2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship

2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Christian Rasmussen
Teams' Champion:
Exclusive Autosport

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The 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship was the 23rd season in series history. An 18-round schedule was announced on October 21, 2020, featuring five permanent road courses, two street circuits, and two ovals. The series started on April 17, 2021 at Barber Motorsports Park. ^[1]

Danish Christian Rasmussen, driving for Jay Howard Driver Development, won the championship in the last race of the season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. ^[2]

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Abel Motorsports	51	Jacob Abel [3]	All
DEForce Racing	7	Cameron Shields [4]	1–4
		Kory Enders [5]	13
	8	Nolan Siegel [5]	13
Exclusive Autosport	42	Artem Petrov [6]	All
	44	Christian Brooks [7]	17–18
	91	Braden Eves [8]	All
Jay Howard Driver Development	1	Christian Rasmussen [9]	All
	5	Wyatt Brichacek [9]	All
Juncos Racing Juncos Hollinger Racing [10]	21	Kyffin Simpson [11]	1–16
	22	Manuel Sulaimán [12]	1–16
		Enaam Ahmed [7]	17–18
	55	Reece Gold [13]	All
Legacy Autosport	20	Flinn Lazier [14]	1–4
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports	40	Jack William Miller [15]	All
Pabst Racing	18	Hunter McElrea [16]	All
	19	Jordan Missig [7]	17–18
	27	Colin Kaminsky [17]	1–7
RP Motorsport USA	74	Enzo Fittipaldi [18]	1–4
	77	Enaam Ahmed [19]	1–8
Turn 3 Motorsport	3	James Roe [20]	All
Velocity Racing Development [21]	11	Hunter Yeany [22]	1–4, 9–12

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	April 17–18	Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park Presented by Cooper Tires	R  Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
2
3	April 24–25	Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Cooper Tires	R  Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
4
5	May 14–15	Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Cooper Tires	R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
6
7
8	May 28–29*	Cooper Tires Freedom 90	O  Lucas Oil Raceway	Brownsburg, Indiana
9	June 19–20	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11	July 3–4	Cooper Tires Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
12
13	August 21	Cooper Tires Indy Pro 2000 Oval Challenge of St. Louis	O  World Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, Illinois
14	August 28–29	Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix Presented by The Andersen Companies	R  New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey
15
16
17	October 1–3	VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend Presented By Cooper Tires	R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
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References: [23] [24]

* The race at Lucas Oil Raceway began on May 28, but was stopped and postponed to May 29 due to inclement weather.

* Following the cancellation of the Honda Indy Toronto, promoters replaced it with the second Mid-Ohio round.

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
					Driver	Team
1	Birmingham 1	Braden Eves	Christian Rasmussen	Braden Eves	Braden Eves	Exclusive Autosport
2	Birmingham 2	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Hunter McElrea [a]	Pabst Racing
3	St. Petersburg 1	Braden Eves	Jack William Miller	Braden Eves	Braden Eves	Exclusive Autosport
4	St. Petersburg 2	Hunter McElrea	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
5	Indianapolis GP 1	Reece Gold	Reece Gold	Braden Eves	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
6	Indianapolis GP 2	Reece Gold	Christian Rasmussen	Artem Petrov	Artem Petrov	Exclusive Autosport
7	Indianapolis GP 3	Reece Gold	Enaam Ahmed	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
8	Lucas Oil	Reece Gold	Reece Gold	Reece Gold	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
9	Road America 1	Manuel Sulaimán	Jacob Abel	Manuel Sulaimán	Manuel Sulaimán	Juncos Racing
10	Road America 2	Manuel Sulaimán	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
11	Mid-Ohio 1	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
12	Mid-Ohio 2	Hunter McElrea	Kyffin Simpson	Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Pabst Racing
13	Gateway	James Roe	Christian Rasmussen	Braden Eves	Braden Eves	Exclusive Autosport
14	New Jersey 1	Reece Gold	Reece Gold	Reece Gold	Reece Gold	Juncos Hollinger Racing
15	New Jersey 2	Hunter McElrea	Jacob Abel	Artem Petrov	Artem Petrov	Exclusive Autosport
16	New Jersey 3	Hunter McElrea	Christian Rasmussen	Hunter McElrea	Hunter McElrea	Pabst Racing
17	Mid-Ohio 3	Artem Petrov	Hunter McElrea	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Jay Howard Driver Development
18	Mid-Ohio 4	Hunter McElrea	Jacob Abel	James Roe	James Roe	Turn 3 Motorsport

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 qualified on pole was awarded one additional point.
• One point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
• One point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race.

Pos Driver ALA STP IMS IRP ROA MOH1 GMP NJMP MOH2 Points 1 Christian Rasmussen 13 2* 2 1* 1 9 1* 1 10 1* 1* 5 2 3 9 9 1* 3 445 2 Braden Eves 1* 4 1* 6 2* 2 3 4 4 4 5 9 1* 7 3 2 3 10 407 3 Hunter McElrea 6 1 3 4 10 8 7 5 7 6 4 1* 3 2 2 1* 7 6 378 4 Artem Petrov 2 3 4 8 5 1* 5 7 2 11 2 2 12 9 1* 3 2 4 374 5 Reece Gold 3 13 6 3 3 4 2 2* 5 2 6 4 8 1* 4 10 4 11 366 6 Jacob Abel 8 5 15 7 6 7 13 6 3 5 3 6 6 5 5 4 6 9 292 7 James Roe 15 11 13 16 8 10 11 11 6 10 8 11 4 6 10 5 11 1* 241 8 Kyffin Simpson 11 17 10 14 4 3 6 8 11 3 7 3 11 10 8 7 231 9 Manuel Sulaimán DSQ 8 5 2 9 11 8 3 1* 7 12 7 7 Wth Wth Wth 214 10 Wyatt Brichacek 14 6 8 15 12 13 12 10 12 9 10 10 10 8 6 6 9 8 212 11 Jack William Miller 16 14 12 13 11 6 9 9 9 DNS 9 8 13 4 7 8 12 7 203 12 Enaam Ahmed 5 9 7 9 13 5 4 Wth 8 2 138 13 Colin Kaminsky 7 7 9 5 7 12 10 91 14 Hunter Yeany 10 12 16 12 8 8 11 12 79 15 Cameron Shields 4 15 14 10 43 16 Flinn Lazier 9 16 11 11 37 17 Christian Brooks 5 5 34 18 Nolan Siegel 5 26 19 Enzo Fittipaldi 12 10 DNS DNS 20 20 Jordan Missig 10 12 20 21 Kory Enders 9 18 Pos Driver ALA STP IMS IRP ROA MOH1 GMP NJMP MOH2 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 received 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
• Only the best two results counted for teams fielding more than two entries

