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2021 USF2000 Championship

The 2021 USF2000 Championship was the twelfth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the first rung of the IndyCar Series's Road to Indy ladder system. An 18 race schedule was announced on October 21, 2020, featuring five permanent road courses, two street circuits, and a single oval in the Dave Steele Classic.[1]

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Cape Motorsports 2   Thomas Nepveu[2] All
3   Evan Stamer[3] All
4   Michael d'Orlando[4] All
5   Spike Kohlbecker[3] All
DEForce Racing 1   Ely Navarro[5] All
10   Nolan Siegel[5] All
11   Prescott Campbell[5] All
12   Kiko Porto[5] All
Exclusive Autosport 44   Christian Brooks[6] 1–16
90   Grant Palmer[7] 1–7
91   Billy Frazer[8] All
92   Matthew Round-Garrido[9] 1−13
Force Indy[10] 99   Myles Rowe[11] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 6   Bijoy Garg[8] All
7   Michael Good[5] 11–13
8   Jackson Lee[12] 1−13, 17–18
9   Peter Vodanovich[13] 1–16
Joe Dooling Autosports 63   Trey Burke[14] All
Michael Myers Racing 42   Michael Myers 3−18
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 16   Kent Vaccaro[15] All
Legacy Autosport 19   Andre Castro[9] 1–4, 17–18
  Simon Sikes 5–7, 9–13
  Nathan Byrd[16] 8
20 11–16
  Simon Sikes[9] 1–2
Pabst Racing 22   Yuven Sundaramoorthy[17] All
23   Jace Denmark[18] All
24   Josh Pierson[5] All
Turn 3 Motorsport 32   Christian Weir 11–18
33   Josh Green[19] All
34   Dylan Christie[19] All
Velocity Racing Development 29   Erik Evans[5] 1–7, 9–13

Schedule

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Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 April 17–18 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
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3 April 24–25 USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Presented by Andersen RacePark 		 R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
4 USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Presented by Andersen Interior Contracting
5 May 14–15 USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Presented by Cooper Tires 		 R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
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8 May 29* Cooper Tires Freedom 75  O  Lucas Oil Raceway Brownsburg, Indiana
9 June 19–20 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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11 July 3–4 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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14 August 28–29 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix  R  New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey
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17 October 3–4 VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend Presented By Cooper Tires  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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References:[20]

* The race at Lucas Oil Raceway was originally scheduled for May 28, but was postponed due to inclement weather. The October Mid-Ohio race replaced Toronto.

Race results

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Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Birmingham 1   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Nolan Siegel   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
2 Birmingham 2   Nolan Siegel   Peter Vodanovich   Prescott Campbell   Prescott Campbell DEForce Racing
3 St. Petersburg 1   Christian Brooks   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Christian Brooks   Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
4 St. Petersburg 2   Kiko Porto   Christian Brooks   Kiko Porto   Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
5 Indianapolis GP 1   Christian Brooks   Nolan Siegel   Christian Brooks   Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
6 Indianapolis GP 2   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
7 Indianapolis GP 3   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Kiko Porto   Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
8 Lucas Oil   Michael d'Orlando   Prescott Campbell   Michael d'Orlando   Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
9 Road America 1   Kiko Porto   Michael d'Orlando   Kiko Porto   Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
10 Road America 2   Kiko Porto   Simon Sikes   Thomas Nepveu   Thomas Nepveu Cape Motorsports
11 Mid-Ohio 1   Kiko Porto   Michael d'Orlando   Kiko Porto   Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
12 Mid-Ohio 2   Kiko Porto   Jackson Lee   Kiko Porto   Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
13 Mid-Ohio 3   Kiko Porto   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Michael d'Orlando   Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
14 New Jersey 1   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Kiko Porto   Kiko Porto   Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
15 New Jersey 2   Michael d'Orlando   Christian Weir   Kiko Porto   Myles Rowe Force Indy
16 New Jersey 3   Michael d'Orlando   Billy Frazer   Nolan Siegel   Nolan Siegel DEForce Racing
17 Mid-Ohio 4   Michael d'Orlando   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy   Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
18 Mid-Ohio 5   Michael d'Orlando   Kiko Porto   Josh Green   Josh Green Turn 3 Motorsport

