2021 USF2000 Championship explained

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		Drivers	Rounds
Cape Motorsports	2	Thomas Nepveu^[2]	All
	3	Evan Stamer^[3]	All
	4	Michael d'Orlando^[4]	All
	5	Spike Kohlbecker	All
DEForce Racing	1	Ely Navarro^[5]	All
	10	Nolan Siegel	All
	11	Prescott Campbell	All
	12	Kiko Porto	All
Exclusive Autosport	44	Christian Brooks^[6]	1–16
	90	Grant Palmer^[7]	1–7
	91	Billy Frazer^[8]	All
	92	Matthew Round-Garrido^[9]	1−13
Force Indy^[10]	99	Myles Rowe^[11]	All
Jay Howard Driver Development	6	Bijoy Garg	All
	7	Chase Hyland	11–13
	8	Jackson Lee^[12]	1−13, 17–18
	9	Peter Vodanovich^[13]	1–16
Joe Dooling Autosports	63	Trey Burke^[14]	All
Michael Myers Racing	42	Michael Myers	3−18
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports	16	Kent Vaccaro^[15]	All
Legacy Autosport	19	Andre Castro	1–4, 17–18
		Simon Sikes	5–7, 9–13
		Nathan Byrd^[16]	8
	20		11–16
		Simon Sikes	1–2
Pabst Racing	22	nowrap	Yuven Sundaramoorthy^[17]	All
	23	Jace Denmark^[18]	All
	24	Josh Pierson	All
Turn 3 Motorsport	32	Christian Weir	11–18
	33	Josh Green	All
	34	Dylan Christie^[19]	All
Velocity Racing Development	29	Erik Evans	1–7, 9–13

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	Location
1	April 17–18	Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
2
3	April 24–25	USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Andersen RacePark	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	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
6
7
8	May 29*	Cooper Tires Freedom 75	Lucas Oil Raceway	Brownsburg, Indiana
9	June 19–20	Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Grand Prix of Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11	July 3–4	Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
12
13
14	August 28–29	Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey
15
16
17	October 3–4	VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend Presented By Cooper Tires	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
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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	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Nolan Siegel	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Pabst Racing
2	Birmingham 2	Nolan Siegel	Peter Vodanovich	Prescott Campbell	Prescott Campbell	DEForce Racing
3	St. Petersburg 1	Christian Brooks	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Christian Brooks	Christian Brooks	Exclusive Autosport
4	St. Petersburg 2	Kiko Porto	Christian Brooks	Kiko Porto	Christian Brooks	Exclusive Autosport
5	Indianapolis GP 1	Christian Brooks	Nolan Siegel	Christian Brooks	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Pabst Racing
6	Indianapolis GP 2	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Pabst Racing
7	Indianapolis GP 3	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Kiko Porto	Kiko Porto	DEForce Racing
8	Lucas Oil	Michael d'Orlando	Prescott Campbell	Michael d'Orlando	Michael d'Orlando	Cape Motorsports
9	Road America 1	Kiko Porto	Michael d'Orlando	Kiko Porto	Kiko Porto	DEForce Racing
10	Road America 2	Kiko Porto	Simon Sikes	Thomas Nepveu	Thomas Nepveu	Cape Motorsports
11	Mid-Ohio 1	Kiko Porto	Michael d'Orlando	Kiko Porto	Michael d'Orlando	Cape Motorsports
12	Mid-Ohio 2	Kiko Porto	Jackson Lee	Kiko Porto	Kiko Porto	DEForce Racing
13	Mid-Ohio 3	Kiko Porto	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Michael d'Orlando	Michael d'Orlando	Cape Motorsports
14	New Jersey 1	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Kiko Porto	Kiko Porto	Kiko Porto	DEForce Racing
15	New Jersey 2	Michael d'Orlando	Christian Weir	Kiko Porto	Myles Rowe	Force Indy
16	New Jersey 3	Michael d'Orlando	Billy Frazer	Nolan Siegel	Nolan Siegel	DEForce Racing
17	Mid-Ohio 4	Michael d'Orlando	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Pabst Racing
