The 2023 USF2000 Championshippresented by Cooper Tires was the fourteenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. 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". [1] The USF2000 Championship served as the middle rung of this ladder.
Simon Sikes won the Drivers' Championship at the final race weekend at Portland with two races to spare. His team, Pabst Racing, won their second consecutive and fifth all-time championship.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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DC Autosport | 57 | Carson Etter [2] | 11–13, 16–18 |
68 | Ethan Ho [3] | 3–7, 9–13, 16–18 | |
DEForce Racing | 1 | Mac Clark [4] | All |
10 | Jorge Garciarce [5] | All | |
11 | Brady Golan [2] | 11–13 | |
Lucas Fecury [6] | 16–18 | ||
12 | Maxwell Jamieson [7] | All | |
Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Jacob Douglas [8] | 1–7 |
Thomas Schrage [9] | 11–13, 16–18 | ||
91 | Joey Brienza [10] | 1–2, 8, 14–15 | |
92 | Nicholas d'Orlando [11] | 1–2 | |
Lucas Mann [12] | 5–7 | ||
Jack Jeffers [13] | 9–10 | ||
93 | Avery Towns [14] | 1–15 | |
95 | Chase Gardner [15] | 1–15 | |
Future Star Racing | 56 | Andre Castro [16] | 1–2 |
58 | Trey Burke [17] | 1–2 | |
Jay Howard Driver Development | 6 | Evagoras Papasavvas [18] | All |
7 | Al Morey [19] | All | |
8 | Lochie Hughes [20] | All | |
9 | Louka St-Jean [21] | 1–4 | |
Dane Scott [22] | 9–10 | ||
Logan Adams [2] | 11–15 | ||
Ava Dobson [23] | 16–18 | ||
Pabst Racing | 22 | Simon Sikes [15] | All |
23 | Jacob Douglas [24] | 9–18 | |
24 | Max Garcia [25] [26] | 3–18 | |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development | 67 | Elliot Cox [27] | All |
Velocity Racing Development | 2 | Nico Christodoulou [28] | 14–15 |
14 | Sam Corry [29] | All | |
17 | Nikita Johnson [30] | All | |
18 | Danny Dyszelski [31] | 1–13 | |
19 | Gordon Scully [32] | All | |
33 | Max Taylor [12] | 5–7, 9–13, 16–18 | |
97 | Zack Ping [33] | 1–7, 9–13 |
The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 17, 2022. It featured two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round. The championship returned to Sebring for the first time since 2013. All rounds except the weekends at Sebring and Indianapolis Raceway Park supported the IndyCar Series. [38]
Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
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1 | March 4–5 | Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | R Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
2 | Discount Tire 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 | USF2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis | R Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | Speedway, Indiana |
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8 | May 27 | USF2000 Cooper Tires Freedom 75 | O Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | Brownsburg, Indiana |
9 | June 17–18 | Discount Tire Grand Prix of Road America | R Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
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11 | July 1–2 | Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
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14 | July 15–16 | Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto | R Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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16 | September 2–3 | Discount Tire Grand Prix of Portland | R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th+ |
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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 |
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th+ |
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Points | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Driver | STP | SEB | IMS | IRP | ROA | MOH | TOR | POR | Points | ||||||||||
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1 | Pabst Racing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 476 |
6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
2 | Jay Howard Driver Development | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 413 |
2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |||
3 | Velocity Racing Development | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 372 |
5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | |||
4 | DEForce Racing | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 272 |
11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | |||
5 | Exclusive Autosport | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 157 |
8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
6 | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 109 |
7 | DC Autosport | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 74 | |||||
11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Future Star Racing | 7 | 6 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | STP | ALA | IMS | IRP | ROA | MOH | TOR | POR | Points |
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