2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship

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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]

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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

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Abel Motorsports 51 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel [3] All
DEForce Racing 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Shields [4] 1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Kory Enders [5] 13
8 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel [5] 13
Exclusive Autosport42 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov [6] All
44 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks [7] 17–18
91 Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves [8] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 1 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen [9] All
5 Flag of the United States.svg Wyatt Brichacek [9] All
Juncos Racing
Juncos Hollinger Racing [10] 		21 Flag of Barbados.svg Kyffin Simpson [11] 1–16
22 Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sulaimán [12] 1–16
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed [7] 17–18
55 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold [13] All
Legacy Autosport20 Flag of the United States.svg Flinn Lazier [14] 1–4
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports40 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller [15] All
Pabst Racing 18 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea [16] All
19 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Missig [7] 17–18
27 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Kaminsky [17] 1–7
RP Motorsport USA 74 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi [18] 1–4
77 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed [19] 1–8
Turn 3 Motorsport3 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. [20] All
Velocity Racing Development [21] 11 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany [22] 1–4, 9–12

Schedule

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

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1 Birmingham 1 Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Exclusive Autosport
2 Birmingham 2 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea [lower-alpha 1] Pabst Racing
3 St. Petersburg 1 Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Exclusive Autosport
4 St. Petersburg 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
5 Indianapolis GP 1 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
6 Indianapolis GP 2 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Exclusive Autosport
7 Indianapolis GP 3 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
8 Lucas Oil Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
9 Road America 1 Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sulaimán Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sulaimán Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sulaimán Juncos Racing
10 Road America 2 Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sulaimán Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
11 Mid-Ohio 1 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
12 Mid-Ohio 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing
13 Gateway Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves Exclusive Autosport
14 New Jersey 1 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Juncos Hollinger Racing
15 New Jersey 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Exclusive Autosport
16 New Jersey 3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing
17 Mid-Ohio 3 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
18 Mid-Ohio 4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. 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 
Points3025221917151413121110987654321
Points (O)4538332926232120181715141211986532
PosDriver ALA STP IMS IRP ROA MOH1 GMP NJMP MOH2 Points
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen 132*21*191*1101*1*523991*3445
2 Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves 1*41*62*23444591*732310407
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hunter McElrea 6134108757641*3221*76378
4 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Petrov 234851*57211221291*324374
5 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold 313633422*526481*410411366
6 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel 85157671363536655469292
7 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. 15111316810111161081146105111*241
8 Flag of Barbados.svg Kyffin Simpson 11171014436811373111087231
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Manuel Sulaimán DSQ852911831*71277WthWthWth214
10 Flag of the United States.svg Wyatt Brichacek 1468151213121012910101086698212
11 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller 16141213116999DNS9813478127203
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed 59791354Wth82138
13 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Kaminsky 77957121091
14 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany 1012161288111279
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Shields 415141043
16 Flag of the United States.svg Flinn Lazier 916111137
17 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks 5534
18 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel 526
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Enzo Fittipaldi 1210DNSDNS20
20 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Missig 101220
21 Flag of the United States.svg Kory Enders918
PosDriver ALA STP IMS IRP ROA MOH1 GMP NJMP MOH2 Points
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
ItalicsRan 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+ 
Points221815121086421
PosTeam ALA STP IMS LOR ROA MOH GMP NJMP MOH Points
1Exclusive Autosport131621342422171224473
24485257410581193335
2 Juncos Racing
Juncos Hollinger Racing 		385233221263714742384
11136344635374810810710
3 Jay Howard Driver Development 13221191110115236613312
14681411121191181091089988
4 Pabst Racing 613478757641322166273
77959119911
5 Abel Motorsports 85147671263536655459198
6Turn 3 Motorsport1511121581010106981046105101134
7 Miller Vinatieri Motorsports16141113106889DNS9712478117112
8 RP Motorsport USA 59791254Wth54
1210DNSDNS
9Velocity Racing Development1012151287111140
10 DEForce Racing 4151310539
9
11Legacy Autosport916101117
PosTeam ALA STP IMS LOR ROA MOH GMP NJMP MOH Points

See also

Footnotes

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

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