2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship

The 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship will be the 25th season in series history and the first under the USF Pro 2000 moniker. 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 that resulted in the championship being rebranded for 2023. 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 three Andersen Promotions series continue to have tire contracts with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, while the NTT IndyCar Series and Indy Lights have tire contracts with Bridgestone Corporation.

Series news
  • As part of the rebrand and new alignment of the ladder system, the scholarship for the champion was increased to $664,425.[2]

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus-built racecars.

Team No. Driver(s) Round(s)
DEForce Racing 7 Bijoy Garg[3] All
12 Kiko Porto[4] All
Exclusive Autosport 90 Yuven Sundaramoorthy[5] All
91 Salvador de Alba[6] All
92 Joel Granfors[7] All
93 Lindsay Brewer[8] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 4 Ricardo Escotto[9] All
NeoTech Motorsport 81 Nicholas Monteiro[10] All
Pabst Racing with Force Indy 18 Myles Rowe[11] All
Pabst Racing 19 Jordan Missig[12] All
20 Jace Denmark[13] All
TJ Speed Motorsports[14] TBA Francesco Pizzi[15] All
TBA Christian Weir[16] All
TBA Lirim Zendeli[17] All
Turn 3 Motorsport 2 Jonathan Browne[18] All
47 Jackson Lee[19] All

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 17, 2022. It features two street circuits, six road courses and one oval round. The championship will return to Sebring for the first time since 2010 (when it was called Star Mazda Championship) and will return to Austin for the first time since 2013 (when it was called Pro Mazda Championship). All rounds except the weekends at Sebring, Indianapolis Raceway Park and Circuit of the Americas 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
2
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
6
7 May 27 TBA  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
8 June 17–18 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9
10 July 1–2 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11
12 July 15–16 TBA  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13
14 August 26–27 TBA  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas
15
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 October 15, 2022.
  2. Scout, Formula (October 17, 2022). "New-look USF Pro 2000 to race at Sebring and COTA in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. "DEForceRacing is bringing Bijoy Garg aboard for USF Pro 2000". Twitter. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  4. "Kiko Porto to continue with DEForce Racing for the 2023 USFPro2000 Championship!". Twitter. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  5. "Sundaramoorthy Joins Exclusive Autosport for 2023". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  6. "Salvador De Alba Jr., disputará este 2023 la USF Pro 2000". www.notiauto.com. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  7. Hodapp, Alycia (January 20, 2023). "EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT SIGNS JOEL GRANFORS FOR 2023 USF PRO 2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  8. "Brewer Returns to Exclusive Autosport for 2023 USF Pro 2000 Campaign". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  9. Media, R. T. D. (October 27, 2022). "RICARDO ESCOTTO JOINS JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT USF PRO 2000 PROGRAM FOR 2023". RTD Media. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  10. Netto, André (January 14, 2023). "Monteiro anuncia entrada na Pro 2000 com estreante NeoTech em 2023 - Notícia de Indy". Grande Prêmio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  11. "Force Indy Expands Reach, Focus in 2023 with Francis, Rowe". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  12. "PABST RACING ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF JORDAN MISSIG". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  13. Racing, Pabst (November 17, 2022). "PABST RACING SIGNS JACE DENMARK FOR 2023 USF PRO 2000 PRESENTED BY COOPER TIRES". Pabst Racing. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  14. Media, R. T. D. (October 3, 2022). "TJ SPEED SET FOR ROAD TO INDY CAMPAIGN IN BOTH USF2000 AND INDY PRO 2000 IN 2023". RTD Media. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  15. "Francesco Pizzi Joins TJ Speed in USF Pro 2000 Program for 2023". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  16. Media, R. T. D. (November 17, 2022). "TJ SPEED ADDS CHRISTIAN WEIR TO USF PRO 2000 PROGRAM FOR 2023". RTD Media. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  17. Media, R. T. D. (January 19, 2023). "TJ SPEED STRENGTHENS USF PRO 2000 PROGRAM WITH THE ADDITION OF LIRIM ZENDELI". RTD Media. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  18. Motorsport, Turn 3 (January 9, 2023). "Jonathan Browne Returns to Turn 3 Motorsport for 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship". Turn 3 Motorsport. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  19. "Jackson Lee Joins Turn 3 Motorsport for 2023 USF Pro 2000 Campaign". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  20. "Andersen Promotions Announces 2023 Schedules and Scholarships". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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