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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
DC Autosport 57 United States Carson Etter[3] All
58 United States Ayrton Houk[4]  R  All
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  1–5
Exclusive Autosport 90 United States Jack Jeffers[10] 1–2
91 United States Joey Brienza[11]  R  All
92 United States Thomas Schrage[12] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 United States Evagoras Papasavvas[13] All
8 United States Michael Costello[14]  R  All
9 United States Tanner DeFabis[15]  R  1–5
TBA United States Jace Bacon[16]  R  TBC
Pabst Racing 22 United States Hudson Schwartz[17]  R  All
23 United States Sam Corry[18] All
24 United States Max Garcia[19] All
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67 United States Elliot Cox[20] All
Velocity Racing Development 2 Canada Nico Christodoulou[21] All
3 United States Max Taylor[22] All
14 United States Cole Kleck[9]  R  1–5
19 Australia Xavier Kokai[23]  R  All
Icon Status
 R  Rookie

Schedule[edit]

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][24]

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
2
3 April 5–7 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
4
5
6 May 9–11 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
7
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
10
11 July 4–7 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12
13
14 July 19–21 Grand Prix of Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15
16 August 22–25 Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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Race Results[edit]

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 Velocity Racing Development
5 United States Max Garcia Canada Nico Christodoulou Canada Nico Christodoulou Canada Nico Christodoulou Velocity Racing Development
6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
7
8 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
9 Road America
10
11 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
12
13
14 Exhibition Place
15
16 Portland International Raceway
17
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Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

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 4 139
2 United States Evagoras Papasavvas 2* 3 2 2 2 123
3 United States Sam Corry 3 2 4 1* 7 111
4 Canada Nico Christodoulou 6 5 16 7 1* 83
5 United States Joey Brienza 10 8 3 5 5 81
6 Australia Quinn Armstrong 7 7 9 9 9 64
7 United States Max Taylor 18 15 5 6 3 63
8 United States Hudson Schwartz 20 9 6 4* 6 63
9 United States Elliot Cox 4 4 12 13 16 61
10 United States Ayrton Houk 9 16 8 12 13 47
11 Brazil Nicolas Giaffone 11 21 7 8 17 42
12 United States Thomas Schrage 13 6 19 18 8 41
13 United States Maxwell Jamieson 15 11 11 16 11 41
14 United States Michael Costello 5 19 17 17 10 38
15 United States Brady Golan 17 13 14 11 14 36
16 Australia Xavier Kokai 14 10 15 14 18 34
17 United States Tanner DeFabis 21 14 13 15 12 31
18 United States Carson Etter 19 12 10 20 19 25
19 Brazil Lucas Fecury 16 17 18 10 20 24
20 United States Cole Kleck 12 20 20 19 15 19
21 United States Jack Jeffers 8 18 16
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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "USF Pro Championships Confirms New Presenting Partner". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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  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.
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  11. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  12. ^ "Thomas Schrage Joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2024 USF2000 Season". Usf2000.com. February 26, 2024.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (January 24, 2024). "Evagoras Papasavvas sticks with JHDD for USF2000 title attack". Formulascout.com.
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  15. ^ "Tanner DeFabis Added to Jay Howard Driver Development for Partial USF2000 Season". Usf2000.com. March 1, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  16. ^ "Jace Bacon Makes the Move to Open-Wheel Racing with JHDD". Usf2000.com. January 15, 2024.
  17. ^ "Pabst Racing Signs Hudson Schwartz for 2024 USF2000". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  18. ^ "Pabst Racing Signs Sam Corry for USF2000 in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "Pabst Racing Signs Garcia for USF2000 in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  20. ^ "DRIVE PLANNING EXPANDS PRIMARY SPONSORSHIP WITH SFHR FOR 2024". Usf2000.com. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  21. ^ "Christodoulou sets his sights on USF2000 crown with VRD RACING in 2024". Usf2000.com. January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  22. ^ "Max Taylor Advances to USF2000 with VRD Racing in 2024". Usf2000.com. December 7, 2023.
  23. ^ "Australian Xavier Kokai Joins VRD Racing for 2024 USF2000 Championship". Usf2000.com. January 4, 2024.
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