2022 USF2000 Championship

The 2022 USF2000 Championship was the thirteenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the first rung of the IndyCar Series's Road to Indy ladder system. An 18 race schedule was announced on October 5, 2021 featuring five permanent road courses, two street circuits, and a single oval in the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Michael d'Orlando won the championship after surpassing both Myles Rowe and Jace Denmark in championship points during the final race of the season.

Drivers and teams

[edit]
Team No. Drivers Rounds
Cape Motorsports 2 United States Jackson Lee[1] 1–13
3 United States Jagger Jones[2] All
4 United States Michael d'Orlando[3] All
5 United States Nicky Hays[4] All
DEForce Racing 10 Canada Thomas Nepveu[5] All
11 United States Dylan Christie All
12 United States Bijoy Garg 1–15
Canada Mac Clark 16–18
13 United States Chase Gardner 5–7
Exclusive Autosport 90 New Zealand Jacob Douglas[6] All
91 United States Joey Brienza 6, 10, 18
United States Nicholas d'Orlando 14–15
92 New Zealand Billy Frazer[7] All
93 United States Nicholas d'Orlando 16–18
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 Nicaragua Frederik Lund 1–2
United States Frankie Mossman 5–7
United States Evagoras Papasavvas[8] 9–18
7 United States Yeoroo Lee[9] 1–7
Australia Lochie Hughes 11–13
Nicaragua Frederik Lund 14–15
8 United States Danny Dyszelski[10] 3–13, 16–18
9 Mexico Jorge Garciarce All
Joe Dooling Autosports 63 United States Trey Burke[11] 1–10
Legacy Autosport 19 United States Simon Sikes[12] 1–8
Pabst Racing 22 United States Myles Rowe[13] All
23 United States Jace Denmark[13] All
Turn 3 Motorsport 32 United States Christian Weir[14] All
34 Canada Lucas Mann 16–18
Turn 3 Motorsport with Ignite Autosport 33 United States Spike Kohlbecker[15] All
Velocity Racing Development 16 United States Ethan Ho 16–18
17 United Kingdom Alex Quinn[16] 5–7
United States Nikita Johnson 9–13, 16–18
30 Sweden Viktor Andersson[17] 1–7, 9–13
61 United States Nicholas d'Orlando 9–13

Schedule

[edit]
Round Date Race name Circuit Location
1 February 26–27 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3 April 30 – May 1 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
4
5 May 13–14 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6
7
8 May 27 Cooper Tires Freedom 75  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
9 June 11–12 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11 July 2–3 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12
13
14 July 16–17 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15
16 September 2–4 Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
17
18
References[18]

Race results

[edit]
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 R1 United States Streets of St. Petersburg Canada Thomas Nepveu United States Myles Rowe Canada Thomas Nepveu United States Jace Denmark Pabst Racing
2 R2 United States Jace Denmark United States Myles Rowe United States Jace Denmark United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing
3 R1 United States Barber Motorsports Park United States Myles Rowe United States Michael d'Orlando United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing
4 R2 United States Christian Weir New Zealand Billy Frazer United States Jagger Jones United States Jagger Jones Cape Motorsports
5 R1 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course United States Jagger Jones United Kingdom Alex Quinn United States Jagger Jones United Kingdom Alex Quinn Velocity Racing Development
6 R2 United States Jagger Jones United States Jace Denmark United States Michael d'Orlando United Kingdom Alex Quinn Velocity Racing Development
7 R3 United States Jagger Jones United Kingdom Alex Quinn United Kingdom Alex Quinn United Kingdom Alex Quinn Velocity Racing Development
8 United States Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park United States Michael d'Orlando United States Bijoy Garg United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
9 R1 United States Road America United States Michael d'Orlando United States Nicholas d'Orlando New Zealand Billy Frazer United States Jace Denmark Pabst Racing
10 R2 United States Michael d'Orlando United States Myles Rowe United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
11 R1 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Myles Rowe United States Michael d'Orlando United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing
12 R2 United States Michael d'Orlando United States Christian Weir United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing
13 R3 United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
14 R1 Canada Exhibition Place United States Jace Denmark United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Pabst Racing
15 R2 United States Jace Denmark United States Michael d'Orlando United States Jace Denmark United States Jace Denmark Pabst Racing
16 R1 United States Portland International Raceway United States Jace Denmark United States Nikita Johnson United States Jace Denmark United States Jace Denmark Pabst Racing
17 R2 United States Jace Denmark United States Myles Rowe Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark DEForce Racing
18 R3 United States Jace Denmark United States Myles Rowe United States Michael d'Orlando United States Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports

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
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 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 STP ALA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR Points
1 United States Michael d'Orlando 4 4 3 2 21 5* 2 1* 14 1* 14 2 1* 4 4 7 4 1* 387
2 United States Myles Rowe 18 1 1* 4 17 3 6 3 2 2 1* 1* 3 1* 5 10 16 5 381
3 United States Jace Denmark 1 2* 11 18 14 4 4 4 1 5 2 3 2 2 1* 1* 18 16 363
4 United States Jagger Jones 8 3 9 1* 2* 18 3 5 13 7 4 6 7 3 6 17 15 4 294
5 New Zealand Billy Frazer 2 6 2 17 3 2 7 7 3* 12 3 19 14 13 15 14 3 11 268
6 Canada Thomas Nepveu 17* 5 6 6 5 16 5 6 5 3 13 12 6 11 2 3 9 14 262
7 United States Nicky Hays 15 8 8 7 13 8 11 17 11 9 7 5 11 6 10 8 2 2 235
8 United States Christian Weir 10 14 7 3 4 22 12 11 7 11 6 16 10 8 9 11 5 3 229
9 United States Bijoy Garg 3 15 4 10 20 7 8 2 6 4 9 17 9 12 14 203
10 United States Spike Kohlbecker 6 12 10 11 6 6 10 9 9 10 18 9 17 7 16 13 8 7 200
11 United States Dylan Christie 9 13 15 8 18 14 21 10 4 6 8 20 5 10 3 18 7 15 188
12 New Zealand Jacob Douglas 11 16 12 16 15 13 13 16 8 17 5 7 13 5 7 5 6 20 179
13 Mexico Jorge Garciarce 19 10 14 12 7 15 19 15 15 16 17 14 19 14 8 9 10 6 142
14 United States Simon Sikes 5 9 5 5 9 9 9 8 119
15 United States Jackson Lee 12 7 17 9 16 11 15 12 16 14 12 10 18 109
16 United States Danny Dyszelski 19 19 12 20 22 14 12 20 10 11 16 6 12 8 99
17 United Kingdom Alex Quinn 1 1 1* 93
18 United States Nikita Johnson 19 8 16 4 8 2 17 18 85
19 Sweden Viktor Andersson 13 19 13 13 11 17 16 18 15 11 13 12 81
20 United States Nicholas d'Orlando 10 13 15 8 20 9 12 19 19 9 77
21 United States Trey Burke 7 18 16 14 10 21 20 13 17 19 60
22 Canada Mac Clark 4 1* 19 52
23 United States Evagoras Papasavvas 20 DNS 19 15 15 16 11 16 14 12 51
24 United States Yeoroo Lee 16 11 18 15 DNS 23 17 29
25 United States Ethan Ho 12 11 13 27
26 Nicaragua Frederik Lund 14 17 15 13 25
27 United States Joey Brienza DNS 12 DNS DNS 18 DNS DNS 10 23
28 New Zealand Lochie Hughes DSQ 18 4 22
29 United States Frankie Mossman 8 19 14 22
30 Canada Lucas Mann 15 13 17 18
31 United States Chase Gardner 19 10 18 16
Pos Driver STP ALA IMS IRP ROA MOH TOR POR 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)
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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cape Motorsports Signs Jackson Lee For 2022 Campaign". usf2000.com. December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Jagger Jones, Parnelli's grandson, joins Cape Motorsports for 2022 USF2000 season". www.racer.com/. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Cape Motorsports Reunites With Michael d'Orlando For 2022". Usf2000.com. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Nicky Hays Completes the Cape Motorsports Lineup". Usf2000.com. February 13, 2022.
  5. ^ Wood, Ida (December 14, 2021). "Thomas Nepveu switches to DEForce for sophomore USF2000 campaign". Formulascout.com.
  6. ^ "Jacob Douglas joins Exclusive Autosport's USF2000 stable". Usf2000.com. February 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "BILLY FRAZER CONTINUES USF2000 CAMPAIGN WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT IN 2022". Usf2000.com. February 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "EVAGORAS PAPASAVVAS TO JOIN JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT IN 2022". usf2000.com. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  9. ^ "Yeoroo Lee Unites with Jay Howard Driver Development for Full 2022 Season". Usf2000.com. January 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Danny Dyszelski joins Jay Howard Driver Development for 2022 USF2000 season". usf2000.com. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "Burke Rejoins Joe Dooling Autosports For 2022 USF2000 Campaign". Usf2000.com. February 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "Simon Sikes Signs with Legacy Autosport for 2022". usf2000.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Wood, Ida (February 22, 2022). "Penske backs Myles Rowe for USF2000 opener". Formulascout.com.
  14. ^ "Christian Weir Teams Up with Turn 3 Motorsport". usf2000.com. December 2, 2021.
  15. ^ "KOHLBECKER JOINS TURN 3 MOTORSPORT W/ IGNITE AUTOSPORT FOR USF2000". Usf2000.com. February 7, 2022.
  16. ^ Scout, Formula (May 6, 2022). "Alex Quinn to race in USF2000 through Arden link-up with VRD". Formula Scout. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  17. ^ "VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT CONFIRMS VIKTOR ANDERSSON FOR 2022 USF2000 PROGRAM". USF2000 Championship. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 Schedules Announced for Indy Pro 2000/USF2000". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_USF2000_Championship&oldid=1254513496"