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USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire is an evolution of the Road to Indy, one of the most successful driver development programs in the world. Comprised of USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire, USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire and USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire

 

 

 

Patriotic Theme Set for Fourth of July

Open-Wheel Extravaganza


 

Potentially Pivotal Weekend for All Three USF Pro Championships


 


 

PALMETTO, Fla. – Open-wheel racing aficionados will be in their element this Fourth of July weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Indeed, the entirety of the North American professional development system will be on display at the famed 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course situated just outside of Lexington, Ohio, ranging from the pinnacle, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, through INDY NXT and all three steps on the highly acclaimed USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire ladder.


 

The USF Pro Patriot 250 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio will comprise three races for USF Pro 2000 and two apiece for USF2000 and USF Juniors. All three levels will be sharing the same race weekend bill for the first time this season.


 

Current NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers Rinus VeeKay, Kyle Kirkwood, Sting Ray Robb, Christian Rasmussen and Louis Foster have won USF Pro races at Mid-Ohio, while rising INDY NXT stars Myles Rowe, Max Taylor, Salvador de Alba, Nikita Johnson and Max Garcia also have previously visited Victory Lane.


 

Jeffers Top in USF Pro 2000

Jack Jeffers, from San Antonio, Texas, has been the man to beat this season in USF Pro 2000. After winning last year’s USF2000 crown and a scholarship for the Exclusive Autosport team, Jeffers marked his debut at the more senior level by claiming pole position on the streets of Arlington, Texas. He has since won twice and failed only once to qualify on the front row of the grid.


 

Entry List


 

Jeffers, who won two of the three USF2000 races at Mid-Ohio last year, currently holds a 20-point advantage in his quest to join Matthew Brabham, Kirkwood, Rasmussen and Garcia as the only drivers to secure successive championships.


 

A fourth-place finish, along with fastest race lap, and a runner-up result during the recent doubleheader weekend at Road America, Wisconsin, allowed Jeffers to extend his margin, although a sweep of race wins brought Pabst Racing’s G3 Argyros, from Newport Beach, Calif., firmly into the mix. The series will reach its halfway point this weekend with the eighth, ninth and 10th races out of 18.


 

Turn 3 Motorsport teammates Leonardo Escorpioni and Michael Costello, along with VRD Racing’s Frankie Mossman and JHDD powered by ECR’s Andres Cardenas also remain in contention for the title and a scholarship valued at almost $600,000 to assist in graduation to INDY NXT in 2027.


 

Florida-based Brazilian Escorpioni, the reigning USF Juniors champion, burst onto the scene by winning on his debut in Arlington, while Costello, from Naples, Fla., secured his maiden victory at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in May for the first of two oval track events this season.


 

Both Californian Mossman and Peruvian Cardenas are still searching for their first wins, although Cardenas claimed two podium finishes at Road America and posted the fastest time during a series test at Mid-Ohio in May and Mossman has visited the podium four times already this year. 


 

Budgetary constraints have severely restricted testing opportunities for Thomas Schrage (TJ Speed Motorsports), although the native of Bethel, Ohio, holds high expectations after taking pole for each of the past three USF2000 races at Mid-Ohio and claiming two podiums.


 

USF Pro 2000 drivers will have one more chance to gain some track time during a pair of 45-minute test sessions on Thursday, July 2, prior to 30 minutes of official practice at 9:40 a.m. EDT on Friday and then a critical 20 minutes of qualifying at 12:10 p.m. The field will have two races on Saturday, July 4, at 11:40 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., and one more on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. immediately prior to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES warmup.


 

Garzon Leads in USF2000

Half of the USF2000 season is now in the books with Colombian teenager Sebastian Garzon continuing to hold the points lead for DEForce Racing. Now in his sophomore season, the former Lucas Oil Formula Car Series champion came out of the blocks with a point to prove, securing three wins and four more podium finishes from the opening nine races.


 

Entry List


 

The Pabst Racing pair of Australian challengers, Brad Majman and Eddie Beswick, enjoyed a strong weekend at their team’s home event at Road America nine days ago, each taking a race win and a combined five podiums. Majman now trails Garzon with a reduced 30-point deficit with Beswick now up to third ahead of Exclusive Autosport’s Evan Cooley, from Mokena, Ill.


