Team: M2 Competition
City/Location: USA
DOB: 25 May 2008
A rising star on the United States motorsport scene, Nikita is the only driver to have won at all three levels of the USF Pro Championships as well being the youngest driver to win in each of the series. Drivers who have been through those series over the years include the likes of Rinus Veekay, Kyle Kirkwood and Louis Foster, who was a pacesetter in New Zealand in 2023 and who is the most recent to secure a full-time IndyCar drive after winning the IndyNXT title this year.
Johnson finished second in the USF Pro 2000 Championship in 2024, with eight wins, ten podiums, six pole positions and eight fastest laps. He also won two races in the GB3 Championship in the UK with VRD by Arden.
His talent isn’t limited to single seaters and tarmac either. In 2021 he was Legends Road Course World Champion, was third in the Legends Asphalt Oval USA National Championship and in 2020 runner up in the Legends Dirt USA Nationals.
A multiple karting champion who also raced with success in the USA and Europe, he is looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead in the New Zealand championship – which has a remarkable record of success producing future drivers for the top levels of motorsport.
“I want to thank my management team at Infinity Sports Management, especially Harry Soden, JRMFast and Obie Johnson, who worked with Hitech Motorsport’s Oliver Oakes to secure this outstanding opportunity to race with M2 Competition in New Zealand,” he explained. “ I am looking forward to racing down under and seeing the country of New Zealand.”
