2023 USF2000 Championship


The 2023 USF2000 Championship 'presented by Cooper Tires' was the fourteenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. When the top rung of the Road to Indy ladder system, Indy Lights, was bought by Penske Entertainment 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 USF2000 Championship served as the middle rung of this ladder.
Simon Sikes won the Drivers' Championship at the final race weekend at Portland with two races to spare. His team, Pabst Racing, won their second consecutive and fifth all-time championship.

Drivers and teams

  • TJ Speed Motorsports took over two cars from Cape Motorsports to enter the championship in 2023, but ultimately decided against it.
  • Noah Ping was signed to compete for Velocity Racing Development, but dropped out and instead signed with VRD-partnered team Arden in GB3.

    Schedule

The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 17, 2022. It featured two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round. The championship returned to Sebring for the first time since 2013. All rounds except the weekends at Sebring and Indianapolis Raceway Park supported the IndyCar Series.
Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 4–5Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
2March 4–5Discount Tire Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
3March 25–26Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring Sebring International RacewaySebring, Florida
4March 25–26Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Sebring Sebring International RacewaySebring, Florida
5May 12–13USF2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana
6May 12–13USF2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana
7May 12–13USF2000 Discount Tire Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana
8May 27USF2000 Cooper Tires Freedom 75 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkBrownsburg, Indiana
9June 17–18Discount Tire Grand Prix of Road America Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10June 17–18Discount Tire Grand Prix of Road America Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11July 1–2Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
12July 1–2Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
13July 1–2Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
14July 15–16Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
15July 15–16Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
16September 2–3Discount Tire Grand Prix of Portland Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
17September 2–3Discount Tire Grand Prix of Portland Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
18September 2–3Discount Tire Grand Prix of Portland Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon

Race results

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+
Points3025221917151413121110987654321
Points 4538332926232120181715141211986532

  • The driver who qualified on pole was awarded one additional point.
  • One point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
  • One point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race.

    Teams' championship

; Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th+
Points221815121086421

  • Single car teams received 3 bonus points per race as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results counted for teams fielding more than two entries