro 2000 On December 10, 2021, it was announced that Sundaramoorthy would move up to the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Pabst Racing to compete in the 2022 season. He would have three podiums and end up finishing tenth in the standings.
In late September 2022, Sundaramoorthy announced that he would switch teams from Pabst Racing to drive for Exclusive Autosport for the 2023 season.
Indy NXT
On July 26, 2023, it was announced that Sundaramoorthy would drive in select rounds of the 2023 Indy NXT with Abel Motorsports in the No. 57 car. For 2024, Sundaramoorthy continued with Abel Motorsports, this time as the full-time driver of the No. 22 car.
Having originally been slated to contest a second season in Indy NXT with Abel, Sundaramoorthy withdrew due to "unforeseen budget challenges". At the start of 2025, he became a test engineer for Tesla, Inc.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2017F1600 Championship SeriesK-Hill Motorsports1821266424th2018F1600 Championship SeriesK-Hill Motorsports2022197093rdFormula Ford815N/AN/A1232ndU.S. F2000 National ChampionshipExclusive Autosport300002928th 2019U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipPabst Racing15000015012th 2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing1521241386th2020U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipPabst Racing16000016512th2021U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipPabst Racing1844593293rd 2022 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Pabst Racing18000324410th 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship Exclusive Autosport13000012115th Indy NXT Abel Motorsports400007722nd2024 Indy NXT Abel Motorsports1400023098th2026Indy NXTCusick Morgan Motorsports10000928th * Season still in progress.
Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2019–20 MRF Racing DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB4 DUB5 BHR1 BHR2 BHR3 BHR4 CHE1 CHE2 CHE3 CHE4 CHE5 CHE6 6th 138
American open-wheel racing results
U.S. F2000 National Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2018 Exclusive AutosportSTP1STP2IMS1IMS2LORROA1ROA2TOR1TOR2MOH1MOH2MOH3POR1POR2 29th 292019 Pabst RacingSTP1STP2IMS1IMS2LORROA1ROA2TOR1TOR2MOH1MOH2POR1POR2POR1POR2 12th 1502020 Pabst RacingROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3LORIMS1IMS2IMS3MOH4MOH5MOH6NJMP1NJMP2NJMP3STP1STP2 12th 1652021 Pabst RacingALA1ALA2STP1STP2IMS1IMS2IMS3LORROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3NJMP1NJMP2NJMP3MOH1MOH2 3rd 329
USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2022 Pabst RacingSTP1STP2ALA1ALA2IMS1IMS2IMS3IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2TOR1TOR2GMPPOR1POR2POR3 10th 2442023 Exclusive AutosportSTP1STP2SEB1SEB2IMS1IMS2IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2TOR1TOR2COTA1COTA1POR1POR2POR3 15th 121
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 2023 Abel Motorsports STP BAR IMS DET DET RDA MOH IOW NSH IMS GMP POR LAG LAG 22nd 77 2024 Abel Motorsports STP BAR IMS IMS DET RDA LAG LAG MOH IOW GMP POR MIL NSH 8th 309 2026 Cusick Morgan Motorsports STP ARL BAR BAR IMS IMS DET GAT ROA ROA MOH MOH NSS POR MIL LAG LAG 28th 9
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