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USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire is an evolution of the Road to Indy, one of the most successful driver development programs in the world. Comprised of USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire, USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire and USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire

 

USF Pro Championships Season Wraps

with Fall Combine Test


 

Majman, Nanji, Rousseau Top Timing Charts at Indianapolis

 

 

PALMETTO, Fla. – The 2026 USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire season officially concluded today at the Indianapolis Grand Prix road course in Speedway, Ind., following the second of two days that comprised the traditional USF Pro Fall Combine test.


 

All three levels on the world-renowned open-wheel racing ladder – USF Pro 2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors – were in action on the 2.439-mile track with the Pabst Racing pair of Brad Majman and Lucas Nanji topping the charts in USF Pro 2000 and USF2000 respectively, and Zanella Racing’s Gianmarco Rousseau pacing the slim field of USF Juniors.


 

Three different drivers topped at least one of the six sessions for USF Pro 2000, although it was Majman’s time of 1:21.1681, an average speed of 108.176 mph, from this morning which proved to be the fastest of all. But not by much.


 

Results


 

Majman, from Melbourne, Australia, who won three races this year en route to second place in the USF2000 championship, stepped up to the faster USF Pro 2000 car with aplomb. He was quickest of all on Saturday with a time of 1:21.2209, then went a little faster this morning to edge Anthony Martella, from Woodbridge, Ont., Canada. Martella thereby continued the form shown this year by Exclusive Autosport, which guided Texan Jack Jeffers to the championship and a scholarship valued at almost $600,000 to graduate to INDY NXT in 2027.


 

Martella improved to 1:21.2212 in today’s second session, while Vivek Kanthan, from New York, N.Y., almost matched that time, 1:21.22.73, while topping the charts in the final outing for Turn 3 Motorsport. After two seasons in the Spanish Formula 4 championship, Kanthan thoroughly impressed on his USF Pro Championships debut with the Teams Championship-winning organization.


 

Thomas Schrage, from Bethel, Ohio, was fourth fastest overall for a fourth different team, TJ Speed Motorsports, among a tightly packed field which saw the top 11 bracketed by a little over half-a-second.


 

Evan Cooley (Exclusive Autosport), from Mokena, Ill., and JT Hoskins (JHDD powered by ECR), from Sarasota, Fla., and Eddie Beswick (Pabst Racing), from Sydney, Australia, rounded out the top six, all within three-tenths of the fastest time.


 

Others to shine included local drivers Logan Adams, ninth fastest in his small family-run Comet/NCMP Racing team, and Elliot Cox, who was 10th overall despite contesting only the first day with JHDD powered by ECR.


 

Nanji didn’t quite enjoy the perfect weekend in USF2000, but he came close. Fastest in every session except the last one, Nanji, from Montreal, Que., Canada, was the pacesetter from the start. He continued Pabst Racing’s strong form this season which ended with seven wins from the 18 races and culminated in yet another Teams Championship.


 

Results


 

Nanji’s best lap, 1:24.7287, an average speed of 103.630 mph, was set on Saturday afternoon and proved fractionally faster than the existing race lap record of 1:24.7440 set by USF2000 champion Braden Eves way back in 2019.


 

Recently crowned USF Juniors champion Karol Pasiewicz, from Lodz, Poland, pushed Nanji for most of the weekend. The rising star for Olivia Racing was quickest of all this afternoon, although his fastest lap, 1:24.9452, was set this morning when he was just over 0.02 seconds away from Nanji’s best.


 

Remarkably, seven different teams were represented among the top seven positions at the conclusion of the test. Also stepping up from USF Juniors, Brenden Cooley (Exclusive Autosport) ended up third ahead of Cole Medeiros (VRD Racing), from Ayr, Ont., Canada, Mexican Elias Vignola (DEForce Racing), South African Wian Boshoff (PFH Racing) and Canadian Olivier Mrak (Zanella Racing).


 

After making an impressive USF Juniors debut in the final event of the season last month at Road America which included a podium finish, Rousseau, from Panama City, Panama, continued to make his mark with Zanella Racing this weekend. Rousseau, who turned a best time of 1:29.8007, an average speed of 97.77 mph, represented the 14th different nationality among the USF Juniors field this season. He was the only driver to dip below the 1:30 barrier.


 

Results


 

Fellow 14-year-old Juan Garciarce, from Guadalajara, Mexico, was fastest in two of the six sessions for DEForce Racing and was the only one within a half-second of Rousseau’s benchmark time.


 

Exclusive Autosport’s Jack Cushman, from Westport, Conn., Mason Ward (PFH Racing), from nearby Carmel, Ind., and Adam Sana (JHDD powered by ECR), from New York, N.Y., completed the top five.


