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The 2025 USF Juniors presented by ContinentalTire will be the fourth season of the USF Juniors. The championship serves as the fourth rung of the IndyCar Series' USF Pro Championships ladder system.
All drivers will compete using Tatuus JR-23 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires. [2]
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Exclusive Autosport signed karting driver Kaylee Countryman who will make her open-wheel racing debut with the team. [8] The team resigned Brendan Cooley for a full-season campaign after competing with them in the penultimate round of the 2024 season. [9]
Jay Howard Driver Development signed JT Hoskins to a full-season campaign after racing with the team for the last three rounds last season. [12] The team also signed Vilho Aatola and Karel Staut who will both make their open-wheel racing debuts with JHDD as well as Liam Loiacono who joins USF Juniors after competing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship. [11] [14] [13]
VRD Racing added rookies Matan Achituv and Ryan Giannetta to the team. [15] [16] João Vergara switched to VRD Racing after finishing 8th last season with Exclusive Autosport. [17]
Zanella Racing signed Ty Fisher who will make his open-wheel racing debut with the team. [19]
The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship will visit a majority of the same circuits as in 2024, with the exception of Virginia International Raceway being replaced with two more rounds at Mid-Ohio. [21] All rounds except the weekends at NOLA, Mid-Ohio races 7–8, and Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series. [1]
| Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
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| 1 | April 10–13 | TBA | R NOLA Motorsports Park | Avondale, Louisiana |
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| 4 | May 1–3 | TBA | R Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
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| 7 | June 6–8 | TBA | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
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| 9 | July 3–6 | TBA | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
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| 11 | July 24–26 | TBA | R Road America | Elkhart Lake. Wisconsin |
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| 14 | August 7–10 | TBA | 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 |
| 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 |
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