2024 USF Juniors

The 2024 USF Juniors presented by Continental Tire championship was the third season of USF Juniors. The season featured a six-round 16-race calendar, which began on April 5 at NOLA Motorsports Park and concluded on August 25 at the Portland International Raceway.

The championship serves as the bottom rung of the IndyCar Series's USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Series news

  • The scholarship for the champion to move up to the USF2000 Championship was slightly increased to $263,700.[1]
  • All three ladder series organized by Andersen Promotions will end their long-running affiliation with Cooper Tires as supplier and presenting partner. Continental will be the new tire supplier and title partner of the series.[2]

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
DEForce Racing 15 Vinícius Tessaro[3]  R  1–3
Jeshua Alianell[4]  R  4–16
16 Bruno Ribeiro[5]  R  1–13
17 Leandro Juncos[6]  R  1–13
18 Brady Golan[7] All
DEForce Racing Driver Development 19 Patricio Gonzalez[8]  R  All
20 Rodrigo Gonzalez[8]  R  All
Exclusive Autosport 90 João Vergara[9]  R  All
91 Evan Cooley[10]  R  1–5, 9–16
92 Jack Jeffers[11] All
93 Giovanni Cabrera[12] 4–5
94 Brenden Cooley[13]  R  11–13
95 Anthony Martella[14]  R  1–8
International Motorsport 24 Augusto Soto-Schirripa[15]  R  All
25 Ariel Elkin[16]  R  All
26 Hudson Potter[13] 11–16
Jay Howard Driver Development 3 G3 Argyros[17]  R  1–5
63 6–16
4 Hudson Potter[18] 1–10
Michael Boyiadzis[13]  R  11–13
5 Ava Dobson[19]  R  1–5
6 Aiden Potter[20]  R  1–5
Michael Boyiadzis[21]  R  6–8
JT Hoskins[13]  R  9–16
7 Ayden Ingratta[22]  R  1–10
Griffin Yellin[13]  R  11–16
8 Timothy Carel[23]  R  All
9 Liam McNeilly[24]  R  All
Skip Barber Racing 50 Jeshua Alianell[25]  R  1–3
Velocity Racing Development 10 Michael Suco[26]  R  All
33 Max Taylor[27]  R  All
70 Christian Cameron[28]  R  All
98 Sebastian Wheldon[29]  R  All
Zanella Racing 12 Diego Guiot[30]  R  All
13 Alex Popow Jr.[31]  R  1–3
Teddy Musella[32]  R  4–5
55 Leonardo Escorpioni[33]  R  All
Icon Status
 R  Rookie

Schedule

Round Date Race name Circuit Location
1 April 5–7 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
2
3
4 April 25–28 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
5
6 June 14–16 Continental Tire VIR Grand Prix Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia
7
8
9 July 4–7 Tatuus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10
11 August 9–11 PFC Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
12
13
14 August 22–24 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
15
16

Race results

Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 NOLA Motorsports Park Liam McNeilly Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Velocity Racing Development
2 Sebastian Wheldon Liam McNeilly Sebastian Wheldon
Liam McNeilly 		Liam McNeilly Jay Howard Driver Development
3 Liam McNeilly Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Velocity Racing Development
4 Barber Motorsports Park Ariel Elkin Jack Jeffers Ariel Elkin Ariel Elkin International Motorsport
5 Ariel Elkin Ariel Elkin Ariel Elkin Ariel Elkin International Motorsport
6 Virginia International Raceway Bruno Ribeiro Max Taylor Ariel Elkin Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
7 Ariel Elkin Bruno Ribeiro Liam McNeilly Augusto Soto-Schirripa International Motorsport
8 Ariel Elkin Augusto Soto-Schirripa Ariel Elkin Sebastian Wheldon Velocity Racing Development
9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Max Taylor Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
10 Liam McNeilly Sebastian Wheldon Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Jay Howard Driver Development
11 Road America Max Taylor Max Taylor Max Taylor Max Taylor Velocity Racing Development
12 Sebastian Wheldon Max Taylor Sebastian Wheldon Ariel Elkin International Motorsport
13 Max Taylor Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Velocity Racing Development
14 Portland International Raceway Max Taylor Liam McNeilly Augusto Soto-Schirripa Liam McNeilly Jay Howard Driver Development
15 Liam McNeilly Leonardo Escorpioni Liam McNeilly Liam McNeilly Jay Howard Driver Development
16 Leonardo Escorpioni Ariel Elkin G3 Argyros Liam McNeilly Jay Howard Driver Development