 

The full 2027 calendar will be announced in the near future, following finalization of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule.

 

 

USF Pro Championships Shifts Gears for

USF Pro Fall Combine Test 


 

All Three Steps on the Open-Wheel Ladder Head to Indianapolis


 

PALMETTO, Fla. – The dust has barely settled following an enthralling 2026 USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire season. Despite wrapping up only three short weeks ago, the teams and drivers are already setting their sights on a brand-new campaign in 2027. It all starts this coming weekend, October 17/18, with the traditional USF Pro Fall Combine test at the Indianapolis Grand Prix road course in Speedway, Ind.


 

All three steps on the highly acclaimed open-wheel racing ladder – USF Pro 2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors – will take to the 2.439-mile track for three 35-minute sessions on each of the two days.


 

Entry List


 

After falling shy of its goal of claiming a fourth successive USF Pro 2000 Teams Championship, Pabst Racing has every intention of returning to its winning ways in 2027. Colin Aitken, from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., will lead the way after joining the Wisconsin-based team midway through his rookie campaign and impressing with three podium finishes. 


 

Aitken will be joined at the test by Australians Brad Majman, from Melbourne, and Sydney’s Eddie Beswick, both of whom are looking to graduate from USF2000 after finishing second and third in this year’s standings with a combined seven race wins.


 

Exclusive Autosport emerged as top dog in 2026 through the efforts of Texan Jack Jeffers, who became the fifth driver to clinch back-to-back titles in USF2000 and USF Pro 2000. The locally based team will field three Pro cars at the test for Evan Cooley, from Mokena, Ill., and Canadian Anthony Martella, both of whom scored USF2000 wins this year while also gaining a taste for the more powerful USF Pro 2000 machinery, and Jeshua Alianell, from The Woodlands, Texas.


 

Logan Adams and Elliot Cox also will make the short trip to their hometown race track. Series regular Adams will drive his familiar family-run Comet/NCMP Racing Tatuus, while former USF2000 front-runner Elliot Cox is set to return to the cockpit with JHDD powered by ECR after sitting out most of the past two seasons due to budgetary constraints. Cox will join team regular JT Hoskins, from Sarasota, Fla.


 

New Yorker Vivek Kanthan will saddle with defending Teams Championship-winning Turn 3 Motorsport after two seasons of racing in the hotly contested Spanish F4 Championship, while Monegasque Sam Urus and Brazilian USF2000 graduate Naim Saleh will taste the waters with TJ Speed Motorsports, which ended the 2026 season strongly with a win and four podium finishes from the last five races.


 

In USF2000, all eyes will be on Poland’s Karol Pasiewicz and Olivia Racing. The combination took the USF Juniors season by storm, winning six times en route to the championship and earning a scholarship valued at over $250,000 to graduate to the next level. They also impressed during their USF2000 debut at Portland, where Pasiewicz secured an encouraging sixth-place finish.


 

South Africa’s Wian Boshoff (PFH Racing), Canada’s Lucas Nanji (Pabst Racing) and Jack Mohrhardt (VRD Racing), from Boca Raton, Fla., all return for the Fall Combine test after contesting the entire season, along with Callahan Peter, from nearby Fishers, Ind., who switches to the championship-winning DEForce Racing team for the outing.


 

Canadian Cole Medeiros (VRD Racing), Mexican Elias Vignola (DEForce Racing), Grant Mitchell (Zanella Racing), from Lake Forest, Ill., and Brenden Cooley (Exclusive Autosport), from Mokena, Ill., continue to broaden their experience after combining a full season of USF Juniors with occasional USF2000 outings in 2026, while Zanella Racing teammates and USF Juniors regulars Olivier Mrak, from Ottawa, Canada, and Jared Oselka, from Long Beach, Ind., are set to scope out the next step on the ladder.


 

Connor Willis, from Naperville, Ill., also will drive a USF2000 car for the first time at the official test with VRD Racing after competing in British Formula Ford events over the past couple of years.


 

Five teams are currently on the USF Juniors roster for the Fall Combine, but the only two drivers with any race experience at this level are Panamanian karting standout Gianmatteo Rousseau, who impressed on his debut at the recent Road America season finale with VRD Racing, and young Mexican Juan Garciarce with DEForce Racing.


 

Mason Ward, from nearby Carmel, Ind., is set to make his first public outing with the expanded PFH Racing squad, while other entrants include Adam Sana (JHDD powered by ECR), from New York, N.Y., Ocean Lopez (VRD Racing), from Wilmington, N.C., and Jack Cushman (Exclusive Autosport), from Westport, Conn.


