2024 USF2000 Championship

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

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  • 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

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Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
DC Autosport 57   Carson Etter[3] All
58   Ayrton Houk[4]  R  1–13, 16–18
DD Autosports 14   Cole Kleck  R  3–5
DEForce Racing 1   Nicolas Giaffone[5]  R  All
10   Lucas Fecury[6]  R  All
11   Quinn Armstrong[7]  R  All
12   Maxwell Jamieson[8] All
18   Brady Golan[9]  R  All
Exclusive Autosport 90   Jack Jeffers[10] 1–2
  Evan Cooley[11]  R  6–7, 14–15
91   Joey Brienza[12]  R  All
92   Thomas Schrage[13] 1–7
  Eddie Beswick[14]  R  14–15
93   Giovanni Cabrera[11]  R  6–7, 9–13
95   Anthony Martella  R  9–10
Jay Howard Driver Development 6   Evagoras Papasavvas[15] All
7   Jace Bacon[16]  R  9–15
  G3 Argyros[17][18]  R  6–7
63 8–10, 14–18
8   Michael Costello[19]  R  All
9   Tanner DeFabis[20]  R  1–10
  Liam McNeilly[21]  R  14–15
Pabst Racing 22   Hudson Schwartz[22]  R  All
23   Sam Corry[23] All
24   Max Garcia[24] All
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67   Elliot Cox[25] All
Velocity Racing Development 2   Nico Christodoulou[26] 1–7
  Thomas Schrage[27] 11–18
3   Max Taylor[28] All
14   Cole Kleck[9]  R  1–2
19   Xavier Kokai[29]  R  1–13
Icon Status
 R  Rookie

Schedule

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The 2024 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][30]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 8–10 The Andersen Companies Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
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3 April 5–7 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
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6 May 9–11 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
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8 May 23–25 USF2000 Continental Tire Freedom 75  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
9 June 6–9 Elite Engines Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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11 July 4–7 Tatuus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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14 July 19–21 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
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16 August 22–25 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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Race results

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Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg   Max Garcia   Max Garcia   Evagoras Papasavvas   Max Garcia Pabst Racing
2   Max Garcia   Elliot Cox   Max Garcia   Max Garcia Pabst Racing
3 NOLA Motorsports Park   Joey Brienza   Max Garcia   Max Garcia   Max Garcia Pabst Racing
4   Max Garcia   Nico Christodoulou   Sam Corry
  Hudson Schwartz
  Sam Corry Pabst Racing
5   Max Garcia   Nico Christodoulou   Nico Christodoulou   Nico Christodoulou Velocity Racing Development
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course   Evan Cooley   Evan Cooley   Max Taylor   Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
7   Evan Cooley   Evan Cooley   Evan Cooley   Max Garcia Pabst Racing
8 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park   Nicolas Giaffone   Tanner DeFabis   Tanner DeFabis   Tanner DeFabis Jay Howard Driver Development
9 Road America   Max Garcia   Sam Corry   Max Garcia   Sam Corry Pabst Racing
10   Max Taylor   Max Taylor   Max Taylor   Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
11 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Evagoras Papasavvas   Max Taylor   Max Taylor   Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
12   Evagoras Papasavvas   Thomas Schrage   Evagoras Papasavvas   Evagoras Papasavvas Jay Howard Driver Development
13   Thomas Schrage   Carson Etter   Max Taylor   Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
14 Exhibition Place   Max Garcia   Sam Corry   Sam Corry   Sam Corry Pabst Racing
15   Liam McNeilly   Evagoras Papasavvas   Evagoras Papasavvas   Evagoras Papasavvas Jay Howard Driver Development
16 Portland International Raceway   Max Garcia   Michael Costello   Michael Costello   Michael Costello Jay Howard Driver Development
17   Thomas Schrage   Thomas Schrage   Elliot Cox   Max Garcia Pabst Racing
18   Thomas Schrage   Michael Costello   Elliot Cox
  G3 Argyros
  G3 Argyros Jay Howard Driver Development

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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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
Pos. Driver STP NOLA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1   Max Garcia 1 1* 1* 3 4 6 1 7 4* 6 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 2 428
2   Sam Corry 3 2 4 1* 7 5 9 11 1* 4 4 8 3 1* 3 7 6 7 355
3   Max Taylor 18 15 5 6 3 1* 2 17 3 1* 1* 5 1* 2 5 17 4 6 343
4   Evagoras Papasavvas 2* 3 2 2 2 4 19 3 21 5 8 1* 14 12 1* 6 5 15 326
5   Joey Brienza 10 8 3 5 5 2 22 9 2 3 9 6 5 10 8 12 10 5 265
6   Elliot Cox 4 4 12 13 16 7 3 6 5 14 6 3 15 5 6 14 2* 12* 264
7   Nicolas Giaffone 11 21 7 8 17 17 5 2 18 7 3 7 6 6 9 4 8 3 245
8   Hudson Schwartz 20 9 6 4* 6 20 6 10 7 9 5 10 7 7 7 3 17 13 226
9   Michael Costello 5 19 17 17 10 9 7 8 8 2 17 2 18 17 10 1* 7 14 218
10   Quinn Armstrong 7 7 9 9 9 22 20 4 20 20 18 12 9 8 15 5 9 8 184
11   Ayrton Houk 9 16 8 12 13 11 4 16 6 10 15 9 8 11 14 16 161
12   Thomas Schrage 13 6 19 18 8 15 17 13 18 2 18 12 10 3 4 156
13   Brady Golan 17 13 14 11 14 8 11 18 11 12 7 17 17 15 11 9 12 11 154
14   Lucas Fecury 16 17 18 10 20 14 13 14 10 11 10 11 10 16 14 13 11 9 146
15   Maxwell Jamieson 15 11 11 16 11 13 8 13 19 17 11 14 11 11 18 15 16 17 135
16   Carson Etter 19 12 10 20 19 12 10 15 13 21 14 15 13 19 13 16 13 10 121
17   G3 Argyros 21 12 12 9 8 9 20 8 16 1* 112
18   Tanner DeFabis 21 14 13 15 12 10 21 1* 17 15 103
19   Nico Christodoulou 6 5 16 7 1* 19 16 92
20   Xavier Kokai 14 10 15 14 18 18 18 5 16 13 Wth Wth Wth 80
21   Evan Cooley 3 15* 4 16 57
22   Giovanni Cabrera 16 14 15 19 12 13 12 46
23   Liam McNeilly 13 2 34
24   Jace Bacon 14 18 16 16 16 20 19 26
25   Cole Kleck 12 20 20 19 15 19
26   Jack Jeffers 8 18 16
27   Anthony Martella 12 16 14
28   Eddie Beswick 14 17 11
Pos. Driver STP NOLA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
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 led most laps
Rookie

Teams' championship

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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
Pos Team STP NOLA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1 Pabst Racing 1 1 1 1 4 162
3 2 6 3 6
2 Jay Howard Driver Development 2 3 2 2 2 101
5 12 12 14 10
3 Velocity Racing Development 6 5 5 5 1 92
12 9 15 6 3
4 Exclusive Autosport 8 6 3 16 5 49
10 8 19 18 8
5 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 4 4 11 12 16 42
6 DEForce Racing 7 7 8 7 9 32
11 10 10 8 11
7 DC Autosport 9 11 7 11 13 17
13 13 9 20 19
Pos Team STP NOLA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "USF Pro Championships Confirms New Presenting Partner". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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