2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship

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The 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship presented by ContinentalTire is the scheduled 27th season of the junior series two levels below the IndyCar series. It will be the third season under the USF Pro 2000 moniker after the most recent rebrand in 2023.

Series news

Drivers and teams

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

TeamNo.Driver(s)StatusRound(s)
Exclusive Autosport91 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Brienza [3]  R All
92 Flag of the United States.svg Carson Etter [4]  R All
Pabst Racing 18 Flag of the United States.svg Max Garcia [5]  R All
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jacob Douglas [6]  R All
20 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Costello [7]  R All
TJ Speed MotorsportsTBA Flag of New Zealand.svg Sebastian Manson [8]  R All
TBA Flag of the United States.svg Evagoras Papasavvas [9]  R All
Turn 3 Motorsport 44 Flag of the United States.svg Alessandro de Tullio [10] All
Velocity Racing DevelopmentTBA Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor [11]  R All
IconStatus
 R Rookie

Driver changes

Reigning Teams' Champions Pabst Racing signed Jacob Douglas, who returns to the team he drove for in USF2000 in 2023. [6] Reigning USF2000 Champion Max Garcia will also stay with the team as he moves up to USF Pro 2000. [5] Michael Costello, who steps up to USF Pro 2000 after coming ninth in USF2000 with JHDD, will complete the team's lineup. [7]

Turn 3 Motorsport saw Drivers' Champion Lochie Hughes graduate to Indy NXT with Andretti Global. [12] Replacing him in the No. 44 car will be Alessandro de Tullio, who entered six USFP2000 races with BN Racing in 2024. [10]

Velocity Racing Development saw Max Taylor move up to USF Pro 2000 after he won the USF Juniors title and came third in USF2000 in 2024 with the same team. [11]

TJ Speed Motorsports signed Evagoras Papasavvas, who steps up to USF Pro 2000 after spending three years in USF2000 with JHDD. [9] Formula Regional Japanese runner-up Sebastian Manson will join him, debuting in USFP2000. [8]

Exclusive Autosport will promote two USF2000 drivers to its lineup in Joey Brienza, who came fifth in 2024, also with Exclusive Autosport, and Carson Etter, who came 16th with DC Autosport. [3] [4]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship will visit the same eight circuits as it did in 2024: two street circuits, five road courses and one oval. [13] All rounds except the weekends at NOLA and Indianapolis Raceway Park will run in support of the IndyCar Series. [1]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1February 28 – March 2TBA R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3April 10–13TBA R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
4
5
6May 8–10TBA R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
7
8
9May 22–23TBA O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
10June 19–22TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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12
13July 3–6TBA R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
14
15July 18–20TBA R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
16
17August 7–10TBA R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th+ 
Points221815121086421

See also

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