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🇺🇸 Nicky Hays

Racing driver from United States. IMSA Pilot Challenge, Random Vandals Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Nicky Hays
Nationality
United States
Current team
Random Vandals Racing
Series
IMSA Pilot Challenge
Status
Active
Career wins
3
Career podiums
8
Career starts
57
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
3,620
Nicky Hays
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,620
Rank 5257 of 38,983 indexed, -98 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Nicky Hays is a racing driver from United States who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Random Vandals Racing. Hays has recorded 3 wins and 8 podiums from 57 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,620 ranks Hays 5257th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-01Road America GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP24−100
2026-07-11Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP11+48
2026-06-27Watkins Glen International GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP14+18
2026-06-07Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP26−107
2026-05-02Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca GSIMSA Pilot ChallengeP15−3
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+161Indianapolis Grand Prix Circuit 2022Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipP1
+157World Wide Technology Raceway 2022Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipP1
+136Watkins Glen International 2025Lamborghini Super Trofeo NAP1
+127Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2022Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipP2
+123Barber Motorsports Park Results 1596156628 12 2020Formula Regional AmericasP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Road America5 starts+13
Struggles
Sebring International Raceway6 starts-22
Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca5 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IMSA Pilot ChallengeRandom Vandals Racing700000P22−993,620
2025▸Lamborghini Super Trofeo NAANSA MOTORSPORTS1012000P5−2673,718
2023▸Porsche Carrera Cup NAWright Motorsports200000P20−953,985
2022▸Indy Pro 2000 ChampionshipJay Howard Driver Development1724010P6↑193+2054,080
2020▸Formula Regional Americas1702000P4↑550+5723,682
2017▸SKUSA SuperNationals100100—−552,560
2016▸SKUSA SuperNationals100100—↑570−1102,615
2015▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—−122,155
2014▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+8172,167
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Hays finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Jordan MissigFIA Silver3,7033325876%
🇧🇷 Kiko PortoFIA Silver4,2402691735%
🇺🇸 David Malukas6,7151921711%
🇮🇪 Jonathan BrowneFIA Silver3,5411914574%
🇺🇸 Joshua Car3,4161912763%
🇺🇸 Braden EvesFIA Silver3,4051991047%
🇺🇸 Dario CangialosiFIA Silver2,7971816289%
🇬🇧 Louis FosterFIA Silver5,4461741324%
🇺🇸 Nolan SiegelFIA Gold5,388178947%
🇸🇪 Linus LundqvistFIA Gold5,328170170%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion6,771110100%
🇰🇾 Kyffin SimpsonFIA Gold, 1× champion5,91798189%
🇳🇴 Dennis HaugerFIA Gold, 3× champion5,613110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
5,247🇺🇸 Ryan NashIMSA Pilot Challenge3,623
5,248🇺🇸 Slade StewartGT World Challenge America3,623
5,249🏳️ Dylan TavellaFormula Regional Americas3,622
5,250🇦🇷 Leonel PerníaTCR World Tour3,622
5,251🇫🇷 Nicolas SCHATZLe Mans Cup3,622
5,252🇧🇴 Pedro Pablo CalbimonteWorld Racing League3,622
5,253🇨🇦 Brandon ThomasStar Mazda Championship3,621
5,254🇬🇧 Dan WellsFormula 3 Macau3,621
5,255🇯🇵 Tim VerbergtFIA GT Championship3,621
5,256🇦🇹 Andrew ThompsonPCA Club Racing3,620
5,257🇺🇸 Nicky HaysIMSA Pilot Challenge3,620
5,258🇺🇸 Chad ChaffinNASCAR Xfinity3,619
5,259🇩🇪 Jacob SchellNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,619
5,260🇩🇪 Markus SchmicklerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,619
5,261🇺🇸 Steve GrissomNASCAR Xfinity3,619
5,262🇺🇸 Wayne EdwardsNASCAR Truck3,619
5,263🇺🇸 Ziad GhandourGT World Challenge America3,619
5,264🇺🇸 Butch LeitzingerInternational GT3,618
5,265🇬🇧 George GamblePorsche Mobil 1 Supercup3,618
5,266🇺🇸 J.R. HeffnerNASCAR Truck3,618
5,267🇳🇴 Kenneth GulbrandsenADAC Formula 43,618
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Nicky Hays is an entry-level professional racing driver, FIA Silver-graded, competing in national-level single-class and multiclass racing in North America. He races primarily in open-wheel and sports-car series; his most recent campaign came in 2026 in the IMSA Pilot Challenge GS class, driving a BMW M4 GT4 for Random Vandals Racing, and in 2025 he competed in Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA's ProAm class for ANSA Motorsports.[1]

His career spans nine seasons from 2014 onward, starting in club-level karting before moving to Formula Regional Americas in 2020, where he took two podiums in 17 starts. He stepped up to Indy Pro 2000 in 2022 with Jay Howard Driver Development, taking two wins and four podiums across a full season, then shifted to sports-car racing in 2023. In Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA in 2025, he won once and podiumed twice in ten starts. His IMSA Pilot Challenge campaign began in 2026 with seven starts recorded so far.[2]

In Indy Pro 2000, Hays regularly outpaced Jordan Missig, an entry-level professional also FIA Silver-graded with a Radical Cup NA title and extensive single-seater experience. Against Kiko Porto, a professional-level driver who won the 2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX title, Hays typically finished behind him in shared fields. His strongest scalp came against David Malukas, an elite professional with 74 IndyCar starts, whom he beat once in Formula Regional Americas; he also finished ahead of Kyffin Simpson, the 2021 Formula Regional Americas champion and an established professional now racing in IndyCar, seven times across their meetings.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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2 Jan 2026
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