PALMETTO, Fla. — The 2025 calendar of events for USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire – the proven, scholarship-funded driver development ladder system – was unveiled on Tuesday.
The schedule for the three rungs comprised of USF Pro 2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors will once again provide the rising talents in open-wheel racing with premier venues to showcase their skills with over $1.43M in prize money and awards on offer.
Of the 52 total races across the three series, 36 will be held in support of IndyCar kicking off at the popular NTT IndyCar Series season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla.
USF Juniors – which has blossomed since its debut in 2022 – will also be a support series for IMSA at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and part of the GRIDLIFE Festival Tour at Road America featuring a blend of music and motorsports.
A total of 85 drivers participated in USF Pro Championship events this season with top honors claimed in a thrilling season finale at Portland International Raceway three weeks ago. Champions Lochie Hughes (USF Pro 2000), Max Garcia (USF2000) and Max Taylor (USF Juniors) will now take their scholarships to progress up the ladder.
For 2025, the USF Pro 2000 champion will receive a scholarship package valued at $546,500 to advance to Indy NXT, with the USF2000 champion’s package valued at $405,050 to move up to USF Pro 2000 and the USF Juniors champion’s package at $249,675 to progress to USF2000.
Skip Barber, the Official Racing School of USF Pro Championships, will continue to offer its Formula Race Series champion a scholarship valued at $100,000 to advance to USF Juniors.
Additional prize money and awards include the Continental Tire Pole Award for each race, and season-ending awards for Rookie of the Year, Team Champion, Engineer of the Year, Mechanic of the Year, Hard Charger, Move of the Year and Spirit Award. In USF Pro 2000, the top-three finishers will also receive a Dallara Simulator Award to help further prepare for a move up to INDY NXT.
“This year marked 25 years of promoting for me and, since 2010, over $27.5 million in scholarships and awards have been distributed to help drivers move up the ladder,” said Dan Andersen, Owner and CEO of Andersen Promotions. “It was gratifying to see 14 of our recent graduates on the INDYCAR grids this year and 18 in INDY NXT – further proof that what we are doing is working.
“It is not easy to win in our championships and that, to me, makes for great training. To have as many events as we can on INDYCAR race weekends is vital to that training and I want to thank our promoter partners for making this possible. It seems our depth of talent amongst drivers grows stronger every year, and we look forward to seeing what 2025 will bring.
“While our schedules are in place for next season, we are still working to finalize our full prize money and award packages and look to build on the $1.4 million currently on offer over the coming months.”
USF Pro Championships will take to the track for one final outing this year with the USF Pro Fall Combine at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 19-20.
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