Michael’s racing career began in karting at the age of six, and over the next decade he garnered multiple national and international championships, culminating as a factory driver for Birel ART in the 2016 and 2017 FIA CIK World Championships. He made the move to race cars in 2018 for a partial season in the 2018 USF 2000 Championship series and another partial season in the 2019 F4 US Championship series. Finally moving to full time, d’Orlando spent the next three years with Cape Motorsports in the USF 2000 Championship series, earning top-four in the driver standings each year, including the 2022 USF 2000 Championship title. He is the only driver in series’ history to earn back-to-back sweeps at the Freedom 75. Most recently, with four wins and six pole positions, d’Orlando finished fourth in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship under the direction of Turn 3 Motorsports.
Michael is originally from Hartsdale, NY and now resides in Charlotte, NC with his brother, Nicholas, whom also is a competitive driver. He attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, NY and is currently a Business Administration - Marketing student at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. d’Orlando is one of the four founding members of the PIC Meets car group in the Charlotte area and is also a very big “foodie”. He loves to cook, workout at the gym and attend various car-culture events in his free time.