Hunter McElrea

Every year, some of junior single-seaters’ top drivers are handed professional opportunities. Here’s the best of 2023’s bunch.

Jacob Abel and Hunter McElrea have recently done IndyCar tests as they seek to impress teams and earn a place on the grid in 2025.

Hunter McElrea, the 2023 Indy Nxt runner-up, claimed he could’ve been “fighting with good pace at the front” on his IndyCar debut in Toronto.

Hunter McElrea will make his IndyCar debut in Toronto this week, becoming the fourth different driver to pilot Dale Coyne Racing’s #18 car in 2024.

Continuing our countdown of the junior single-seater drivers who impressed Formula Scout’s writers the most in 2023

Several junior single-seater stars are headed into the world of sportscars next year, and some have already made the move in the Asian Le Mans Series.

Hunter McElrea has explained that he had to handle driving with a delaminating tyre in Indy Nxt’s season finale, which he finished second in.

Hunter McElrea won a disrupted penultimate race of the 2023 Indy Nxt season at Laguna Seca, which featured four caution periods. 

Hunter McElrea will start from pole for the penultimate Indy Nxt race of 2023, while Christian Rasmussen will start from pole for the finale at Laguna Seca.

Hunter McElrea resisted two of his Andretti Autosport team-mates to take a dramatic first Indy Nxt win of 2023 on IMS’s road course.

Hunter McElrea claimed pole in a fast-paced Indy Nxt qualifying session on IMS’s road course, as points leader Christian Rasmussen struggled to ninth.

Hunter McElrea went quickest in Indy Nxt FP2 at Road America with a laptime three seconds under the series’ old track record. 

Continuing our countdown of the junior single-seater drivers who impressed the Formula Scout writers the most in 2022

Indy Lights title outsider Hunter McElrea will stay with Andretti Autosport in the series next year, and is the first driver to sign up for 2023

Hunter McElrea took his second Indy Lights win in the first oval race of 2022, but only after on-the-road victor Linus Lundqvist was penalised

Hunter McElrea will start Indy Lights’ first oval race of the year from pole after setting the highest average speed in qualifying at Iowa

Hunter McElrea took his maiden Indy Lights victory for Andretti Autosport with a lights-to-flag performance at Mid Ohio

Andretti Autosport’s Hunter McElrea claimed his second Indy Lights pole position in qualifying at Mid-Ohio

Hunter McElrea continues to set the pace in practice ahead of qualifying for the Indy Lights round at Mid-Ohio

Hunter McElrea topped the order in the opening Indy Lights practice session at Mid Ohio. The Andretti Autosport driver jumped to the top of the times midway through the session…