🏳️ Wade Cunningham

Wade Cunningham is a former racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand, who built his open-wheel career before moving on to the IndyCar Series, where he competed from 2011 to 2012. His path through the junior single-seater ranks included a stint with Sam Schmidt Motorsports in what is now known as Indy NXT, the primary feeder series for IndyCar competition.[1]

In Indy NXT competition with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, Cunningham posted two career starts, converting both into podium finishes, including one race win. That level of consistency across a small sample of starts reflects strongly in his Racer Rating of 2,564, placing him 1,572th among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale. His most recent recorded season shows one win and two podiums across two rounds, good for 22nd in the standings, closing out a career that has since concluded, with Cunningham now listed as retired from competitive racing.[2]