2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship

The 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship was the 23rd season in series history. An 18-round schedule was announced on October 21, 2020, featuring five permanent road courses, two street circuits, and two ovals. The series started on April 17, 2021 at Barber Motorsports Park.

Danish Christian Rasmussen, driving for Jay Howard Driver Development, won the championship in the last race of the season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Drivers and teams TeamDriversRoundsAbel Motorsports51 Jacob AbelAllDEForce Racing7 Cameron Shields1–4 Kory Enders138 Nolan Siegel13Exclusive Autosport42 Artem PetrovAll44 Christian Brooks17–1891 Braden EvesAllJay Howard Driver Development1 Christian RasmussenAll5 Wyatt BrichacekAllJuncos RacingJuncos Hollinger Racing21 Kyffin Simpson1–1622 Manuel Sulaimán1–16 Enaam Ahmed17–1855 Reece GoldAllLegacy Autosport20 Flinn Lazier1–4Miller Vinatieri Motorsports40 Jack William MillerAllPabst Racing18 Hunter McElreaAll19 Jordan Missig17–1827 Colin Kaminsky1–7RP Motorsport USA74 Enzo Fittipaldi1–477 Enaam Ahmed1–8Turn 3 Motorsport3 James RoeAllVelocity Racing Development11 Hunter Yeany1–4, 9–12

Schedule Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation1April 17–18 Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports ParkPresented by Cooper Tires Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama23April 24–25 Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of St. PetersburgPresented by Cooper Tires Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida45May 14–15Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of IndianapolisPresented by Cooper Tires Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana678May 28–29* Cooper Tires Freedom 90 Lucas Oil RacewayBrownsburg, Indiana9June 19–20Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road AmericaPowered by Elite Engines Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin1011July 3–4Cooper Tires Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio1213August 21Cooper Tires Indy Pro 2000 Oval Challenge of St. Louis World Wide Technology RacewayMadison, Illinois14August 28–29Indy Pro 2000 Grand PrixPresented by The Andersen Companies New Jersey Motorsports ParkMillville, New Jersey151617October 1–3VP Racing Fuels Champhionship WeekendPresented By Cooper Tires Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio18 References:

* The race at Lucas Oil Raceway began on May 28, but was stopped and postponed to May 29 due to inclement weather.

* Following the cancellation of the Honda Indy Toronto, promoters replaced it with the second Mid-Ohio round.

Race results RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam1 Birmingham 1 Braden Eves Christian Rasmussen Braden Eves Braden EvesExclusive Autosport2Birmingham 2 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Hunter McElreaPabst Racing3St. Petersburg 1 Braden Eves Jack William Miller Braden Eves Braden EvesExclusive Autosport4St. Petersburg 2 Hunter McElrea Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development5Indianapolis GP 1 Reece Gold Reece Gold Braden Eves Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development6Indianapolis GP 2 Reece Gold Christian Rasmussen Artem Petrov Artem PetrovExclusive Autosport7Indianapolis GP 3 Reece Gold Enaam Ahmed Christian Rasmussen Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development8Lucas Oil Reece Gold Reece Gold Reece Gold Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development9Road America 1 Manuel Sulaimán Jacob Abel Manuel Sulaimán Manuel SulaimánJuncos Racing10Road America 2 Manuel Sulaimán Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development11Mid-Ohio 1 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development12Mid-Ohio 2 Hunter McElrea Kyffin Simpson Hunter McElrea Hunter McElreaPabst Racing13Gateway James Roe Christian Rasmussen Braden Eves Braden EvesExclusive Autosport14New Jersey 1 Reece Gold Reece Gold Reece Gold Reece GoldJuncos Hollinger Racing15New Jersey 2 Hunter McElrea Jacob Abel Artem Petrov Artem PetrovExclusive Autosport16New Jersey 3 Hunter McElrea Christian Rasmussen Hunter McElrea Hunter McElreaPabst Racing17Mid-Ohio 3 Artem Petrov Hunter McElrea Christian Rasmussen Christian RasmussenJay Howard Driver Development18Mid-Ohio 4 Hunter McElrea Jacob Abel James Roe James RoeTurn 3 Motorsport

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 Points () 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 3 2 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.

Pos DriverALASTPIMSIRPROAMOH1GMPNJMPMOH2 Points1 Christian Rasmussen 13 2* 2 1* 1 9 1* 1 10 1* 1* 5 2 3 9 9 1* 34452 Braden Eves 1* 4 1* 6 2* 2 3 4 4 4 5 9 1* 7 3 2 3 104073 Hunter McElrea 6 1 3 4 10 8 7 5 7 6 4 1* 3 2 2 1* 7 63784 Artem Petrov 2 3 4 8 5 1* 5 7 2 11 2 2 12 9 1* 3 2 43745 Reece Gold 3 13 6 3 3 4 2 2* 5 2 6 4 8 1* 4 10 4 11 3666 Jacob Abel 8 5 15 7 6 7 13 6 3 5 3 6 6 5 5 4 6 92927 James Roe 15 11 13 16 8 10 11 11 6 10 8 11 4 6 10 5 11 1*2418 Kyffin Simpson 11 17 10 14 4 3 6 8 11 3 7 3 11 10 8 72319 Manuel SulaimánDSQ 8 5 2 9 11 8 3 1* 7 12 7 7 Wth Wth Wth21410 Wyatt Brichacek 14 6 8 15 12 13 12 10 12 9 10 10 10 8 6 6 9 821211 Jack William Miller 16 14 12 13 11 6 9 9 9 DNS 9 8 13 4 7 8 12 720312 Enaam Ahmed 5 9 7 9 13 5 4 Wth 8 213813 Colin Kaminsky 7 7 9 5 7 12 109114 Hunter Yeany 10 12 16 12 8 8 11 127915 Cameron Shields 4 15 14 104316 Flinn Lazier 9 16 11 113717 Christian Brooks 5 53418 Nolan Siegel 52619 Enzo Fittipaldi 12 10 DNS DNS2020 Jordan Missig 10 122021 Kory Enders 918PosDriverALASTPIMSIRPROAMOH1GMPNJMPMOH2Points 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 notparticipateIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)Not awarded if more thanone driver leads most lapsRookie

Teams' championship

Scoring system

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

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

PosTeamALASTPIMSLORROAMOHGMPNJMPMOHPoints1Exclusive Autosport131621342422171224473244852574105811933352Juncos RacingJuncos Hollinger Racing385233221263714742384111363446353748108107103Jay Howard Driver Development13221191110115236613312146814111211911810910899884Pabst Racing613478757641322166273779591199115Abel Motorsports851476712635366554591986Turn 3 Motorsport15111215810101069810461051011347Miller Vinatieri Motorsports16141113106889DNS97124781171128RP Motorsport USA59791254Wth541210DNSDNS9Velocity Racing Development101215128711114010DEForce Racing4151310539911Legacy Autosport916101117PosTeamALASTPIMSLORROAMOHGMPNJMPMOHPoints

2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship

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