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 Team Drivers RoundsCape Motorsports2 Jackson Lee1–133 Jagger JonesAll4 Michael d'OrlandoAll5 Nicky HaysAllDEForce Racing10 Thomas NepveuAll11 Dylan ChristieAll12 Bijoy Garg1–15 Mac Clark16–1813 Chase Gardner5–7 Exclusive Autosport90 Jacob DouglasAll91 Joey Brienza6, 10, 18 Nicholas d'Orlando14–1592 Billy FrazerAll93 Nicholas d'Orlando16–18Jay Howard Driver Development6 Frederik Lund1–2 Frankie Mossman5–7 Evagoras Papasavvas9–187 Yeoroo Lee1–7 Lochie Hughes11–13 Frederik Lund14–158 Danny Dyszelski3–13, 16–189 Jorge GarciarceAllJoe Dooling Autosports63 Trey Burke1–10Legacy Autosport19 Simon Sikes1–8Pabst Racing22 Myles RoweAll23 Jace DenmarkAllTurn 3 Motorsport32 Christian WeirAll34 Lucas Mann16–18Turn 3 Motorsport with Ignite Autosport33 Spike KohlbeckerAllVelocity Racing Development16 Ethan Ho16–1817 Alex Quinn5–7 Nikita Johnson9–13, 16–1830 Viktor Andersson1–7, 9–1361 Nicholas d'Orlando9–13
Schedule RoundDateRace nameCircuitLocation1February 26–27Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida23April 30 – May 1Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama45May 13–14Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana678May 27Cooper Tires Freedom 75 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkBrownsburg, Indiana9June 11–12Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin1011July 2–3Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio121314July 16–17Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada1516September 2–4Grand Prix of Portland Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon1718References
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam1R1 Streets of St. Petersburg Thomas Nepveu Myles Rowe Thomas Nepveu Jace Denmark Pabst Racing 2R2 Jace Denmark Myles Rowe Jace Denmark Myles Rowe Pabst Racing 3R1 Barber Motorsports Park Myles Rowe Michael d'Orlando Myles Rowe Myles Rowe Pabst Racing 4R2 Christian Weir Billy Frazer Jagger Jones Jagger JonesCape Motorsports 5R1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Jagger Jones Alex Quinn Jagger Jones Alex Quinn Velocity Racing Development 6R2 Jagger Jones Jace Denmark Michael d'Orlando Alex Quinn Velocity Racing Development 7R3 Jagger Jones Alex Quinn Alex Quinn Alex Quinn Velocity Racing Development 8 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Michael d'Orlando Bijoy Garg Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports 9R1 Road America Michael d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando Billy Frazer Jace Denmark Pabst Racing 10R2 Michael d'Orlando Myles Rowe Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports 11R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Myles Rowe Michael d'Orlando Myles Rowe Myles Rowe Pabst Racing 12R2 Michael d'Orlando Christian Weir Myles Rowe Myles Rowe Pabst Racing 13R3 Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports 14R1 Exhibition Place Jace Denmark Myles Rowe Myles Rowe Myles Rowe Pabst Racing 15R2 Jace Denmark Michael d'Orlando Jace Denmark Jace Denmark Pabst Racing 16R1 Portland International Raceway Jace Denmark Nikita Johnson Jace Denmark Jace Denmark Pabst Racing 17R2 Jace Denmark Myles Rowe Mac Clark Mac Clark DEForce Racing 18R3 Jace Denmark Myles Rowe Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports
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 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 DriverSTPALAIMSIRPROAMOHTORPOR Points 1 Michael d'Orlando 4 4 3 2 21 5* 2 1* 14 1* 14 2 1* 4 4 7 4 1* 387 2 Myles Rowe 18 1 1* 4 17 3 6 3 2 2 1* 1* 3 1* 5 10 16 5 381 3 Jace Denmark 1 2* 11 18 14 4 4 4 1 5 2 3 2 2 1* 1* 18 16 363 4 Jagger Jones 8 3 9 1* 2* 18 3 5 13 7 4 6 7 3 6 17 15 4 294 5 Billy Frazer 2 6 2 17 3 2 7 7 3* 12 3 19 14 13 15 14 3 11 268 6 Thomas Nepveu 17* 5 6 6 5 16 5 6 5 3 13 12 6 11 2 3 9 14 262 7 Nicky Hays 15 8 8 7 13 8 11 17 11 9 7 5 11 6 10 8 2 2 235 8 Christian Weir 10 14 7 3 4 22 12 11 7 11 6 16 10 8 9 11 5 3 229 9 Bijoy Garg 3 15 4 10 20 7 8 2 6 4 9 17 9 12 14 203 10 Spike Kohlbecker 6 12 10 11 6 6 10 9 9 10 18 9 17 7 16 13 8 7 200 11 Dylan Christie 9 13 15 8 18 14 21 10 4 6 8 20 5 10 3 18 7 15 188 12 Jacob Douglas 11 16 12 16 15 13 13 16 8 17 5 7 13 5 7 5 6 20 179 13 Jorge Garciarce 19 10 14 12 7 15 19 15 15 16 17 14 19 14 8 9 10 6 142 14 Simon Sikes 5 9 5 5 9 9 9 8 119 15 Jackson Lee 12 7 17 9 16 11 15 12 16 14 12 10 18 109 16 Danny Dyszelski 19 19 12 20 22 14 12 20 10 11 16 6 12 8 99 17 Alex Quinn 1 1 1* 93 18 Nikita Johnson 19 8 16 4 8 2 17 18 85 19 Viktor Andersson 13 19 13 13 11 17 16 18 15 11 13 12 81 20 Nicholas d'Orlando 10 13 15 8 20 9 12 19 19 9 77 21 Trey Burke 7 18 16 14 10 21 20 13 17 19 60 22 Mac Clark 4 1* 19 52 23 Evagoras Papasavvas 20 DNS 19 15 15 16 11 16 14 12 51 24 Yeoroo Lee 16 11 18 15 DNS 23 17 29 25 Ethan Ho 12 11 13 27 26 Frederik Lund 14 17 15 13 25 27 Joey Brienza DNS 12 DNS DNS 18 DNS DNS 10 23 28 Lochie Hughes DSQ 18 4 22 29 Frankie Mossman 8 19 14 22 30 Lucas Mann 15 13 17 18 31 Chase Gardner 19 10 18 16 Pos DriverSTPALAIMSIRPROAMOHTORPOR 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 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
See also
2022 IndyCar Series 2022 Indy Lights 2022 Indy Pro 2000 Championship 2022 USF Juniors
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