2025 USF Juniors

The 2025 USF Juniors presented by Continental Tire was the fourth season of the USF Juniors. The championship served as the fourth rung of the IndyCar Series' USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Series news

The scholarship for the champion was decreased by approximately $14,000 to $249,675.

Drivers and teams All drivers competed using Tatuus JR-23 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires. TeamNo.Driver(s)StatusRound(s) DEForce Racing14 Vilho AatolaAll15 Patricio GonzálezAll16 Lincoln Day1–617 Thomas Nordquist All18 Rodrigo GonzálezAll Exclusive Autosport90 Kaylee CountrymanAll92 Brenden CooleyAll94 Justin Di Lucia14–16 International Motorsport24 Michael SucoAll25 Hudson PotterAll26 Emma ScarbroughAll Jay Howard Driver Development4 Karel Staut1–65 Harry Moss1–8 Chase Fernandez9–106 Liam LoiaconoAll7 Harley Keeble7–89 JT HoskinsAll Pole Position Motorsports27 Connor AspleyAll VRD Racing10 João VergaraAll11 Colin Aitken11–1677 Matan AchituvAll98 Oliver WheldonAll Zanella Racing12 Diego GuiotAll23 Rahim Alibhai11–1629 Maddie ColleranAll37 Ty FisherAll55 Leonardo EscorpioniAllIconStatusRookie

Juan Pablo Vallarta was scheduled to compete for DEForce Racing Driver Development, but did not appear at any rounds.

Driver changes Exclusive Autosport signed karting driver Kaylee Countryman, who made her open-wheel racing debut with the team. The team resigned Brendan Cooley for a full-season campaign after competing with them in the penultimate round of the 2024 season.

Jay Howard Driver Development signed JT Hoskins to a full-season campaign after racing with the team for the last three rounds last season. The team also signed Vilho Aatola, Karel Staut and Harry Moss, all of whom made their open-wheel racing debuts with JHDD, as well as Liam Loiacono who joined USF Juniors after competing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.

VRD Racing added rookies Matan Achituv and Ryan Giannetta to the team. João Vergara switched to VRD Racing after finishing 8th in the previous season with Exclusive Autosport.

Zanella Racing signed Ty Fisher, who made his open-wheel racing debut with the team. The team also signed Maddie Colleran who joined the series from the Lucas Oil School of Racing.

Team Changes

Pole Position Motorsports announced they would join the series with Connor Aspley as their driver.

Schedule The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship visited a majority of the same circuits as in 2024, with the exception of Virginia International Raceway being replaced with two more rounds at Mid-Ohio. All rounds except the weekends at NOLA, Mid-Ohio races 7–8, and Road America were run in support of the IndyCar Series.

Icon Legend Road course

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation1April 11–13Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana NOLA Motorsports ParkAvondale, Louisiana234May 1–3Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama567June 6–8PFC Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio89July 3–61011July 24–26Elite Engines Grand Prix of Road America Road AmericaElkhart Lake. Wisconsin121314August 8–9Continental Tire Grand Prix of Portland Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon1516

Race results Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winnerDriverTeam 1 NOLA Motorsports Park Oliver Wheldon Oliver Wheldon João Vergara João Vergara VRD Racing 2 Liam Loiacono Ty Fisher Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing 3 Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Ty Fisher Zanella Racing 4 Barber Motorsports Park Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing 5 Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing 6 Leonardo Escorpioni Ty Fisher Leonardo Escorpioni Ty Fisher Zanella Racing 7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course João Vergara Liam Loiacono João Vergara João VergaraVRD Racing 8 João Vergara Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Liam LoiaconoJay Howard Driver Development 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ty Fisher João Vergara Ty Fisher Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Zanella Racing 10 Ty Fisher Liam Loiacono João Vergara Liam LoiaconoJay Howard Driver Development 11 Road America Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Liam LoiaconoJay Howard Driver Development 12 Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Liam Loiacono Liam LoiaconoJay Howard Driver Development 13 Liam Loiacono Vilho Aatola Liam Loiacono Liam LoiaconoJay Howard Driver Development 14 Portland International Raceway Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo EscorpioniZanella Racing 15 Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo EscorpioniZanella Racing 16 Leonardo Escorpioni Leonardo Escorpioni Ty Fisher Ty FisherZanella Racing

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+ Points3025221917151413121110987654321

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 a race.

