The 2023 USF Juniors championship was the second season of USF Juniors. The season features a six-round 16-race calendar, which began on March 23 at Sebring International Raceway and concluded on August 27 at the Circuit of the Americas.[1]

When the top rung of the Road to Indy ladder system, Indy Lights, was bought by Penske Entertainment (owners of INDYCAR) in 2021 and the lower level series changed sanctioning to the United States Auto Club, changes were made to the other championships in the ladder. This, together with the Indy Lights being rebranded to Indy NXT, effectively ended the "Road to Indy" branding, with the three championships below Indy NXT now collectively called "USF Pro Championships Presented by Cooper Tires".[2] The USF Juniors serves as the bottom rung of this ladder.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Rounds
United States DC Autosport 46 Australia Connor Roberts 14–16
57 United States Carson Etter[3] All
68 Taiwan Ethan Ho[4] 1–10
United States DEForce Racing 16 Australia Quinn Armstrong[5] All
17 Brazil Lucas Fecury[6] All
18 United States Brady Golan All
19 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone[7] All
United States Exclusive Autosport 90 Brazil Erick Schotten[8] All
91 United States Joey Brienza[9] All
92 United States Jack Jeffers[10] All
93 United States Giovanni Cabrera[11] All
95 Philippines Bianca Bustamante[12] 14–16
United States Jay Howard Driver Development 3 Canada Ayden Ingratta[13] 11–13
United States Aiden Potter 14–16
4 United States Hudson Potter[13] 11–16
5 United States Ava Dobson[13] 11–13
United States Dane Scott 14–16
Mexico Ram Racing[14] 55 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza[14] 4–5
United States Velocity Racing Development 12 United States Ethan Barker[15] All
29 United States Hudson Schwartz[16] 4–16
33 United States Max Taylor[17] All
48 United States Jimmie Lockhart[18] All

Schedule

Round Date Race name Circuit Location
1 March 23–25 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Sebring, FL
2
3
4 April 27–28 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL
5
6 June 2–4 Cooper Tires VIR Grand Prix Virginia International Raceway Alton, VA
7
8
9 July 6–8 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH
10
11 August 11–13 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI
12
13
14 August 24–27 Cooper Tires Circuit of The Americas Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas Austin, TX
15
16

Race results

Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Sebring International Raceway United States Joey Brienza United States Joey Brienza Australia Quinn Armstrong Australia Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
2 United States Joey Brienza Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Joey Brienza Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
3 United States Joey Brienza United States Jimmie Lockhart United States Joey Brienza United States Joey Brienza Exclusive Autosport
4 Barber Motorsports Park Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
5 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
6 Virginia International Raceway Taiwan Ethan Ho United States Max Taylor United States Jack Jeffers Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
7 United States Jack Jeffers Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
8 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Jack Jeffers Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Jack Jeffers Exclusive Autosport
9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone Brazil Nicolas Giaffone DEForce Racing
10 United States Hudson Schwartz United States Hudson Schwartz United States Hudson Schwartz Australia Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
11 Road America Australia Quinn Armstrong Canada Ayden Ingratta Australia Quinn Armstrong Australia Quinn Armstrong DEForce Racing
12 Canada Ayden Ingratta Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Jack Jeffers United States Jack Jeffers Exclusive Autosport
13 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Max Taylor Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
14 Circuit of the Americas United States Jack Jeffers Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Max Taylor United States Jack Jeffers Exclusive Autosport
15 United States Jack Jeffers Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Jack Jeffers
United States Jimmie Lockhart		 United States Jimmie Lockhart Velocity Racing Development
16 United States Jack Jeffers United States Jack Jeffers United States Jack Jeffers United States Jimmie Lockhart Velocity Racing Development

