2023 USF Juniors

The 2023 USF Juniors championship will be the second season of USF Juniors. The season will feature a six-round 16-race calendar, which will begin on March 23 at Sebring International Raceway and conclude on August 27 at the Circuit of the Americas.[1]

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".[2] The USF Juniors serves as the bottom rung of this ladder.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Rounds
United States DC Autosport 57 United States Carson Etter[3] All
68 United States Ethan Ho[4] All
United States DEForce Racing 16 Australia Quinn Armstrong[5] All
17 Brazil Lucas Fecury[6] All
18 United States Brady Golan All
19 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone[7] All
United States Exclusive Autosport 90 Brazil Erick Schotten[8] All
91 United States Joey Brienza[9] All
92 United States Jack Jeffers[10] All
93 United States Giovanni Cabrera[11] All
Mexico Ram Racing[12] 55 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza[12] 4–16
TBA TBA TBC
United States Velocity Racing Development 12 United States Ethan Barker[13] All
29 United States Hudson Schwartz[14] 4–16
33 United States Max Taylor[15] All
48 United States Jimmie Lockhart[16] All

Schedule
Round Date Race name Circuit Location
1 March 23–25 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Sebring, FL
2
3
4 April 27–28 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL
5
6 June 2–4 TBA Virginia International Raceway Alton, VA
7
8
9 July 6–8 TBA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH
10
11 August 11–13 TBA Road America Elkhart Lake, WI
12
13
14 August 24–27 TBA Circuit of the Americas Austin, TX
15
16

Race results
Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Sebring International Raceway United States Joey Brienza United States Joey Brienza Australia Quinn Armstrong Australia Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
2 United States Joey Brienza Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Joey Brienza Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
3 United States Joey Brienza United States Jimmie Lockhart United States Joey Brienza United States Joey Brienza Exclusive Autosport
4 Barber Motorsports Park Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
5 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
6 Virginia International Raceway
7
8
9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
10
11 Road America
12
13
14 Circuit of the Americas
15
16

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th+ 
Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver SEB ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points
1 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone 4 1 2 1* 1* 141
2 United States Joey Brienza 2 2* 1* 4 6 120
3 Australia Quinn Armstrong 1* 5 10 2 2 109
4 United States Jimmie Lockhart 7 10 3 5 3 87
5 Brazil Lucas Fecury 6 7 6 3 4 85
6 United States Jack Jeffers 3 3 5 15 8 80
7 United States Ethan Ho 8 4 9 6 7 73
8 United States Max Taylor 13 13 4 7 5 66
9 United States Ethan Barker 5 6 13 9 9 64
10 United States Brady Golan 9 8 7 10 11 60
11 Brazil Erick Schotten 10 9 8 8 10 60
12 United States Carson Etter 11 11 11 12 14 46
13 United States Giovanni Cabrera 12 12 12 13 15 41
14 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza 11 13 18
15 United States Hudson Schwartz 14 12 16
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps
Rookie

See also

References
  1. "Andersen Promotions Announces 2023 Schedules and Scholarships". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  2. "Andersen Promotions Announces Rebranding". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  3. "CARSON ETTER JOINS DC AUTOSPORT FOR 2023 USF JUNIORS CAMPAIGN". Usfjuniors.com. February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  4. "ETHAN HO REJOINS DC AUTOSPORT FOR 2023 SEASON". Usfjuniors.com. February 21, 2023.
  5. "ARMSTRONG RETURNS TO DEFORCE RACING FOR 2023 CAMPAIGN". Usfjuniors.com. December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  6. "Fecury to Team with DEForce Racing in USF Juniors". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. Wood, Ida (January 5, 2023). "DEForce signs Brazilian F4 winner Nicolas Giaffone for USF Juniors". Formulascout.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  8. "EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT SIGNS ERICK SCHOTTEN FOR THE 2023 USF JUNIORS SEASON". Usfjuniors.com. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  9. "BRIENZA ADVANCES WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT INTO USF JUNIORS IN 2023". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  10. Wood, Ida (February 23, 2023). "Lucas Oil formula series champion Jack Jeffers steps up to USF Juniors". Formulascout.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  11. "Giovanni Cabrera joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2023 USF Juniors season". Usfjuniors.com. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  12. "RAM RACING PREPARES FOR USF JUNIORS DEBUT". USF Juniors.
  13. "ETHAN BARKER AND VRD RACING LINK TOGETHER FOR USF JUNIORS CAMPAIGN". Usfjuniors.com. January 9, 2023.
  14. "13-YEAR-OLD HUDSON SCHWARTZ JOINS VRD RACING FOR THE 2023 SEASON". Usfjuniors.com. March 13, 2023.
  15. "Max Taylor Joins the VRD Racing USF Juniors Program for 2023". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  16. "VRD RACING AND JIMMIE LOCKHART SET FOR RUN AT USF JUNIORS CHAMPIONSHIP". Usfjuniors.com. February 1, 2023.
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