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The 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship presented by Continental Tire is the 27th season of the junior series two levels below the IndyCar series. It is the third season under the USF Pro 2000 moniker after the most recent rebrand in 2023.

Series news

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  • The scholarship for the champion was decreased by over $100,000 to $546,500.[1]
  • The power output by the Elite Mazda engines on road and street circuits was increased, with a heightened rev limit from 7850 rpm to 8350 rpm resulting in a power increase of up to 40 horsepower.[2]

Drivers and teams

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

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
Comet/NCMP Racing 21 United States Logan Adams[3] 1–2
DEForce Racing 9 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro[4] All
10 Mexico Jorge Garciarce[5] All
Exclusive Autosport 90 Canada Mac Clark[6] All
91 United States Joey Brienza[7]  R  All
92 United States Carson Etter[8]  R  All
FatBoy Racing! 83 United States Charles Finelli[3] 1–2
Jay Howard Driver Development 4 United States Tanner DeFabis[9]  R  1–2
6 United States Frankie Mossman[10] All
Pabst Racing 18 United States Max Garcia[11]  R  All
19 New Zealand Jacob Douglas[12]  R  All
20 United States Michael Costello[13]  R  All
TJ Speed Motorsports 26 United States Jace Denmark[14] All
27 Israel Ariel Elkin[15]  R  All
28 New Zealand Sebastian Manson[16]  R  All
Turn 3 Motorsport 2 United States Cooper Becklin[17] All
3 United States Titus Sherlock[18]  R  1–2
22 United States Elliot Cox[18]  R  1–2
33 United States Tyke Durst[19] All
44 United States Alessandro de Tullio[20] All
Velocity Racing Development 84 Vietnam Owen Tangavelou[21]  R  1–2
88 United States Max Taylor[22]  R  All
Icon Status
 R  Rookie

Team changes

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BN Racing, which only returned to competition in the series in 2024, did not confirm its presence in the 2025 championship or any driver signings ahead of the season.

Driver changes

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Reigning Teams' Champions Pabst Racing took on three new drivers as Jace Denmark moved to TJ Speed Motorsports and Simon Sikes and Christian Brooks left the championship.[14] Reigning USF2000 Champion Max Garcia remained with the team for his move up to USF Pro 2000, while Jacob Douglas returned to Pabst, with whom he came sixth in USF2000 in 2023.[11][12] Michael Costello, the only newcomer to the Pabst Racing fold, stepped up to USFP2000 after coming ninth in USF2000 with JHDD to complete the team's lineup.[13]

Only one of Turn 3 Motorsport's five drivers remained in the series as Drivers' Champion Lochie Hughes graduate to Indy NXT with Andretti Global, Danny Dyszelski left the team and Adam Fitzgerald and Ethan Ho had already departed mid-way through the 2024 season.[23] Alessandro de Tullio, who entered six races with BN Racing in 2024, replaced Hughes in the No. 44 car, while Cooper Becklin, who entered nine races with TJ Speed Motorsports in 2024, pilots the No. 2 car.[20][17] Two more drivers joined the team, initially only confirmed for the first race weekend, in Titus Sherlock, who moved over from FR Americas after coming fourth in 2024 driving for Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports, and Elliot Cox, who stepped up from USF2000 after finishing sixth driving for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development.[18]

Velocity Racing Development's Nikita Johnson moved to GB3, where he joined Hitech Grand Prix, while also taking on a part-time Indy NXT campaign with HMD Motorsports.[24] To replace him, VRD promoted Max Taylor after he won the USF Juniors title and came third in USF2000 in 2024 with the team.[22] Eurocup-3 race winner Owen Tangavelou also joined the team for a two-round part-time campaign.[21]