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+ 
Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver SEB ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points
1 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone 4 1 2 1* 1* 1 1* 2* 1* 14 6 2 2* 3 7 8 389
2 Australia Quinn Armstrong 1* 5 10 2 2 3 14 10 2 1 1* 5 8 13 2 2 324
3 United States Jack Jeffers 3 3 5 15 8 2* 12 1 3 4 2 1* 3 1 16* 14* 313
4 United States Jimmie Lockhart 7 10 3 5 3 11 6 4 4 12 9 3 4 4 1* 1 292
5 United States Joey Brienza 2 2* 1* 4 6 14 2 5 6 13 3 9 9 18 3 5 280
6 United States Max Taylor 13 13 4 7 5 4 11 3 11 6 13 15 1 2* 14 6 236
7 United States Ethan Barker 5 6 13 9 9 8 7 12 7 5 4 10 7 5 5 4 228
8 United States Hudson Schwartz 14 12 7 3 14 5 2* 5 7 5 6 4 3 208
9 Brazil Lucas Fecury 6 7 6 3 4 5 5 11 13 7 15 14 12 7 6 17 206
10 United States Brady Golan 9 8 7 10 11 9 4 8 12 8 7 8 10 8 10 7 202
11 Brazil Erick Schotten 10 9 8 8 10 6 9 6 9 9 8 4 6 17 9 11 199
12 United States Carson Etter 11 11 11 12 14 10 13 7 8 11 16 6 15 15 8 13 155
13 United States Giovanni Cabrera 12 12 12 13 15 12 8 13 10 10 10 11 16 12 12 18 140
14 Taiwan Ethan Ho 8 4 9 6 7 13 10 9 14 3 134
15 United States Hudson Potter 11 13 13 14 13 12 50
16 United States Ava Dobson 12 12 11 28
17 Philippines Bianca Bustamante 9 18 9 27
18 United States Aiden Potter 11 11 15 26
19 Australia Connor Roberts 16 15 10 22
20 Canada Ayden Ingratta 14 16 14 21
21 United States Dane Scott 10 17 16 20
22 Colombia Juan Felipe Pedraza 11 13 18
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps
Rookie

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Andersen Promotions Announces 2023 Schedules and Scholarships". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Andersen Promotions Announces Rebranding". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "CARSON ETTER JOINS DC AUTOSPORT FOR 2023 USF JUNIORS CAMPAIGN". Usfjuniors.com. February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "ETHAN HO REJOINS DC AUTOSPORT FOR 2023 SEASON". Usfjuniors.com. February 21, 2023.
  5. ↑ "ARMSTRONG RETURNS TO DEFORCE RACING FOR 2023 CAMPAIGN". Usfjuniors.com. December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Fecury to Team with DEForce Racing in USF Juniors". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. ↑ Wood, Ida (January 5, 2023). "DEForce signs Brazilian F4 winner Nicolas Giaffone for USF Juniors". Formulascout.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  8. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT SIGNS ERICK SCHOTTEN FOR THE 2023 USF JUNIORS SEASON". Usfjuniors.com. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  9. ↑ "BRIENZA ADVANCES WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT INTO USF JUNIORS IN 2023". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  10. ↑ Wood, Ida (February 23, 2023). "Lucas Oil formula series champion Jack Jeffers steps up to USF Juniors". Formulascout.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Giovanni Cabrera joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2023 USF Juniors season". Usfjuniors.com. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  12. ↑ "BUSTAMANTE TO COMPETE IN USF JUNIORS WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". Usfjuniors.com. August 16, 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 "JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT ENTERS USF JUNIORS EVENT THIS WEEKEND WITH THREE DRIVERS". RTD Media.com. August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  14. 1 2 "RAM RACING PREPARES FOR USF JUNIORS DEBUT". USF Juniors.
  15. ↑ "ETHAN BARKER AND VRD RACING LINK TOGETHER FOR USF JUNIORS CAMPAIGN". Usfjuniors.com. January 9, 2023.
  16. ↑ "13-YEAR-OLD HUDSON SCHWARTZ JOINS VRD RACING FOR THE 2023 SEASON". Usfjuniors.com. March 13, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Max Taylor Joins the VRD Racing USF Juniors Program for 2023". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  18. ↑ "VRD RACING AND JIMMIE LOCKHART SET FOR RUN AT USF JUNIORS CHAMPIONSHIP". Usfjuniors.com. February 1, 2023.
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