2022 USF2000 Championship

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	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Cape Motorsports	2	Jackson Lee^[1]	1–13
	3	Jagger Jones^[2]	All
	4	Michael d'Orlando^[3]	All
	5	Nicky Hays^[4]	All
DEForce Racing	10	Thomas Nepveu^[5]	All
	11	Dylan Christie	All
	12	Bijoy Garg	1–15
	12	Mac Clark	16–18
	13	Chase Gardner	5–7
Exclusive Autosport	90	Jacob Douglas^[6]	All
	91	Joey Brienza	6, 10, 18
	91	Nicholas d'Orlando	14–15
	92	Billy Frazer^[7]	All
	93	Nicholas d'Orlando	16–18
Jay Howard Driver Development	6	Frederik Lund	1–2
		Frankie Mossman	5–7
		Evagoras Papasavvas^[8]	9–18
	7	Yeoroo Lee^[9]	1–7
		Lochie Hughes	11–13
		Frederik Lund	14–15
	8	Danny Dyszelski^[10]	3–13, 16–18
	9	Jorge Garciarce	All
Joe Dooling Autosports	63	Trey Burke^[11]	1–10
Legacy Autosport	19	Simon Sikes^[12]	1–8
Pabst Racing	22	Myles Rowe^[13]	All
Pabst Racing	23	Jace Denmark^[13]	All
Turn 3 Motorsport	32	Christian Weir^[14]	All
Turn 3 Motorsport	34	Lucas Mann	16–18
Turn 3 Motorsport with Ignite Autosport	33	Spike Kohlbecker^[15]	All
Velocity Racing Development	16	Ethan Ho	16–18
	17	Alex Quinn^[16]	5–7
	17	Nikita Johnson	9–13, 16–18
	30	Viktor Andersson^[17]	1–7, 9–13
	61	Nicholas d'Orlando	9–13

Schedule

Round	Date	Race name	Circuit	Location
1	February 26–27	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	R Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
2	February 26–27	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	R Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
3	April 30 – May 1	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama	R Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
4	April 30 – May 1	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama	R Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
5	May 13–14	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Indianapolis	R Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
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8	May 27	Cooper Tires Freedom 75	O Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, Indiana
9	June 11–12	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines	R Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10	June 11–12		R Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
11	July 2–3	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
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14	July 16–17	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto	R Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15	July 16–17	Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto	R Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16	September 2–4	Grand Prix of Portland	R Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
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References^[18]

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Driver	Team
1	R1	Streets of St. Petersburg	Thomas Nepveu	Myles Rowe	Thomas Nepveu	Jace Denmark	Pabst Racing
2	R2	Streets of St. Petersburg	Jace Denmark	Myles Rowe	Jace Denmark	Myles Rowe	Pabst Racing
3	R1	Barber Motorsports Park	Myles Rowe	Michael d'Orlando	Myles Rowe	Myles Rowe	Pabst Racing
4	R2	Barber Motorsports Park	Christian Weir	Billy Frazer	Jagger Jones	Jagger Jones	Cape Motorsports
5	R1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Jagger Jones	Alex Quinn	Jagger Jones	Alex Quinn	Velocity Racing Development
6	R2		Jagger Jones	Jace Denmark	Michael d'Orlando	Alex Quinn	Velocity Racing Development
7	R3		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
9	R1	Road America	Michael d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando	Billy Frazer	Jace Denmark	Pabst Racing
10	R2	Road America	Michael d'Orlando	Myles Rowe	Michael d'Orlando	Michael d'Orlando	Cape Motorsports
11	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Myles Rowe	Michael d'Orlando	Myles Rowe	Myles Rowe	Pabst Racing
12	R2		Michael d'Orlando	Christian Weir	Myles Rowe	Myles Rowe	Pabst Racing
13	R3		Michael d'Orlando	Michael d'Orlando	Michael d'Orlando	Michael d'Orlando	Cape Motorsports
14	R1	Exhibition Place	Jace Denmark	Myles Rowe	Myles Rowe	Myles Rowe	Pabst Racing
15	R2	Exhibition Place	Jace Denmark	Michael d'Orlando	Jace Denmark	Jace Denmark	Pabst Racing
16	R1	Portland International Raceway	Jace Denmark	Nikita Johnson	Jace Denmark	Jace Denmark	Pabst Racing
17	R2		Jace Denmark	Myles Rowe	Mac Clark	Mac Clark	DEForce Racing
18	R3		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 (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 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	STP		ALA		IMS			IRP	ROA		MOH			TOR		POR			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	Driver	STP		ALA		IMS			IRP	ROA		MOH			TOR		POR			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 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