Pos Driver NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR Points 1 Leonardo Escorpioni 3 1* 20 1* 1* 3* 3 3 1* 3 4 2 2 1* 1* 2 403 2 Liam Loiacono 6 2 6 6 7 8 5 1* 4 1 1* 1* 1* 11 2 20 332 3 João Vergara 1* 5 3 4 4 5 1* 14 2 2* 12 11 20 2 6 6 292 4 Ty Fisher 4 4 1* 5 2 1 4 16 3* DSQ 19 8 9 4 7 1* 285 5 Oliver Wheldon 2 3 2 11 3 2 2 2 6 19 13 7 17 18 4 17 250 6 Rodrigo González 5 9 5 3 6 6 6 17 5 10 2 16 18 6 3 4 235 7 Vilho Aatola 15 6 4 2 5 4 8 5 7 6 16 6 4 3 10 21 234 8 Patricio González 18 12 9 7 20 9 9 4 10 13 5 3 3 14 5 3 208 9 Diego Guiot 7 7 7 21 11 7 11 9 8 5 9 9 7 10 8 5 198 10 Brenden Cooley 11 8 11 19 13 21 12 19 9 4 3 17 5 9 9 8 166 11 JT Hoskins 10 22 8 10 9 15 7 12 11 17 11 4 13 5 22 18 149 12 Michael Suco 9 11 18 8 8 11 14 7 14 9 18 10 19 7 14 22 139 13 Connor Aspley 22 18 21 20 14 22 13 6 12 14 6 5 6 20 18 15 110 14 Matan Achituv 14 13 17 22 17 18 16 11 15 16 14 15 11 8 11 12 109 15 Emma Scarbrough 13 16 19 14 15 20 17 8 13 12 21 18 15 15 15 14 92 16 Kaylee Countryman 16 19 13 18 21 19 20 10 17 8 10 20 12 16 19 10 89 17 Thomas Nordquist 19 15 22 12 16 12 18 18 19 18 20 21 10 13 16 9 81 18 Hudson Potter 12 21 10 9 12 13 15 20 20 11 17 19DNSDNS 21 19 77 19 Karel Staut 8 10 14 13 10 10 61 20 Maddie Colleran 21 17 16 16 19 16 21 15 16 15 15 14 16 17 20 13 58 21 Colin Aitken 7 12 14 12 17 11 53 22 Rahim Alibhai 8 13 8 21 13 16 45 23 Harry Moss 17 14 12 17 22 17 19 13 39 24 Justin Di Lucia 19 12 725 25 Lincoln Day 20 20 15 15 18 14 24 26 Chase Fernandez 18 7 17 27 Harley Keeble 10 21 12 Pos Driver NOL ALA MOH1 MOH2 ROA POR PointsColorResultGoldWinnerSilver2nd placeBronze3rd placeGreen4th & 5th placeLight Blue6th–10th placeDark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)PurpleDid not finishRedDid not qualify (DNQ)BrownWithdrawn (Wth)BlackDisqualified (DSQ)WhiteDid not start (DNS)BlankDid not participateIn-line notationBoldPole position (1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap (1 point)*Led most race laps (1 point)Not awarded if more than one driver led 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. PosTeamNOLALAMOH1MOH2ROAPORPoints1Zanella Racing3111113313 4 2 2111468447523493588747 22VRD Racing13243212227711 24534525311452116161211148683DEForce Racing56425464562333333281595366857105646544Jay Howard Driver Development62667851411115 21126781081091071297114131013135Exclusive Autosport11811181319121084317598698161913192121201917810201212976Pole Position Motorsports2218212014221361014656131210947International Motorsport911108811147119171015710964121618912131581211181819111112PosTeamNOLALAMOH1MOH2ROAPORPoints

2025 USF Juniors

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