Meet the Meme King of INDYCAR.
At 23 years old, David Malukas already has 53 starts in the series, and it could have been more if not for a broken wrist suffered while mountain biking that turned his 2024 year into turmoil — the injury resulting in him being released from Arrow McLaren before ever appearing in a race.
The now-A.J. Foyt Racing driver (who is seen as a possible replacement for Will Power at Team Penske) is 12th in the standings after 10 races this season.
He is also a self-proclaimed video game addict and master meme-maker, as he details in this interview with FOX Sports.
Who is David Malukas?
David Malukas is a Gen Z INDYCAR driver. I like memes. I like to go fast.
Courtesy of Alex Brisbey.
How would your friends or your girlfriend describe you?
That’s how, I think, they would describe me. Just very, I’d say, real. I am who I am. No matter the situation, I like to just be myself, show my jokes, my memes — no matter how serious things can be.
We’re at Road America, a place where you saw your dad race. How cool is it to race at a place where you watched your dad? (Father Henry is a racer and owner of HMD Motorsports in INDY NXT)
It’s very cool. And it was really cool because he was in the Corvette, too. I grew up here as a kid, did some karting and watched my dad drive around here, so it's pretty fun. Me and him can always talk and converse about how much INDYCAR is going through the carousel and the kink. He's always blown away that we're actually flat [on the throttle] going through there. It’s awesome.
Does he give you advice on how to drive an INDYCAR?
No, definitely not. No advice from his side. When he was still doing some driving here and there, he was actually asking me for some advice,
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