TJ Speed Motorsports took on three new drivers for their three cars. The No. 27 car previously occupied by Hunter Yeany before his mid-season departure is piloted by Formula Regional Japanese runner-up Sebastian Manson on his USFP2000 debut.[15] Turn 3-bound Cooper Becklin, who spent the second half of the 2024 season in the team's No. 28 car, was replaced by Ariel Elkin, who jumps up from USF Juniors after finishing the 2024 season in fourth driving for International Motorsport.[16] Liam Sceats joined HMD Motorsports for a part-time Indy NXT campaign, and USF2000 driver Evagoras Papasavvas was initially announced to replace him in the No. 28 car.[25] Ahead of the season opener, Jace Denmark was instead announced to be the third driver in TJ Speed's lineup, returning to USFP2000 where he finishing third in 2024 with Papst Racing after being unable to secure a drive in Indy NXT.[14]

With BN Racing not entering the 2025 season, three of their four drivers left the championship in Nicolás Baptiste, Ricardo Escotto - who will join Andretti Cape in Indy NXT - and Arturo Flores, while Alessandro de Tullio moved to Turn 3 Motorsport.[26][20]

Jay Howard Driver Development saw Frankie Mossman returning for a second season.[10] Tanner DeFabis, who raced for the team at the 2024 season finale, remain with the team for a part-time campaign, entering the events at St. Petersburg and more events to be confirmed at a later date.[9]

DEForce Racing saw Mac Clark leave the team to join Exclusive Autosport.[6]

Exclusive Autosport, who did not have a full-time driver in 2024 after Braden Eves had to end his campaign early due to budget issues, have three new drivers in 2025. The team promoted two USF2000 drivers to its lineup in Joey Brienza, who came fifth in 2024, also with Exclusive Autosport, and Carson Etter, who came 16th with DC Autosport.[7][8] Mac Clark completed the team's lineup, embarking on his second year in the series after finishing his 2024 campaign with DEForce Racing in eleventh despite missing the final two races.[6]

