The 2024 USF2000 Championship presented by Continental Tire will be the fifteenth 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.

Series news

  • The scholarship for the champion to move up to the USF Pro 2000 Championship was slightly increased to $458,400.[1]
  • All three ladder series organized by Andersen Promotions will end their long-running affiliation with Cooper Tires as supplier and presenting partner. Continental will be the new tire supplier and title partner of the series.[2]

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Rounds
DC Autosport TBA United States Carson Etter[3] All
TBA United States Ayrton Houk[4] All
DEForce Racing TBA Brazil Lucas Fecury[5] All
TBA Brazil Nicolas Giaffone[6] All
Exclusive Autosport TBA United States Joey Brienza[7] All
Jay Howard Driver Development TBA United States Michael Costello[8] All
Pabst Racing 22 United States Hudson Schwartz[9] All
23 United States Sam Corry[10] All
TBA United States Max Garcia[11] All
Velocity Racing Development 2 Canada Nico Christodoulou[12] All
TBA Australia Xavier Kokai[13] All
TBA United States Max Taylor[14] All

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 27, 2023. It will feature two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round. The round at Sebring International Raceway was dropped in favor of a triple-header at NOLA Motorsports Park, this results in the round at Indianapolis Motor Speedway reducing to a double-header. All rounds except the weekends at NOLA and Indianapolis Raceway Park supported IndyCar.[1][15]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 8–10 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
3 April 5–7 TBA  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
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6 May 9–11 Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
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8 May 23–24 Freedom 75  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
9 June 6–9 Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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11 July 4–7 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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14 July 19–21 Grand Prix of Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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16 August 22–25 Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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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
Points (O) 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 3 2
  • The driver who qualified on pole was awarded one additional point.
  • One point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
  • One point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race.

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams received 3 bonus points per race as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results counted for teams fielding more than two entries

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2024 USF Pro Championships Schedule and Scholarships Announced". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "USF Pro Championships Confirms New Presenting Partner". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Carson Etter Moves Up to USF2000 with DC Autosport". Usf2000.com. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ayrton Houk Accelerates into 2024 With DC Autosport". Usf2000.com. January 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Lucas Fecury é anunciado na USF 2000 pela DEForce Racing - Notícia de Indy". www.f1mania.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ "WELCOME BACK CHAMP". www.x.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Costello Makes the Move to USF2000 with Jay Howard Driver Development". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Pabst Racing Signs Hudson Schwartz for 2024 USF2000". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Pabst Racing Signs Sam Corry for USF2000 in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 7, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pabst Racing Signs Garcia for USF2000 in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Christodoulou sets his sights on USF2000 crown with VRD RACING in 2024". Usf2000.com. January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Australian Xavier Kokai Joins VRD Racing for 2024 USF2000 Championship". Usf2000.com. January 4, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Max Taylor Advances to USF2000 with VRD Racing in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 7, 2023.
  15. ↑ Wood, Ida (October 31, 2023). "Return to NOLA the big change for 2024 in USF Pro series calendars". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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