Andersen Promotions and the series they own and manage – USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires, Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship, and USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires – today announced the series schedules, along with increased advanced scholarship prizes for the champions.

The top two rungs of the USF Pro Championships Presented By Cooper Tires ladder will conduct 30 of 36 races alongside the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, with all events featuring INDYCAR services, including Race Control, Timing & Scoring and the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team.

The first rung on the USF Pro Championships ladder, USF Juniors includes one race alongside the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and one with NASCAR.

“I want to again start off by thanking all of the promoters for working with us to create a great 2023 schedule for our competitors,” said Dan Andersen, Owner and CEO of Andersen Promotions. “We are extremely pleased with the opportunity to showcase our rising talent at premier, professionally run events.

“Next year is shaping up to be an all-time high in terms of drivers advancing up the ladder and it is both exciting and rewarding for all of us at Andersen Promotions. Our launch of the Tatuus IP-22 and USF-22 was a great success as was the debut of USF Juniors, which surprised some of us with the depth of talent in that field. We look forward to seeing the new USF Juniors car make its competition debut, which will complete our goal of ensuring all our equipment packages are of the highest safety standards, and to the start of a new season.”


The 2023 USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires, will begin their season on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Petersburg street circuit for the tenth time.

The 18-race schedule will include a visit to nine venues, including six natural terrain road courses, two street circuits, and one oval.

The schedule includes returns to Sebring International Raceway and Circuit of The Americas. The series, once known as Star Mazda, Pro Mazda, and Indy Pro 2000, raced at the former Army Air Base in Sebring, Fla., ten times between 1999 and 2010. The series made one previous visit to Austin, Texas, in 2013 and was set to return in 2020 before the global pandemic.

USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires 2023 Schedule

DATEROUNDSTRACKLOCATION
March 4-51 & 2Streets Of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Fla.
March 25-263 & 4Sebring International RacewaySebring, Fla.
May 12-135 & 6Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Ind.
May 267Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkClermont, Ind.
June 17-188 & 9Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisc.
July 1-210 & 11Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
July 15-1612 & 13Streets Of Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
August 26-2714 & 15Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas
September 2-316, 17 & 18Portland International RacewayPortland, Ore.

Louis Foster, the 2022 champion, received a $614,425 scholarship to move to the Indy Lights series. The Briton has signed with Andretti Autosport for the 2023 season.

For the 2023 season, the USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires scholarship has increased by $50,000 (8.1%) to $664,425.

2022 USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires champion Louis Foster (Exclusive Autosport) – Photo credit: Gavin Baker Photography/Road to Indy

The 2023 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship season starts in St. Petersburg, Fla., for the eighth time, and in the Sunshine State for the 18th time.

The 18-race schedule will include visiting eight venues, which includes five natural terrain road courses, two street circuits, and one oval.

The schedule includes returns to Sebring International for the first time since 2013. Chip Ganassi Racing technical director and race engineer for Scott Dixon, Chris Simmon, won the series first of 17 trips to the former Army Air Base in 1992.

Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship 2023 Schedule

DATEROUNDSTRACKLOCATION
March 4-51 & 2Streets Of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Fla.
March 25-263 & 4Sebring International RacewaySebring, Fla.
May 12-135, 6 & 7Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Ind.
May 268Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkClermont, Ind.
June 17-189 & 10Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisc.
July 1-211, 12 & 13Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
July 15-1614 & 15Streets Of Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
September 2-316, 17 & 18Portland International RacewayPortland, Ore.

Michael d’Orlando earned a $406,925 scholarship during his come-from-behind USF2000 title chase.

The 2023 scholarship will increase by 8.1%, growing to $440,125 for the driver moving to USF Pro 2000

Michael d’Orlando at the Championship Celebration Photo credit: Gavin Baker Photography/Road to Indy

The newest official starting point on the USF Pro Championships Presented By Cooper Tires ladder, USF Juniors, returns for a second season of action with a new competition package.

The Tatuus JR-23 is the same safety-enhanced chassis – With cost-saving modifications made to the uprights, brake package, dampers, and wheels – that made a competitive debut in the USF2000 and USF Pro 2000 this season.

Powering the lowest rung on the road to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is the ultra-reliable Elite Engine prepared 2-liter restricted to 150hp.

The USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires drivers and teams, will begin the 2023 season alongside their big brothers – USF2000 and USF Pro 2000 at Sebring International Raceway the last weekend in March.

The schedule features 16 races spread across six weekends at six iconic American Road Courses.

USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires 2023 schedule

DATEROUNDSTRACKLOCATION
March 23-251,2 & 3Sebring International RacewaySebring, Fla.
April 284 & 5Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Ala.
June 3-46,7 & 8Virginia International RacewayAlton, Va.
July 89 & 10Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
August 12-1311, 12 & 13Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wis.
August 25-2714, 15 & 16Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas

Mac Clark, also a winner in USF2000 at Portland International Raceway, took home a $221,125 scholarship, clinching the inaugural USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires title at Circuit of The Americas.

In 2023, the scholarship to help a driver move up to the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship series will increase to $248,815, an increase of 12.5%

USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires champion Mac Clark – (Photo Courtesy of Jose Mario Dias/USF Juniors)