 

Cooley took a dominant victory in the only oval race of the season at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park after teammate Anthony Martella, from Woodbridge, Ont., Canada, tangled with a slower car having started from pole. Both young chargers have experienced more than their share of misfortune so far this season, although Martella has underlined his capabilities by winning twice – on the Indianapolis Grand Prix road course and at Road America.


 

VRD Racing’s Florida-based Brazilian, Joao Vergara, and fellow rookie Oliver Wheldon, from St. Petersburg, Fla., also have shone this year along with yet another Australian, Liam Loiacono (JHDD powered by ECR), who, like Vergara and Wheldon, has graduated from USF Juniors.


 

Wheldon has been particularly impressive. After being too young to contest the opening two races in his hometown, he burst onto the scene with three poles and two podium finishes on debut at the Indianapolis road course, then was third again in one of the Road America races. He was also second quickest to Martella during a rain-affected Mid-Ohio test in late May.


 

Two 45-minute test sessions for USF2000 on Thursday will lead into a busy Friday with official practice at 8:50 a.m., qualifying at 11:20 a.m. and then the first race at 4:45 p.m. Race Two is set to see a green flag at 4:20 p.m. on Saturday.


 

USF Juniors on Show

This week represents an opportunity for the USF Juniors contenders to compete in front of an NTT INDYCAR SERIES crowd, so the stakes are high – and especially so for those still in contention for the championship and a scholarship valued at $251,516 to graduate to USF2000 in 2027.


 

Four different winners have emerged from the opening nine races and no fewer than a dozen have either stood on a podium or claimed a fastest race lap, so the level of competition is extremely high.


 

Entry List


 

Poland’s Karol Pasiewicz is the current points leader for Olivia Racing. The former European karting standout finished second in each of the first three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway in February, then qualified second for all three races of the next event at Carolina Motorsports Park, only to endure a series of misfortunes which netted him a best finish of only 11th. Pasiewicz rebounded magnificently at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park by winning all three races from pole.


 

In the absence of Spanish three-time winner Ivan Machado Perez (VRD Racing), unfortunately sidelined for budgetary reasons after a hefty crash at CTMP, a trio of Zanella Racing teammates occupy the next three places in the championship – and are separated by only 19 points. Olivier Mrak, from Ottawa, leads the way despite still seeking his first win. Nevertheless, five podium finishes leave him just 26 points shy of Pasiewicz and four ahead of teammate Max Mokarem. The Virginia-based Lebanese racer won two of the three opening races and podiumed at Carolina Motorsports Park but a crash early in qualifying at CTMP ensured lowly starting positions for all three races.


 

Florida-based Brazilian Victor Couto has been trending in the opposite direction and has every intention of improving upon his pair of second-place finishes in Canada.


 

Other likely contenders include Canada’s Cole Medeiros and Exclusive Autosport teammate Bex Cranston, from Greenwich, Conn., along with Denmark’s Casper Nissen (JHDD powered by ECR) and 14-year-old VRD Racing teammates Edward Kennedy, from Mont-Tremblant, Canada, and Dutchman Dean Hoogendoorn, both of whom impressed on debut in Canada.


 

The USF Juniors schedule closely resembles that of USF2000 with two 45-minute test sessions on Thursday, followed by a hectic Friday comprising practice at 8:00 a.m., qualifying at 10:30 a.m. and the first race at 1:00 p.m. The second race is set to start at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.


 

Complete coverage can be found on the free USF Pro Championships App, YouTube channel and respective series websites, usfpro2000.com, usf2000.com and usfjuniors.com.

 

USF 2000 Championship

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USF2000 Championships Presented by Continental Tire is an evolution of the Road to Indy, one of the most successful driver development programs in the world. Comprised of USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire, USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire and USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire

 

 

Majman Takes Long Overdue

Maiden USF2000 Victory 


 


 

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – A banner day for Pabst Racing began with a perfect one-two result in the third race of The Andersen Companies Grand Prix of Road America Presented by Elite Engines. Brad Majman, from Melbourne, Australia, claimed his very first USF2000 Presented by Continental Tires race win during a 12-lap contest that was interrupted by a series of incidents despite near perfect weather conditions.


