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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

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

Drivers and teams

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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)
United States DEForce Racing 14 Finland Vilho Aatola[3] R All
15 Mexico Patricio González[4] All
16 United States Lincoln Day[5] 1–6
17 United States Thomas Nordquist[6] R All
18 Mexico Rodrigo González[7] All
United States Exclusive Autosport 90 United States Kaylee Countryman[8] R All
92 United States Brenden Cooley[9] R All
94 Canada Justin Di Lucia R 14–16
United States International Motorsport 24 United States Michael Suco[10] All
25 United States Hudson Potter[11] All
26 United States Emma Scarbrough[12] R All
United States Jay Howard Driver Development 4 Belgium Karel Staut[13] R 1–6
5 United Kingdom Harry Moss[14] R 1–8
United Kingdom Chase Fernandez[15] R 9–10
6 Australia Liam Loiacono[16] R All
7 United Kingdom Harley Keeble R 7–8
9 United States JT Hoskins[17] R All
United States Pole Position Motorsports 27 United States Connor Aspley[18] R All
United States VRD Racing 10 Brazil João Vergara[19] All
11 United States Colin Aitken R 11–16
77 Israel Matan Achituv[20] R All
98 United States Oliver Wheldon[21] R All
United States Zanella Racing 12 Mexico Diego Guiot[22] All
23 United States Rahim Alibhai R 11–16
29 United States Maddie Colleran[23] R All
37 Canada Ty Fisher[24] R All
55 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni[25] All
Icon Status
R Rookie

Driver changes

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Exclusive Autosport signed karting driver Kaylee Countryman who will make her open-wheel racing debut with the team.[8] The team resigned Brendan Cooley for a full-season campaign after competing with them in the penultimate round of the 2024 season.[9]

Jay Howard Driver Development signed JT Hoskins to a full-season campaign after racing with the team for the last three rounds last season.[17] 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][16][14][13]

VRD Racing added rookies Matan Achituv and Ryan Giannetta to the team.[20][27] João Vergara switched to VRD Racing after finishing 8th last season with Exclusive Autosport.[19]

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.[23][24]

Team Changes

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Pole Position Motorsports announced they will join the series with Connor Aspley as their driver.[18]

Schedule

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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
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4 May 1–3 Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
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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 Elite Engines Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake. Wisconsin
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14 August 8–9 Continental Tire Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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Race results

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Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 NOLA Motorsports Park United States Oliver Wheldon United States Oliver Wheldon Brazil João Vergara Brazil João Vergara VRD Racing
2 Australia Liam Loiacono Canada Ty Fisher Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
3 Canada Ty Fisher Canada Ty Fisher Canada Ty Fisher Canada Ty Fisher Zanella Racing
4 Barber Motorsports Park Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
5 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
6 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Canada Ty Fisher Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Canada Ty Fisher Zanella Racing
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Brazil João Vergara Australia Liam Loiacono Brazil João Vergara Brazil João Vergara VRD Racing
8 Brazil João Vergara Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Jay Howard Driver Development
9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Canada Ty Fisher Brazil João Vergara Canada Ty Fisher
Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni 		Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
10 Canada Ty Fisher Australia Liam Loiacono Brazil João Vergara Australia Liam Loiacono Jay Howard Driver Development
11 Road America Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Jay Howard Driver Development
12 Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Jay Howard Driver Development
13 Australia Liam Loiacono Finland Vilho Aatola Australia Liam Loiacono Australia Liam Loiacono Jay Howard Driver Development
14 Portland International Raceway Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
15 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing
16 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni Canada Ty Fisher Canada Ty Fisher Zanella Racing

