The 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship presented by Continental Tire will be the 26th season in series history and the second under the USF Pro 2000 moniker after the three championships below the Indy NXT series were rebranded in 2023 following the acquisition of Indy NXT by Penske Entertainment.[1]

Series news

  • The scholarship for the champion was slightly increased to $681,500.[2]
  • 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.[3]

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus IP-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.

Team No. Driver(s) Round(s)
BN Racing[4] 77 TBA All
DEForce Racing 7 Canada Mac Clark[5] All
10 Mexico George Garciarce[6] All
TBA Brazil Nicholas Monteiro[7] All
Jay Howard Driver Development TBA United States Frankie Mossman[8] All
Pabst Racing 18 United States Simon Sikes[9] All
19 United States Christian Brooks[10] All
TBA United States Jace Denmark[11] All
Turn 3 Motorsport 2 Republic of Ireland Adam Fitzgerald[12] All
3 United States Danny Dyszelski[13] All
68 Taiwan Ethan Ho[14] All
Velocity Racing Development TBA United States Nikita Johnson[15] All

Schedule

The 2024 schedule was revealed on October 31, 2023. It will feature two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round, one event less than the year before. The round at Sebring International Raceway was dropped in favor of a triple-header at NOLA Motorsports Park, the first time the championship will return there since the 2015 Pro Mazda Championship. The round at Circuit of the Americas was also dropped, while the rounds at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Road America were made into triple-headers to keep the race tally at 18. All rounds except the weekends at NOLA and Indianapolis Raceway Park supported IndyCar.[2][16]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 8–10 TBA  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3 April 5–7 TBA  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
4
5
6 May 9–11 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
7
8
9 May 23–24 TBA  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
10 June 6–9 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11
12
13 July 4–7 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
14
15 July 19–21 TBA  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16
17 August 22–25 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
18

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 qualifies on pole will be awarded one additional point.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who sets 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 will receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results will count for teams fielding more than two entries

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Andersen Promotions Announces Rebranding". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
    2. 1 2 "2024 USF Pro Championships Schedule and Scholarships Announced". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
    3. ↑ "USF Pro Championships Confirms New Presenting Partner". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
    4. ↑ "BN Racing Returns to USF Pro Championships". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
    5. ↑ "DEForce Racing on X: "🔵 LEVEL UP! @_MacClark 🇨🇦 to race with DEForce Racing for the USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire Championship. TIME TO SEND IT, Mac! 🚀"". X. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
    6. ↑ "DEForce Racing on X: "LEVEL UP! George Garciarce moves up to USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire Championship with DEForce Racing."". X. December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
    7. ↑ Wood, Ida (December 5, 2023). "Champion Giaffone leads USF Juniors stars securing USF2000 seats". Formulascout.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
    8. ↑ "Mossman Confirms USF Pro 2000 with Jay Howard Driver Development". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
    9. ↑ "Champion Sikes Confirmed with Pabst Racing for 2024 USF Pro 2000". Usfpro2000.com. November 28, 2023.
    10. ↑ "Pabst Racing Signs Christian Brooks for USF Pro 2000 in 2024". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
    11. ↑ "Pabst Racing Signs Jace Denmark for 2024 USF Pro 2000". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
    12. ↑ "Adam Fitzgerald Joins Turn 3 Motorsport for 2024 USF Pro 2000". Usfpro2000.com. December 7, 2023.
    13. ↑ Motorsport, Turn 3 (November 28, 2023). "Danny Dyszelski Signs with Turn 3 Motorsport for 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship". Turn 3 Motorsport. Retrieved November 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    14. ↑ "Ethan Ho Steps up to USF Pro 2000 with Turn 3 Motorsport". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
    15. ↑ "Johnson Returns to USF Pro 2000 for Championship Assault with VRD Racing". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
    16. ↑ Wood, Ida (October 31, 2023). "Return to NOLA the big change for 2024 in USF Pro series calendars". Formula Scout. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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