Liam Sceats
Liam Sceats is a racing driver from New Zealand who formerly competed in the 2025 Indy NXT driving for HMD Motorsports. He previously competed in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship for TJ Speed Motorsports.
Career
Formula Regional Oceania Championship
2023
After competing in karting and Formula Ford championships, on the 29 December 2022, it was announced that Sceats would make his debut in the 2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition. He would get his first podium of the series at Highlands Motorsport Park. Sceats would finish fourth in the standings with three podiums.2024
In 2024, Sceats would return to the championship, once again driving for M2 Competition. He would qualify on pole for the third race at Euromarque Motorsport Park and go on to get his first win in the series.At the final round at Highlands Motorsport Park, Sceats qualified on pole for race one, while championship leader Roman Bilinski crashed during qualifying. Sceats also qualified on pole for the New Zealand Grand Prix. He would have a commanding performance in race one and proceeded to win the race. Sceats managed to keep the championship alive with this result. During race two, championship rival Bilinski had climbed all the way up to second. Bilinski would fight with Bryce Aron for the top spot, but only briefly, as Bilinski's pace faded and was passed by Patrick Woods-Toth. However, this was enough for Bilinski to take the title. In the New Zealand Grand Prix, Sceats would battle with Callum Hedge for the win. Hedge kept putting pressure on Sceats, but Sceats would ultimately hold him off and win his home race. Sceats finished second in the championship to Bilinski.
Formula Regional Japanese Championship
2023
Sceats would join the 2023 Formula Regional Japanese Championship driving for Sutekina Racing Team. He would get his first win in the third round of the championship at Okayama International Circuit, and became the first foreign race winner in championship history. Sceats would be in championship contention all season with Sota Ogawa. Sceats would get two more wins at Twin Ring Motegi and Fuji Speedway before the final round of the season at Sugo. In the second race at Fuji, championship leader Ogawa would go off during the race and ultimately have to retire. This promoted Sceats to first and allowed him to win the race. Ogawa's championship lead reduced to just 28 points going into the final round. At the final round at Sugo, Ogawa had done enough to take the title ahead of Sceats. Sceats finished second in the standings.USF Pro 2000 Championship
2024
For 2024, Sceats would make the move to America and compete in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. In the second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he would finish second to Nikita Johnson. However, Johnson was disqualified after the race which promoted Sceats to first. The Kiwi achieved his next podium at Road America, and got his final podium of the season at the Grand Prix of Toronto. Sceats finished the championship in fifth position with 256 points.Indy NXT
2025
On 13 February 2025, it was announced that Sceats would join HMD Motorsports to compete in the 2025 Indy NXT at St. Petersburg in the No. 30 car. Sceats finished 18th in the championship with five top 10's.Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | M2 Competition | HIG 1 5 | HIG 2 Ret | HIG 3 3 | TER 1 6 | TER 2 5 | TER 3 3 | MAN 1 Ret | MAN 2 8 | MAN 3 3 | HMP 1 11 | HMP 2 7 | HMP 3 6 | TAU 1 4 | TAU 2 5 | TAU 3 5 | 4th | 245 |
| 2024 | M2 Competition | TAU 1 5 | TAU 2 4 | TAU 3 3 | MAN 1 3 | MAN 2 6 | MAN 3 3 | HMP 1 2 | HMP 2 6 | HMP 3 5 | RUA 1 2 | RUA 2 8 | RUA 3 1 | HIG 1 1 | HIG 2 9 | HIG 3 1 | 2nd | 341 |
| 2026 | HMD Motorsports with TJ Speed | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | HMP 4 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | TAU 4 | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | TER 4 | HIG 1 7 | HIG 2 3 | HIG 3 7 | 20th | 52 |
Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results
Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
| 2023 | Sutekina Racing Team | FUJ1 1 | FUJ1 2 Ret | FUJ1 3 5 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 2 | OKA 1 4 | OKA 2 4 | OKA 3 1 | MOT 1 3 | MOT 2 4 | MOT 3 1 | FUJ2 1 4 | FUJ2 2 1 | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 3 | SUG 3 5 | 2nd | 219.5 |
American open-wheel racing results
USF Pro 2000 Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2024 | TJ Speed Motorsports | STP 1 3 | STP 2 6 | LOU 1 18 | LOU 2 8 | LOU 3 11 | IMS 1 2 | IMS 2 1* | IMS 3 5 | IRP 9 | ROA 1 8 | ROA 2 3 | ROA 3 8 | MOH 1 14 | MOH 2 19 | TOR 1 16 | TOR 2 2 | POR 1 15 | POR 2 12 | 5th | 256 |
Indy NXT
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2025 | HMD Motorsports | STP 18 | BAR 6 | IMS 7 | IMS 8 | DET 14 | GMP | RDA 10 | MOH | IOW | LAG 8 | LAG 18 | POR | MIL | NSH | 18th | 162 |