Racing season
The 2023 USF Juniors championship was the second season of USF Juniors . The season features a six-round 16-race calendar, which began on March 23 at Sebring International Raceway and concluded on August 27 at the Circuit of the Americas .[ 1]
When the top rung of the Road to Indy ladder system, Indy Lights , was bought by Penske Entertainment (owners of INDYCAR) 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".[ 2] The USF Juniors serves as the bottom rung of this ladder.
Championship standings [ edit ] Drivers' Championship[ edit ] 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 SEB ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points 1 Nicolas Giaffone 4 1 2 1 * 1 * 1 1 * 2 * 1 * 14 6 2 2* 3 7 8 389 2 Quinn Armstrong 1* 5 10 2 2 3 14 10 2 1 1 * 5 8 13 2 2 324 3 Jack Jeffers 3 3 5 15 8 2* 12 1 3 4 2 1* 3 1 16 * 14 * 313 4 Jimmie Lockhart 7 10 3 5 3 11 6 4 4 12 9 3 4 4 1* 1 292 5 Joey Brienza 2 2 * 1 * 4 6 14 2 5 6 13 3 9 9 18 3 5 280 6 Max Taylor 13 13 4 7 5 4 11 3 11 6 13 15 1 2* 14 6 236 7 Ethan Barker 5 6 13 9 9 8 7 12 7 5 4 10 7 5 5 4 228 8 Hudson Schwartz 14 12 7 3 14 5 2 * 5 7 5 6 4 3 208 9 Lucas Fecury 6 7 6 3 4 5 5 11 13 7 15 14 12 7 6 17 206 10 Brady Golan 9 8 7 10 11 9 4 8 12 8 7 8 10 8 10 7 202 11 Erick Schotten 10 9 8 8 10 6 9 6 9 9 8 4 6 17 9 11 199 12 Carson Etter 11 11 11 12 14 10 13 7 8 11 16 6 15 15 8 13 155 13 Giovanni Cabrera 12 12 12 13 15 12 8 13 10 10 10 11 16 12 12 18 140 14 Ethan Ho 8 4 9 6 7 13 10 9 14 3 134 15 Hudson Potter 11 13 13 14 13 12 50 16 Ava Dobson 12 12 11 28 17 Bianca Bustamante 9 18 9 27 18 Aiden Potter 11 11 15 26 19 Connor Roberts 16 15 10 22 20 Ayden Ingratta 14 16 14 21 21 Dane Scott 10 17 16 20 22 Juan Felipe Pedraza 11 13 18
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) * Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps Rookie
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