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
  • 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 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni 3 1* 20 1* 1* 3* 3 3 1* 3 4 2 2 1* 1* 2 403
2 Australia Liam Loiacono 6 2 6 6 7 8 5 1* 4 1 1* 1* 1* 11 2 20 332
3 Brazil João Vergara 1* 5 3 4 4 5 1* 14 2 2* 12 11 20 2 6 6 292
4 Canada Ty Fisher 4 4 1* 5 2 1 4 16 3* DSQ 19 8 9 4 7 1* 285
5 United States Oliver Wheldon 2 3 2 11 3 2 2 2 6 19 13 7 17 18 4 17 250
6 Mexico Rodrigo González 5 9 5 3 6 6 6 17 5 10 2 16 18 6 3 4 235
7 Finland Vilho Aatola 15 6 4 2 5 4 8 5 7 6 16 6 4 3 10 21 234
8 Mexico Patricio González 18 12 9 7 20 9 9 4 10 13 5 3 3 14 5 3 208
9 Mexico Diego Guiot 7 7 7 21 11 7 11 9 8 5 9 9 7 10 8 5 198
10 United States Brenden Cooley 11 8 11 19 13 21 12 19 9 4 3 17 5 9 9 8 166
11 United States JT Hoskins 10 22 8 10 9 15 7 12 11 17 11 4 13 5 22 18 149
12 United States Michael Suco 9 11 18 8 8 11 14 7 14 9 18 10 19 7 14 22 139
13 United States Connor Aspley 22 18 21 20 14 22 13 6 12 14 6 5 6 20 18 15 110
14 Israel Matan Achituv 14 13 17 22 17 18 16 11 15 16 14 15 11 8 11 12 109
15 United States Emma Scarbrough 13 16 19 14 15 20 17 8 13 12 21 18 15 15 15 14 92
16 United States Kaylee Countryman 16 19 13 18 21 19 20 10 17 8 10 20 12 16 19 10 89
17 United States Thomas Nordquist 19 15 22 12 16 12 18 18 19 18 20 21 10 13 16 9 81
18 United States Hudson Potter 12 21 10 9 12 13 15 20 20 11 17 19 DNS DNS 21 19 77
19 Belgium Karel Staut 8 10 14 13 10 10 61
20 United States Maddie Colleran 21 17 16 16 19 16 21 15 16 15 15 14 16 17 20 13 58
21 United States Colin Aitken 7 12 14 12 17 11 53
22 United States Rahim Alibhai 8 13 8 21 13 16 45
23 United Kingdom Harry Moss 17 14 12 17 22 17 19 13 39
24 Canada Justin Di Lucia 19 12 7 25
25 United States Lincoln Day 20 20 15 15 18 14 24
26 United Kingdom Chase Fernandez 18 7 17
27 United Kingdom 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

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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 4 2 2 366
4 4 7 5 2 3 4 9 3 5 8 8 7
2 VRD Racing 1 3 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 7 7 11 286
2 5 3 11 4 5 2 11 6 16 12 11 14
3 DEForce Racing 5 6 4 2 5 4 6 4 5 6 2 3 3 253
15 9 5 3 6 6 8 5 7 10 5 6 4
4 Jay Howard Driver Development 6 2 6 6 7 8 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 235
8 10 8 10 9 10 7 12 9 7 11 4 13
5 Pole Position Motorsports 22 18 21 20 14 22 13 6 10 14 6 5 6 82
6 Exclusive Autosport 11 8 11 18 13 19 12 10 8 4 3 17 5 73
16 19 13 19 21 21 20 19 17 8 10 20 12
7 International Motorsport 9 11 10 8 8 11 14 7 11 9 17 10 15 51
12 16 18 9 12 13 15 8 12 11 18 18 19
Pos Team NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR Points

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Andersen Promotions Confirms 2025 USF Pro Championships Schedules". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tatuus JR-23". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Vilho Aatola Joins JHDD USF Juniors Effort for 2025". Usfjuniors.com. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  4. ^ @deforceracing; (January 7, 2025). "We're thrilled to announce that Pato Gonzalez is moving up to DEForce Racing for the 2025 USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire Championship!" – via Instagram.
  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.
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  9. ^ a b "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "InterMS Adds Suco for Sophomore USF Juniors Program". Usfjuniors.com. March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  11. ^ "Potter Returns with InterMS for 2025 USF Juniors Program". Usfjuniors.com. January 16, 2025.
  12. ^ "Scarbrough Confirmed to Complete InterMS USF Juniors Lineup". Usfjuniors.com. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Belgian Driver Karel Staut Inks Deal With JHDD for USF Juniors in 2025". Usfjuniors.com. December 16, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "JHDD Strengthens USF Juniors Program With The Addition of Harry Moss". RTD-Media.com. February 3, 2025.
  15. ^ "USF Juniors PFC Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Entry List" (PDF). USF2000 Championship. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
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  17. ^ a b "Hoskins Joins JHDD for Full USF Juniors Campaign". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
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  19. ^ a b "João Vergara to Compete in USF Juniors with VRD Racing in 2025". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Matan Achituv Joins VRD Racing for 2025 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  21. ^ "Andretti Development Driver Oliver Wheldon to Make USF Juniors Debut with VRD Racing". Andretti Global. April 10, 2025. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  22. ^ "Guiot Back for Sophomore USF Juniors Season With Zanella Racing". Usfjuniors.com. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Zanella Racing Completes USF Juniors Line-Up With Maddie Colleran". Usfjuniors.com. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  24. ^ a b "Ty Fisher Set For USF Juniors Debut With Zanella Racing". Usfjuniors.com. November 22, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  25. ^ "Zanella Racing Confirms Escorpioni Return to USF Juniors for 2025". Usfjuniors.com. November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  26. ^ @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.
  27. ^ "Ryan Giannetta Joins VRD Racing for 2025 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  28. ^ Wood, Ida (September 17, 2024). "USF Juniors to hold two rounds at Mid-Ohio in 2025". Formula Scout. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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