2024_USF_Pro_2000_Championship

2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship

2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship

Racing season


The 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship presented by Continental Tire is 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 ended their long-running affiliation with Cooper Tires as supplier and presenting partner. Continental is the new tire supplier and title partner of the series.[3]

Drivers and teams

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

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Team changes

Miller Vinatieri Motorsports left the series to move up to Indy NXT.[26]

After NeoTech Motorsport's only driver Nicholas Monteiro moved to TJ Speed Motorsports halfway through 2023 and now joined DEForce Racing, the team discontinued their series entry.

Charles Finelli's FatBoy Racing! also did not confirm its participation in the 2024 season ahead of the first round.

BN Racing returned to the series with two full-time entries after last participating during the 2020 season.[4]

Comet/NCMP Racing joined the championship, fielding a single car.

Driver changes

Reigning Teams' champions Pabst Racing signed two new drivers following Jordan Missig's departure from the series and reigning series champion Myles Rowe's graduation to Indy NXT.[27] The team promoted Simon Sikes after he won the 2023 USF2000 Championship with the same team and signed Christian Brooks after he contested a handful of races during the 2023 season for Turn 3 Motorsport.[14][15]

Turn 3 Motorsport saw a complete overhaul of their lineup, as the team took on five series rookies. One Irishman replaced another in the No. 2 car, with Formula Regional European competitor Adam Fitzgerald replacing Indy NXT-bound Jonathan Browne.[20][28] Danny Dyszelski graduated from USF2000 competition to replace Louka St-Jean in the No. 3 car after having already contested the final two rounds of the 2023 season with the team.[21] The No. 44 and No. 68 cars are also piloted by USF2000 graduates, with Lochie Hughes and Ethan Ho joining the team after coming third and 13th in the 2023 USF2000 championship, respectively.[23][24] The teams final car, the No. 33 entry, is driven by Tyke Durst, who graduated from US Formula 4 competition and replaced IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge-bound Jackson Lee.[22][29]

DEForce Racing signed one Brazilian to replace another, with Kiko Porto joining ANSA Motorsports in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America and his seat being filled by Nicholas Monteiro, who came 19th in 2023 with NeoTech Motorsport and TJ Speed.[30][9] The team also kept two drivers they fielded in the 2023 season finale, with Mac Clark replacing ELMS-bound Bijoy Garg and Jorge Garciarce remaining in the team's third car.[8][31][10]

TJ Speed Motorsports also signed three new drivers to replace Lirim Zendeli, Christian Weir and Francesco Pizzi. The team signed FROC and FRJ runner-up Liam Sceats as well as two Americans returning from European competition in former FIA F3 competitor Hunter Yeany and GB3 and Eurocup-3 driver David Morales.[17][18][19]

After running as many as four cars during some rounds in 2023, Exclusive Autosport downsized to two full-time entries in 2024. After Yuven Sundaramoorthy, Salvador de Alba and Lindsay Brewer all graduated to Indy NXT and Joel Granfors left the series, the team welcomed back Braden Eves, who competed with the team in the 2020 and 2021 seasons before a move to JHDD for 2022 and a hiatus in 2023.[32][33][34][11]

Jack William Miller followed his family-run teams' move to the Indy NXT championship.[26]

Jay Howard Driver Development saw Ricardo Escotto move to BN Racing and Reece Ushijima depart the championship. The team retained Frankie Mossman, who already did five races with the team in 2023.[6][13]

Velocity Racing Development expanded to two cars, with Nikita Johnson, who did the 2023 season finale with the team, being joined by Shawn Rashid and both drivers also embarking on a campaign in the GB3 championship through VRD's collaboration with Arden Motorsport.[25][7][35][36]

Returning team BN Racing fielded two Latin American drivers, with Nicolás Baptiste returning to the Americas after competing in Formula Regional Europe and Ricardo Escotto departing JHDD to embark on his sophomore season in the championship.[5][6]

New team Comet/NCMP Racing signed Logan Adams to drive their single entry, who jumps up to USF Pro 2000 after competing in US F4 and USF2000 in 2023.[7]

Mid-season changes

Exclusive Autosport only fielded a single car for Eves at NOLA, with Towns not competing there.[37]

Schedule

The 2024 schedule was revealed on October 31, 2023. It features 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 support IndyCar.[2][38]

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Race results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
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  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
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Teams' championship

Scoring system
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  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
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See also

Notes


    References

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    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. "Next week we race 💙💙💙 @gpstpete". Instagram. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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    7. "Eves Returns to Exclusive Autosport For 2024 USF Pro 2000 Season". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
    8. "Mossman Confirms USF Pro 2000 with Jay Howard Driver Development". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
    9. "Pabst Racing Signs Christian Brooks for USF Pro 2000 in 2024". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
    10. "Pabst Racing Signs Jace Denmark for 2024 USF Pro 2000". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
    11. "Morales, Yeany and Sceats Represent TJ Speed at St. Pete". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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