Pos	Team	ALA		STP		IMS			LOR	ROA		MOH		GMP	NJMP			MOH		Points
1	Exclusive Autosport	1	3	1	6	2	1	3	4	2	4	2	2	1	7	1	2	2	4	473
		2	4	4	8	5	2	5	7	4	10	5	8	11	9	3	3	3	5
2	Juncos Racing Juncos Hollinger Racing	3	8	5	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	6	3	7	1	4	7	4	2	384
		11	13	6	3	4	4	6	3	5	3	7	4	8	10	8	10	7	10
3	Jay Howard Driver Development	13	2	2	1	1	9	1	1	10	1	1	5	2	3	6	6	1	3	312
		14	6	8	14	11	12	11	9	11	8	10	9	10	8	9	9	8	8
4	Pabst Racing	6	1	3	4	7	8	7	5	7	6	4	1	3	2	2	1	6	6	273
		7	7	9	5	9	11	9										9	11
5	Abel Motorsports	8	5	14	7	6	7	12	6	3	5	3	6	6	5	5	4	5	9	198
6	Turn 3 Motorsport	15	11	12	15	8	10	10	10	6	9	8	10	4	6	10	5	10	1	134
7	Miller Vinatieri Motorsports	16	14	11	13	10	6	8	8	9	DNS	9	7	12	4	7	8	11	7	112
8	RP Motorsport USA	5	9	7	9	12	5	4	Wth											54
		12	10	DNS	DNS
9	Velocity Racing Development	10	12	15	12					8	7	11	11							40
10	DEForce Racing	4	15	13	10									5						39
														9
11	Legacy Autosport	9	16	10	11															17
Pos	Team	ALA		STP		IMS			LOR	ROA		MOH		GMP	NJMP			MOH		Points

See also

• 2021 IndyCar Series
• 2021 Indy Lights
• 2021 U.S. F2000 National Championship

Footnotes

1. Christian Rasmussen finished the race first, but was given a 5 second post race penalty for blocking, giving the win to McElrea.

References

1. "Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires Unveils 2021 Schedule". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
2. "ROE WINS, RASMUSSEN SECURES INDY PRO 2000 TITLE AT MID-OHIO". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
3. "INDYCAR Veteran Joins Open-Wheel Development Team". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
4. Wood, Elliot (February 16, 2021). "Cameron Shields moves up to Indy Pro 2000 with DEForce Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
5. "Cooper Tires Indy Pro 2000 Oval Challenge of St. Louis - Entry List" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2021.
6. Wood, Elliot (March 1, 2021). "Artem Petrov moves to Exclusive Autosport for IP2000 title attack". Formula Scout. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
7. "VP Racing Lubricants Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Presented by Cooper Tires - Entry List" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2021.
8. Wood, Elliot (October 24, 2020). "Eves to reunite with Exclusive Autosport in IP2000 next year". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
9. "JHDD EXPANDS INTO INDY PRO 2000 WITH RASMUSSEN AND BRICHACEK". March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
10. "Juncos Announces Co-Ownership with Brad Hollinger To Form Juncos Hollinger Racing". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
11. "Juncos signs Kyffin Simpson to Indy Pro 2000 team". www.motorsport.com. February 4, 2021.
12. "MANUEL SULAIMAN JOINS JUNCOS RACING FOR THE 2021 INDY PRO 2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
13. Wood, Elliot (October 23, 2020). "USF2000 winner Reece Gold to step up to IP2000 with Juncos in 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
14. "LAZIER ADDS TO THE LEGACY BY SIGNING WITH LEGACY AUTOSPORT FOR 2021". March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
15. "Miller Levels Up to the Indy Pro 2000 Championship for 2021". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
16. "McElrea Stays Onboard with Pabst Racing for 2021 Indy Pro 2000". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
17. Wood, Elliot (March 12, 2021). "Colin Kaminsky stays at Pabst Racing in Indy Pro 2000 for 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
18. Wood, Elliot (February 8, 2021). "Enzo Fittipaldi leaves Ferrari Driver Academy for Indy Pro 2000 move". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
19. Wood, Ida (April 2, 2021). "RP Motorsport signs Enaam Ahmed for Indy Pro 2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
20. "James Roe Signs with Turn 3 Motorsport for 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
21. "Velocity Racing Development Enters Road to Indy with Three Car Effort". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
22. "Hunter Yeany Set for Road to Indy and Indy Pro 2000 Debut in April". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
23. "2021 SEASON". indypro2000.com.
24. "Road to Indy Adjusts 2021 Schedule, Adds New Season Finale Venue". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

External links

• Indy Pro 2000 Championship Official Website