2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship

The 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship is 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 compete using Tatuus-built racecars.

Team No. Driver(s) Round(s)
DEForce Racing 7 United States Bijoy Garg[3] All
12 Brazil Kiko Porto[4] All
Exclusive Autosport 90 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy[5] All
91 Mexico Salvador de Alba[6] All
92 Sweden Joel Granfors[7] All
93 United States Lindsay Brewer[8] All
FatBoy Racing! 83 United States Charles Finelli[9] 5–6
Jay Howard Driver Development 4 Mexico Ricardo Escotto[10] All
6 United States Reece Ushijima[11] All
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 40 United States Jack William Miller[12] All
NeoTech Motorsport 81 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro[13] All
Pabst Racing with Force Indy 99 United States Myles Rowe[14] All
Pabst Racing 19 United States Jordan Missig[15] All
20 United States Jace Denmark[16] All
TJ Speed Motorsports[17] 10 Albania Lirim Zendeli[18] All
32 United States Christian Weir[19] All
55 Italy Francesco Pizzi[20] All
Turn 3 Motorsport 1 United States Michael d'Orlando[21] All
2 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Browne[22] All
3 United States Christian Brooks[23] 1–2
47 United States Jackson Lee[24] 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.[25]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 4–5 Discount Tire Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 Andersen Interior Contracting Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
3 March 25–26 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring  R  Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida
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5 May 12–13 USF Pro 2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6
7 May 27 USF Pro 2000 Cooper Tires Freedom 90  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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Race results
Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 United States Streets of St. Petersburg United States Christian Brooks Italy Francesco Pizzi United States Christian Brooks United States Christian Brooks Turn 3 Motorsport
2 Italy Francesco Pizzi Sweden Joel Granfors United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing with Force Indy
3 United States Sebring International Raceway United States Jace Denmark United States Jace Denmark United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing with Force Indy
4 United States Michael d'Orlando United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing with Force Indy
5 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Brazil Kiko Porto United States Myles Rowe Brazil Kiko Porto Mexico Ricardo Escotto Jay Howard Driver Development
6 United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Sweden Joel Granfors Sweden Joel Granfors Exclusive Autosport
7 United States Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
8 United States Road America
9
10 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
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12 Canada Exhibition Place
13
14 United States Circuit of the Americas
15
16 United States Portland International Raceway
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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
Points (O) 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 3 2
  • 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 STP SEB IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR COA POR Points
1 United States Myles Rowe 3 1* 1* 1* 18 5 139
2 Brazil Kiko Porto 2 2 19 3 7* 11 100
3 Italy Francesco Pizzi 4 5 3 7 11 7 98
4 Sweden Joel Granfors 9 8 2 9 20 1* 95
5 United States Jace Denmark 5 3 4 17 16 3 91
6 United States Reece Ushijima 6 19 8 4 2 9 86
7 Albania Lirim Zendeli 16 4 6 2 14 10 82
8 Republic of Ireland Jonathan Browne 10 12 12 8 4 4 80
9 Mexico Salvador de Alba 7 17 7 16 6 2 77
10 United States Jack William Miller 14 9 11 6 5 15 67
11 United States Christian Weir 17 10 10 13 8 6 62
12 United States Michael d'Orlando 18 11 16 11 3 14 58
13 Mexico Ricardo Escotto 15 18 18 10 1 17 57
14 United States Jackson Lee 11 15 13 5 10 18 55
15 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy 8 20 9 14 9 12 54
16 United States Jordan Missig 20 7 5 19 19 8 49
17 United States Christian Brooks 1* 6 47
18 United States Bijoy Garg 12 14 14 12 17 13 44
19 United States Lindsay Brewer 13 16 15 18 12 19 33
20 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro 19 13 17 15 15 16 31
21 United States Charles Finelli 13 20 9
Pos Driver STP SEB IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR COA POR Points
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

Teams' championship
Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
Pos Team STP SEB IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR COA POR Points
1 Pabst Racing[lower-alpha 1] 3 1 1 1 13 3 146
5 3 4 14 15 5
2 TJ Speed Motorsports 4 4 3 2 8 6 103
13 5 5 7 10 7
3 Exclusive Autosport 7 7 2 9 6 1 96
8 12 6 12 9 2
4 Turn 3 Motorsport 1 6 9 5 3 4 91
9 9 10 8 4 11
5 Jay Howard Driver Development 6 13 7 4 1 8 76
12 14 13 10 2 14
6 DEForce Racing 2 2 11 3 7 9 66
10 11 14 11 14 10
7 Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 11 8 8 6 5 12 46
8 NeoTech Motorsport 14 10 12 13 12 13 24
9 FatBoy Racing! 11 15 8
Pos Team STP SEB IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR COA POR Points

See also

Notes
  1. The entry lists listed Pabst Racing by Force Indy as a one-car team separate from the main Pabst Racing team, while the official points list all three cars together.

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. "Discount Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis - Entry List" (PDF). April 28, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  10. 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.
  11. Media, R. T. D. (February 21, 2023). "Japanese American Driver Reece Ushijima Joins Jay Howard Driver Development USF Pro 2000 Program". RTD Media. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  12. Media, R. T. D. (February 23, 2023). "MILLER VINATIERI MOTORSPORTS KICKS OFF 2023 NEXT WEEK WITH NEW AND RETURNING PARTNERS". RTD Media. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  13. 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.
  14. "Force Indy Expands Reach, Focus in 2023 with Francis, Rowe". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  15. "PABST RACING ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF JORDAN MISSIG". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  16. 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.
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  19. 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.
  20. "Francesco Pizzi Joins TJ Speed in USF Pro 2000 Program for 2023". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  21. Wood, Ida (February 21, 2023). "USF2000 champion d'Orlando secures USFP2000 seat with Turn 3". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  22. 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.
  23. "Turn 3 Motorsports on Twitter: "We are excited to welcome @cb44racing to our program for the @GPSTPETE this weekend!". Twitter. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  24. "Jackson Lee Joins Turn 3 Motorsport for 2023 USF Pro 2000 Campaign". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  25. "Andersen Promotions Announces 2023 Schedules and Scholarships". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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