Schedule

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The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship will visit the same eight circuits as it did in 2024: two street circuits, five road courses and one oval.[27] All rounds except the weekends at NOLA and Indianapolis Raceway Park will run in support of the IndyCar Series.[1]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 28 – March 2 Andersen Interior Contracting Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
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3 April 11–13 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
4
5
6 May 8–10 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
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9 May 22–23 TBA  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
10 June 19–22 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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12
13 July 3–6 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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15 July 18–20 TBA  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
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17 August 7–10 TBA  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 United States Streets of St. Petersburg United States Alessandro de Tullio United States Alessandro de Tullio United States Alessandro de Tullio United States Alessandro de Tullio Turn 3 Motorsport
2 United States Alessandro de Tullio United States Max Garcia United States Max Garcia United States Max Garcia Pabst Racing
3 United States NOLA Motorsports Park
4
5
6 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
7
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9 United States Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
10 United States Road America
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13 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
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15 Canada Exhibition Place
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17 United States Portland International Raceway
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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 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.
Pos Driver STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1 United States Max Garcia 2 1* 57
2 Canada Mac Clark 4 2 44
3 United States Alessandro de Tullio 1* 18 37
4 United States Max Taylor 5 4 36
5 United States Jace Denmark 8 6 28
6 Vietnam Owen Tangavelou 11 5 27
7 United States Tanner DeFabis 10 7 25
8 New Zealand Jacob Douglas 20 3 23
9 United States Michael Costello 3 21 23
10 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro 7 13 22
11 Mexico Jorge Garciarce 12 9 21
12 United States Cooper Becklin 6 16 20
13 United States Joey Brienza 13 11 18
14 United States Logan Adams 9 17 16
15 New Zealand Sebastian Manson 19 8 15
16 United States Carson Etter 15 12 15
17 United States Frankie Mossman 21 10 12
18 United States Charles Finelli 16 14 12
19 United States Tyke Durst 14 19 9
20 United States Titus Sherlock 22 15 7
21 United States Elliot Cox 17 20 5
22 Israel Ariel Elkin 18 DNS 3
Pos Driver STP NOL 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 receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams.
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries.
Pos Driver STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1 Pabst Racing 2 1 67
3 3
2 Exclusive Autosport 4 2 35
13 11
3 Velocity Racing Development 5 4 33
11 5
4 Turn 3 Motorsport 1 14 32
6 15
5 TJ Speed Motorsports 8 6 17
15 8
6 DEForce Racing 7 9 10
12 12
7 Jay Howard Driver Development 10 7 9
16 10
8 Comet/NCMP Racing 9 16 9
9 FatBoy Racing! 14 13 8
Pos Driver STP NOL IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Andersen Promotions Confirms 2025 USF Pro Championships Schedules". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Horsepower Increases Confirmed for USF Pro 2000 and USF2000". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Andersen Interior Contracting Grand Prix of St. Petersburg entry list
  4. ^ DEForce Racing [@deforceracing] (January 26, 2025). "🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Nicholas Monteiro 🇧🇷 is back with DEForce Racing for the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire!" – via Instagram.
  5. ^ DEForce Racing [@deforceracing] (January 28, 2025). "🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 George Garciarce 🇲🇽 is returning to DEForce Racing for the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire! 🏁🔥" – via Instagram.
  6. ^ a b c "Canadian Mac Clark Signs with Exclusive Autosport for the 2025 Season". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Brienza II Continues His INDYCAR Quest with Exclusive Autosport". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Hodapp, Alycia (October 18, 2024). "ETTER TAKES STEP UP TO USF PRO 2000 WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "DeFabis and Jay Howard Driver Development Link Up for Partial USF Pro 2000 Program". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Frankie Mossman on Instagram: "I'm excited to announce that I'll be back with Jay Howard Driver Development for my second full USF Pro 2000 schedule"". Instagram. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Pabst Racing and Max Garcia Ready for 2025 USF Pro 200 Season". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Jacob Douglas Returns to Pabst Racing for Usf Pro 2000". Usfpro2000.com. November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Michael Costello Signs with Pabst Racing for 2025 USF Pro 2000". www.usfpro2000.com. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c "TJ Speed Completes USF Pro 2000 Driver Lineup with Championship Contender Jace Denmark – TJ Speed Motorsports". www.tjspeed.com. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Kiwi Sebastian Manson Joins TJ Speed in USF Pro 2000 Program". USF Pro 2000. December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Ariel Elkin Joins TJ Speed for 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship – TJ Speed Motorsports". www.tjspeed.com. February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Cooper Becklin Joins Turn 3 Motorsport". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  18. ^ a b c "Turn 3 Motorsport Expands Lineup with Addition of Titus Sherlock and Elliot Cox". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  19. ^ "Tyke Durst Returns to Turn 3 Motorsport for Sophomore Season". Usfpro2000.com. January 31, 2025.
  20. ^ a b c "Turn 3 Motorsport Welcomes Alessandro De Tullio for the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship". Turn 3 Motorsport. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  21. ^ a b USF Pro Championships [@usfprochampionships] (February 13, 2025). "🚨 VRD Racing is thrilled to welcome driver Owen Tangavelou to the team for two rounds of the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship! 🇻🇳🏎️" – via Instagram.
  22. ^ a b "Max Taylor Takes Next Step with VRD Racing, Moving to USF Pro 2000 for 2025". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  23. ^ gabbyhamill (October 8, 2024). "Lochie Hughes to Make INDY NXT Debut With Andretti Global in 2025". Andretti Global. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  24. ^ Wood, Ida (January 30, 2025). "Nikita Johnson to combine GB3 programme with Indy Nxt outings". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  25. ^ "TJ Speed Inks Evagoras Papasavvas to USF Pro 2000 Campaign in 2025". Usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  26. ^ "Ricardo Escotto to Join Andretti Cape INDY NXT in 2025". Andretti Global. October 24, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  27. ^ Wood, Ida (September 17, 2024). "USF Juniors to hold two rounds at Mid-Ohio in 2025". Formula Scout. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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