2024 USF Juniors explained

The 2024 USF Juniors presented by Continental Tire championship will be the third season of USF Juniors. The season features a six-round 16-race calendar, which begins on April 5 at NOLA Motorsports Park and concludes 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		Drivers	Rounds
DEForce Racing	15	Vinícius Tessaro[3]	1–3
		Jeshua Alianell[4]	4–13
	16	Bruno Ribeiro[5]	All
	17	Leandro Juncos[6]	All
	18	Brady Golan[7]	All
DEForce Racing Driver Development	19	Patricio Gonzalez[8]	All
	20	Rodrigo Gonzalez	All
Exclusive Autosport	90	João Vergara[9]	All
	91	Evan Cooley[10]	nowrap	1–5, 9–13
	92	Jack Jeffers[11]	All
	93	Giovanni Cabrera[12]	4–5
	94	Brenden Cooley[13]	11–13
	95	Anthony Martella[14]	1–8
International Motorsport	24	nowrap	Augusto Soto-Schirripa[15]	All
	25	Ariel Elkin[16]	All
	26	Hudson Potter	11–13
Jay Howard Driver Development	3	G3 Argyros[17]	1–5
	63		6–16
	4	Hudson Potter[18]	1–10
		Michael Boyiadzis	11–13
	5	Ava Dobson[19]	1–5
	6	Aiden Potter[20]	1–5
		Michael Boyiadzis[21]	6–8
		JT Hoskins	9–16
	7	Ayden Ingratta[22]	1–10
		Griffin Yellin	11–16
	8	Timothy Carel[23]	All
	9	Liam McNeilly[24]	All
Skip Barber Racing	50	Jeshua Alianell[25]	1–3
Velocity Racing Development	10	Michael Suco[26]	All
	33	Max Taylor[27]	1–13
	70	Christian Cameron[28]	1–13
	98	Sebastian Wheldon[29]	All
Zanella Racing	12	Diego Guiot[30]	All
	13	Alex Popow[31]	1–3
		Teddy Musella[32]	4–5
	55	Leonardo Escorpioni[33]	All

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	nowrap	Sebastian Wheldon	nowrap	Sebastian Wheldon	nowrap	Sebastian Wheldon	Velocity Racing Development
2		nowrap	Sebastian Wheldon	Liam McNeilly	Sebastian Wheldon Liam McNeilly	Liam McNeilly	nowrap	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	nowrap	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	nowrap	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
12		Sebastian Wheldon	Sebastian Wheldon	Sebastian Wheldon	Sebastian Wheldon	Velocity Racing Department
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 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 MDO ROA POR Points 1 Max Taylor 3 6 2 8 5 1 5 3 1* 5 1* 6 3 281 2 Ariel Elkin 5 3 4 1* 1* 8* 22 13* 7 3 20 1 2 241 3 Sebastian Wheldon 1* 2* 1* 6 2 21 19 1 22 4 8 18* 1* 236 4 Liam McNeilly 2 1* 3 4 24 7 12* 4 3* 1* 14 17 4 231 5 Jack Jeffers 6 5 7 2 19 3 21 2 2 11 3 3 12 210 6 Augusto Soto-Schirripa 26 4 6 3 3 2 1 21 5 6 2 13 22 201 7 G3 Argyros 7 16 22 11 22 4 3 18 4* 9 22 2 20 134 8 João Vergara 10 24 13 9 6 9 9 8 20 13 4 7 16 131 9 Leonardo Escorpioni 8 14 8 20 23 19 2 22 18 10 5 5 6 126 10 Bruno Ribeiro 11 8 9 19 DNS 6 4 15 17 2 21 24 DNS 109 11 Timothy Carel 16 DNS DNS 23 14 5 8 7 9 22 6 10 8 109 12 Ayden Ingratta 9 7 23 13 8 13 23 5 8 7 101 13 Diego Guiot 21 21 18 22 18 15 6 6 10 16 7 14 7 96 14 Brady Golan 15 19 20 12 20 22 7 9 19 8 10 9 9 96 15 Patricio González 19 20 16 24 9 14 10 16 12 12 9 15 10 91 16 Christian Cameron 13 13 10 25 11 12 17 17 23 15 23 11 5 90 17 Evan Cooley 14 9 11 5 21 6 20 15 4 23 89 18 Leandro Juncos 12 12 14 7 4 16 20 12 14 23 Wth Wth Wth 81 19 Rodrigo González 20 17 21 14 10 20 11 19 15 14 12 23 13 68 20 Jeshua Alianell Wth Wth Wth 26 13 11 16 20 11 19 17 8 14 61 21 Anthony Martella 17 10 12 15 DNS 10 18 10 55 22 Michael Suco 22 18 15 17 15 23 15 14 13 17 24 16 19 54 23 Michael Boyiadzis 18 14 11 11 12 11 49 24 Vinícius Tessaro 4 11 5 46 25 Hudson Potter 23 23 24 DNS 16 17 13 23 21 18 13 22 21 35 26 Teddy Musella 10 7 25 27 Aidan Potter 24 25 19 18 12 16 28 JT Hoskins 16 21 19 19 18 13 29 Brenden Cooley 16 21 15 12 30 Ava Dobson 18 15 DNS 21 DNS 10 31 Giovanni Cabrera 16 17 9 32 Griffin Yellin 18 20 17 8 33 Alex Popow 25 22 17 6

