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Ayrton Houk

#58 Benchmark Autosport

 

Birthdate:August 10, 2003
Hometown:  Indianapolis, Indiana
Residence:McCordsville, Indiana
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Sponsors:

 

Wings and Wheels Foundation / Cornerstone Environmental Group / Binkley’s Kitchen and Bar / Horizon Equine Integrated Medicine / Camp Little Red Door / Team USA Scholarship




Nationality: American

Languages spoken: English

Height/weight: 5’9” / 155 lbs.

Education: Studying Finance at Purdue University

Hobbies: Weightlifting, cooking, traveling, music

Race Track Ties: 

Charity work: Wings & Wheels Foundation and Little Red Door Cancer Society

Favorite sports to watch: Purdue basketball

Favorite sports to play: Racing, golf 

Best meal I can cook by myself: 

Talent I wish I had: 

Bucket list: Win the Indianapolis 500, travel the globe, graduate college

The one person I would most like to meet and why: Ronnie Coleman, I look up to his dedication and work ethic

Racing goal: Make a career out of racing enough to support myself

Interesting notes about me: I have been a Team USA Scholarship winner and was able to race in England

Career results:

2024

  • Finished 11th in his rookie season of USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire, despite skipping the Toronto rounds due to budgetary constraints
  • Scored a best result of fourth on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course
  • Qualified on the front row at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
  • Won both the Pro Racing Group Spirit Award and the YACademy Move of the Year Award
  • Rounded out the year by finishing third in the 26th Annual Rumble in Fort Wayne (Indiana), driving the iconic #6 Midget entered by Midget legend Mel Kenyon

2023

  • Finished second in the F1600 Championship Series with three wins, 11 additional podium finishes in 18 races
  • Won a Team USA Scholarship and competed in England in both the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone

2022

  • Finished second in the F1600 Championship Series with five wins and six additional podium finishes
  • Finished fourth in the Lucas Oil School of Racing Championship with two wins and nine additional podium finishes
  • Team USA Scholarship Finalist

2021

  • USSA Kenyon Midget Series champion
  • Debuted in the F1600 Championship Series, claiming five top-10 results from just six starts
  • Lucas Oil School of Racing Scholarship Shootout winner

2020

  • Contested first race in an open-wheel car in F1600

2018-2019

  • Karting