The 2022 USF Juniors championship was the inaugural season of USF Juniors. It became the new first rung of the Road to Indy ladder.[1] The season featured a six-round 16-race calendar, which began April 23 at Ozarks International Raceway and concluded on September 18 at the Circuit of the Americas.[2]

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Barker Racing 12   Ethan Barker 5–16
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports 28   Lucas Fecury 5–10, 14–16
31   Titus Sherlock[3] All
37   Madison Aust 8–10, 14–16
39   Bryson Morris 14–16
44   Bailey Cruse 14–16
66   Ryan Shehan 5–7, 14–16
87   Jeremy Fairbairn[4] All
DC Autosport w/Cape Motorsports 24   Earl Tucker[5] 1–10
61   Nicholas d'Orlando[6] 1–4
71   Ethan Ho[7] All
DEForce Racing 16   Quinn Armstrong 5–16
17   Mac Clark[8] All
18   Maxwell Jamieson[9] All
19   Jake Bonilla[9] All
Future Star Racing 8   David Burketh[10] 3–4
IGY6 Motorsports 9   Bianca Bustamante[11] 1–4
25   Jacob Bolen[9] 1–4, 11–13
International Motorsport 21   Maite Cáceres 11–16
23   André Castro[12] All
32   Giorgio Carrara 8–16
53   Alan Isambard[13] 1–13
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67   Elliot Cox[9] 1–13
Velocity Racing Development 7   Nikita Johnson[14] All
14   Sam Corry[9] All
20   Alessandro De Tullio[15] All
55   Noah Ping[16] 1–4

Schedule

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Round Date Race name Circuit Location
1 April 22–24 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of The Ozarks1 Ozarks International Raceway Gravois Mills, MO
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3 April 28–29 Andersen Interior Contracting Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL
4
5 June 3–5 Cooper Tires VIR Grand Prix Virginia International Raceway Alton, VA
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7
8 July 7–9 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH
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10
11 July 29–31 Fleet Farm Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI
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13
14 September 16–18 Cooper Tires Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix Finale Circuit of the Americas Austin, TX
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16
  • 1 The round at Ozarks International Raceway was scheduled to have 3 races, but the third race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. To make up for the cancelled race, a third race was added for the event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[17]

