2026 USF2000 Championship

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The 2026 USF2000 Championship presented by ContinentalTire is the seventeenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the second rung of the IndyCar Series's USF Pro Championships ladder system.

The 2026 season will be held over 18 races across eight race weekends. It started on February 27 around the Streets of St. Petersburg and will end on September 26 at Road America.

Drivers and teams

All drivers compete using Tatuus USF-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires. [1]

TeamNo.Driver(s)StatusRound(s)
DEForce Racing 10 Flag of the United States.svg Brady Golan [2] 1–2
12 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón [3] All
17 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Nordquist [4] RAll
ENVE Motorsports [5] 46 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Gundler [6] RAll
Exclusive Autosport90 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Cooley [7] All
91 Flag of the United States.svg Kaylee Countryman [8] R1–5, 7–9, 12–18
92 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Martella [9] All
93 Flag of the United States.svg Gabriel Cahan [10] RAll
94 Flag of the United States.svg Ayrton Cahan [11] RAll
97 Flag of the United States.svg Connor Aspley [2] R1–2
JHDD powered by ECR [12] 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Loiacono [13] RAll
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Naim Saleh [14] RAll
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Holm [15] RAll
9 Flag of the United States.svg Cal Peter [16] RAll
Pabst Racing 22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Majman [17] All
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Beswick [18] All
24 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lucas Nanji [19] RAll
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing 67 Flag of South Africa.svg Wian Boshoff [20] All
VRD Racing 3 Flag of Brazil.svg João Vergara [21] RAll
19 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Aitken [22] RAll
25 Flag of the United States.svg Teddy Musella [23] 1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Wheldon [24] R3–18
44 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Giannetta [25] All
78 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Mohrhardt [26] RAll
Zanella Racing [27] 55 Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Escorpioni [27] RAll
IconStatus
RRookie

Team changes

After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports entered the championship as a new team. [5]

USF Juniors team Zanella Racing expanded to add an USF2000 program in 2026. [27]

IndyCar team Ed Carpenter Racing announced a partnership with Jay Howard Driver Development, with JHDD's cars in the USF Pro Championships entering under the Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR guise. [12]

One-car teams Benchmark Autosport and Synergy Motorsport both left the series.

Driver changes

Reigning Teams' Champions VRD Racing saw Thomas Schrage and Christian Cameron leave the championship, while Teddy Musella remained with the team for the opening weekend of 2026 ahead of stepping up to their USF Pro 2000 outfit. [28] To replace them, VRD promoted both João Vergara and Colin Aitken from their USF Juniors outfit, with whom the former came third and the latter 21st in 2025, and signed Formula FARA graduate Jack Mohrhardt. [21] [22] [26]

Exclusive Autosport saw Lucas Fecury, Brenden Cooley and reigning champion Jack Jeffers leave the series. They were replaced by two debutants and a returnee: Brothers Ayrton and Gabriel Cahan, reigning champion and runner-up of the FRP F1600 Championship, joined the team for their USF2000 debuts, while Anthony Martella departed JHDD to return to the team he drove for in USF Juniors in 2024. [11] [10] [9] Kaylee Countryman rejoined Exclusive Racing after a four-race cameo and a USF Juniors campaign with the team in 2025 for a partial schedule alongside her main F1 Academy campaign. [8] Exclusive Autosport also entered a sixth car at St. Petersburg for their USF Juniors driver Connor Aspley. [2]

Pabst Racing expanded to an all-new three-car lineup in 2026 after they promoted G3 Argyros to their USF Pro 2000 outfit and Caleb Gafrarar left the series. [29] The team signed Brad Majman and Eddie Beswick for their second seasons after they came twelfth with JHDD and tenth with Synergy Motorsport, respectively, in 2025. [17] [18] Pabst's lineup was completed by karting graduate Lucas Nanji. [19]

The newly formed JHDD/ECR partnership recruited Skip Barber Formula Race Series driver Naim Saleh to replace Pabst-bound Majman and signed karting graduate Cal Peter to replace Exclusive-bound Martella. [14] [16] They also promoted 2025 USF Juniors runner-up Liam Loiacono from its outfit in that championship, as well as entering karting graduate Erik Holm in place of Timothy Carel, who left the championship. [13] [2]

DEForce Racing downsized from five to three entries as both Patricio and Rodrigo González moved over to GB3 with VRD and Jeshua Alianell and Vaughn Mishko left the series. [30] [31] The team promoted Thomas Nordquist from their USF Juniors outfit, where he finished the 2025 season in 17th, to their USF2000 outfit, with whom he had already debuted in the championship for two races in 2025, while Brady Golan rejoined the team with whom he competed in the first five rounds of 2025 for the opening two races of 2026. [4] [2]

ENVE Motorsport signed F1600 Championship Series graduate Wesley Gundler for their first full USF2000 season. [6]

New team Zanella Racing promoted reigning USF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program. [27]

Departing team Synergy Motorsport saw their driver Eddie Beswick join Pabst Racing, while Ayrton Houk departed the series together with his Benchmark Autosport team. [18]

Schedule

The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. The championship will visit two street circuits, four road courses and one oval. It followed its parent series in moving its Canadian rounds from Exhibition Place to the Streets of Markham, while it replaced the round at NOLA Motorsports Park it held in 2024 and 2025 with a second round at Road America. [32] All rounds except the weekends at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the second weekend at Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series. [33]

