The 2025 calendar of occasions for USF Professional Championships Introduced by Continental Tire was unveiled on Tuesday. The schedule for the three rungs comprised of USF Professional 2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors will as soon as once more present the rising abilities in open-wheel racing with premier venues to showcase their abilities with over $1.43M in prize cash and awards on supply.
Of the 52 complete races throughout the three sequence, 36 will likely be held in assist of IndyCar, kicking off on the widespread NTT IndyCar Collection season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg.
USF Juniors – which has blossomed since its debut in 2022 – will even be a assist sequence for IMSA on the Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course, and a part of the GRIDLIFE Competition Tour at Street America that includes a mix of music and motorsports.
Dwell streaming of all occasions will proceed to be supplied by USF Professional Championships TV (Professional Racing Group), which returns for its twelfth season offering behind-the-scenes content material in addition to the extremely acclaimed mini-documentary sequence The Climb.
A complete of 85 drivers participated in USF Professional Championship occasions this season with high honors claimed in an exciting season finale at Portland Worldwide Raceway three weeks in the past. Champions Lochie Hughes (USF Professional 2000), Max Garcia (USF2000) and Max Taylor (USF Juniors) will now take their scholarships to progress up the ladder.
For 2025, the USF Professional 2000 champion will obtain a scholarship package deal valued at $546,500 to advance to INDY NXT, with the USF2000 champion’s package deal valued at $405,050 to maneuver as much as USF Professional 2000 and the USF Juniors champion’s package deal at $249,675 to progress to USF2000.
Skip Barber, the Official Racing College of USF Professional Championships, will proceed to supply its Method Race Collection champion a scholarship valued at $100,000 to advance to USF Juniors.
Further prize cash and awards embrace the Continental Tire Pole Award for every race, and season-ending awards for Rookie of the 12 months, Workforce Champion, Engineer of the 12 months, Mechanic of the 12 months, Exhausting Charger, Transfer of the 12 months and Spirit Award. In USF Professional 2000, the top-three finishers will even obtain a Dallara Simulator Award to assist additional put together for a transfer as much as Indy NXT.
“This 12 months marked 25 years of selling for me and, since 2010, over $27.5 million in scholarships and awards have been distributed to assist drivers transfer up the ladder,” mentioned Dan Andersen, Proprietor and CEO of Andersen Promotions. “It was gratifying to see 14 of our current graduates on the IndyCar grids this 12 months and 18 in Indy NXT – additional proof that what we’re doing is working.
“It’s not simple to win in our championships and that, to me, makes for nice coaching. To have as many occasions as we are able to on IndyCar race weekends is significant to that coaching and I need to thank our promoter companions for making this potential. It appears our depth of expertise amongst drivers grows stronger yearly, and we stay up for seeing what 2025 will convey.
“Whereas our schedules are in place for subsequent season, we’re nonetheless working to finalize our full prize cash and award packages and look to construct on the $1.4 million at the moment on supply over the approaching months.”
USF Professional Championships will take to the observe for one remaining outing this 12 months with the USF Professional Fall Mix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 19-20.
Spring Coaching will return to NOLA Motorsports Park on February 22-23. Further sequence’ in-season checks for all three sequence will likely be held on the Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course on Might 13-14 and Street America on June 11-12. The season-ending Championship Celebration will happen on August 11 in Portland. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will as soon as once more host the normal USF Professional Fall Mix on October 25-26.