See also

• 2024 IndyCar Series
• 2024 Indy NXT
• 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship
• 2024 USF2000 Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 USF Pro Championships Schedule and Scholarships Announced . 2023-11-28 . www.usfpro2000.com.
2. Web site: USF Pro Championships Confirms New Presenting Partner . 2023-11-28 . www.usfpro2000.com.
3. Web site: Brazilian F4 Champion Tessaro Picks USF Juniors For Next Step In Career. Wood. Ida. Formulascout.com. 2023-12-23. 2023-12-24.
4. Web site: Jeshua Alianell Joins Skip Barber Racing for 2024 USF Juniors. usfjuniors.com. 2024-04-01.
5. Web site: Champion Giaffone leads USF Juniors stars securing USF2000 seats. Wood. Ida. Formulascout.com. 2023-12-05. 2023-12-06.
6. deforceracing. C3Dc3UELAkU. WELCOME TO DEForce, Leandro! Leandro Juncos signs with DEForce Racing for the 2024 USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire Championship. Let’s do this! . 7 February 2024.
7. Web site: WELCOME BACK, BRADY!. X. 2023-12-04. 2024-02-25.
8. Web site: DeForce Racing Driver Development Unveils 2024 Driver Line Up. Usfjuniors.com. 2024-02-06. 2024-02-08.
9. Web site: Hodapp . Alycia . 2023-11-21 . BRAZILIAN VERGARA JOINS EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT FOR THE 2024 USF JUNIORS SEASON . 2023-11-30 . Exclusive Autosport . en-US.
10. Web site: Cooley Joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2024 USF Juniors Season . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.
11. Web site: Instagram . 2023-11-30 . www.instagram.com.
12. Web site: Instagram . 2023-11-30 . www.instagram.com.
13. Web site: Entry List - PFC Grand Prix of Road America. USF Juniors. 2024-08-07.
14. Web site: Canadian Martella Joins Exclusive Autosport for 2024 USF Juniors Season. Usfjuniors.com. 2024-02-07.
15. Web site: Augusto Soto-Schirripa Joins InterMS in USF Juniors. Usfjuniors.com. 2024-02-08.
16. C3qW3ArNY68/?igsh=dW1iZWxpa3F3ZWo2. arielkin.racing. ‼️USF JUNIORS with InterMS in 2024‼️. 2024-02-22.
17. Web site: After Successful Fall Combine, G3 Argyros Confirms USF Juniors with JHDD . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.
18. Web site: Jay Howard Driver Development Adds Hudson Potter to USF Juniors Campaign . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.
19. Web site: Ava Dobson Joins Jay Howard Driver Development for 2024 . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.
20. Web site: Jay Howard Driver Development Adds Aidan Potter for 2024 . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.
21. Web site: Entry List - Continental Tire VIR Grand Prix. USF Juniors. 2024-06-13.
22. Web site: After Multiple Test Days, JHDD Confirms Ayden Ingratta in USF Juniors Effort. Usfjuniors.com. 2024-02-07.
23. Web site: Timmy Carel Joins Jay Howard Driver Development for 2024 . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.
24. Web site: JHDD STRENGTHENS USF JUNIORS PROGRAM WITH THE ADDITION OF LIAM MCNEILLY. 2024-02-21 . www.usfjuniors.com.
25. Web site: Jeshua Alianell Joins Skip Barber Racing for 2024 USF Juniors. usfjuniors.com. 2024-04-01.
26. Web site: MICHAEL SUCO JOINS VRD RACING FOR HIS DEBUT SEASON IN USF JUNIORS. Usfjuniors.com. 2024-01-24.
27. Web site: NOLA Motorsports Park Set for Busy USF Pro Championships Weekend . 2024-04-04 . www.usfjuniors.com.
28. Web site: Entry List - Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana 2024. USF Juniors. 2024-04-03. 2024-04-04.
29. Web site: Andretti Development Driver Sebastian Wheldon to Make USF Juniors Debut With VRD Racing. andrettiautosport.com. 2024-02-06.
30. Web site: Zanella Racing Confirms Diego Guiot for USF Juniors Program . 2024-02-24 . www.usfjuniors.com.
31. Web site: Add a third car to the Zanella Racing line-up for the @USFJuniors opener here at NOLA. The team has acquired one of the Team Tonis cars and will run Floridian Alex Popow in a late entry. Popow tested with Exclusive Autosport in December at Sebring and was on pace.. X. 2024-04-05. 2024-04-06.
32. Web site: Entry List - Continental Tire Grand Prix of Alabama. USF Juniors. 2024-04-23.
33. Web site: Zanella Racing Announces Leonardo Escorpioni for USF Juniors Program . 2023-11-30 . www.usfjuniors.com.