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 United States Carson Etter[3] All
58 United States Ayrton Houk[4]  R  1–13, 16–18
DD Autosports 14 United States Cole Kleck  R  3–5
DEForce Racing 1 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone[5]  R  All
10 Brazil Lucas Fecury[6]  R  All
11 Australia Quinn Armstrong[7]  R  All
12 United States Maxwell Jamieson[8] All
18 United States Brady Golan[9]  R  All
Exclusive Autosport 90 United States Jack Jeffers[10] 1–2
United States Evan Cooley[11]  R  6–7, 14–15
91 United States Joey Brienza[12]  R  All
92 United States Thomas Schrage[13] 1–7
Australia Eddie Beswick[14]  R  14–15
93 United States Giovanni Cabrera[11]  R  6–7, 9–13
95 Canada Anthony Martella  R  9–10
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 United States Evagoras Papasavvas[15] All
7 United States Jace Bacon[16]  R  9–15
United States G3 Argyros[17][18]  R  6–7
63 8–10, 14–18
8 United States Michael Costello[19]  R  All
9 United States Tanner DeFabis[20]  R  1–10
United Kingdom Liam McNeilly[21]  R  14–15
Pabst Racing 22 United States Hudson Schwartz[22]  R  All
23 United States Sam Corry[23] All
24 United States Max Garcia[24] All
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67 United States Elliot Cox[25] All
Velocity Racing Development 2 Canada Nico Christodoulou[26] 1–7
United States Thomas Schrage[27] 11–18
3 United States Max Taylor[28] All
14 United States Cole Kleck[9]  R  1–2
19 Australia 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 United States Max Garcia United States Max Garcia United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Max Garcia Pabst Racing
2 United States Max Garcia United States Elliot Cox United States Max Garcia United States Max Garcia Pabst Racing
3 NOLA Motorsports Park United States Joey Brienza United States Max Garcia United States Max Garcia United States Max Garcia Pabst Racing
4 United States Max Garcia Canada Nico Christodoulou United States Sam Corry
United States Hudson Schwartz 		United States Sam Corry Pabst Racing
5 United States Max Garcia Canada Nico Christodoulou Canada Nico Christodoulou Canada Nico Christodoulou Velocity Racing Development
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course United States Evan Cooley United States Evan Cooley United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
7 United States Evan Cooley United States Evan Cooley United States Evan Cooley United States Max Garcia Pabst Racing
8 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brazil Nicolas Giaffone United States Tanner DeFabis United States Tanner DeFabis United States Tanner DeFabis Jay Howard Driver Development
9 Road America United States Max Garcia United States Sam Corry United States Max Garcia United States Sam Corry Pabst Racing
10 United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
11 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
12 United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Thomas Schrage United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas Jay Howard Driver Development
13 United States Thomas Schrage United States Carson Etter United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
14 Exhibition Place United States Max Garcia United States Sam Corry United States Sam Corry United States Sam Corry Pabst Racing
15 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas United States Evagoras Papasavvas Jay Howard Driver Development
16 Portland International Raceway United States Max Garcia United States Michael Costello United States Michael Costello United States Michael Costello Jay Howard Driver Development
17 United States Thomas Schrage United States Thomas Schrage United States Elliot Cox United States Max Garcia Pabst Racing
18 United States Thomas Schrage United States Michael Costello United States Elliot Cox
United States G3 Argyros 		United States 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 United States Max Garcia 1 1* 1* 3 4 6 1 7 4* 6 2 4 4 3 4 2 1 2 428
2 United States Sam Corry 3 2 4 1* 7 5 9 11 1* 4 4 8 3 1* 3 7 6 7 355