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 ALA STP IMS LOR ROA MOH NJMP MOH Points
1   Kiko Porto 10 4 5 2* 7 3 1* 4 1* 5 2* 1* 5 1* 2* 8 3 3 413
2   Michael d'Orlando 4 9 20 3 2 4 4 1* 2 22 1 2 1* 5 18 4 2 4 365
3   Yuven Sundaramoorthy 1* 10 3 24 1 1* 3 6 8 6 10 14 3 2 20 3 1* 19 329
4   Josh Pierson 3 3 7 10 4 2 2 8 9 3 8 12 11 6 11 5 11 6 291
5   Josh Green 9 7 18 5 5 6 8 7 10 4 9 10 21 4 4 2 4 1* 279
6   Christian Brooks 5 5 1* 1 3* 5 DSQ 5 5 20 11 8 6 3 10 17 257
7   Spike Kohlbecker 7 11 6 6 6 7 7 11 3 8 14 11 10 10 7 11 10 7 235
8   Nolan Siegel 11 2 26 21 23 24 14 9 4 23 5 6 19 8 3 1* 6 2 227
9   Thomas Nepveu 13 8 11 7 9 8 5 15 11 1* 13 5 9 16 13 15 7 8 220
10   Prescott Campbell 2 1* 16 9 22 9 6 2 12 24 27 13 27 11 6 9 21 5 215
11   Jace Denmark 8 12 15 11 10 20 15 3 6 7 7 9 7 7 5 7 20 15 210
12   Billy Frazer 6 13 4 12 12 16 12 13 25 13 4 7 15 9 12 10 8 9 192
13   Myles Rowe 24 6 8 23 21 10 23 12 20 10 28 16 28 13 1 16 5 21 137
14   Simon Sikes 16 17 11 14 21 7 2 3 3 2 136
15   Dylan Christie 21 20 9 13 8 11 24 10 15 9 20 25 26 15 14 13 12 14 121
16   Matthew Round-Garrido 25 22 2 4 25 12 20 24 13 19 12 4 4 116
17   Ely Navarro 18 18 13 16 15 18 13 14 19 14 19 18 17 14 8 12 13 18 105
18   Jackson Lee 12 14 14 18 26 DNS 9 18 23 18 18 26 13 18 12 73
19   Evan Stamer 19 21 23 20 17 23 19 16 18 11 16 15 24 18 16 20 22 11 65
20   Peter Vodanovich 23 23 21 15 19 15 16 23 16 15 15 28 8 17 19 22 63
21   Christian Weir 17 19 20 12 9 6 9 20 57
22   Erik Evans 15 16 22 14 16 13 10 22 25 25 21 14 54
23   Trey Burke 20 26 24 19 18 21 18 22 17 17 22 17 25 23 15 14 17 13 54
24   Kent Vaccaro 17 25 25 DNS 20 19 17 17 24 16 21 22 16 19 21 18 16 16 48
25   Andre Castro 22 19 10 8 14 10 45
26   Michael Myers 17 22 13 DNS 11 19 21 21 24 20 12 21 23 21 19 22 45
27   Bijoy Garg DSQ 25 19 DNS 24 22 25 20 14 12 6 27 18 20† 22† 19† 15† 17† 43
28   Grant Palmer 14 15 12 17 14 17 22 38
29   Nathan Byrd 21 23 24 22 22 17 23 11
30   Michael Good 26 23 23 3
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 leads most laps
Rookie

† Bijoy Garg was not eligible for points at the New Jersey Motorsports Park and the second Mid-Ohio rounds for exceeding the maximum allotted test days for championship drivers.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Andersen Promotions (October 21, 2020). "ROAD TO INDY PRESENTED BY COOPER TIRES UNVEILS 2021 SCHEDULE". IndyCar.com. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Thomas Nepveu Moves Up to USF2000 with Cape Motorsports". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "New Initiative to Launch Rising St. Louis Racers on Road to Indy". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "MICHAEL D'ORLANDO AND CAPE MOTORSPORTS CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP FOR 2021". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "ROAD TO INDY NEWS AND NOTES". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. ^ Wood, Elliot (January 8, 2021). "Christian Brooks stays with Exclusive Autosport in USF2000". FormulaScout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Exclusive Autosport on Instagram: "That's a wrap for #RoadToIndy Spring Training here at Barber Motorsports Park! The #EhTeam did a phenomenal job all weekend with a couple EA cars spending time on top of the charts in both USF2000 Series and Indy Pro 2000 Championship practice sessions throughout the past two days. This is a great way to start the season! We look forward to getting back here in just nine days to get the 2021 season officially started. Also, well done to Christian Brooks, Braden Eves, Artem Petrov, Grant Palmer, and Billy Frazer! We're proud of all you accomplished this weekend! And a special thank to our hard working crew members. We wouldn't be able to do all we do without you guys, so a huge THANK YOU!! #RoadToIndy // #TeamCooperTire // #EhTeam // #CambridgeFX"".
  8. ^ a b Wood, Elliot (February 11, 2021). "TRS's Billy Frazer and returnee Bijoy Garg join 2021 USF2000 grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "LINE 'EM UP. The #RoadToIndy brings over 50 cars across all three levels to @BarberMotorPark this weekend to begin the championship hunt along the paved path to @IndyCar. Read: indylights.com/news/road-to-indy-season-set-to-go-at-barber-motorsports-park #TeamCooperTire #HIGPA". Team Cooper Tire. April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "AFRICAN AMERICAN-LED OWNERSHIP GROUP TO COMPETE IN ROAD TO INDY". USF2000.com. Andersen Promotions. December 3, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  11. ^ "FORCE INDY ANNOUNCES MYLES ROWE AS 2021 USF2000 DRIVER". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "JHDD AND LEE JOIN FORCES FOR THE 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". FormulaScout.com. Formula Scout. March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (March 12, 2021). "Peter Vodanovich to race in USF2000 after debut TRS campaign". Formula Scout. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  14. ^ Wood, Elliot (January 9, 2021). "Dirt track racers Trey Burke and Joe Dooling Autosports enter USF2000". FormulaScout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  15. ^ "VACCARO JOINS MILLER VINATIERI MOTORSPORTS FOR THE 2021 SEASON". USF2000.com. Andersen Promotions. November 24, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  16. ^ "Cooper Tires Freedom 75 entry list" (PDF).
  17. ^ "PABST RACING ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF SUNDARAMOORTHY FOR 2021". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. January 14, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "PABST RACING SIGNS JACE DENMARK FOR 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  19. ^ a b "DYLAN CHRISTIE TEAMS UP WITH TURN 3 MOTORSPORT FOR 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP". usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "2021 CHAMPIONSHIP". usf2000.com.
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