 

Fellow countryman Eddie Beswick, who secured his first win yesterday, finished second with the fastest race lap ahead of polesitter Sebastian Garzon (DEForce Racing), from Neiva, Colombia, who now holds a 30-point lead in the championship over Majman following his seventh podium finish of the season.


 

Results


 

The starting positions for today’s race were determined either by each driver’s second-fastest lap during the second qualifying session on Friday or their best laps from the second race on Saturday. All bar six drivers took advantage of yesterday’s perfect weather conditions to improve upon their times, with points leader Garzon fastest of all to snag his second Continental Tire Pole Award of the season. VRD Racing’s Oliver Wheldon, from St. Petersburg, Fla., had continued his impressive form to ensure a position on the outside of the front row ahead of Majman and Florida-based Brazilian Joao Vergara, also from VRD Racing.


 

The start of the race was clean as Garzon maintained his advantage through the first corner, only for Majman to make an opportunistic pass for the lead under braking for Turn Two. Wheldon slipped back to fifth in the early skirmishes, behind Vergara and Beswick, but a little farther down the field there was contact between Evan Cooley, from Mokena, Ill., and Ryan Giannetta (VRD Racing), from Redondo Beach, Calif., as they headed slightly downhill on the long not-quite-straightaway that leads toward Turn Five. 



Cooley was fortunate to emerge unscathed after his Exclusive Autosport Tatuus went tumbling through the air having clipped Giannetta’s left-front wheel. Callahan Peter (JHDD powered by ECR), from Fishers, Ind., also was involved.


 

A lengthy cleanup was followed by another couple of incidents which left enough time for a four-lap dash to the checkered flag, although, unfortunately, the race also finished under yellow after Australian Liam Loiacono (JHDD powered by ECR) was collected by the Exclusive Autosport car of Connor Aspley, from O’Fallon, Mo., who had made a mistake in Turn 12.


 

Beswick had to settle for second, despite closing on his teammate, Majman, before the yellow flags flew for the final time. Garzon finished third ahead of Wheldon and Canadian Anthony Martella (Exclusive Autosport), who had started 10th after winning yesterday afternoon’s race. Vergara took sixth ahead of Ayrton Cahan (Exclusive Autosport), from Santa Fe, N.M,, and Wesley Gundler, from Holly Springs, N.C., who ended a challenging weekend for ENVE Motorsports on an upswing.


 

Grant Mitchell, from Lake Forest, Ill., capped a solid debut weekend in USF2000 by picking up the Tilton Hard Charger Award after moving up from 21st on the grid to ninth at the finish.


 

Team owner Augie Pabst claimed another PFC Award as the winning car owner, while his locally based Pabst Racing team took a significant lead in the Teams Championship. Pabst Racing has earned 235 points to the 210 of Exclusive Autosport with half of the 18-race season completed.


 

Today’s results will remain provisional until VP completes and verifies post-race laboratory fuel analysis of the teams’ samples.


 

A doubleheader event at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, once again in support of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, is next on the docket for USF2000 during what promises to be an especially exciting Fourth of July weekend.


 

Provisional championship points after nine of 18 races:

1. Sebastian Garzon, 211

2. Brad Majman, 173

3. Evan Cooley, 155

4. Eddie Beswick, 145

5. Joao Vergara, 112

6. Anthony Martella, 104

7. Ayrton Cahan, 101

8. Oliver Wheldon, 100

9. Gabriel Cahan, 98

10. Liam Loiacono, 96.


 

Brad Majman (#22 Shaw and Partners/NatPat/A14 Management-Pabst Racing Tatuus USF-22): “After a couple of close seconds yesterday, I thought I'd have to get one right eventually. I thought I'd get one with how quick our cars have been and I’m really happy. It made it a bit easier as a lot of the race was under caution, but I made a good jump into Turn One and then controlled the restarts quite well. It was a pretty smooth race.”


 

Eddie Beswick (#23 Next Level Racing-Pabst Racing Tatuus USF-22): “Obviously, from Races One and Two, we knew we had a fast car and starting a little bit further up and on the inside is always good. I just had to pick them off one by one and make sure to finish in front of Sebastian.”


