ABOUT
CAHAN RACING
STORY
We are Gabriel and Ayrton Cahan, two teenage boys, from Santa Fe, NM, with big dreams to accomplish great things in the racing world. Our ultimate goal is to become paid, professional racing drivers. Currently, we are working on The Road To Indy.
From a young age, we lived and breathed racing. The spark first ignited watching our Dad race Spec Miata. Whether we were making car sounds, racing our hot wheels, working on our battery-operated Lighting McQueen, or just getting to know the mechanisms of cars, we have gained so much knowledge that will prove to be an asset moving forward. We are hard-working yound men who have been great mentors to other racers and are actively working towards exploring our passion to see what may come from it. Our tenacity, focus, grace, and maturity are evident when behind the wheel.
Our journey began, at the ages of 4 and 6, with the New Mexico Karting Association (NMKA) in tag karts and eventually moving into shifter karts. Each of us has had our fair share of winnings and season championships. Even when mechanical challenges got the best of us, we came racing from the back of the pack to 1st and 2nd positions.
After school, we would head over to our father’s automotive shop to work on our karts.Having the knowledge of the inner workings has helped us understand and attain a different level of competitiveness and drive, pun intended! When we were not working directly on our karts, we could often be found behind our racing simulator, practicing as much as possible.
In the Fall of 2022, we upgraded our karts to be able to race in a more competitive environment. That year, we competed in our first national race with Challenge of the Americas, in Tucson, Az.
The 2023 goal was to achieve one of the top 3 points standings in the Colorado Karting Tour and to continue racing with Challenge of the Americas. We met that goal!
In 2024, we shifted gears completely and moved into Formula Cars and competed in the Formula Race Promotions series, as well as SCCA Hoosier Super Tour. Gabriel drove a F2000, earning a 2nd and 3rd place podium in SCCA and clenched the Season Championship in FRP. Ayrton's first race in the F1600 earned him a 1st and 2nd place finish in the Buttonwillow SCCA Hoosier Super Tour race. He continued to work his way up the competitive F1600 field in FRP. Both boys finished the successful year off by setting track records at the famed Sonoma Raceway!
2025 will be another year of driver development. We will repeat the Formula Race Promotions Series, both in F1600, with Ayrton's eye on the Championship this year. This year, our goals and focus are geared toward improving our race craft. In order to do so, Gabriel and Ayrton will also perform double-duty in the series by driving USF2000 cars with Exclusive Autosport. In addition, we will continue seat time testing and honing development under Dave Freitas Racing. We are preparing this year so we can go into next year with the competive edge that is much needed in a talent filled field, all while working our way through the Road to Indy!
