2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship

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The 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship presented by ContinentalTire is the 26th season in series history and the second under the USF Pro 2000 moniker after the three championships below the Indy NXT series were rebranded in 2023 following the acquisition of Indy NXT by Penske Entertainment. [1]

Contents

Series news

Drivers and teams

All drivers compete using Tatuus IP-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.

TeamNo.Driver(s)StatusRound(s)
BN Racing [4] 74 Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Baptiste [5]  R All
77 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Escotto [6] All
Comet/NCMP Racing21 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Adams [7]  R 1–5
DEForce Racing7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mac Clark [8]  R All
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicholas Monteiro [9] All
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Garciarce [10]  R All
Exclusive Autosport92 Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves [11] All
95 Flag of the United States.svg Avery Towns [12]  R 1–2
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Mossman [13] All
Pabst Racing 18 Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes [14]  R All
19 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks [15]  R All
20 Flag of the United States.svg Jace Denmark [16] All
TJ Speed Motorsports26 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Sceats [17]  R 1–5
27 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany [18] All
28 Flag of the United States.svg David Morales [19]  R All
Turn 3 Motorsport2 Flag of Ireland.svg Adam Fitzgerald [20]  R All
3 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Dyszelski [21]  R All
33 Flag of the United States.svg Tyke Durst [22]  R All
44 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes [23]  R All
68 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ethan Ho [24]  R All
Velocity Racing Development17 Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson [25] All
32 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Rashid [7]  R 1–5
IconStatus
 R Rookie

Team changes

Miller Vinatieri Motorsports left the series to move up to Indy NXT. [26]

After NeoTech Motorsport's only driver Nicholas Monteiro moved to TJ Speed Motorsports halfway through 2023 and now joined DEForce Racing, the team discontinued their series entry.

Charles Finelli's FatBoy Racing! also did not confirm its participation in the 2024 season ahead of the first round.

BN Racing returned to the series with two full-time entries after last participating during the 2020 season. [4]

Comet/NCMP Racing joined the championship, fielding a single car.

Driver changes

Reigning Teams' champions Pabst Racing signed two new drivers following Jordan Missig's departure from the series and reigning series champion Myles Rowe's graduation to Indy NXT. [27] The team promoted Simon Sikes after he won the 2023 USF2000 Championship with the same team and signed Christian Brooks after he contested a handful of races during the 2023 season for Turn 3 Motorsport. [14] [15]

Turn 3 Motorsport saw a complete overhaul of their lineup, as the team took on five series rookies. One Irishman replaced another in the No. 2 car, with Formula Regional European competitor Adam Fitzgerald replacing Indy NXT-bound Jonathan Browne. [20] [28] Danny Dyszelski graduated from USF2000 competition to replace Louka St-Jean in the No. 3 car after having already contested the final two rounds of the 2023 season with the team. [21] The No. 44 and No. 68 cars are also piloted by USF2000 graduates, with Lochie Hughes and Ethan Ho joining the team after coming third and 13th in the 2023 USF2000 championship, respectively. [23] [24] The teams final car, the No. 33 entry, is driven by Tyke Durst, who graduated from US Formula 4 competition and replaced IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge-bound Jackson Lee. [22] [29]

DEForce Racing signed one Brazilian to replace another, with Kiko Porto joining ANSA Motorsports in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America and his seat being filled by Nicholas Monteiro, who came 19th in 2023 with NeoTech Motorsport and TJ Speed. [30] [9] The team also kept two drivers they fielded in the 2023 season finale, with Mac Clark replacing ELMS-bound Bijoy Garg and Jorge Garciarce remaining in the team's third car. [8] [31] [10]

TJ Speed Motorsports also signed three new drivers to replace Lirim Zendeli, Christian Weir and Francesco Pizzi. The team signed FROC and FRJ runner-up Liam Sceats as well as two Americans returning from European competition in former FIA F3 competitor Hunter Yeany and GB3 and Eurocup-3 driver David Morales. [17] [18] [19]

After running as many as four cars during some rounds in 2023, Exclusive Autosport downsized to two full-time entries in 2024. After Yuven Sundaramoorthy, Salvador de Alba and Lindsay Brewer all graduated to Indy NXT and Joel Granfors left the series, the team welcomed back Braden Eves, who competed with the team in the 2020 and 2021 seasons before a move to JHDD for 2022 and a hiatus in 2023. [32] [33] [34] [11]

