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". The USF2000 Championship served as the middle rung of this ladder.

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

TeamNo.DriversRounds
DC Autosport57United States Carson Etter11–13, 16–18
68United States Ethan Ho3–7, 9–13, 16–18
DEForce Racing1Canada Mac ClarkAll
10Mexico Jorge GarciarceAll
11United States Brady Golan11–13
Brazil Lucas Fecury16–18
12United States Maxwell JamiesonAll
Exclusive Autosport90New Zealand Jacob Douglas1–7
United States Thomas Schrage11–13, 16–18
91United States Joey Brienza1–2, 8, 14–15
92United States Nicholas d'Orlando1–2
Canada Lucas Mann5–7
United States Jack Jeffers9–10
93United States Avery Towns1–15
95United States Chase Gardner1–15
Future Star Racing56United States Andre Castro1–2
58United States Trey Burke1–2
Jay Howard Driver Development6Cyprus Evagoras PapasavvasAll
7United States Al MoreyAll
8Australia Lochie HughesAll
9Canada Louka St-Jean1–4
United States Dane Scott9–10
United States Logan Adams11–15
United States Ava Dobson16–18
Pabst Racing22United States Simon SikesAll
23New Zealand Jacob Douglas9–18
24United States Max Garcia3–18
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development67United States Elliot CoxAll
Velocity Racing Development2Canada Nico Christodoulou14–15
14United States Sam CorryAll
17United States Nikita JohnsonAll
18United States Danny Dyszelski1–13
19United States Gordon ScullyAll
33United States Max Taylor5–7, 9–13, 16–18
97United States Zack Ping1–7, 9–13
  • TJ Speed Motorsports took over two cars from Cape Motorsports to enter the championship in 2023, but ultimately decided against it.
  • Noah Ping was signed to compete for Velocity Racing Development, but dropped out and instead signed with VRD-partnered team Arden in GB3.

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.

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 4–5Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. PetersburgR Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
2Discount Tire Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
3March 25–26Cooper Tires Grand Prix of SebringR Sebring International RacewaySebring, Florida
4
5May 12–13USF2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of IndianapolisR Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana
6
7
8May 27USF2000 Cooper Tires Freedom 75O Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkBrownsburg, Indiana
9June 17–18Discount Tire Grand Prix of Road AmericaR Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11July 1–2Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-OhioR Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
12
13
14July 15–16Cooper Tires Grand Prix of TorontoR Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
15
16September 2–3Discount Tire Grand Prix of PortlandR Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
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Race results

Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1United States Streets of St. PetersburgAustralia Lochie HughesUnited States Simon SikesAustralia Lochie HughesAustralia Lochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
2United States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Nikita JohnsonUnited States Nikita JohnsonVelocity Racing Development
3United States Sebring International RacewayUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesAustralia Lochie HughesAustralia Lochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
4United States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesPabst Racing
5United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseUnited States Nikita JohnsonUnited States Nikita JohnsonUnited States Nikita JohnsonUnited States Sam CorryVelocity Racing Development
6United States Nikita JohnsonUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesPabst Racing
7United States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesAustralia Lochie HughesAustralia Lochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
8United States Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkCanada Mac ClarkCanada Mac ClarkCanada Mac ClarkCanada Mac ClarkDEForce Racing
9United States Road AmericaAustralia Lochie HughesCanada Mac ClarkUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesPabst Racing
10Canada Mac ClarkUnited States Danny DyszelskiAustralia Lochie HughesAustralia Lochie HughesJay Howard Driver Development
11United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseCyprus Evagoras PapasavvasUnited States Nikita JohnsonCyprus Evagoras PapasavvasCyprus Evagoras PapasavvasJay Howard Driver Development
12United States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesCanada Mac ClarkDEForce Racing
13United States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesPabst Racing
14Canada Exhibition PlaceCyprus Evagoras PapasavvasCanada Mac ClarkUnited States Nikita JohnsonUnited States Simon SikesPabst Racing
15United States Simon SikesCanada Nico ChristodoulouUnited States Simon SikesCanada Nico ChristodoulouVelocity Racing Development
16United States Portland International RacewayNew Zealand Jacob DouglasCyprus Evagoras PapasavvasNew Zealand Jacob DouglasNew Zealand Jacob DouglasPabst Racing
17New Zealand Jacob DouglasUnited States Simon SikesNew Zealand Jacob DouglasNew Zealand Jacob DouglasPabst Racing
18New Zealand Jacob DouglasNew Zealand Jacob DouglasUnited States Simon SikesUnited States Simon SikesPabst Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th+
Points3025221917151413121110987654321
Points (O)4538332926232120181715141211986532
  • 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.
PosDriverSTPSEBIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints
Pos Driver STP SEB IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points 1 United States Simon Sikes 4 2 2 1* 13 1* 3 3 1* 10 2 17* 1* 1 2* 3 2 1* 447 2 United States Nikita Johnson 3 1* 16 8 3* 3 2 5 3 5 5 4 2 7* 18 4 3 7 344 3 Australia Lochie Hughes 1* 3 1* 4 2 2 1* 6 12 1* 4 19 22 15 3 5 13 10 335 4 Cyprus Evagoras Papasavvas 2 4 3 10 19 9 6 2 8 19 1* 2 4 6 7 2 5 6 323 5 Canada Mac Clark 11 20 4 2 14 4 10 1* 16 2 3 1 3 4 13 8 4 9 318 6 New Zealand Jacob Douglas 8 15 13 3 15 6 20 2 6 23 6 15 13 5 1* 1* 2 249 7 United States Sam Corry 5 11 8 19 1 5 16 12 19 20 7 3 5 9 6 16 17 3 222 8 Mexico Jorge Garciarce 13 5 9 6 6 10 14 10 9 4 8 8 20 14 4 17 6 14 212 9 United States Max Garcia 6 7 18 12 4 7 15 3 20 5 7 2 15 6 18 5 207 10 United States Chase Gardner 12 14 5 9 5 15 15 4 4 7 10 7 6 8 17 193 11 United States Al Morey 15 10 15 11 7 17 13 8 18 13 9 16 10 12 9 7 10 13 172 12 United States Elliot Cox 18 18 7 5 16 7 17 9 5 18 22 23 23 17 14 10 8 12 145 13 United States Danny Dyszelski 16 7 10 17 4 8 7 16 10 8 12 15 8 141 14 United States Ethan Ho 18 15 8 11 5 7 9 6 9 12 19 7 11 137 15 United States Gordon Scully 19 8 12 12 11 18 9 15 14 14 18 14 16 16 16 9 12 15 133 16 United States Maxwell Jamieson 17 9 17 14 10 19 19 13 17 16 16 11 17 10 10 14 14 18 121 17 United States Avery Towns 20 12 14 16 12 13 18 11 21 15 21 18 11 11 8 101 18 United States Max Taylor 17 16 8 6 21 11 22 19 11 9 8 86 19 United States Zack Ping 21 17 19 13 9 20 11 20 11 14 20 18 60 20 United States Thomas Schrage 13 10 9 18 19 4 55 21 Canada Nico Christodoulou 5 1 48 22 United States Logan Adams 15 21 21 3 11 40 23 United States Carson Etter 19 13 14 15 11 16 38 24 United States Joey Brienza 10 16 14 18 12 37 25 United States Trey Burke 7 6 29 26 United States Nicholas d'Orlando 6 13 23 27 Canada Louka St-Jean 14 19 11 18 22 28 United States Brady Golan 17 12 13 21 29 United States Jack Jeffers 11 12 19 30 Brazil Lucas Fecury 12 15 17 19 31 Canada Lucas Mann 20 14 12 17 32 United States Ava Dobson 13 16 19 15 33 United States Andre Castro 9 21 13 34 United States Dane Scott 13 17 12 Pos Driver STP SEB IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR PointsColor 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
1United States Simon Sikes4221*131*331*10217*1*12*321*447
2United States Nikita Johnson31*1683*325355427*18437344
3Australia Lochie Hughes1*31*4221*6121*4192215351310335
4Cyprus Evagoras Papasavvas24310199628191*2467256323
5Canada Mac Clark112042144101*162313413849318
6New Zealand Jacob Douglas8151331562026236151351*1*2249
7United States Sam Corry51181915161219207359616173222
8Mexico Jorge Garciarce13596610141094882014417614212
9United States Max Garcia6718124715320572156185207
10United States Chase Gardner121459515154471076817193
11United States Al Morey1510151171713818139161012971013172
12United States Elliot Cox181875167179518222323171410812145
13United States Danny Dyszelski16710174871610812158141
14United States Ethan Ho1815811579691219711137
15United States Gordon Scully198121211189151414181416161691215133
16United States Maxwell Jamieson17917141019191317161611171010141418121
17United States Avery Towns20121416121318112115211811118101
18United States Max Taylor17168621112219119886
19United States Zack Ping2117191392011201114201860
20United States Thomas Schrage131091819455
21Canada Nico Christodoulou5148
22United States Logan Adams15212131140
23United States Carson Etter19131415111638
24United States Joey Brienza101614181237
25United States Trey Burke7629
26United States Nicholas d'Orlando61323
27Canada Louka St-Jean1419111822
28United States Brady Golan17121321
29United States Jack Jeffers111219
30Brazil Lucas Fecury12151719
31Canada Lucas Mann20141217
32United States Ava Dobson13161915
33United States Andre Castro92113
34United States Dane Scott131712
PosDriverSTPSEBIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints
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
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn (Wth)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
BlankDid 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
In-line notation
BoldPole position (1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap (1 point)
*Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver led most laps
Rookie

Teams' championship

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th+
Points221815121086421
  • 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
PosDriverSTPSEBIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints
1Pabst Racing4221101331325112111476
6712114726126725322
2Jay Howard Driver Development131422128112433255413
24310676610114129675108
3Velocity Racing Development318813253553251433372
571011357116874576796
4DEForce Racing1054244819231344647272
11896991091248811999611
5Exclusive Autosport69535694479768811124157
81011981211101110101081010
6Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development12117511812851213121311118810109
7DC Autosport12127105796910107974
111112121112
8Future Star Racing7617
912
PosDriverSTPALAIMSIRPROAMOHTORPORPoints

See also