The 2023 USF Juniors championship was the second season of USF Juniors. The season features a six-round 16-race calendar, which began on March 23 at Sebring International Raceway and concluded on August 27 at the Circuit of the Americas.
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 USF Juniors serves as the bottom rung of this ladder.
Drivers and teams
TeamDriversRounds DC Autosport46 Connor Roberts14–1657 Carson EtterAll68 Ethan Ho1–10 DEForce Racing16 Quinn ArmstrongAll17 Lucas FecuryAll18 Brady GolanAll19 Nicolas GiaffoneAll Exclusive Autosport90 Erick SchottenAll91 Joey BrienzaAll92 Jack JeffersAll93 Giovanni CabreraAll 95 Bianca Bustamante 14–16 Jay Howard Driver Development3 Ayden Ingratta11–13 Aiden Potter14–164 Hudson Potter11–165 Ava Dobson11–13 Dane Scott14–16 Ram Racing55 Juan Felipe Pedraza4–5 Velocity Racing Development12 Ethan BarkerAll29 Hudson Schwartz4–1633 Max TaylorAll48 Jimmie LockhartAll
Schedule RoundDateRace nameCircuitLocation1March 23–25Cooper Tires Grand Prix of SebringSebring International RacewaySebring, FL234April 27–28Cooper Tires Grand Prix of AlabamaBarber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, AL56June 2–4Cooper Tires VIR Grand PrixVirginia International RacewayAlton, VA789July 6–8Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, OH1011August 11–13Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, WI121314August 24–27Cooper Tires Circuit of The Americas Grand PrixCircuit of the AmericasAustin, TX1516
Race results Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winnerDriverTeam1Sebring International Raceway Joey Brienza Joey Brienza Quinn Armstrong Quinn ArmstrongDEForce Racing2 Joey Brienza Nicolas Giaffone Joey Brienza Nicolas GiaffoneDEForce Racing3 Joey Brienza Jimmie Lockhart Joey Brienza Joey BrienzaExclusive Autosport4Barber Motorsports Park Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas GiaffoneDEForce Racing5 Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas GiaffoneDEForce Racing6 Virginia International Raceway Ethan Ho Max Taylor Jack Jeffers Nicolas GiaffoneDEForce Racing7 Jack Jeffers Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas GiaffoneDEForce Racing8 Nicolas Giaffone Jack Jeffers Nicolas Giaffone Jack JeffersExclusive Autosport9Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas Giaffone Nicolas GiaffoneDEForce Racing10 Hudson Schwartz Hudson Schwartz Hudson Schwartz Quinn ArmstrongDEForce Racing11Road America Quinn Armstrong Ayden Ingratta Quinn Armstrong Quinn ArmstrongDEForce Racing12 Ayden Ingratta Nicolas Giaffone Jack Jeffers Jack JeffersExclusive Autosport13 Nicolas Giaffone Max Taylor Nicolas Giaffone Max TaylorVelocity Racing Development14Circuit of the Americas Jack Jeffers Nicolas Giaffone Max Taylor Jack JeffersExclusive Autosport15 Jack Jeffers Nicolas Giaffone Jack Jeffers Jimmie Lockhart Jimmie LockhartVelocity Racing Development16 Jack Jeffers Jack Jeffers Jack Jeffers Jimmie LockhartVelocity Racing 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 SEB ALA VIR MOH ROA COA Points 1 Nicolas Giaffone 4 1 2 1* 1* 1 1* 2* 1* 14 6 2 2* 3 7 8 389 2 Quinn Armstrong 1* 5 10 2 2 3 14 10 2 1 1* 5 8 13 2 2 324 3 Jack Jeffers 3 3 5 15 8 2* 12 1 3 4 2 1* 3 1 16* 14* 313 4 Jimmie Lockhart 7 10 3 5 3 11 6 4 4 12 9 3 4 4 1* 1 292 5 Joey Brienza 2 2* 1* 4 6 14 2 5 6 13 3 9 9 18 3 5 280 6 Max Taylor 13 13 4 7 5 4 11 3 11 6 13 15 1 2* 14 6 236 7 Ethan Barker 5 6 13 9 9 8 7 12 7 5 4 10 7 5 5 4 228 8 Hudson Schwartz 14 12 7 3 14 5 2* 5 7 5 6 4 3 208 9 Lucas Fecury 6 7 6 3 4 5 5 11 13 7 15 14 12 7 6 17 206 10 Brady Golan 9 8 7 10 11 9 4 8 12 8 7 8 10 8 10 7 202 11 Erick Schotten 10 9 8 8 10 6 9 6 9 9 8 4 6 17 9 11 199 12 Carson Etter 11 11 11 12 14 10 13 7 8 11 16 6 15 15 8 13 155 13 Giovanni Cabrera 12 12 12 13 15 12 8 13 10 10 10 11 16 12 12 18 140 14 Ethan Ho 8 4 9 6 7 13 10 9 14 3 134 15 Hudson Potter 11 13 13 14 13 12 50 16 Ava Dobson 12 12 11 2817 Bianca Bustamante 9 18 92718 Aiden Potter 11 11 152619 Connor Roberts 16 15 1022 20 Ayden Ingratta 14 16 14 2121 Dane Scott 10 17 1620 22 Juan Felipe Pedraza 11 13 18 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 notparticipateIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)Not awarded if more thanone driver leads most lapsRookie
See also
2023 IndyCar Series 2023 Indy NXT 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship 2023 USF2000 Championship
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