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Previewing an entertaining and heated three-way USF2000 championship battle

By Diane Swintal The Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship comes down to three drivers, all of whom would be worthy of graduation to the 2023 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. Pabst Racing’s Myles Rowe, Cape Motorsports’ Michael d’Orlando and Pabst Racing’s Jace Denmark all enter the weekend hoping to take home the Road to Indy […]

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Jagger Jones grabs USF2000 win in only his 4th career open wheel start – d’Orlando and Rowe tied for championship lead

By Steve Wittich Jagger Jones, a third-generation racer in only his fourth open-wheel start, drove like anything but a newcomer on the way to his first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship victory. The Cape Motorsports rookie used a daring outside pass to take the lead and then drove a nearly perfect race under challenging conditions to […]

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Rowe wins second straight USF2000 race – Frazer and d’Orlando round out the podium

By Steve Wittich A considerable crowd of friends and family enthusiastically cheered Myles Rowe (Pabst Racing) as he drove into victory lane at Barber Motorsports Park. This park-like race track started his desire to become a racer. The win is Rowe’s second straight in 2022 and third overall in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship. The […]

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Christian Brooks, Exclusive Autosport Double Up on Saturday in USF2000 at St. Pete

By Tony DiZinno / Steve Wittich Late passes in the last race of the day were the story in Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship at the streets of St. Petersburg. But as in Race 1 earlier Saturday, the same driver and team emerged on top: Christian Brooks and Exclusive Autosport in the No. 44 Tatuus USF-17. […]

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The 2020 USF2000 season by the numbers

By Steve Wittich 2020 season basics   Number of races: 17 Total laps: 369 Total miles: 741.096 Total drivers with at least one start: 26 Total cautions: 15 Average cautions per race: 0.9 Caution free races: seven Total caution laps: 27 Average caution laps per race: 1.6 Total DNFs: 27 DNFs per race: 1.6 The […]

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Eduardo Barrichello and Pabst Racing lead a tight first day of USF2000 testing

By Steve Wittich The winner, barely, of the first day of Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship testing was Pabst Racing sophomore Eduardo Barrichello. The second-generation pilot of the Bib’s Chocolate sponsored #22 Pabst Racing USF-17 turned in a quick lap of 84.3979 seconds. The top four drivers were covered by less than one-tenth of a second, […]

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MRTI update #1 from Mid-Ohio – Lindh leads the first and only practice session of triple header weekend

By Steve Wittich For the second time, this season Pabst Racing rookie Rasmus Lindh led a USF2000 practice session. The 17-year-old turned a lap of 81.3989 seconds on his 13th of 15 circuits. The rest of the top five – Kyle Kirkwood (Cape Motorsports), Michael D’Orlando (Team Benik), Keith Donegan (BN Racing) and Julian Van […]

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