Racing season
2022 USF Juniors
Drivers' Champion: Mac Clark
Teams' Champion: VRD Racing
Parent series:IndyCar Series
Indy Lights
Indy Pro 2000 Championship
U.S. F2000 National Championship The 2022 USF Juniors championship was the inaugural season of USF Juniors. It became the new first rung of the Road to Indy ladder.[1] The season featured a six-round 16-race calendar, which began April 23 at Ozarks International Raceway and concluded on September 18 at the Circuit of the Americas.[2]
Drivers and teams
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
Barker Racing | 12 | Ethan Barker | 5–16 |
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports | 28 | Lucas Fecury | 5–10, 14–16 |
31 | Titus Sherlock[3] | All |
37 | Madison Aust | 8–10, 14–16 |
39 | Bryson Morris | 14–16 |
44 | Bailey Cruse | 14–16 |
66 | Ryan Shehan | 5–7, 14–16 |
87 | Jeremy Fairbairn[4] | All |
DC Autosport w/Cape Motorsports | 24 | Earl Tucker[5] | 1–10 |
61 | Nicholas d'Orlando[6] | 1–4 |
71 | Ethan Ho[7] | All |
DEForce Racing | 16 | Quinn Armstrong | 5–16 |
17 | Mac Clark[8] | All |
18 | Maxwell Jamieson[9] | All |
19 | Jake Bonilla[9] | All |
Future Star Racing | 8 | David Burketh[10] | 3–4 |
IGY6 Motorsports | 9 | Bianca Bustamante[11] | 1–4 |
25 | Jacob Bolen[9] | 1–4, 11–13 |
International Motorsport | 21 | Maite Cáceres | 11–16 |
23 | André Castro[12] | All |
32 | Giorgio Carrara | 8–16 |
53 | Alan Isambard[13] | 1–13 |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development | 67 | Elliot Cox[9] | 1–13 |
Velocity Racing Development | 7 | Nikita Johnson[14] | All |
14 | Sam Corry[9] | All |
20 | Alessandro De Tullio[15] | All |
55 | Noah Ping[16] | 1–4 |
Schedule
- 1 The round at Ozarks International Raceway was scheduled to have 3 races, but the third race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. To make up for the cancelled race, a third race was added for the event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[17]
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+ |
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 | OIR | ALA | VIR | MDO | ROA | COA | Points | 1 | Mac Clark | 1* | 1* | C | 1* | 1* | 4 | 10* | 2 | 2* | 2* | 1* | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 393 | 2 | Sam Corry | 3 | 3 | C | 2 | 4 | 3* | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1* | 2 | 2* | 4 | 1 | 2 | 369 | 3 | Nikita Johnson | 2 | 6 | C | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 3 | 1* | 10 | 1* | 352 | 4 | Alessandro De Tullio | 6 | 2 | C | 4 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | DSQ | 1 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 314 | 5 | Andre Castro | 4 | 4 | C | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 233 | 6 | Jeremy Fairbairn | 5 | 13 | C | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 201 | 7 | Ethan Ho | 12 | 7 | C | 7 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 182 | 8 | Titus Sherlock | 11 | 5 | C | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 178 | 9 | Jake Bonilla | 8 | 14 | C | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 160 | 10 | Alan Isambard | 7 | 15 | C | 18 | DNS | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | | | | 151 | 11 | Elliot Cox | 9 | 8 | C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 16 | | | | 140 | 12 | Quinn Armstrong | | | | | | 8 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 123 | 13 | Giorgio Carrara | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 122 | 14 | Ethan Barker | | | | | | 13 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 110 | 15 | Maxwell Jamieson | DNS | DNS | C | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | DNS | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 97 | 16 | Ryan Shehan | | | | | | 16 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | 5 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 17 | Lucas Fecury | | | | | | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | | | | 13 | 16 | 16 | 70 | 18 | Bryson Morris | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 2* | 5 | 65 | 19 | Earl Tucker | 13 | 9 | C | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | DNS | | | | | | | 63 | 20 | Noah Ping | 10 | 12 | C | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 46 | 21 | Maite Cáceres | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 22 | Nicholas d'Orlando | DNS | 11 | C | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 39 | 23 | Jacob Bolen | 15 | DNS | C | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | 14 | 14 | 12 | | | | 39 | 24 | Madison Aust | | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | 15 | | | | 14 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 25 | Bianca Bustamante | 14 | 10 | C | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 | 26 | David Burketh | | | | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 27 | Bailey Cruse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 13 | 18 | 20 | Pos | Driver | OIR | ALA | VIR | MDO | ROA | COA | 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) | Race cancelled (C) | 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 leads most laps | Rookie | | |
See also
References
- ^ "Meet USF Juniors, the newest entry-level feeder series in the United States". F1 Feeder Series. September 30, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (November 8, 2021). "USF Juniors unveils calendar for inaugural season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "NEW SERIES, NEW DRIVERS AND NEW TRACK THIS WEEKEND FOR CROSSLINK KIWI MOTORSPORT". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "JEREMY FAIRBAIRN JOINS CROSSLINK KIWI MOTORSPORT IN USF JUNIORS". usfjuniors.com. Andersen =Promotions. April 2, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS SIGNS EARL TUCKER". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "NICHOLAS D'ORLANDO SET FOR DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS DEBUT". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Ethan Ho gets USF Juniors ride". SpeedSport.com. Turn 3 Media, LLC. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "US F4 runner-up Mac Clark makes sideways move to USF Juniors". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. February 8, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e USF Juniors Ozark International Raceway Entry List
- ^ USF Juniors Barber Motorsports Park Entry List
- ^ Yumol, David Tristan (April 21, 2022). "Bianca Bustamante to race in USF Juniors tilt ahead of W Series debut". cnnphilippines.com. Cable News Network. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (April 19, 2022). "Team USA's Andre Castro steps down from USF2000 to USF Juniors". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Karters Garat, Isambard moving to USF Juniors along with their team". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. December 17, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "NIKITA JOHNSON TO CAMPAIGN THE ALL-NEW USF JUNIORS WITH VRD RACING". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. October 30, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "ALESSANDRO DE TULLIO JOINS VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT AND USF JUNIORS". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "VRD Racing adds USF Juniors entry for Noah Ping". SpeedSport.com. Turn 3 Media, LLC. December 24, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (April 24, 2022). "Mac Clark dominates USF Juniors' first ever event". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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