 

Sebastian Garzon (#12 Orsolon Racing/Café de Colombia-DEForce Racing Tatuus USF-22): “First I want to thank God and my team for giving me a really good car for the three races. This weekend was not the fault of the team. I did too many mistakes, but I will learn from them, try to do better at Mid-Ohio and try to get some more wins.”


 

Beswick, Martella Split USF2000 Wins

at Road America 


 


 

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – A pair of hard-fought USF2000 Presented by Continental Tires races today saw Eddie Beswick and Anthony Martella, representing Pabst Racing and Exclusive Autosport, share the spoils of victory in The Andersen Companies Grand Prix of Road America Presented by Elite Engines.


 

Beswick, from Sydney, Australia, edged out Pabst Racing teammate and Australian countryman Brad Majman early this morning, while Martella, from Woodbridge, Ont., Canada put a string of disappointments behind him later in the afternoon to secure a well-earned second win of the season.


 

Majman once again finished close behind in second place as Martella’s teammate, Evan Cooley, from Mokena, Ill., completed the podium.


 

Second-generation racer Oliver Wheldon, from St. Petersburg, Fla., also played a starring role for VRD Racing, finishing third this morning and then rising from last place on the starting grid to a magnificent sixth in Race Two.


 

Race 1 Results

Race 2 Results


 

After knocking on the door several times, Majman finally earned his very first Continental Tire Pole Award during the first of two qualifying sessions on Friday. He was joined on the front row of the grid for the opening race of the weekend by Cooley. Beswick and Wheldon shared row two.


 

Perfect conditions greeted the 24 starters for this morning’s race at 8:00 a.m. CDT, with a clear sky and cool temperatures ensuring a fast-paced race.


 

The initial start was clean with Majman able to maintain his lead and teammate Beswick working his way to second place before a couple of incidents farther around the first lap ensured a brief full-course yellow.


 

At the restart, with two laps in the books, Majman was virtually a sitting duck as Beswick took advantage of a massive slipstream on the lengthy acceleration up the hill and was comfortably in front as the leaders entered the braking zone for Turn One. Try as he surely did for the remainder of the distance, Majman was unable to redress the balance so he had to settle for second place. However, he did gain the consolation of a new lap record. In fact, no fewer than 15 drivers posted times faster than the previous mark of 2:08.8197 set by Danny Dyszelski in 2023.


 

Beswick’s margin of victory was a scant 0.2879 of a second. The one-two result for Pabst Racing allowed the team based locally in Oconomowoc, Wis., to move ahead of Exclusive Autosport in the coveted Teams Championship standings.


 

An equally intense battle for third place saw Martella crossing the finish line inches ahead of Wheldon, although Martella later was assessed a five-second penalty for blocking on the final lap on the uphill run to Turn Six, which relegated him to ninth in the final results.


 

One of the drives of the race was produced by DEForce Racing’s Sebastian Garzon, from Neiva, Colombia. The championship points leader qualified a disappointing eighth before falling almost to the back of the field after making a mistake at Turn Three on the opening lap. Garzon then worked his way steadily forward before gaining two positions on the final lap when teammate and Florida-based Brazilian Joao Vergara and Exclusive Autosport’s Ayrton Cahan, from Santa Fe, N.M., tripped over each other at Turn Five.


 

Also impressive was Liam Loiacono, from Sunshine Coast, Australia, who started last for JHDD powered by ECR following a crash in practice which prevented him from taking part in the first qualifying session. Loiacono then drove through the field to a strong 11th-place finish to earn the Tilton Hard Charger Award.


 

The grid for the second race of the day was set during a separate qualifying session on Friday afternoon in which Majman again turned the fastest lap to claim his second successive Continental Tire Pole Award.


 

Vergara started on the outside of the front row but was unable to keep pace with Majman at the start, with Martella and Cooley jumping from third and fifth on the grid to second and third.


 

The order was frozen for a short full-course caution following a three-car incident on the second lap, but once the race was resumed, it was clean and green until the checkered flag.


 

Majman continued to hold onto his lead at the restart, but as the leaders began their sixth lap, Martella pulled alongside his rival on the outside line at Turn One and bravely stuck to his guns to emerge with a lead he had no intention of relinquishing.


