2026 USF2000 Championship

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The 2026 USF2000 Championship presented by Continental Tire is scheduled to be the seventeenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the second rung of the IndyCar Series's USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Drivers and teams

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All drivers will compete using Tatuus USF-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.[1]

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
DEForce Racing 12 Colombia Sebastián Garzón[2] All
17 United States Thomas Nordquist[3] R All
ENVE Motorsports[4] TBA United States Wesley Gundler[5] R All
Exclusive Autosport 90 United States Evan Cooley[6] All
91 United States Kaylee Countryman[7] R 1–5, 7–9, 12–18
93 United States Gabriel Cahan[8] R All
94 United States Ayrton Cahan[9] R All
95 Canada Anthony Martella[10] All
Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR[11] 9 United States Cal Peter[12] R All
Pabst Racing 22 Australia Brad Majman[13] All
23 Australia Eddie Beswick[14] All
24 Canada Lucas Nanji[15] R All
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing TBA South Africa Wian Boshoff[16] All
VRD Racing 10 Brazil João Vergara[17] R All
19 United States Colin Aitken[18] R All
78 United States Jack Mohrhardt[19] R All
TBA United States Ryan Giannetta[20] All
Zanella Racing[21] TBA Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni[21] R All
Icon Status
R Rookie

Team changes

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After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports will enter the championship as a new team.[4]

USF Juniors team Zanella Racing will expand to add an USF2000 program in 2026.[21]

IndyCar team Ed Carpenter Racing announced a partnership with Jay Howard Driver Development, with JHDD's cars in the USF Pro Championships entering under the Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR guise.[11]

Driver changes

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Reigning Teams' Champions VRD Racing will field three USF Juniors debutants after they promoted Teddy Musella to their USF Pro 2000 outfit and Thomas Schrage and Christian Cameron left the team.[22] VRD promoted both João Vergara and Colin Aitken from their USF Juniors outfit, with whom the former came third and the latter 21st in 2025, as well as signing Formula FARA graduate Jack Mohrhardt.[17][18][19]

Exclusive Racing saw Lucas Fecury, Brenden Cooley and reigning champion Jack Jeffers leave the team. They were replaced by two debutants and a returnee: Brothers Ayrton and Gabriel Cahan, reigning champion and runner-up of the FRP F1600 Championship, will join the team for their USF2000 debuts, while Anthony Martella departs JHDD to return to the team he drove for in USF Juniors in 2024.[9][8][10] Kaylee Countryman, who rejoins Exclusive Racing after a four-race cameo and a USF Juniors campaign with the team in 2025, will complete the lineup on a partial schedule alongside her main F1 Academy campaign.[7]

Pabst Racing signed Brad Majman and Eddie Beswick for their second seasons after they came twelfth with JHDD and tenth with Synergy Motorsport, respectively, in 2025.[13][14] The team's lineup will be completed by karting graduate Lucas Nanji.[15]

The newly formed JHDD/ECR partnership signed karting graduate Cal Peter to replace Exclusive-bound Martella.[12]

DEForce Racing promoted Thomas Nordquist from their USF Juniors outfit, where he finished the 2025 season in 17th, to their USF2000 outfit, with whom he had already debuted in the championship for two races in 2025.[3]

ENVE Motorsport signed F1600 Championship Series graduate Wesley Gundler for their first full USF2000 season.[5]

New team Zanella Racing promoted reigning USF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program.[21]

Schedule

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The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. The championship will visit two street circuits, four road courses and one oval. It followed its parent series in moving its Canadian rounds from Exhibition Place to the Streets of Markham, while it replaced the round at NOLA Motorsports Park it held in 2024 and 2025 with a second round at Road America.[23] All rounds except the weekends at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the second weekend at Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series.[24]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 27–March 1 TBA  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
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3 May 7–9 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
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6 May 21–22 TBA  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
7 June 18–21 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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10 July 2–5 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
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12 August 6–9 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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14 August 14–16 TBA  S  Streets of Markham Markham, Ontario
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16 September 24–26 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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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
Points (O) 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 will be awarded one additional point.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race.

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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tatuus USF-22". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram. January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram. October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Introducing ENVE Motorsports – Where Innovation Meets Speed". USF2000 Championship. July 1, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "ENVE Motorsports Announces Wesley Gundler as its First Official Driver". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  6. ^ "Evan Cooley Primed for USF2000 Title Campaign with Exclusive Autosport". USF2000 Championship. January 22, 2026. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  7. ^ a b Hodapp, Alycia (December 29, 2025). "KAYLEE COUNTRYMAN CONTINUES JOURNEY UP USF PRO CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  8. ^ a b Hodapp, Alycia (January 12, 2026). "GABRIEL CAHAN JOINS EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT FOR THE 2026 USF2000 SEASON". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Reigning F1600 Champion Ayrton Cahan Joins Exclusive Autosport in 2026". USF2000 Championship. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  10. ^ a b "Martella Returns to Exclusive Autosport for 2026". USF2000 Championship. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (October 24, 2025). "Carpenter aligns with Cape, Howard | RACER". racer.com. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  12. ^ a b "JHDD on Instagram: 'We are excited to announce Cal Peter will be joining the team in USF2000 for 2026!'". Instagram. December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  13. ^ a b "USF Pro Championships, Brad Majman and Pabst Racing on Instagram: '📣2026 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT📣'". Instagram. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Eddie Beswick Signs With Pabst Racing". USF2000 Championship. February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  15. ^ a b "Canadian Lucas Nanji Signs with Pabst Racing for USF2000 in 2026". USF2000 Championship. December 12, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  16. ^ "SFHR Development Welcomes Back Wian Boshoff for USF Championship Campaign". USF2000 Championship. January 20, 2026. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  17. ^ a b "João Vergara Joins VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Championship". USF2000 Championship. January 16, 2026. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  18. ^ a b "Colin Aitken Steps Up to USF2000 with VRD Racing for 2026". USF2000 Championship. January 27, 2026. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  19. ^ a b "Jack Mohrhardt Joins VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Championship". USF2000 Championship. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  20. ^ "Ryan Giannetta Returns to VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Season". USF2000 Championship. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  21. ^ a b c d "Zanella Racing Adds USF2000 Program for 2026 USF Pro Championships". USF2000 Championship. September 4, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  22. ^ "Teddy Musella to Step Up to USF Pro 2000 with VRD Racing for 2026 Season". USF Pro 2000 Championship. February 4, 2026. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  23. ^ "USF Pro Championships Announces 2026 Schedules". USF2000 Championship. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  24. ^ "USF Pro Championships announces 2026 schedules | RACER". racer.com. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
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