2023 USF2000 Championship

The 2023 USF2000 Championship presented by Cooper Tires will be the fourteenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. When the top rung of the Road to Indy ladder system, Indy Lights, was bought by Penske Entertainment (owners of INDYCAR) in 2021 and the lower level series changed sanctioning to the United States Auto Club, changes were made to the other championships in the ladder. This, together with the Indy Lights being rebranded to Indy NXT, effectively ended the "Road to Indy" branding, with the three championships below Indy NXT now collectively called "USF Pro Championships Presented by Cooper Tires".[1] The USF2000 Championship serves as the middle rung of this ladder.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Rounds
DEForce Racing 1 Mac Clark[2] All
10 Jorge Garciarce[3] All
12 Maxwell Jamieson[4] All
Exclusive Autosport 90 Jacob Douglas[5] All
91 Joey Brienza[6] TBC
93 Avery Towns[7] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 Evagoras Papasavvas[8] All
7 Albert Morey IV[9] All
8 Lochie Hughes[10] All
9 Louka St-Jean[11] All
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67 Elliot Cox[12] All
Velocity Racing Development 14 Sam Corry[13] All
15 Danny Dyszelski[14] All
17 Nikita Johnson[15] All
18 Noah Ping[16] All
20 Gordon Scully[17] All
  • TJ Speed Motorsports took over two cars from Cape Motorsports to enter the championship in 2023, but ultimately decided against it.[18][19]

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 17, 2022. It features two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round. The championship will return to Sebring for the first time since 2013. All rounds except the weekends at Sebring and Indianapolis Raceway Park are scheduled to support IndyCar.[20]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 4–5 TBA  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
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3 March 25–26 TBA  R  Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida
4
5 May 12–13 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
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8 May 27 TBA  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
9 June 17–18 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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11 July 1–2 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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14 July 15–16 TBA  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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16 September 2–3 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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See also

References
  1. "Andersen Promotions Announces Rebranding". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  2. Wood, Ida (December 16, 2022). "USF Juniors champion Mac Clark stays at DEForce for rise into USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. Wood, Ida (December 14, 2022). "DEForce and JHDD make further signings in USF Pro series and F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  4. "Jamieson Graduates to USF2000 with DEForce Racing". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  5. Hodapp, Alycia (September 23, 2022). "DOUGLAS RE-SIGNS WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT FOR THE 2023 SEASON". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  6. Hodapp, Alycia (November 10, 2022). "BRIENZA ADVANCES WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT INTO USF JUNIORS IN 2023". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  7. Hodapp, Alycia (December 15, 2022). "AVERY TOWNS JOINS EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT FOR FRESHMAN USF2000 SEASON". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  8. Media, R. T. D. (December 9, 2022). "EVAGORAS PAPASAVVAS REJOINS JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT'S USF2000 EFFORTS". RTD Media. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  9. "Jay Howard Driver Development Adds Al Morey for 2023 USF2000 Campaign". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  10. Wood, Ida (October 6, 2022). "US F4 leader Lochie Hughes stays with JHDD for step up to USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  11. Media, R. T. D. (November 16, 2022). "CANADIAN LOUKA ST. JEAN SWITCHES TO USF2000 CAMPAIGN WITH JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT". RTD Media. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  12. "DRIVE PLANNING Primary Sponsor for Renewed Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Team". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  13. Wood, Ida (October 11, 2022). "USF Juniors runner-up Sam Corry stays with Velocity for USF2000 step". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  14. "Dyszelski Joins VRD Racing's USF2000 Program for 2023". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  15. Wood, Ida (October 6, 2022). "VRD brings 14-year-old Nikita Johnson into USF2000 full-time for 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  16. Wood, Ida (October 20, 2022). "Velocity Racing Development signs Ping brothers for USF Pro series". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  17. Wood, Ida (February 2, 2023). "Gordon Scully steps up to USF2000 with Velocity Racing Development". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  18. Wood, Ida (October 3, 2022). "TJ Speed expands into Indy Pro 2000 and USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  19. "TJ Speed Motorsports will focus on @USFPro2000 in 2023". Twitter. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  20. "Andersen Promotions Announces 2023 Schedules and Scholarships". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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