References

^ "Cape Motorsports Signs Jackson Lee For 2022 Campaign". usf2000.com. December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
^ "Jagger Jones, Parnelli's grandson, joins Cape Motorsports for 2022 USF2000 season". www.racer.com/. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ "Cape Motorsports Reunites With Michael d'Orlando For 2022". Usf2000.com. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^ "Nicky Hays Completes the Cape Motorsports Lineup". Usf2000.com. February 13, 2022.
^ Wood, Ida (December 14, 2021). "Thomas Nepveu switches to DEForce for sophomore USF2000 campaign". Formulascout.com.
^ "Jacob Douglas joins Exclusive Autosport's USF2000 stable". Usf2000.com. February 1, 2022.
^ "BILLY FRAZER CONTINUES USF2000 CAMPAIGN WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT IN 2022". Usf2000.com. February 4, 2022.
^ "EVAGORAS PAPASAVVAS TO JOIN JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT IN 2022". usf2000.com. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ "Yeoroo Lee Unites with Jay Howard Driver Development for Full 2022 Season". Usf2000.com. January 21, 2022.
^ "Danny Dyszelski joins Jay Howard Driver Development for 2022 USF2000 season". usf2000.com. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Burke Rejoins Joe Dooling Autosports For 2022 USF2000 Campaign". Usf2000.com. February 2, 2022.
^ "Simon Sikes Signs with Legacy Autosport for 2022". usf2000.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Wood, Ida (February 22, 2022). "Penske backs Myles Rowe for USF2000 opener". Formulascout.com.
^ "Christian Weir Teams Up with Turn 3 Motorsport". usf2000.com. December 2, 2021.
^ "KOHLBECKER JOINS TURN 3 MOTORSPORT W/ IGNITE AUTOSPORT FOR USF2000". Usf2000.com. February 7, 2022.
^ Scout, Formula (May 6, 2022). "Alex Quinn to race in USF2000 through Arden link-up with VRD". Formula Scout. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT CONFIRMS VIKTOR ANDERSSON FOR 2022 USF2000 PROGRAM". USF2000 Championship. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
^ "2022 Schedules Announced for Indy Pro 2000/USF2000". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

[1] "Cape Motorsports Signs Jackson Lee For 2022 Campaign". usf2000.com. December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.

[2] "Jagger Jones, Parnelli's grandson, joins Cape Motorsports for 2022 USF2000 season". www.racer.com/. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[3] "Cape Motorsports Reunites With Michael d'Orlando For 2022". Usf2000.com. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

[4] "Nicky Hays Completes the Cape Motorsports Lineup". Usf2000.com. February 13, 2022.

[5] Wood, Ida (December 14, 2021). "Thomas Nepveu switches to DEForce for sophomore USF2000 campaign". Formulascout.com.

[6] "Jacob Douglas joins Exclusive Autosport's USF2000 stable". Usf2000.com. February 1, 2022.

[7] "BILLY FRAZER CONTINUES USF2000 CAMPAIGN WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT IN 2022". Usf2000.com. February 4, 2022.

[8] "EVAGORAS PAPASAVVAS TO JOIN JAY HOWARD DRIVER DEVELOPMENT IN 2022". usf2000.com. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

[9] "Yeoroo Lee Unites with Jay Howard Driver Development for Full 2022 Season". Usf2000.com. January 21, 2022.

[10] "Danny Dyszelski joins Jay Howard Driver Development for 2022 USF2000 season". usf2000.com. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[11] "Burke Rejoins Joe Dooling Autosports For 2022 USF2000 Campaign". Usf2000.com. February 2, 2022.

[12] "Simon Sikes Signs with Legacy Autosport for 2022". usf2000.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

[RowePabst-13] Wood, Ida (February 22, 2022). "Penske backs Myles Rowe for USF2000 opener". Formulascout.com.

[14] "Christian Weir Teams Up with Turn 3 Motorsport". usf2000.com. December 2, 2021.

[15] "KOHLBECKER JOINS TURN 3 MOTORSPORT W/ IGNITE AUTOSPORT FOR USF2000". Usf2000.com. February 7, 2022.

[16] Scout, Formula (May 6, 2022). "Alex Quinn to race in USF2000 through Arden link-up with VRD". Formula Scout. Retrieved May 7, 2022.

[17] "VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT CONFIRMS VIKTOR ANDERSSON FOR 2022 USF2000 PROGRAM". USF2000 Championship. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.

[18] "2022 Schedules Announced for Indy Pro 2000/USF2000". www.indypro2000.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

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