The 2022 USF Juniors championship was the inaugural season of USF Juniors. It became the new first rung of the Road to Indy ladder. 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.
Drivers and teams
Team Drivers Rounds Barker Racing 12 Ethan Barker 5–16 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports 28 Lucas Fecury 5–10, 14–16 31 Titus Sherlock 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 All DC Autosport w/Cape Motorsports 24 Earl Tucker 1–10 61 Nicholas d'Orlando 1–4 71 Ethan Ho All DEForce Racing16 Quinn Armstrong 5–16 17 Mac Clark All 18 Maxwell JamiesonUSF Juniors Ozark International Raceway Entry List All 19 Jake Bonilla All Future Star Racing 8 David BurkethUSF Juniors Barber Motorsports Park Entry List 3–4 IGY6 Motorsports 9 Bianca Bustamante 1–4 25 Jacob Bolen 1–4, 11–13 International Motorsport 21 Maite Cáceres 11–16 23 André Castro All 32 Giorgio Carrara 8–16 53 Alan Isambard 1–13 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67 Elliot Cox 1–13 Velocity Racing Development 7 Nikita Johnson All 14 Sam Corry All 20 Alessandro de Tullio All 55 Noah Ping 1–4
Schedule RoundDateRace nameCircuitLocation 1 April 22–24 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of The Ozarks Ozarks International Raceway Gravois Mills, MO 2 - 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 6 7 8 July 7–9 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH 9 10 11 July 29–31 Fleet Farm Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI 12 13 14 September 16–18 Cooper Tires Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix Finale Circuit of the Americas Austin, TX 15 16
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.
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam 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 Tullio Sam Corry Alessandro de Tullio 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
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 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 MOH 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 MOH 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 notparticipateIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)Not awarded if more thanone driver leads most lapsRookie
See also 2022 IndyCar Series 2022 Indy Lights 2022 Indy Pro 2000 Championship 2022 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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