The 2023 USF Juniors championship was the second season of USF Juniors. The season features a six-round 16-race calendar, which began on March 23 at Sebring International Raceway and concluded on August 27 at the Circuit of the Americas.[1]
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".[2] The USF Juniors serves as the bottom rung of this ladder.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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DC Autosport | 46 | Connor Roberts | 14–16 |
57 | Carson Etter[3] | All | |
68 | Ethan Ho[4] | 1–10 | |
DEForce Racing | 16 | Quinn Armstrong[5] | All |
17 | Lucas Fecury[6] | All | |
18 | Brady Golan | All | |
19 | Nicolas Giaffone[7] | All | |
Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Erick Schotten[8] | All |
91 | Joey Brienza[9] | All | |
92 | Jack Jeffers[10] | All | |
93 | Giovanni Cabrera[11] | All | |
95 | Bianca Bustamante[12] | 14–16 | |
Jay Howard Driver Development | 3 | Ayden Ingratta[13] | 11–13 |
Aiden Potter | 14–16 | ||
4 | Hudson Potter[13] | 11–16 | |
5 | Ava Dobson[13] | 11–13 | |
Dane Scott | 14–16 | ||
Ram Racing[14] | 55 | Juan Felipe Pedraza[14] | 4–5 |
Velocity Racing Development | 12 | Ethan Barker[15] | All |
29 | Hudson Schwartz[16] | 4–16 | |
33 | Max Taylor[17] | All | |
48 | Jimmie Lockhart[18] | All |
Round | Date | Race name | Circuit | Location |
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1 | March 23–25 | Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, FL |
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4 | April 27–28 | Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, AL |
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6 | June 2–4 | Cooper Tires VIR Grand Prix | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, VA |
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9 | July 6–8 | Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, OH |
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11 | August 11–13 | Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, WI |
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14 | August 24–27 | Cooper Tires Circuit of The Americas Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas | Austin, TX |
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Rd. | Track | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race winner | |
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Driver | Team | |||||
1 | Sebring International Raceway | Joey Brienza | Joey Brienza | Quinn Armstrong | Quinn Armstrong | DEForce Racing |
2 | Joey Brienza | Nicolas Giaffone | Joey Brienza | Nicolas Giaffone | DEForce Racing | |
3 | Joey Brienza | Jimmie Lockhart | Joey Brienza | Joey Brienza | Exclusive Autosport | |
4 | Barber Motorsports Park | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | DEForce Racing |
5 | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | DEForce Racing | |
6 | Virginia International Raceway | Ethan Ho | Max Taylor | Jack Jeffers | Nicolas Giaffone | DEForce Racing |
7 | Jack Jeffers | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | DEForce Racing | |
8 | Nicolas Giaffone | Jack Jeffers | Nicolas Giaffone | Jack Jeffers | Exclusive Autosport | |
9 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | Nicolas Giaffone | DEForce Racing |
10 | Hudson Schwartz | Hudson Schwartz | Hudson Schwartz | Quinn Armstrong | DEForce Racing | |
11 | Road America | Quinn Armstrong | Ayden Ingratta | Quinn Armstrong | Quinn Armstrong | DEForce Racing |
12 | Ayden Ingratta | Nicolas Giaffone | Jack Jeffers | Jack Jeffers | Exclusive Autosport | |
13 | Nicolas Giaffone | Max Taylor | Nicolas Giaffone | Max Taylor | Velocity Racing Development | |
14 | Circuit of the Americas | Jack Jeffers | Nicolas Giaffone | Max Taylor | Jack Jeffers | Exclusive Autosport |
15 | Jack Jeffers | Nicolas Giaffone | Jack Jeffers Jimmie Lockhart |
Jimmie Lockhart | Velocity Racing Development | |
16 | Jack Jeffers | Jack Jeffers | Jack Jeffers | Jimmie Lockhart | Velocity Racing Development |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th+ |
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Points | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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