Jack William Miller followed his family-run teams' move to the Indy NXT championship. [26]

Jay Howard Driver Development saw Ricardo Escotto move to BN Racing and Reece Ushijima depart the championship. The team retained Frankie Mossman, who already did five races with the team in 2023. [6] [13]

Velocity Racing Development expanded to two cars, with Nikita Johnson, who did the 2023 season finale with the team, being joined by Shawn Rashid and both drivers also embarking on a campaign in the GB3 championship through VRD's collaboration with Arden Motorsport. [25] [7] [35] [36]

Returning team BN Racing fielded two Latin American drivers, with Nicolás Baptiste returning to the Americas after competing in Formula Regional Europe and Ricardo Escotto departing JHDD to embark on his sophomore season in the championship. [5] [6]

New team Comet/NCMP Racing signed Logan Adams to drive their single entry, who jumps up to USF Pro 2000 after competing in US F4 and USF2000 in 2023. [7]

Mid-season changes

Exclusive Autosport only fielded a single car for Eves at NOLA, with Towns not competing there. [37]

Schedule

The 2024 schedule was revealed on October 31, 2023. It features two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round, one event less than the year before. The round at Sebring International Raceway was dropped in favor of a triple-header at NOLA Motorsports Park, the first time the championship will return there since the 2015 Pro Mazda Championship. The round at Circuit of the Americas was also dropped, while the rounds at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Road America were made into triple-headers to keep the race tally at 18. All rounds except the weekends at NOLA and Indianapolis Raceway Park support IndyCar. [2] [38]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 8–10 Foundation Building Materials Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3April 5–7 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
4
5
6May 9–11VP Racing Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
7
8
9May 23–24TBA O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
10June 6–9TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11
12
13July 4–7TBA R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
14
15July 19–21TBA R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16
17August 22–25TBA R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
18

Race results

Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1 Flag of the United States.svg Streets of St. Petersburg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Turn 3 Motorsport
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
3 Flag of the United States.svg NOLA Motorsports Park Flag of the United States.svg Jace Denmark Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany TJ Speed Motorsports
4 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
5 Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
6 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
7
8
9 Flag of the United States.svg Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
10 Flag of the United States.svg Road America
11
12
13 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
14
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Exhibition Place
16
17 Flag of the United States.svg Portland International Raceway
18

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 STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson 41211*141
2 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Yeany 7131*2*3102
3 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks 25810780
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mac Clark 6954580
5 Flag of the United States.svg Jace Denmark 20737277
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes 1*2*19181075
7 Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Mossman84911966
8 Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes 2111103463
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Sceats361881163
10 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Dyszelski 193419858
11 Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Baptiste 918651256
12 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Escotto 161776653
13 Flag of the United States.svg Braden Eves 5812161649
14 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Garciarce 11101391448
15 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Adams131214141834
16 Flag of Ireland.svg Adam Fitzgerald 151417131531
17 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ethan Ho102020121330
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicholas Monteiro121516151730
19 Flag of the United States.svg Tyke Durst171611171925
20 Flag of the United States.svg Avery Towns14199
21 Flag of the United States.svg David Morales 22DNS15DNSDNS7
22 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Rashid1821WthWthWth4
PosDriver STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR 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 led most laps
Rookie

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th+ 
Points221815121086421
PosTeam STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1 Pabst Racing 25332105
167874
2Velocity Racing Development41211101
1516151515
3TJ Speed Motorsports3612391
71214810
4Turn 3 Motorsport12411779
10310129
5DEForce Racing6954548
111012912
6 BN Racing 91365646
14147611
7 Jay Howard Driver Development 84910838
8Exclusive Autosport5811141328
1315
9Comet/NCMP Racing121113131420
PosTeam STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points

See also

Notes

    References

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    2. 1 2 "2024 USF Pro Championships Schedule and Scholarships Announced". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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    4. 1 2 "BN Racing Returns to USF Pro Championships". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
    5. 1 2 "¡Estoy muy contento con esta oportunidad! ¡Vamos con toda a dejar el nombre de Colombia en lo más alto!". Instagram. February 24, 2024.
    6. 1 2 3 "Next week we race 💙💙💙 @gpstpete". Instagram. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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