3 United States Max Taylor 18 15 5 6 3 1* 2 17 3 1* 1* 5 1* 2 5 17 4 6 343
4 United States Evagoras Papasavvas 2* 3 2 2 2 4 19 3 21 5 8 1* 14 12 1* 6 5 15 326
5 United States Joey Brienza 10 8 3 5 5 2 22 9 2 3 9 6 5 10 8 12 10 5 265
6 United States Elliot Cox 4 4 12 13 16 7 3 6 5 14 6 3 15 5 6 14 2* 12* 264
7 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone 11 21 7 8 17 17 5 2 18 7 3 7 6 6 9 4 8 3 245
8 United States Hudson Schwartz 20 9 6 4* 6 20 6 10 7 9 5 10 7 7 7 3 17 13 226
9 United States Michael Costello 5 19 17 17 10 9 7 8 8 2 17 2 18 17 10 1* 7 14 218
10 Australia Quinn Armstrong 7 7 9 9 9 22 20 4 20 20 18 12 9 8 15 5 9 8 184
11 United States Ayrton Houk 9 16 8 12 13 11 4 16 6 10 15 9 8 11 14 16 161
12 United States Thomas Schrage 13 6 19 18 8 15 17 13 18 2 18 12 10 3 4 156
13 United States Brady Golan 17 13 14 11 14 8 11 18 11 12 7 17 17 15 11 9 12 11 154
14 Brazil Lucas Fecury 16 17 18 10 20 14 13 14 10 11 10 11 10 16 14 13 11 9 146
15 United States Maxwell Jamieson 15 11 11 16 11 13 8 13 19 17 11 14 11 11 18 15 16 17 135
16 United States Carson Etter 19 12 10 20 19 12 10 15 13 21 14 15 13 19 13 16 13 10 121
17 United States G3 Argyros 21 12 12 9 8 9 20 8 16 1* 112
18 United States Tanner DeFabis 21 14 13 15 12 10 21 1* 17 15 103
19 Canada Nico Christodoulou 6 5 16 7 1* 19 16 92
20 Australia Xavier Kokai 14 10 15 14 18 18 18 5 16 13 Wth Wth Wth 80
21 United States Evan Cooley 3 15* 4 16 57
22 United States Giovanni Cabrera 16 14 15 19 12 13 12 46
23 United Kingdom Liam McNeilly 13 2 34
24 United States Jace Bacon 14 18 16 16 16 20 19 26
25 United States Cole Kleck 12 20 20 19 15 19
26 United States Jack Jeffers 8 18 16
27 Canada Anthony Martella 12 16 14
28 Australia 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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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "WELCOME BACK CHAMP". www.x.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT". www.x.com. January 10, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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  12. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  13. ^ "Thomas Schrage Joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2024 USF2000 Season". Usf2000.com. February 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "Continental Tire Grand Prix of Toronto Entry List" (PDF). Usf2000.com. July 17, 2024.
  15. ^ Wood, Ida (January 24, 2024). "Evagoras Papasavvas sticks with JHDD for USF2000 title attack". Formulascout.com.
  16. ^ "Jace Bacon Makes the Move to Open-Wheel Racing with JHDD". Usf2000.com. January 15, 2024.
  17. ^ "I'm thrilled to announce my 2024 schedule. I will be making my USF 2000 debut at three different race weekends this year". Instagram. May 2, 2024.
  18. ^ "Freedom 75 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park – Round 8 – May 24, 2024" (PDF). usf2000.com. May 20, 2024.
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  20. ^ "Tanner DeFabis Added to Jay Howard Driver Development for Partial USF2000 Season". Usf2000.com. March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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  22. ^ "Pabst Racing Signs Hudson Schwartz for 2024 USF2000". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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  25. ^ "DRIVE PLANNING EXPANDS PRIMARY SPONSORSHIP WITH SFHR FOR 2024". Usf2000.com. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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  27. ^ "Tatuus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Entry List" (PDF). Usf2000.com. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  28. ^ "Max Taylor Advances to USF2000 with VRD Racing in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 7, 2023.
  29. ^ "Australian Xavier Kokai Joins VRD Racing for 2024 USF2000 Championship". Usf2000.com. January 4, 2024.
  30. ^ 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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