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Joey Brienza grabs first USF Juniors pole of 2023 with his teammate Jack Jeffers making it an all Exclusive Autosport front row

By Steve Wittich Joey Brienza’s name enters the USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires record books as the first pole winner in the JR-23 era of competition. The 18-year-old, who also made a pair of USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tire starts in that series season-opening event in St. Petersburg, Fla., dominated the field, going […]

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DEForce Racing’s Quinn Armstrong leads USF Juniors practice at Sebring International Raceway

By Steve Wittich The second USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires season officially began with a single practice session on the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway road course on a sunny and warm Thursday morning in the Highlands region of Florida. DEForce Racing’s Quinn Armstrong led the session in the NDA-sponsored No. 16. The 15-year-old […]

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Jay Howard Driver Development’s USF2000 rookie Hughes wins first visit to street course

By Steve Wittich A pole-to-checkered flag victory in only his first street circuit and fourth USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tires race was the perfect way for Jay Howard Driver Development rookie Lochie Hughes to begin the 2023 chase for the $433,200 scholarship. “I couldn’t ask for a better race,” said the 20-year-old from Gold […]

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Rowe passes his way to first USF Pro 2000 win in St. Petersburg

It took Pabst Racing w/Force Indy rookie Myles Rowe only two races to win his first USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires race, putting on a start and restart overtaking clinic in an impressive fifth-to-first drive. The 22-year-old Pace Univeristy graduate has now won seven times in USF Pro Championships Presented By Cooper Tires […]

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Velocity Racing Development’s Nikita Johnson leaves his home race with a win

By Steve Wittich Hometown driver, 14-year-old Nikita Johnson couldn’t have asked for a better season-opening race weekend. After standing on the second step of the podium yesterday, he made an impressive on-track pass for the lead, celebrating on the top of the podium with family and friends on Sunday morning. “Yesterday, we were pretty fast,” […]

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Brooks goes wire-to-wire to write St. Petersburg redemption story

By Steve Wittich Who doesn’t love redemption stories? Look no further than Turn 3 Motorsport’s Christian Brooks to write the first comeback arc of the season at a track that almost brought his burgeoning open-wheel career to an end. A crash in practice at this same event last year ended Christian Brooks’ rookie USF Pro […]

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Lochie Hughes pips Nikita Johnson for his first USF2000 pole

By Steve Wittich A last-second hot lap by Jay Howard Driver Development’s (JHDD) Lochie Hughes topped a chaotic USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tires qualifying session, giving the Aussie driver his first pole in only his fourth series start. The pole is the first on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Petersburg street circuit for Jay Howard […]

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Christian Brooks starts USF Pro 2000 comeback story in St. Pete

By Steve Wittich Last year, at this same race track, Christian Brooks rookie USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires season ended before it started after a hard crash in practice meant he missed the event and didn’t race at all in 2022. The Californian topped qualifying in his return to racing and this track, […]

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Pabst Racing veteran Simon Sikes dominates USF2000 practice in St. Petersburg

By Steve Wittich Veteran Pabst Racing’s Simon Sikes picked up where he left off USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tires spring training earlier this week, dominating the competition. The 22-year-old Georgian’s lap, timed at 74.4548 seconds, was almost six-tenths quicker than the next-best driver, Lochie Hughes (Jay Howard Driver Development), with the following 13 drivers […]

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DEForce Racing’s Kiko Porto leads lone USF Pro 2000 practice in St. Petersburg

By Steve Wittich Series returnee and USF2000 pole-winner in St. Petersburg, Kiko Porto (DEForce Racing), led the lone USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires, turning the only sub-71-second lap. Fifteen of the 20 drivers were within one second of Porto, with series rookies holding down the second through sixth spots. Impressively, four drivers making […]

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