2026 USF2000 Championship
Racing season

The 2026 USF2000 Championship presented by Continental Tire is scheduled to be the seventeenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the second rung of the IndyCar Series's USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus USF-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.[1]

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
DEForce Racing 12 Colombia Sebastián Garzón[2] All
17 United States Thomas Nordquist[3] R All
ENVE Motorsports[4] TBA United States Wesley Gundler[5] R All
Exclusive Autosport 91 United States Kaylee Countryman[6] R 1–5, 7–9, 12–18
93 United States Gabriel Cahan[7] R All
94 United States Ayrton Cahan[8] R All
TBA Canada Anthony Martella[9] All
Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR[10] 9 United States Cal Peter[11] R All
Pabst Racing 22 Australia Brad Majman[12] All
24 Canada Lucas Nanji[13] R All
VRD Racing TBA United States Ryan Giannetta[14] All
Zanella Racing[15] TBA Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni[15] R All
Icon Status
R Rookie

Team changes

After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports will enter the championship as a new team.[4]

USF Juniors team Zanella Racing will expand to add an USF2000 program in 2026.[15]

IndyCar team Ed Carpenter Racing announced a partnership with Jay Howard Driver Development, with JHDD's cars in the USF Pro Championships entering under the Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR guise.[10]

Driver changes

Exclusive Racing signed brothers Ayrton and Gabriel Cahan, reigning champion and runner-up of the FRP F1600 Championship, for their USF2000 debuts.[8][7] They will be joined by Kaylee Countryman, who was promoted from Exclusive Racing's USF Juniors outfit, with whom she finished the 2025 season in 16th. Countryman will compete in the rounds that do not clash with her main F1 Academy campaign.[6]

Pabst Racing signed Brad Majman, who departs JHDD after finishing his debut USF2000 season in twelfth, as well as karting graduate Lucas Nanji.[12][13]

The newly formed JHDD/ECR partnership signed karting graduate Cal Peter.[11]

DEForce Racing promoted Thomas Nordquist from their USF Juniors outfit, where he finished the 2025 season in 17th, to their USF2000 outfit, with whom he had already debuted in the championship for two races in 2025.[3]

ENVE Motorsport signed F1600 Championship Series graduate Wesley Gundler for their first full USF2000 season.[5]

New team Zanella Racing promoted reigning USF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program.[15]

Schedule

The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. The championship will visit two street circuits, four road courses and one oval. It followed its parent series in moving its Canadian rounds from Exhibition Place to the Streets of Markham, while it replaced the round at NOLA Motorsports Park it held in 2024 and 2025 with a second round at Road America.[16] All rounds except the weekends at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the second weekend at Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series.[17]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 27–March 1 TBA  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3 May 7–9 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
4
5
6 May 21–22 TBA  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
7 June 18–21 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8
9
10 July 2–5 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11
12 August 6–9 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13
14 August 14–16 TBA  S  Streets of Markham Markham, Ontario
15
16 September 24–26 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
17
18

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 (O) 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 will be awarded one additional point.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race.

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams will receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams.
  • Only the best two results will count for teams fielding more than two entries.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tatuus USF-22". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram. January 3, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram. October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Introducing ENVE Motorsports – Where Innovation Meets Speed". USF2000 Championship. July 1, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "ENVE Motorsports Announces Wesley Gundler as its First Official Driver". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Hodapp, Alycia (December 29, 2025). "KAYLEE COUNTRYMAN CONTINUES JOURNEY UP USF PRO CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  7. ^ a b Hodapp, Alycia (January 12, 2026). "GABRIEL CAHAN JOINS EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT FOR THE 2026 USF2000 SEASON". Exclusive Autosport. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  8. ^ a b "Reigning F1600 Champion Ayrton Cahan Joins Exclusive Autosport in 2026". USF2000 Championship. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  9. ^ "Martella Returns to Exclusive Autosport for 2026". USF2000 Championship. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  10. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (October 24, 2025). "Carpenter aligns with Cape, Howard | RACER". racer.com. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "JHDD on Instagram: 'We are excited to announce Cal Peter will be joining the team in USF2000 for 2026!'". Instagram. December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  12. ^ a b "USF Pro Championships, Brad Majman and Pabst Racing on Instagram: '📣2026 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT📣'". Instagram. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Canadian Lucas Nanji Signs with Pabst Racing for USF2000 in 2026". USF2000 Championship. December 12, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  14. ^ "Ryan Giannetta Returns to VRD Racing for 2026 USF2000 Season". USF2000 Championship. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  15. ^ a b c d "Zanella Racing Adds USF2000 Program for 2026 USF Pro Championships". USF2000 Championship. September 4, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  16. ^ "USF Pro Championships Announces 2026 Schedules". USF2000 Championship. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  17. ^ "USF Pro Championships announces 2026 schedules | RACER". racer.com. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  • USF2000 Championship Official Website
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