The 2023 USF2000 Championship presented by Cooper Tires was the fourteenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. 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".[1] The USF2000 Championship served as the middle rung of this ladder.

Simon Sikes won the Drivers' Championship at the final race weekend at Portland with two races to spare. His team, Pabst Racing, won their second consecutive and fifth all-time championship.

Drivers and teams

TeamNo.DriversRounds
DC Autosport57Carson Etter[2]11–13, 16–18
68Ethan Ho[3]3–7, 9–13, 16–18
DEForce Racing1Mac Clark[4]All
10Jorge Garciarce[5]All
11Brady Golan[2]11–13
Lucas Fecury[6]16–18
12Maxwell Jamieson[7]All
Exclusive Autosport90Jacob Douglas[8]1–7
Thomas Schrage[9]11–13, 16–18
91Joey Brienza[10]1–2, 8, 14–15
92Nicholas d'Orlando[11]1–2
Lucas Mann[12]5–7
Jack Jeffers[13]9–10
93Avery Towns[14]1–15
95Chase Gardner[15]1–15
Future Star Racing56Andre Castro[16]1–2
58Trey Burke[17]1–2
Jay Howard Driver Development6Evagoras Papasavvas[18]All
7Al Morey[19]All
8Lochie Hughes[20]All
9Louka St-Jean[21]1–4
Dane Scott[22]9–10
Logan Adams[2]11–15
Ava Dobson[23]16–18
Pabst Racing22Simon Sikes[15]All
23Jacob Douglas[24]9–18
24Max Garcia[25][26]3–18
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development67Elliot Cox[27]All
Velocity Racing Development2Nico Christodoulou[28]14–15
14Sam Corry[29]All
17Nikita Johnson[30]All
18Danny Dyszelski[31]1–13
19Gordon Scully[32]All
33Max Taylor[12]5–7, 9–13, 16–18
97Zack Ping[33]1–7, 9–13
  • TJ Speed Motorsports took over two cars from Cape Motorsports to enter the championship in 2023, but ultimately decided against it.[34][35]
  • Noah Ping was signed to compete for Velocity Racing Development, but dropped out and instead signed with VRD-partnered team Arden in GB3.[36][37]

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 17, 2022. It featured two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round. The championship returned to Sebring for the first time since 2013. All rounds except the weekends at Sebring and Indianapolis Raceway Park supported the IndyCar Series.[38]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 4–5Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
2Discount Tire Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
3March 25–26Cooper Tires Grand Prix of SebringSebring International RacewaySebring, Florida
4
5May 12–13USF2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana
6
7
8May 27USF2000 Cooper Tires Freedom 75Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkBrownsburg, Indiana
9June 17–18Discount Tire Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11July 1–2Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
12
13
14July 15–16Cooper Tires Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
15
16September 2–3Discount Tire Grand Prix of PortlandPortland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
17
18

Race results

Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1Streets of St. PetersburgLochie HughesSimon SikesLochie HughesLochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
2Simon SikesSimon SikesNikita JohnsonNikita JohnsonVelocity Racing Development
3Sebring International RacewaySimon SikesSimon SikesLochie HughesLochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
4Simon SikesSimon SikesSimon SikesSimon SikesPabst Racing
5Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseNikita JohnsonNikita JohnsonNikita JohnsonSam CorryVelocity Racing Development
6Nikita JohnsonSimon SikesSimon SikesSimon SikesPabst Racing
7Simon SikesSimon SikesLochie HughesLochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
8Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkMac ClarkMac ClarkMac ClarkMac ClarkDEForce Racing
9Road AmericaLochie HughesMac ClarkSimon SikesSimon SikesPabst Racing
10Mac ClarkDanny DyszelskiLochie HughesLochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
11Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseEvagoras PapasavvasNikita JohnsonEvagoras PapasavvasEvagoras PapasavvasJay Howard Driver Development
12Simon SikesSimon SikesSimon SikesMac ClarkDEForce Racing
13Simon SikesSimon SikesSimon SikesSimon SikesPabst Racing
14Exhibition PlaceEvagoras PapasavvasMac ClarkNikita JohnsonSimon SikesPabst Racing
15Simon SikesNico ChristodoulouSimon SikesNico ChristodoulouVelocity Racing Development
16Portland International RacewayJacob DouglasEvagoras PapasavvasJacob DouglasJacob DouglasPabst Racing
17Jacob DouglasSimon SikesJacob DouglasJacob DouglasPabst Racing
18Jacob DouglasJacob DouglasSimon SikesSimon SikesPabst Racing

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 ()4538332926232120181715141211986532
  • 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.
PosDriverSTPSEBIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints
1Simon Sikes4221*131*331*10217*1*12*321*447
2Nikita Johnson31*1683*325355427*18437344
3Lochie Hughes1*31*4221*6121*4192215351310335
4Evagoras Papasavvas24310199628191*2467256323
5Mac Clark112042144101*162313413849318
6Jacob Douglas8151331562026236151351*1*2249
7Sam Corry51181915161219207359616173222
8Jorge Garciarce13596610141094882014417614212
9Max Garcia6718124715320572156185207
10Chase Gardner121459515154471076817193
11Al Morey1510151171713818139161012971013172
12Elliot Cox181875167179518222323171410812145
13Danny Dyszelski16710174871610812158141
14Ethan Ho1815811579691219711137
15Gordon Scully198121211189151414181416161691215133
16Maxwell Jamieson17917141019191317161611171010141418121
17Avery Towns20121416121318112115211811118101
18Max Taylor17168621112219119886
19Zack Ping2117191392011201114201860
20Thomas Schrage131091819455
21Nico Christodoulou5148
22Logan Adams15212131140
23Carson Etter19131415111638
24Joey Brienza101614181237
25Trey Burke7629
26Nicholas d'Orlando61323
27Louka St-Jean1419111822
28Brady Golan17121321
29Jack Jeffers111219
30Lucas Fecury12151719
31Lucas Mann20141217
32Ava Dobson13161915
33Andre Castro92113
34Dane Scott131712
PosDriverSTPSEBIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints
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
BoldPole 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
  • 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
PosDriverSTPSEBIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints
1Pabst Racing4221101331325112111476
6712114726126725322
2Jay Howard Driver Development131422128112433255413
24310676610114129675108
3Velocity Racing Development318813253553251433372
571011357116874576796
4DEForce Racing1054244819231344647272
11896991091248811999611
5Exclusive Autosport69535694479768811124157
81011981211101110101081010
6Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development12117511812851213121311118810109
7DC Autosport12127105796910107974
111112121112
8Future Star Racing7617
912
PosDriverSTPALAIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints

See also

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