Myles Rowe


Myles Rowe is an American racing driver. He currently competes in the 2025 Indy NXT driving for Abel Motorsports with Force Indy. He is the 2023 USF Pro 2000 champion. Rowe competed in the 2022 USF2000 Championship with Pabst Racing as well as with Force Indy.

Career

USF2000 Championship

2021

After not competing in motorsports for several years, newly formed team Force Indy announced that Rowe and the team would compete in the USF2000 Championship in 2021. Rowe would get his first win at the second race in New Jersey. He would make history by becoming the first African American to win in the series. Rowe would end up finishing 13th by the end of the season.

2022

After the 2021 season concluded, Force Indy announced that it would move up to the Indy Lights series in 2022. However, this resulted in Rowe being out of a ride for the 2022 season in the USF2000 Championship. Due to a lack of a budget for the full season, Rowe launched a GoFundMe campaign. He received a $200,000 donation which allowed him to sign with Pabst Racing to compete at the opening round in St. Petersburg. After crashing in the first race at St. Petersburg with Thomas Nepveu, Rowe would win the second race and his first with Pabst Racing. With additional sponsorship, he was able to compete at the second round at Barber and would win the first race. Rowe continued into the third round at Indianapolis searching for additional funds with his season likely to be cut short if additional funding could not be found. However, his season was saved due to additional funding from Roger Penske.
Rowe would continue to run the full season and contend for the 2022 championship. From the round at Indianapolis Raceway Park to the first race in Toronto, he would take three wins and seven straight podiums.
The championship battle would go into the final round at Portland between Jace Denmark and Michael d'Orlando. Rowe was leading the championship with 346 points with d'Orlando and Denmark sitting in second and third respectively. Rowe would qualify in fourth for race one but ultimately finished in tenth due to running wide trying to defend position from Nikita Johnson. This would reduce Rowe's lead in the championship to just four points ahead of Denmark.
In Race 2, Denmark started in pole position, however Rowe drove over the back of Denmark's car at turn one, causing him to fall down the order. He subsequently finished sixteenth, with fellow championship contender d'Orlando finishing in fourth.
Going into the final race, Rowe was still the championship leader with 363 points while Denmark and d'Orlando were in second and third respectively. Rowe would experience contact on lap one of the race demoting him to fifteenth. He managed to make up ten places to finish fifth. Ultimately, this was not enough to claim the title since rival d'Orlando managed to win the race and consequently the championship.
Rowe ended the 2022 USF2000 season with five wins, finishing second in the overall championship.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

For 2023, Rowe moved up to the USF Pro 2000 Championship under the Pabst Racing with Force Indy banner. He was dominant through the first quarter of the season. In the opening round at St. Petersburg, Rowe brought home two podiums, including a win in race 2. At Sebring in late March, he won both the third and fourth rounds, increasing his points total to more than 40 that of his closest competitor.
At Indianapolis, Rowe would not finish the first race at IMS but would recover to fifth place finish in the second race. He would collect a top-five in the Carb Night Classic at Indianapolis Raceway Park. At Road America, he would grab another podium in race 1 and get yet another top-five. At the sixth round at Mid-Ohio, he would finish outside of the top-ten for the first time in race 1, and in race 2, Rowe would bounce back with winning the race from pole position. Toronto would be a return to form for Rowe, leading the most laps in race 1 before unfortunately falling back to seventh, then in race 2, he would dominate to grab his fifth win of the season. In the he penultimate round at the Circuit of the Americas, Rowe would lose ground in the championship as title rival Kiko Porto would take home the win the race 1 on Saturday and second on Sunday, meanwhile Rowe grabbed fourth and sixth respectively.
At the championship finale triple-header in Portland, Rowe would come 2nd behind Porto in race 1. The next day in race 2, Rowe, starting alongside Porto would jump him into turn one and chased after Lirim Zendeli in third, and by the half-way stage of the race he would pass Zendeli for third. For the rest of the race, he would keep the cars behind and come across the line in third to become the 2023 USF Pro 2000 champion. In doing so, Rowe would also make history in becoming the first African-American driver to win an American open-wheel championship. He would also win the $640,000 scholarship to move up to Indy NXT in 2024.

Indy NXT

2024 season

Shortly after the conclusion of the 2023 USF Pro 2000 season, it was announced that Rowe would be moving to the No. 99 Force Indy/HMD entry for the 2024 Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports.

2025 season

Rowe switched to Abel Motorsports for the 2025 Indy NXT season. He would start his season strong in the opening two races of the season at St. Petersburg and Barber, finishing fourth in both races, which moved him up to third in the championship standings. For races three and four at Indianapolis, Rowe qualified in fifth. In race one at Indianapolis, Rowe moved up from his starting spot of fifth to third in the opening stages of the race. Following the second caution flag due to an incident between James Roe and Nikita Johnson, Rowe was being challenged by Salvador de Alba on the restart going into turn one. Rowe braked late into turn one and was successfully able to keep his position and stay in front of de Alba. Rowe would stay in third for the remainder of the race and went on to score his maiden podium in the series.
At Iowa Speedway, Rowe passed the dominant Dennis Hauger with fourteen laps to go and held on to earn his first career win in the Indy NXT series, becoming the first Black driver to do so.

2026 season

Rowe remains with Abel Motorsports for the 2026 season.

Personal life

Rowe was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, although he currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
He initially pursued golf, but at the age of 10 became interested in motorsport and Formula One after watching racing on television with his father.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

† As Rowe was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.
* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

Complete Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series results

USF2000 Championship

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2021Force IndyALA
1
24		ALA
2
6		STP
1
8		STP
2
23		IMS
1
21		IMS
2
10		IMS
3
23		LOR
12		ROA
1
20		ROA
2
10		MOH
1
28		MOH
2
16		MOH
3
28		NJMP
1
13		NJMP
2
1		NJMP
3
16		MOH
4
5		MOH
5
21		13th137
2022Pabst RacingSTP
1
18		STP
2
1		ALA
1
1*		ALA
2
4*		IMS
1
17		IMS
2
3		IMS
3
6		IRP
3		ROA
1
2		ROA
2
2		MOH
1
1*		MOH
2
1*		MOH
3
3		TOR
1
1*		TOR
2
5		POR
1
10		POR
2
16		POR
3
5		2nd381

USF Pro 2000 Championship

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2023Pabst Racing
with Force Indy		STP
1
3		STP
2
1*		SEB
1
1*		SEB
2
1*		IMS
1
18		IMS
2
5		IRP
5		ROA
1
2		ROA
2
4		MOH
1
11		MOH
2
1*		TOR
1
7*		TOR
2
1*		COTA
1
4		COTA
1
6		POR
1
2		POR
2
3		POR
3
10		1st391

Indy NXT

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2024HMD Motorsports
with Force Indy		STP
8		BAR
6		IMS
5		IMS
7		DET
4		RDA
19		LAG
6		LAG
17		MOH
19		IOW
18		GMP
17		POR
7		MIL
15		NSH
14		11th285
2025Abel Motorsports
with Force Indy		STP
4		BAR
4		IMS
3		IMS
3		DET
18		GMP
2		RDA
5		MOH
10		IOW
1		LAG
4		LAG
8		POR
3		MIL
6		NSH
1		4th458

* Season still in progress.