 

Majman tried his hardest but, for the second time in just a few hours, had to be content with second place. Still, it was enough to move a little closer to the points leader Garzon, who posted another sensible drive to finish fourth – along with claiming the fastest race lap.


 

Cooley was sandwiched in between Majman and Garzon at the finish with Beswick in fifth and only just ahead of Wheldon, who drove a spectacular race to vault from 24th on the grid. Unsurprisingly, Wheldon also picked up the Tilton Hard Charger Award.


 

The PFC Awards for the winning car owners were shared by Augie Pabst and Exclusive Autosport co-owners Michael Duncalfe and Josh Cooley.


 

The final 12-lap race of the weekend tripleheader will see a green flag tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.


 

Provisional championship points after eight of 18 races:

1. Sebastian Garzon, 211

2. Brad Majman, 173

3. Evan Cooley, 155

4. Eddie Beswick, 145

5. Joao Vergara, 112

6. Anthony Martella, 104

7. Ayrton Cahan, 101

8. Oliver Wheldon, 100

9. Gabriel Cahan, 98

10. Liam Loiacono, 96.


 

Race 1 Quotes: 

Eddie Beswick (#23 Next Level Racing-Pabst Racing Tatuus USF-22): “I probably didn't maximize qualifying, but we knew we had a really fast car and it always helps starting behind your teammate at the start. We put together a strategy to come out of Turn One first and second. It was probably going to look that way, but to be able to maximize the race start, get the lead and hold on to it was awesome. It’s really cool to get the first win of the weekend and to win for Pabst at their home track. I love the team and the family environment.”


 

Brad Majman (#22 Shaw and Partners/NatPat/A14 Management-Pabst Racing Tatuus USF-22): “It was a pretty boring race actually. I had a good start and then got passed on the restart. It was kind of expected really. We had great pace. Eddie and I managed to pull away while the Exclusive cars were fighting. We were both pretty even. I was quicker some laps and he was quicker other times. I managed to drop a wheel on the second-to-last lap which really hurt. All in all, a really good race and good to get a one-two at Road America.”


 

Oliver Wheldon (#98 TWG Motorsports-VRD Racing Tatuus USF-22): “Overall, the race was pretty good. I dropped back a few positions at the start, but was able to gain those positions back. Me and the EA cars were battling a little bit mid-race, so we kind of lost the leaders in the end. But I think I kept just getting quicker every lap, which was really good with the car and everything. I was able to have a run on Anthony Martella in third. I almost got around him, but he was really good with defending. Then he got a penalty in the end for blocking, so I came away with a P3 which was really good.”


 

Race 2 Quotes:

Anthony Martella (#92 NIN Transport/VPS Services-Exclusive Autosport Tatuus USF-22): “This feels awesome. We had a lot of bad luck this year, some unfortunate circumstances which I can't control. I kept my head down, kept working and the whole team did a great job putting this amazing car together. I’m happy to be here and happy to take the win for the team. It was a tough race, pressure every single lap. I just kept my head down, kept calm, kept cool, knew where I was stronger than him, knew where I needed to work on with my driving. It was definitely a stressful, stressful couple laps but I got the job done. I want to thank this whole Exclusive Autosport team. These guys work a lot, and really, really hard for me – Josh Cooley, Michael Duncalfe, my engineer, Lou D’Agostino and my driver coach, Oliver Askew. Everyone under the tent puts in a lot of hard work, and especially my dad with long hours in the office and very long nights so this win is for them.”


 

Brad Majman (#22 Shaw and Partners/NatPat/A14 Management-Pabst Racing Tatuus USF-22): “Another close second. Hopefully we get a win tomorrow. The car is really good, quick. It's just really hard leading up there, waiting for the car to come in. Then once it comes in, it seems like it's a little bit easier to defend the last few laps than on the race start. But another good haul of points so I can't complain.”


 

Evan Cooley (#90 Brown Brothers Harriman-Exclusive Autosport Tatuus USF-22): “It was a really good race to come home third. I was just battling with the aero wash all race behind Majman. I thought we were a little bit quicker, but it was hard to get up to him. I just held on and played a really defensive race and I got a lot of good points. I want to thank the team and all my sponsors for their support.”



 

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