2026 USF Juniors

The 2026 USF Juniors presented by Continental Tire is the fifth season of the USF Juniors. The championship serves as the fourth rung of the IndyCar Series' USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Drivers and teams

All drivers compete using Tatuus JR-23 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.[1]

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
Berg Racing[2] 68 Alex Berg[3] R All
TBA TBA TBA
DEForce Racing 14 Vilho Aatola[4] All
19 Elías Vignola[5] R All
20 Pipe Chaparro[6] R All
Exclusive Autosport 90 Bex Cranston[7] R All
91 Connor Aspley[8] All
92 Brenden Cooley[9] All
97 Cole Medeiros[10] R All
JHDD powered by ECR 6 Casper Nissen[11] R All
7 Aryan Narola[12] R All
8 Max Cuthbert[13] R All
9 John Main[14] R All
Olivia Racing[15] 25 Karol Pasiewicz[16] R All
VRD Racing by Pole Position[17] 10 Iván Machado Pérez[18] R All
Zanella Racing 21 Jared Oselka[19] R All
23 Olivier Mrak[20] R All
28 Grant Mitchell[21] R All
29 Maddie Colleran[22] All
46 Max Mokarem[23] R All
87 Leonardo Serravalle[24] R All
88 Victor Couto[25] R All
Icon Status
R Rookie

Schedule

The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. In contrast with the higher rungs of the USF Pro Championships, only the Mid-Ohio round will run in support of the IndyCar Series, with the rounds at Barber and Portland being discontinued. Instead, new rounds at Mosport and Lime Rock will be run in support of the NASCAR Canada Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, respectively, as well as a first-time visit to Carolina Motorsports Park. The season opener at NOLA Motorsports Park was replaced by another standalone round at the Homestead–Miami Speedway road course, while the standalone round at Road America was moved to the season finale slot.[26]

Icon Legend
 R  Road course
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 17–18 Grand Prix of Homestead presented by YACademy  R  Homestead–Miami Speedway (Modified Road Course) Homestead, Florida
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3
4 April 17–19 TBA  R  Carolina Motorsports Park Kershaw, South Carolina
5
6
7 May 15–17 TBA  R  Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Clarington, Ontario
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9
10 July 3–5 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11
12 July 10–11 TBA  R  Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut
13
14 September 25–26 Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake. Wisconsin
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16

Race results

Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Homestead–Miami Speedway
(Modified Road Course) 		Max Mokarem Bex Cranston Max Mokarem Max Mokarem Zanella Racing
2 Iván Machado Pérez Casper Nissen Iván Machado Pérez Iván Machado Pérez VRD Racing by Pole Position
3 Iván Machado Pérez Max Cuthbert Iván Machado Pérez
Max Mokarem 		Max Mokarem Zanella Racing
4 Carolina Motorsports Park
5
6
7 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
8
9
10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
11
12 Lime Rock Park
13
14 Road America
15
16

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 will be awarded one additional point.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver HOM CAR CTP MOH LRP ROA Points
1 Max Mokarem 1* 4 1* 82
2 Karol Pasiewicz 2 2 2 75
3 Vilho Aatola 3 3 12 53
4 Olivier Mrak 4 9 3 53
5 Iván Machado Pérez 19 1* 14* 43
6 Casper Nissen 7 10 6 41
7 Bex Cranston 5 6 16 38
8 Cole Medeiros 18 5 5 37
9 Victor Couto 9 11 7 36
10 Max Cuthbert 10 19 4 33
11 Brenden Cooley 6 18 8 31
12 Leonardo Serravalle 8 8 18 29
13 Grant Mitchell 14 14 11 24
14 Pipe Chaparro 20 12 10 21
15 Elías Vignola 17 7 19 20
16 Connor Aspley 12 20 13 18
17 Alex Berg 21 17 9 17
18 Jared Oselka 13 13 20 17
19 Maddie Colleran 16 15 15 17
20 John Main 11 16 21 16
21 Aryan Narola 15 21 17 11

Teams' championship

Scoring system

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams.
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries.
Pos Team HOM CAR CTP MOH LRP ROA Points
1 Zanella Racing 1 4 1 87
4 8 3
2 Olivia Racing 2 2 2 63
3 Exclusive Autosport 5 5 5 52
6 6 7
4 DEForce Racing 3 3 9 41
9 7 10
5 VRD Racing by Pole Position 10 1 11 33
6 JHDD powered by ECR 7 9 4 33
8 10 6
7 Berg Racing 11 11 8 15

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tatuus JR-23". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Berg Racing Expands Operations to Join USF Juniors in 2026". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Berg Racing Focused on Multi-Car USF Juniors Effort". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Vilho Aatola returns to USF Juniors with DEForce Racing!". DEForce Racing on Instagram. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  5. ^ "We're proud to welcome Elias Vignola to DEForce Racing as he takes on the challenge of racing in the United States". DEForce Racing on Instagram. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  6. ^ "We're excited to welcome Pipe Chaparro 🇨🇴 as he makes his debut in the USF Championship with DEForce Racing in 2026". DEForce Racing on Instagram. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Cranston Joins Exclusive Autosport for 2026 Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Exclusive Autosport Welcomes Connor Aspley to USF Juniors Roster". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Cooley Returns to Exclusive Autosport for 2026 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Canadian Cole Medeiros Joins Exclusive Autosport". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Jay Howard Driver Development is pleased to announce that Casper Nissen will join their USF Juniors team for the 2026 season!". USF Pro Championships on Facebook. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Jay Howard Driver Development is excited to announce their last driver to their 2026 USF Juniors Driver list, Aryan Narola!". USF Pro Championships on Facebook. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Jay Howard Driver Development is excited to announce Max Cuthbert as their first confirmed driver for the 2026 USF Juniors season!". USF Pro Championships on Facebook. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Jay Howard Driver Development is pleased to announce Jw Main as one of their 2026 USF Junior drivers!". USF Pro Championships on Facebook. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Olivia Racing press release". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  16. ^ "Karol Pasiewicz Joins Olivia Racing for 2026 USF Juniors". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  17. ^ "VRD Racing Announces Strategic Partnership with Pole Position Motorsports". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Ivan Machado Perez Joins VRD Racing by Pole Position". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  19. ^ "Zanella Racing Adds Jared Oselka to USF Juniors Line-Up". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  20. ^ "Zanella Racing Set for 2026 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  21. ^ "Mitchell to Make USF Juniors Debut with Zanella Racing". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Colleran Confirmed for Sophomore USF Juniors Season with Zanella Racing". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  23. ^ "Max Mokarem Joins USF Juniors Season with Zanella Racing". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  24. ^ "Serravalle Joins USF Juniors with Zanella Racing". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  25. ^ "Zanella Racing Signs Victor Couto for USF Juniors Program". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  26. ^ "USF Pro Championships Announces 2026 Schedules". www.usfjuniors.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
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