Claman DeMelo began competing in various regional and national kartingevents in 2008. In 2010, at the age of 12, he clinched his first Canadian National Karting Championship as well as his first Eastern Canadian Karting Championship. By the age of 16, he had won 3 Canadian National Karting Championships, 5 consecutive Eastern Canadian National Championships, and earned a 3rd-place finish at the Rotax Karting World Championships. Claman DeMelo made his car racing debut in the 2014–15 Formula Skip Barber winter series, where he won two of the four races. In 2015 Claman DeMelo moved to Europe and participated in a handful of races in several Formula Renault 2.0 series including Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. From there, he moved on to the Invitational class of the MSV F3 Cup, where he claimed a win in all 8 races he drove in.
Indy Lights
In 2016 he entered Indy Lights as the youngest driver on the grid with defending championship team Juncos Racing. In his rookie campaign, Claman DeMelo put up 9 finishes in the top 10 and 3 finishes in the top 5. In 2017, Claman DeMelo raced for the 2016 defending championship team, Carlin Motorsport. He captured his first series win at Road America and captured a pair of podium finishes in Toronto. He finished fifth in points, just four points behind teammate Matheus Leist in fourth. Unable to secure a full-time ride in the NTT IndyCar Series, Claman DeMelo chose to return to Indy Lights for the 2019 season, this time with Belardi Auto Racing. After winning the season-opening round at St. Petersburg, the season went south for the team, and budget issues ended Claman DeMelo's season before the Freedom 100.
One of Claman DeMelo's grandmothers spent time in a Nazi concentration camp. She was freed on a Friday the 13th, and the tattoo numbers added up to 13. He has used number 13 on his racecars during most of his career. In 2016, Claman DeMelo and his sister launched a shoe brand called ZCD Montreal. Currently focused on its women's division, ZCD Montreal shoes have been featured in People magazine, Vogue and The Wall Street Journal. Celebrities such as Victoria's Secret model Devon Windsor and actresses Margot Robbie and Elisha Cuthbert have also been seen wearing ZCD shoes.
