2023 USF2000 Championship
American Open Wheel Racing season
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]
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
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]
Race results
Championship standings
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 (
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
SEB
IMS
IRP
ROA
MOH
TOR
POR
Points
1
Simon Sikes
4
2 2 1 13
1 *
3 3
1*
10
2
17 1 1
2 *
3
2
1*
447
2
Nikita Johnson
3
1*
16
8
3 3
2
5
3
5
5
4
2
7*
18
4
3
7
344
3
Lochie Hughes
1 *
3
1*
4
2
2
1*
6
12
1*
4
19
22
15
3
5
13
10
335
4
Evagoras Papasavvas
2
4
3
10
19
9
6
2
8
19
1 *
2
4
6
7
2
5
6
323
5
Mac Clark
11
20
4
2
14
4
10
1 16
2
3
1
3
4
13
8
4
9
318
6
8
15
13
3
15
6
20
2
6
23
6
15
13
5
1 *
1 *
2 249
7
Sam Corry
5
11
8
19
1
5
16
12
19
20
7
3
5
9
6
16
17
3
222
8
Jorge Garciarce
13
5
9
6
6
10
14
10
9
4
8
8
20
14
4
17
6
14
212
9
Max Garcia
6
7
18
12
4
7
15
3
20
5
7
2
15
6
18
5
207
10
12
14
5
9
5
15
15
4
4
7
10
7
6
8
17
193
11
15
10
15
11
7
17
13
8
18
13
9
16
10
12
9
7
10
13
172
12
Elliot Cox
18
18
7
5
16
7
17
9
5
18
22
23
23
17
14
10
8
12
145
13
Danny Dyszelski
16
7
10
17
4
8
7
16
10
8
12
15
8
141
14
18
15
8
11
5
7
9
6
9
12
19
7
11
137
15
19
8
12
12
11
18
9
15
14
14
18
14
16
16
16
9
12
15
133
16
17
9
17
14
10
19
19
13
17
16
16
11
17
10
10
14
14
18
121
17
20
12
14
16
12
13
18
11
21
15
21
18
11
11
8
101
18
Max Taylor
17
16
8
6
21
11
22
19
11
9
8
86
19
21
17
19
13
9
20
11
20
11
14
20
18
60
20
13
10
9
18
19
4
55
21
Nico Christodoulou
5
1
48
22
15
21
21
3
11
40
23
19
13
14
15
11
16
38
24
10
16
14
18
12
37
25
Trey Burke
7
6
29
26
Nicholas d'Orlando
6
13
23
27
14
19
11
18
22
28
17
12
13
21
29
11
12
19
30
12
15
17
19
31
20
14
12
17
32
Ava Dobson
13
16
19
15
33
Andre Castro
9
21
13
34
13
17
12
Pos
Driver
STP
SEB
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
Purple
Did not finish
Red
Did not qualify
Brown
Withdrawn
Black
Disqualified
White
Did not start
Blank
Did not
In-line notation
Bold
Pole position
Italics
Ran fastest race lap
*
Led most race laps
Rookie
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
Driver
STP
SEB
IMS
IRP
ROA
MOH
TOR
POR
Points
1
Pabst Racing
4
2
2
1
10
1
3
3
1
3
2
5
1
1
2
1
1
1
476
6
7
12
11
4
7
2
6
12
6
7
2
5
3
2
2
2
Jay Howard Driver Development
1
3
1
4
2
2
1
2
8
1
1
2
4
3
3
2
5
5
413
2
4
3
10
6
7
6
6
10
11
4
12
9
6
7
5
10
8
3
Velocity Racing Development
3
1
8
8
1
3
2
5
3
5
5
3
2
5
1
4
3
3
372
5
7
10
11
3
5
7
11
6
8
7
4
5
7
6
7
9
6
4
DEForce Racing
10
5
4
2
4
4
8
1
9
2
3
1
3
4
4
6
4
7
272
11
8
9
6
9
9
10
9
12
4
8
8
11
9
9
9
6
11
5
Exclusive Autosport
6
9
5
3
5
6
9
4
4
7
9
7
6
8
8
11
12
4
157
8
10
11
9
8
12
11
10
11
10
10
10
8
10
10
6
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development
12
11
7
5
11
8
12
8
5
12
13
12
13
11
11
8
8
10
109
7
DC Autosport
12
12
7
10
5
7
9
6
9
10
10
7
9
74
11
11
12
12
11
12
8
Future Star Racing
7
6
17
9
12
Pos
Driver
STP
ALA
IMS
IRP
ROA
MOH
TOR
POR
Points
See also
References
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