2025 USF Juniors

The 2025 USF Juniors presented by Continental Tire will be the fourth season of the USF Juniors. The championship serves as the fourth rung of the IndyCar Series' USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Series news

  • The scholarship for the champion was decreased by approximately $14,000 to $249,675.[1]

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus JR-23 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.[2]

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
DEForce Racing 14 Vilho Aatola[3] R All
15 Patricio González[4] All
16 Lincoln Day[5] 1–6
17 Thomas Nordquist[6] R All
18 Rodrigo González[7] All
DEForce Racing Driver Development 19 Juan Pablo Vallarta[8] R TBA
Exclusive Autosport 90 Kaylee Countryman[9] R All
92 Brenden Cooley[10] R All
International Motorsport 24 Michael Suco[11] All
25 Hudson Potter[12] All
26 Emma Scarbrough[13] R All
Jay Howard Driver Development 4 Karel Staut[14] R 1–6
5 Harry Moss[15] R 1–8
Chase Fernandez[16] R 9–10
6 Liam Loiacono[17] R All
7 Harley Keeble R 7–8
9 JT Hoskins[18] R All
Pole Position Motorsports 27 Connor Aspley[19] R All
VRD Racing 10 João Vergara[20] All
77 Matan Achituv[21] R All
98 Oliver Wheldon[22] R All
Zanella Racing 12 Diego Guiot[23] All
29 Maddie Colleran[24] R All
37 Ty Fisher[25] R All
55 Leonardo Escorpioni[26] All
Icon Status
R Rookie

Driver changes

Exclusive Autosport signed karting driver Kaylee Countryman who will make her open-wheel racing debut with the team.[9] The team resigned Brendan Cooley for a full-season campaign after competing with them in the penultimate round of the 2024 season.[10]

Jay Howard Driver Development signed JT Hoskins to a full-season campaign after racing with the team for the last three rounds last season.[18] The team also signed Vilho Aatola, Karel Staut and Harry Moss, all of whom will make their open-wheel racing debuts with JHDD as well as Liam Loiacono who joins USF Juniors after competing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.[3][17][15][14]

VRD Racing added rookies Matan Achituv and Ryan Giannetta to the team.[21][27] João Vergara switched to VRD Racing after finishing 8th last season with Exclusive Autosport.[20]

Zanella Racing signed Ty Fisher who will make his open-wheel racing debut with the team. The team also signed Maddie Colleran who joins the series from the Lucas Oil School of Racing.[24][25]

Team Changes

Pole Position Motorsports announced they will join the series with Connor Aspley as their driver.[19]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship will visit a majority of the same circuits as in 2024, with the exception of Virginia International Raceway being replaced with two more rounds at Mid-Ohio.[28] All rounds except the weekends at NOLA, Mid-Ohio races 7–8, and Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series.[1]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 April 11–13 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
2
3
4 May 1–3 Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
5
6
7 June 6–8 PFC Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
8
9 July 3–6 PFC Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10
11 July 24–26 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake. Wisconsin
12
13
14 August 7–10 TBA  R  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 Oliver Wheldon Oliver Wheldon João Vergara João Vergara VRD Racing
2 Liam Loiacono Ty Fisher Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
3 Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Zanella Racing
4 Barber Motorsports Park Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
5 Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
6 Leonardo Escorpioni Ty Fisher Leonardo Escorpioni Ty Fisher Zanella Racing
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course João Vergara Liam Loiacono João Vergara João Vergara VRD Racing
8 João Vergara Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Jay Howard Driver Development
9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ty Fisher João Vergara Ty Fisher
Leonardo Escorpioni 		Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
10 Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Zanella Racing
11 Road America
12
13
14 Portland International Raceway
15
16

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 will be awarded one additional point.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR Points
1 Leonardo Escorpioni 3 1* 20 1* 1* 3* 3 3 1* 3 241
2 João Vergara 1* 5 3 4 4 5 1* 14 2 2* 217
3 Liam Loiacono 6 2 6 6 7 8 5 1* 4 1 198
4 Oliver Wheldon 2 3 2 11 3 2 2 2 6 19 198
5 Ty Fisher 4 4 1* 5 2 1 4 16 3* DSQ 194
6 Vilho Aatola 15 6 4 2 5 4 8 5 7 6 160
7 Rodrigo González 5 9 5 3 6 6 6 17 5 10 145
8 Diego Guiot 7 7 7 21 11 7 11 9 8 5 119
9 Patricio González 18 12 9 7 20 9 9 4 10 13 101
10 Michael Suco 9 11 18 8 8 11 14 7 14 9 101
11 JT Hoskins 10 22 8 10 9 15 7 12 11 17 91
12 Brenden Cooley 11 8 11 19 13 21 12 19 9 4 86
13 Hudson Potter 12 21 10 9 12 13 15 20 20 11 68
14 Emma Scarbrough 13 16 19 14 15 20 17 8 13 12 63
15 Karel Staut 8 10 14 13 10 10 61
16 Connor Aspley 22 18 21 20 14 22 13 6 12 14 53
17 Matan Achituv 14 13 17 22 17 18 16 11 15 16 53
18 Kaylee Countryman 16 19 13 18 21 19 20 10 17 8 50
19 Thomas Nordquist 19 15 22 12 16 12 18 18 19 18 43
20 Maddie Colleran 21 17 16 16 19 16 21 15 16 15 40
21 Harry Moss 17 14 12 17 22 17 19 13 39
22 Lincoln Day 20 20 15 15 18 14 24
23 Chase Fernandez 18 7 17
24 Harley Keeble 10 21 12
Pos Driver NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR Points
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 led most laps
Rookie

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams will receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams.
  • Only the best two results will count for teams fielding more than two entries.
Pos Team NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR Points
1 Zanella Racing 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 304
4 4 7 5 2 3 4 9 3 5
2 VRD Racing 1 3 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 270
2 5 3 11 4 5 2 11 6 16
3 DEForce Racing 5 6 4 2 5 4 6 4 5 6 175
15 9 5 3 6 6 8 5 7 10
4 Jay Howard Driver Development 6 2 6 6 7 8 5 1 4 1 155
8 10 8 10 9 10 7 12 9 7
5 Pole Position Motorsports 22 18 21 20 14 22 13 6 10 14 47
6 International Motorsport 9 11 10 8 8 11 14 7 11 9 45
12 16 18 9 12 13 15 8 12 11
7 Exclusive Autosport 11 8 11 18 13 19 12 10 8 4 44
16 19 13 19 21 21 20 19 17 8
Pos Team NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR Points

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Tatuus JR-23". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
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  5. ^ @deforceracing; (January 10, 2025). "Say hello to the newest member of the DEForce Racing family! Lincoln Day is gearing up to take on the 2025 USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire Championship!" – via Instagram.
  6. ^ @deforceracing; (January 12, 2025). "DEForce Racing is proud to welcome Thomas Nordquist to our lineup for the 2025 USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire Championship!" – via Instagram.
  7. ^ @deforceracing; (January 14, 2025). "Rodrigo Gonzalez is moving up! We're thrilled to announce that Rodrigo will be racing with DEForce Racing in the 2025 USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire Championship!" – via Instagram.
  8. ^ @deforcedd; (January 14, 2025). "DEForce Driver Development is thrilled to announce that Juan Pablo Vallarta is joining our lineup for the 2025 USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire Championship!" – via Instagram.
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