2021 USF2000 Championship

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The 2021 USF2000 Championship was the twelfth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the first rung of the IndyCar Series's Road to Indy ladder system. An 18 race schedule was announced on October 21, 2020, featuring five permanent road courses, two street circuits, and a single oval in the Dave Steele Classic. [1]

Drivers and teams

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Cape Motorsports 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Nepveu [2] All
3 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Stamer [3] All
4 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando [4] All
5 Flag of the United States.svg Spike Kohlbecker [3] All
DEForce Racing 1 Flag of the United States.svg Ely Navarro [5] All
10 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel [5] All
11 Flag of the United States.svg Prescott Campbell [5] All
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto [5] All
Exclusive Autosport44 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks [6] 1–16
90 Flag of the United States.svg Grant Palmer [7] 1–7
91 Flag of New Zealand.svg Billy Frazer [8] All
92 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Round-Garrido [9] 1−13
Force Indy [10] 99 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe [11] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 Flag of the United States.svg Bijoy Garg [8] All
7 Flag of the United States.svg Chase Hyland 11–13
8 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Lee [12] 1−13, 17–18
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Vodanovich [13] 1–16
Joe Dooling Autosports63 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Burke [14] All
Michael Myers Racing42 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Myers 3−18
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports16 Flag of the United States.svg Kent Vaccaro [15] All
Legacy Autosport19 Flag of the United States.svg Andre Castro [9] 1–4, 17–18
Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes 5–7, 9–13
Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Byrd [16] 8
2011–16
Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes [9] 1–2
Pabst Racing22 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy [17] All
23 Flag of the United States.svg Jace Denmark [18] All
24 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson [5] All
Turn 3 Motorsport 32 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Weir 11–18
33 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Green [19] All
34 Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Christie [19] All
Velocity Racing Development 29 Flag of the United States.svg Erik Evans [5] 1–7, 9–13

Schedule

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1April 17–18 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
2
3April 24–25 USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Presented by Andersen RacePark
 R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
4 USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Presented by Andersen Interior Contracting
5May 14–15 USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Presented by Cooper Tires
 R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6
7
8May 29* Cooper Tires Freedom 75  O  Lucas Oil Raceway Brownsburg, Indiana
9June 19–20 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11July 3–4 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12
13
14August 28–29Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix R  New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey
15
16
17October 3–4VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend Presented By Cooper Tires R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
18
References: [20]

* The race at Lucas Oil Raceway was originally scheduled for May 28, but was postponed due to inclement weather. The October Mid-Ohio race replaced Toronto.

Race results

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lap Most laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1 Birmingham 1 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
2 Birmingham 2 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Vodanovich Flag of the United States.svg Prescott Campbell Flag of the United States.svg Prescott Campbell DEForce Racing
3 St. Petersburg 1 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
4 St. Petersburg 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
5 Indianapolis GP 1 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
6 Indianapolis GP 2 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
7 Indianapolis GP 3 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
8 Lucas Oil Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of the United States.svg Prescott Campbell Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
9 Road America 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
10 Road America 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Nepveu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Nepveu Cape Motorsports
11 Mid-Ohio 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
12 Mid-Ohio 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Lee Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
13 Mid-Ohio 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
14 New Jersey 1 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
15 New Jersey 2 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of the United States.svg Christian Weir Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe Force Indy
16 New Jersey 3 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of New Zealand.svg Billy Frazer Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel DEForce Racing
17 Mid-Ohio 4 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
18 Mid-Ohio 5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto Flag of the United States.svg Josh Green Flag of the United States.svg Josh Green 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 LOR ROA MOH NJMP MOH Points
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kiko Porto 10452*731*41*52*1*51*2*833413
2 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando 492032441*222121*518424365
3 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy 1*1032411*36861014322031*19329
4 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson 33710422893812116115116291
5 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Green 9718556871049102144241*279
6 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks 551*13*5DSQ5520118631017257
7 Flag of the United States.svg Spike Kohlbecker 71166677113814111010711107235
8 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel 112262123241494235619831*62227
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Thomas Nepveu 13811798515111*135916131578220
10 Flag of the United States.svg Prescott Campbell 21*1692296212242713271169215215
11 Flag of the United States.svg Jace Denmark 81215111020153677977572015210
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Billy Frazer 61341212161213251347159121089192
13 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe 24682321102312201028162813116521137
14 Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes 161711142172332136
15 Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Christie 212091381124101592025261514131214121
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Round-Garrido 2522242512202413191244116
17 Flag of the United States.svg Ely Navarro 18181316151813141914191817148121318105
18 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Lee 1214141826DNS9182318182613181273
19 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Stamer 19212320172319161811161524181620221165
20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Vodanovich 232321151915162316151528817192263
21 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Weir 171920129692057
22 Flag of the United States.svg Erik Evans 15162214161310222525211454
23 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Burke 20262419182118221717221725231514171354
24 Flag of the United States.svg Kent Vaccaro172525DNS201917172416212216192118161648
25 Flag of the United States.svg Andre Castro 2219108141045
26 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Myers 172213DNS11192121242012212321192245
27 Flag of the United States.svg Bijoy Garg DSQ2519DNS2422252014126271820†22†19†15†17†43
28 Flag of the United States.svg Grant Palmer 1415121714172238
29 Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Byrd 2123242222172311
30 Flag of the United States.svg Chase Hyland2623233
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

† Bijoy Garg was not eligible for points at the New Jersey Motorsports Park and the second Mid-Ohio rounds for exceeding the maximum allotted test days for championship drivers.

See also

References

  1. Andersen Promotions (October 21, 2020). "ROAD TO INDY PRESENTED BY COOPER TIRES UNVEILS 2021 SCHEDULE". IndyCar.com. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. "Thomas Nepveu Moves Up to USF2000 with Cape Motorsports". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "New Initiative to Launch Rising St. Louis Racers on Road to Indy". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. "MICHAEL D'ORLANDO AND CAPE MOTORSPORTS CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP FOR 2021". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
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  7. "Exclusive Autosport on Instagram: "That's a wrap for #RoadToIndy Spring Training here at Barber Motorsports Park! The #EhTeam did a phenomenal job all weekend with a couple EA cars spending time on top of the charts in both USF2000 Series and Indy Pro 2000 Championship practice sessions throughout the past two days. This is a great way to start the season! We look forward to getting back here in just nine days to get the 2021 season officially started. Also, well done to Christian Brooks, Braden Eves, Artem Petrov, Grant Palmer, and Billy Frazer! We're proud of all you accomplished this weekend! And a special thank to our hard working crew members. We wouldn't be able to do all we do without you guys, so a huge THANK YOU!! #RoadToIndy // #TeamCooperTire // #EhTeam // #CambridgeFX"".
  8. 1 2 Wood, Elliot (February 11, 2021). "TRS's Billy Frazer and returnee Bijoy Garg join 2021 USF2000 grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "LINE 'EM UP. The #RoadToIndy brings over 50 cars across all three levels to @BarberMotorPark this weekend to begin the championship hunt along the paved path to @IndyCar. Read: indylights.com/news/road-to-indy-season-set-to-go-at-barber-motorsports-park #TeamCooperTire #HIGPA". Team Cooper Tire. April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
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  18. "PABST RACING SIGNS JACE DENMARK FOR 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  19. 1 2 "DYLAN CHRISTIE TEAMS UP WITH TURN 3 MOTORSPORT FOR 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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