18	Mid-Ohio 5	Michael d'Orlando	Kiko Porto	Josh Green	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	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 Kiko Porto 10 4 5 2* 7 3 1* 4 1* 5 2* 1* 5 1* 2* 8 3 3 413 2 Michael d'Orlando 4 9 20 3 2 4 4 1* 2 22 1 2 1* 5 18 4 2 4 365 3 Yuven Sundaramoorthy 1* 10 3 24 1 1* 3 6 8 6 10 14 3 2 20 3 1* 19 329 4 Josh Pierson 3 3 7 10 4 2 2 8 9 3 8 12 11 6 11 5 11 6 291 5 Josh Green 9 7 18 5 5 6 8 7 10 4 9 10 21 4 4 2 4 1* 279 6 Christian Brooks 5 5 1* 1 3* 5 DSQ 5 5 20 11 8 6 3 10 17 257 7 Spike Kohlbecker 7 11 6 6 6 7 7 11 3 8 14 11 10 10 7 11 10 7 235 8 Nolan Siegel 11 2 26 21 23 24 14 9 4 23 5 6 19 8 3 1* 6 2 227 9 Thomas Nepveu 13 8 11 7 9 8 5 15 11 1* 13 5 9 16 13 15 7 8 220 10 Prescott Campbell 2 1* 16 9 22 9 6 2 12 24 27 13 27 11 6 9 21 5 215 11 Jace Denmark 8 12 15 11 10 20 15 3 6 7 7 9 7 7 5 7 20 15 210 12 Billy Frazer 6 13 4 12 12 16 12 13 25 13 4 7 15 9 12 10 8 9 192 13 Myles Rowe 24 6 8 23 21 10 23 12 20 10 28 16 28 13 1 16 5 21 137 14 Simon Sikes 16 17 11 14 21 7 2 3 3 2 136 15 Dylan Christie 21 20 9 13 8 11 24 10 15 9 20 25 26 15 14 13 12 14 121 16 Matthew Round-Garrido 25 22 2 4 25 12 20 24 13 19 12 4 4 116 17 Ely Navarro 18 18 13 16 15 18 13 14 19 14 19 18 17 14 8 12 13 18 105 18 Jackson Lee 12 14 14 18 26 DNS 9 18 23 18 18 26 13 18 12 73 19 Evan Stamer 19 21 23 20 17 23 19 16 18 11 16 15 24 18 16 20 22 11 65 20 Peter Vodanovich 23 23 21 15 19 15 16 23 16 15 15 28 8 17 19 22 63 21 Christian Weir 17 19 20 12 9 6 9 20 57 22 Erik Evans 15 16 22 14 16 13 10 22 25 25 21 14 54 23 Trey Burke 20 26 24 19 18 21 18 22 17 17 22 17 25 23 15 14 17 13 54 24 Kent Vaccaro 17 25 25 DNS 20 19 17 17 24 16 21 22 16 19 21 18 16 16 48 25 Andre Castro 22 19 10 8 14 10 45 26 Michael Myers 17 22 13 DNS 11 19 21 21 24 20 12 21 23 21 19 22 45 27 Bijoy Garg DSQ 25 19 DNS 24 22 25 20 14 12 6 27 18 20† 22† 19† 15† 17† 43 28 Grant Palmer 14 15 12 17 14 17 22 38 29 Nathan Byrd 21 23 24 22 22 17 23 11 30 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) *|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps|-|style="background:Orange;" align=center colspan=2|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 2021 IndyCar Series 2021 Indy Lights 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship External links USF2000 official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ROAD TO INDY PRESENTED BY COOPER TIRES UNVEILS 2021 SCHEDULE. Andersen Promotions. October 21, 2020. February 4, 2021. IndyCar.com. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc..
2. Web site: Thomas Nepveu Moves Up to USF2000 with Cape Motorsports. 2021-04-13. www.usf2000.com.
3. Web site: New Initiative to Launch Rising St. Louis Racers on Road to Indy. February 23, 2021. www.usf2000.com.
4. Web site: MICHAEL D'ORLANDO AND CAPE MOTORSPORTS CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP FOR 2021. February 16, 2021. February 17, 2021. usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions.
5. Web site: January 7, 2021. ROAD TO INDY NEWS AND NOTES. usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions. February 4, 2021.
6. Web site: Christian Brooks stays with Exclusive Autosport in USF2000. Elliot. Wood. January 8, 2021. February 4, 2021. FormulaScout.com. Formula Scout.
7. Web site: 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. Web site: TRS's Billy Frazer and returnee Bijoy Garg join 2021 USF2000 grid. Wood. Elliot. Formula Scout. February 11, 2021. February 11, 2021.
9. Web site: 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. April 13, 2021.
10. Web site: AFRICAN AMERICAN-LED OWNERSHIP GROUP TO COMPETE IN ROAD TO INDY. December 3, 2020. February 4, 2021. USF2000.com. Andersen Promotions.
11. Web site: FORCE INDY ANNOUNCES MYLES ROWE AS 2021 USF2000 DRIVER. February 9, 2021. February 9, 2021. usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions.
12. Web site: JHDD AND LEE JOIN FORCES FOR THE 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP. March 30, 2021. March 30, 2021. FormulaScout.com. Formula Scout.
13. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2021-03-12. Peter Vodanovich to race in USF2000 after debut TRS campaign. 2021-04-04. Formula Scout. en-US.
14. Web site: Dirt track racers Trey Burke and Joe Dooling Autosports enter USF2000. Elliot. Wood. January 9, 2021. February 4, 2021. FormulaScout.com. Formula Scout.
15. Web site: VACCARO JOINS MILLER VINATIERI MOTORSPORTS FOR THE 2021 SEASON. November 24, 2020. February 4, 2021. USF2000.com. Andersen Promotions.
16. Web site: Cooper Tires Freedom 75 entry list.
17. Web site: PABST RACING ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF SUNDARAMOORTHY FOR 2021. January 14, 2021. February 4, 2021. usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions.
18. Web site: PABST RACING SIGNS JACE DENMARK FOR 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP. April 1, 2021. April 1, 2021.
19. Web site: DYLAN CHRISTIE TEAMS UP WITH TURN 3 MOTORSPORT FOR 2021 USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP. January 7, 2021. February 4, 2021. usf2000.com. Andersen Promotions.
20. Web site: 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP. usf2000.com.