IconLegend
 O Oval/Speedway
 R Road course
 S Street circuit
Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1February 27–March 1Foundation Building Materials Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2Andersen Interior Contracting Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
3May 7–9TBA R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
4
5
6May 21–22TBA O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
7June 18–21TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8
9
10July 2–5TBA R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11
12August 6–9TBA R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13
14August 14–16TBA S  Streets of Markham Markham, Ontario
15
16September 24–26TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
17
18

Race results

Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1 Streets of St. Petersburg Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Majman Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón DEForce Racing
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Beswick Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Escorpioni Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón DEForce Racing
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
4
5
6 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
7 Road America
8
9
10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
11
12 Portland International Raceway
13
14 Streets of Markham
15
16 Road America
17
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
Pos.Driver STP IMS IRP ROA1 MOH POR MAR ROA2 Points
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Garzón1*1*63
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Escorpioni3345
3 Flag of Brazil.svg João Vergara2640
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Majman4439
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lucas Nanji5929
6 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Giannetta7728
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Beswick 20227
8 Flag of South Africa.svg Wian Boshoff61422
9 Flag of the United States.svg Teddy Musella 12822
10 Flag of the United States.svg Gabriel Cahan81321
11 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Aitken91221
12 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Gundler101121
13 Flag of the United States.svg Brady Golan 19519
14 Flag of the United States.svg Ayrton Cahan131019
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Loiacono 111813
16 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Nordquist151512
17 Flag of the United States.svg Cal Peter14248
18 Flag of the United States.svg Connor Aspley16216
19 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Mohrhardt17196
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Erik HolmDNS165
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Naim Saleh23175
22 Flag of the United States.svg Kaylee Countryman18204
23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Martella 21222
24 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Cooley22232
Pos.Driver STP IMS IRP ROA1 MOH POR MAR ROA2 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
Pos.Team STP IMS IRP ROA1 MOH POR MAR ROA2 Points
1 DEForce Racing 1155
135
2 Pabst Racing 4252
54
3 VRD Racing 2638
77
4Zanella Racing3336
5 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing 61115
6Exclusive Autosport8810
1110
7ENVE Motorsports9910
8 JHDD powered by ECR 10124
1213
Pos.Team STP IMS IRP ROA1 MOH POR MAR ROA2 Points

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Foundation Building Materials Grand Prix of St. Petersburg" (PDF). USF2000 Championship . February 24, 2026. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram . January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram . October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Introducing ENVE Motorsports – Where Innovation Meets Speed". USF2000 Championship . July 1, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "ENVE Motorsports Announces Wesley Gundler as its First Official Driver". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Evan Cooley Primed for USF2000 Title Campaign with Exclusive Autosport". USF2000 Championship . January 22, 2026. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Hodapp, Alycia (December 29, 2025). "KAYLEE COUNTRYMAN CONTINUES JOURNEY UP USF PRO CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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  12. 1 2 Pruett, Marshall (October 24, 2025). "Carpenter aligns with Cape, Howard | RACER". racer.com. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
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  14. 1 2 "JHDD on Instagram: 'Happy to announce @naimsaleh_official will be joining the 2026 USF2000 roster! '". Instagram . February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  15. ↑ "JHDD powered by ECR is excited to announce Erik Holm joins their 2026 USF2000 driver line up!". USF Pro Championships on X. February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "JHDD on Instagram: 'We are excited to announce Cal Peter will be joining the team in USF2000 for 2026!'". Instagram . December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
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  18. 1 2 3 "Eddie Beswick Signs With Pabst Racing". USF2000 Championship . February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  19. 1 2 "Canadian Lucas Nanji Signs with Pabst Racing for USF2000 in 2026". USF2000 Championship . December 12, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  20. ↑ "SFHR Development Welcomes Back Wian Boshoff for USF Championship Campaign". USF2000 Championship . January 20, 2026. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  21. 1 2 "João Vergara Joins VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Championship". USF2000 Championship . January 16, 2026. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  22. 1 2 "Colin Aitken Steps Up to USF2000 with VRD Racing for 2026". USF2000 Championship . January 27, 2026. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Foundation Building Materials Grand Prix of St. Petersburg" (PDF). USF2000 Championship . February 26, 2026. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
  24. ↑ van der Hoek, Vincent (February 26, 2026). "USF2000: 2026 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Ryan Giannetta Returns to VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Season". USF2000 Championship . January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  26. 1 2 "Jack Mohrhardt Joins VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Championship". USF2000 Championship . Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  27. 1 2 3 4 "Zanella Racing Adds USF2000 Program for 2026 USF Pro Championships". USF2000 Championship . September 4, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Teddy Musella to Step Up to USF Pro 2000 with VRD Racing for 2026 Season". USF Pro 2000 Championship . February 4, 2026. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  29. ↑ "G3 Argyros Signs with Pabst Racing for USF Pro 2000 in 2026". USF Pro 2000 Championship . December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  30. ↑ "VRD Racing confirms GB3 comeback for Patricio Gonzalez". GB3 Championship . December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  31. ↑ "Rodrigo Gonzalez returns to GB3 with VRD Racing". GB3 Championship . December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
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