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
  • 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 NOL ALA VIR MOH ROA POR Points
1 Max Taylor 3 6 2 8 5 1 5 3 1* 5 1* 6 3 3 2 DNS 329
2 Liam McNeilly 2 1* 3 4 24 7 12* 4 3* 1* 14 17 4 1 1* 1 324
3 Sebastian Wheldon 1* 2* 1* 6 2 21 19 1 22 4 8 18* 1* 2 3 2 308
4 Ariel Elkin 5 3 4 1* 1* 8* 22 13* 7 3 20 1 2 17 5 6 278
5 Jack Jeffers 6 5 7 2 19 3 21 2 2 11 3 3 12 15 6 4 250
6 Augusto Soto-Schirripa 26 4 6 3 3 2 1 21 5 6 2 13 22 5* 10 11 237
7 G3 Argyros 7 16 22 11 22 4 3 18 4* 9 22 2 20 19 16 3* 163
8 João Vergara 10 24 13 9 6 9 9 8 20 13 4 7 16 13 9 14 158
9 Leonardo Escorpioni 8 14 8 20 23 19 2 22 18 10 5 5 6 21 18 7 146
10 Christian Cameron 13 13 10 25 11 12 17 17 23 15 23 11 5 7 8 5 135
11 Timothy Carel 16 DNS DNS 23 14 5 8 7 9 22 6 10 8 14 7 20 131
12 Brady Golan 15 19 20 12 20 22 7 9 19 8 10 9 9 4 11 18 128
13 Evan Cooley 14 9 11 5 21 6 20 15 4 23 16 4 8 126
14 Diego Guiot 21 21 18 22 18 15 6 6 10 16 7 14 7 8 17 9 125
15 Patricio González 19 20 16 24 9 14 10 16 12 12 9 15 10 6 14 12 124
16 Bruno Ribeiro 11 8 9 19 DNS 6 4 15 17 2 21 24 DNS 109
17 Ayden Ingratta 9 7 23 13 8 13 23 5 8 7 101
18 Jeshua Alianell Wth Wth Wth 26 13 11 16 20 11 19 17 8 14 18 13 10 83
19 Leandro Juncos 12 12 14 7 4 16 20 12 14 23 Wth Wth Wth 81
20 Rodrigo González 20 17 21 14 10 20 11 19 15 14 12 23 13 20 15 19 77
21 Michael Suco 22 18 15 17 15 23 15 14 13 17 24 16 19 9 21 13 75
22 Hudson Potter 23 23 24 DNS 16 17 13 23 21 18 13 22 21 10 12 15 59
23 Anthony Martella 17 10 12 15 DNS 10 18 10 55
24 Michael Boyiadzis 18 14 11 11 12 11 49
25 Vinícius Tessaro 4 11 5 46
26 JT Hoskins 16 21 19 19 18 11 19 16 31
27 Teddy Musella 10 7 25
28 Griffin Yellin 18 20 17 12 20 17 23
29 Aidan Potter 24 25 19 18 12 16
30 Brenden Cooley 16 21 15 12
31 Ava Dobson 18 15 DNS 21 DNS 10
32 Giovanni Cabrera 16 17 9
33 Alex Popow Jr. 25 22 17 6

See also

References

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  2. ^ "USF Pro Championships Confirms New Presenting Partner". www.usfpro2000.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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