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 R1 Ozarks International Raceway   Mac Clark   Mac Clark   Mac Clark   Mac Clark DEForce Racing
2 R2   Mac Clark   Mac Clark   Mac Clark   Mac Clark DEForce Racing
- - Race cancelled due to inclement weather
3 R1 Barber Motorsports Park   Mac Clark   Sam Corry   Mac Clark   Mac Clark DEForce Racing
4 R2   Mac Clark   Mac Clark   Mac Clark   Mac Clark DEForce Racing
5 R1 Virginia International Raceway   Jeremy Fairbairn   Alessandro De Tullio   Sam Corry   Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
6 R2   Mac Clark   Alessandro De Tullio   Mac Clark   Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
7 R3   Mac Clark   Nikita Johnson   Alessandro De Tullio   Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
8 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Mac Clark   Alessandro De Tullio   Mac Clark   Sam Corry Velocity Racing Development
9 R2   Mac Clark   Alessandro De Tullio   Mac Clark   Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
10 R3   Mac Clark   Nikita Johnson   Mac Clark   Mac Clark DEForce Racing
11 R1 Road America   Mac Clark   Sam Corry   Sam Corry   Sam Corry Velocity Racing Development
12 R2   Sam Corry   Mac Clark   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
13 R3   Sam Corry   Alessandro De Tulio   Sam Corry   Alessandro De Tulio Velocity Racing Development
14 R1 Circuit of the Americas   Sam Corry   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
15 R2   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson   Bryson Morris   Sam Corry Velocity Racing Development
16 R3   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson   Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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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 OIR ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points
1   Mac Clark 1* 1* C 1* 1* 4 10* 2 2* 2* 1* 15 3 4 2 3 3 393
2   Sam Corry 3 3 C 2 4 3* 12 3 1 4 5 1* 2 2* 4 1 2 369
3   Nikita Johnson 2 6 C 3 5 2 13 4 4 3 2 3 1* 3 1* 10 1* 352
4   Alessandro De Tullio 6 2 C 4 DNS 1 1 1* 3 1 3 2 DSQ 1 10 14 9 314
5   Andre Castro 4 4 C 5 2 10 6 8 8 7 12 12 4 6 17 5 7 233
6   Jeremy Fairbairn 5 13 C 6 3 11 14 10 6 6 7 17 13 8 6 4 14 201
7   Ethan Ho 12 7 C 7 8 6 16 9 9 13 8 13 5 7 16 17 4 182
8   Titus Sherlock 11 5 C 16 9 5 2 6 12 16 10 6 15 15 8 18 12 178
9   Jake Bonilla 8 14 C 10 16 9 4 7 14 18 16 7 10 10 18 6 11 160
10   Alan Isambard 7 15 C 18 DNS 7 3 5 18 8 6 5 6 9 151
11   Elliot Cox 9 8 C 11 11 12 5 16 7 10 11 4 16 16 140
12   Quinn Armstrong 8 7 12 13 9 9 16 8 11 9 19 8 123
13   Giorgio Carrara 5 5 4 8 9 5 11 15 10 122
14   Ethan Barker 13 9 15 11 11 17 9 7 17 7 7 19 110
15   Maxwell Jamieson DNS DNS C 14 13 17 17 DNS 17 14 13 10 11 14 15 8 13 97
16   Ryan Shehan 16 8 11 5 9 6 72
17   Lucas Fecury 14 11 13 10 12 14 13 16 16 70
18   Bryson Morris 3 2* 5 65
19   Earl Tucker 13 9 C 13 14 15 15 14 16 17 DNS 63
20   Noah Ping 10 12 C 9 7 46
21   Maite Cáceres 11 12 13 19 11 15 45
22   Nicholas d'Orlando DNS 11 C 8 6 39
23   Jacob Bolen 15 DNS C 17 15 14 14 12 39
24   Madison Aust 15 15 15 14 12 17 38
25   Bianca Bustamante 14 10 C 15 12 32
26   David Burketh 12 10 20
27   Bailey Cruse 12 13 18 20
Pos Driver OIR ALA VIR MDO ROA COA 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)
Race cancelled
(C)
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Meet USF Juniors, the newest entry-level feeder series in the United States". F1 Feeder Series. September 30, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Wood, Ida (November 8, 2021). "USF Juniors unveils calendar for inaugural season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "NEW SERIES, NEW DRIVERS AND NEW TRACK THIS WEEKEND FOR CROSSLINK KIWI MOTORSPORT". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "JEREMY FAIRBAIRN JOINS CROSSLINK KIWI MOTORSPORT IN USF JUNIORS". usfjuniors.com. Andersen =Promotions. April 2, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS SIGNS EARL TUCKER". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "NICHOLAS D'ORLANDO SET FOR DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS DEBUT". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Ethan Ho gets USF Juniors ride". SpeedSport.com. Turn 3 Media, LLC. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "US F4 runner-up Mac Clark makes sideways move to USF Juniors". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. February 8, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e USF Juniors Ozark International Raceway Entry List
  10. ^ USF Juniors Barber Motorsports Park Entry List
  11. ^ Yumol, David Tristan (April 21, 2022). "Bianca Bustamante to race in USF Juniors tilt ahead of W Series debut". cnnphilippines.com. Cable News Network. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  12. ^ Wood, Ida (April 19, 2022). "Team USA's Andre Castro steps down from USF2000 to USF Juniors". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  13. ^ "Karters Garat, Isambard moving to USF Juniors along with their team". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. December 17, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "NIKITA JOHNSON TO CAMPAIGN THE ALL-NEW USF JUNIORS WITH VRD RACING". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. October 30, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  15. ^ "ALESSANDRO DE TULLIO JOINS VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT AND USF JUNIORS". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  16. ^ "VRD Racing adds USF Juniors entry for Noah Ping". SpeedSport.com. Turn 3 Media, LLC. December 24, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  17. ^ Wood, Ida (April 24, 2022). "Mac Clark dominates USF Juniors' first ever event". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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