2023 USF Juniors

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The 2023 USF Juniors championship was the second season of USF Juniors. The season features a six-round 16-race calendar, which began on March 23 at Sebring International Raceway and concluded on August 27 at the Circuit of the Americas. [1]

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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". [2] The USF Juniors serves as the bottom rung of this ladder.

Drivers and teams

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United States.svg DC Autosport46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Connor Roberts14–16
57 Flag of the United States.svg Carson Etter [3] All
68 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Ho [4] 1–10
Flag of the United States.svg DEForce Racing 16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong [5] All
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Fecury [6] All
18 Flag of the United States.svg Brady GolanAll
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone [7] All
Flag of the United States.svg Exclusive Autosport90 Flag of Brazil.svg Erick Schotten [8] All
91 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza [9] All
92 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers [10] All
93 Flag of the United States.svg Giovanni Cabrera [11] All
95 Flag of the Philippines.svg Bianca Bustamante [12] 14–16
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Howard Driver Development 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ayden Ingratta [13] 11–13
Flag of the United States.svg Aiden Potter14–16
4 Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Potter [13] 11–16
5 Flag of the United States.svg Ava Dobson [13] 11–13
Flag of the United States.svg Dane Scott14–16
Flag of Mexico.svg Ram Racing [14] 55 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Felipe Pedraza [14] 4–5
Flag of the United States.svg Velocity Racing Development12 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Barker [15] All
29 Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Schwartz [16] 4–16
33 Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor [17] All
48 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Lockhart [18] All

Schedule

RoundDateRace nameCircuitLocation
1March 23–25Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Sebring, FL
2
3
4April 27–28Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL
5
6June 2–4Cooper Tires VIR Grand Prix Virginia International Raceway Alton, VA
7
8
9July 6–8Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH
10
11August 11–13Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI
12
13
14August 24–27Cooper Tires Circuit of The Americas Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas Austin, TX
15
16

Race results

Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1 Sebring International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
2 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
3 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Lockhart Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza Exclusive Autosport
4 Barber Motorsports Park Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
6 Virginia International Raceway Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Ho Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
7 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Jack JeffersExclusive Autosport
9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
10 Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Schwartz Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Schwartz Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Schwartz Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
11 Road America Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ayden Ingratta Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ayden Ingratta Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of the United States.svg Jack JeffersExclusive Autosport
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
14 Circuit of the Americas Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor Flag of the United States.svg Jack JeffersExclusive Autosport
15 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Lockhart		 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie LockhartVelocity Racing Development
16 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie LockhartVelocity Racing Development

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
PosDriver SEB ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicolas Giaffone 4121*1*11*2*1*14622*378389
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinn Armstrong1*5102231410211*581322324
3 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Jeffers3351582*1213421*3116*14*313
4 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Lockhart710353116441293441*1292
5 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza 22*1*4614256133991835280
6 Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor 13134754113116131512*146236
7 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Barker5613998712754107554228
8 Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Schwartz1412731452*575643208
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Fecury6763455111371514127617206
10 Flag of the United States.svg Brady Golan987101194812878108107202
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Erick Schotten10988106969984617911199
12 Flag of the United States.svg Carson Etter1111111214101378111661515813155
13 Flag of the United States.svg Giovanni Cabrera1212121315128131010101116121218140
14 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Ho8496713109143134
15 Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Potter11131314131250
16 Flag of the United States.svg Ava Dobson 12121128
17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Bianca Bustamante 918927
18 Flag of the United States.svg Aiden Potter11111526
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Connor Roberts16151022
20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ayden Ingratta14161421
21 Flag of the United States.svg Dane Scott10171620
22 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Felipe Pedraza111318
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

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