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

Schedule
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
2
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
6
7
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
10
11 July 3–4 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12
13
14 August 28–29 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix  R  New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey
15
16
17 October 3–4 VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend Presented By Cooper Tires  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
18
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
Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Birmingham 1 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Nolan Siegel United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
2 Birmingham 2 United States Nolan Siegel New Zealand Peter Vodanovich United States Prescott Campbell United States Prescott Campbell DEForce Racing
3 St. Petersburg 1 United States Christian Brooks United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Christian Brooks United States Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
4 St. Petersburg 2 Brazil Kiko Porto United States Christian Brooks Brazil Kiko Porto United States Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
5 Indianapolis GP 1 United States Christian Brooks United States Nolan Siegel United States Christian Brooks United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
6 Indianapolis GP 2 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
7 Indianapolis GP 3 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy Brazil Kiko Porto Brazil Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
8 Lucas Oil United States Michael d'Orlando United States Prescott Campbell United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
9 Road America 1 Brazil Kiko Porto United States Michael d'Orlando Brazil Kiko Porto Brazil Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
10 Road America 2 Brazil Kiko Porto United States Simon Sikes Canada Thomas Nepveu Canada Thomas Nepveu Cape Motorsports
11 Mid-Ohio 1 Brazil Kiko Porto United States Michael d'Orlando Brazil Kiko Porto United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
12 Mid-Ohio 2 Brazil Kiko Porto United States Jackson Lee Brazil Kiko Porto Brazil Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
13 Mid-Ohio 3 Brazil Kiko Porto United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
14 New Jersey 1 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy Brazil Kiko Porto Brazil Kiko Porto Brazil Kiko Porto DEForce Racing
15 New Jersey 2 United States Michael d'Orlando United States Christian Weir Brazil Kiko Porto United States Myles Rowe Force Indy
16 New Jersey 3 United States Michael d'Orlando New Zealand Billy Frazer United States Nolan Siegel United States Nolan Siegel DEForce Racing
17 Mid-Ohio 4 United States Michael d'Orlando United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy Pabst Racing
18 Mid-Ohio 5 United States Michael d'Orlando Brazil Kiko Porto United States Josh Green United States Josh Green Turn 3 Motorsport

Championship standings

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

References
  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. "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. "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. Wood, Elliot (February 11, 2021). "TRS's Billy Frazer and returnee Bijoy Garg join 2021 USF2000 grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  9. "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.
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  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. "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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