Jace Denmark

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Jace Denmark
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornJace Denmark-Gessel
(2004-07-01) July 1, 2004 (age 19)
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
USF Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current team Pabst Racing
Car number20
Starts23
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles2
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th in 2023
Previous series
2021–2022
2021
2020 		USF2000 Championship
F1600 Championship Series
Formula 4 United States Championship

Jace Denmark-Gessel (born July 1, 2004) is an American racing driver. [1] He currently competes in the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship for Pabst Racing. Denmark previously competed in the USF2000 Championship with Pabst Racing. [2]

Contents

Career

USF2000 Championship

2021

On April 1, 2021, Pabst Racing announced that it had signed Denmark to drive in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. He got his first podium at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Denmark finished 11th in the championship.

2022

Denmark would return to the USF2000 series for the 2022 season again driving for Pabst Racing. He got his maiden win at the first race of the season at St. Petersberg after a crash with Myles Rowe and Thomas Nepveu promoted Denmark to the lead. [3] In the second race, Denmark reached the podium again, finishing P2.

Denmark continued to have multiple wins throughout the season at Road America and Toronto, before heading into the three-race season finale in Portland.

Season finale

At the beginning of the Portland race weekend, Denmark was sitting third in the championship with 321 points, just behind Michael d'Orlando (323 points) and Myles Rowe (346 points). After a successful qualifying, Denmark was in P1 for all three races and won Race 1 despite some contact in the opening lap. This put Denmark to within 4 points of championship leader Myles Rowe (Rowe: 357, Denmark: 353 , d’Orlando: 337). [4]

In Race 2, Denmark started in pole position, however his teammate and championship leader Rowe drove over the back of Denmark's car at turn one, causing Denmark to retire. Rowe subsequently finished 16th, with fellow championship contender d'Orlando finishing P4.

Denmark (357 points) was once again on pole for Race 3 and was just 6 points behind championship leader Rowe (363 points), with d'Orlando just one point behind (356 points). Denmark led the way heading into turn one, but another driver, this time Thomas Nepveu made contact with Denmark's rear spinning Denmark around. This knocked Denmark out of the points. Rowe also experience contact in the opening lap, and despite making up 10 places, finished the race in 5th. d'Orlando won the race, and thus won the championship,

Alongside the third place championship trophy, Denmark also received the championship's Spirit Award for the USF2000 2022 season.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

In 2023, Denmark signed with Pabst Racing for the USF Pro 2000 Championship. In the first four races Denmark has had 3 top five finishes, with one podium.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2020 Formula 4 United States Championship DC Autosport30000623rd
2021 F1600 Championship Series K-Hill Motorsports3000210027th
U.S. F2000 National Championship Pabst Racing18000121011th
2022 U.S. F2000 National Championship Pabst Racing1846193633rd
2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship Pabst Racing1801132527th
2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship Pabst Racing

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2021 Pabst Racing ALA
1
8		 ALA
2
12		 STP
1
15		 STP
2
11		 IMS
1
10		 IMS
2
20		 IMS
3
15		 LOR
3		 ROA
1
6		 ROA
2
7		 MOH
1
7		 MOH
2
9		 MOH
3
7		 NJMP
1
7		 NJMP
2
5		 NJMP
3
7		 MOH
4
20		 MOH
5
15		11th210
2022 Pabst Racing STP
1
1		 STP
2
2*		 ALA
1
11		 ALA
2
18		 IMS
1
14		 IMS
2
4		 IMS
3
4		 IRP
4		 ROA
1
1		 ROA
2
5		 MOH
1
2		 MOH
2
3		 MOH
3
2		 TOR
1
2		 TOR
2
1*		 POR
1
1*		 POR
2
18		 POR
3
16		3rd363

USF Pro 2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2023 Pabst Racing STP
1
5		 STP
2
3		 SEB
1
4		 SEB
2
17		 IMS
1
16		 IMS
2
3		 IRP
18		 ROA
1
7		 ROA
2
7		 MOH
1
2		 MOH
2
5		 TOR
1
9		 TOR
2
16		 COTA
1
18		 COTA
2
8		 POR
1
4		 POR
2
6		 POR
3
4		7th252
2024 Pabst Racing STP
1
20		 STP
2
7		 LOU
1 		LOU
2 		LOU
3 		IMS
1 		IMS
2 		IMS
3 		IRP ROA
1 		ROA
2 		ROA
3 		MOH
1 		MOH
2 		TOR
1 		TOR
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		12th*15*

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References

  1. ↑ "Jace Denmark (R)". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  2. ↑ Wood, Ida (2021-04-01). "Jace Denmark-Gessel steps up to USF2000 with Pabst Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. ↑ Wood, Ida (2022-02-25). "Denmark wins USF2000 opener after Nepveu and Rowe crash on last lap". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  4. ↑ Waring, Bethonie (2022-09-02). "Victory allows Denmark to close in on USF2000 lead". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-04-24.


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