 

Live timing for all sessions can be found on the free USF Pro Championships App and respective series’ websites usfpro2000.com, usf2000.com and usfjuniors.com.


 

 

1.3+ Million Distributed at

USF Pro Championships Celebration


 

Jeffers, Garzon and Pasiewicz Claim Career Enhancement Scholarships


 

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – The USF Pro Championships Celebration took place last night at The Osthoff Resort & Spa at Elkhart Lake, Wis. All three champions – in USF Pro 2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors – from the world-renowned open-wheel driver development program were honored at the traditional end-of-season banquet, joined by well over 200 drivers, team members, sponsors and guests.


 

The banquet capped another banner year of USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire competition, comprising 52 races and attracting a total of 92 drivers representing 21 different nationalities.


 

None of the championships had been decided prior to the stand-alone USF Pro Championships Grand Prix of Road America. A total of nine races were held on Friday and Saturday at the majestic Road America venue to determine the final championship positions and how more than $1.3 million in scholarships and awards would be distributed.


 

Exclusive Autosport’s Jack Jeffers, from San Antonio, Texas, was the biggest winner. Jeffers earned a scholarship valued at over $593,000 as the USF Pro 2000 champion to advance onto the next step of the ladder, INDY NXT, in 2027. He became the fifth driver to secure consecutive championships in USF2000 and USF Pro 2000, including current NTT INDYCAR SERIES stars Kyle Kirkwood and Christian Rasmussen.


 

Jeffers had been locked in battle throughout the 18-race campaign with Florida-based Brazilian Leonardo Escorpioni, who had claimed the USF Juniors crown in 2025. Fortunes had ebbed and flowed between the two top protagonists – at least until this weekend, when Jeffers swept to victory in all three races.


 

The USF2000 championship also went down to the wire. DEForce Racing’s Sebastian Garzon, from Neiva, Colombia, had led the point standings ever since winning the opening race on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., from the pole in February, but had been unable to shake off the attentions of Brad Majman, from Melbourne, Australia.


 

The pair were separated by just 13 points entering the tripleheader finale. And the momentum seemed to favor Majman, who had won the most recent race and was heading to his Pabst Racing team’s home race at Road America, where he had won once and taken two pole positions earlier in the summer.


 

Tensions were heightened when the pair clashed during the opening race on Friday. Both rejoined the fray a lap down, and while Garzon eventually finished ahead of his rival, Majman was able to establish a new race lap record. Consequently, they earned the same number of points, which meant the championship would remain undecided until the final checkered flag.


 

Consistent pace on Saturday ultimately saw Garzon earn a third and a fourth, which was more than enough to clinch the title and a scholarship valued at $409,816 to progress up to USF Pro 2000 next year.


 

The only championship which was close to being decided at the beginning of the week was in USF Juniors. Former top karter Karol Pasiewicz, from Lodz, Poland, had eked out a commanding lead as the season had unfolded, and required only a total of 19 points – equivalent to one fourth-place finish – to secure his first car racing title. He accomplished that quite comfortably on Friday afternoon with a second-place finish after leading most laps and also recording the fastest lap of the race. Job done.


 

With the pressure off and a scholarship valued at $251,516 to advance to USF2000 in 2027 already in his pocket, Pasiewicz and the single-car Olivia Racing team let loose in the final two races on Saturday. Their final tally included six wins, seven poles, four fastest race laps and no fewer than a dozen podium finishes from the total of 16 races.


 

Attention now shifts toward a new season in 2027, preparations for which will ramp up very soon at the traditional USF Pro Fall Combine Open Test at the Indianapolis Grand Prix road course in Speedway, Ind., on October 17/18.


 

2026 USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire Award Winners:


 

USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire


 

Champion: Jack Jeffers of Exclusive Autosport**

2nd Place: Leonardo Escorpioni of Turn 3 Motorsport

3rd Place: G3 Argyros of Pabst Racing

Champion Team: Turn 3 Motorsport

Rookie of the Year: Jack Jeffers of Exclusive Autosport

Marelli Engineer of the Year: Braden Eves of Exclusive Autosport

Makita Mechanic of the Year: Dany Labonte of Exclusive Autosport

PRG Spirit Award: Andres Cardenas of JHDD powered by ECR

Tilton Hard Charger Award: Brady Golan of Turn 3 Motorsport

YACademy Move of the Year: Sebastian Manson of Turn 3 Motorsport

Andersen Racing Imports Golden Wishbone: Turn 3 Motorsport


 

** Champion’s scholarship valued at $593,056 to advance to INDY NXT in 2027


 

USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire


 

Champion: Sebastian Garzon of DEForce Racing**

2nd Place: Brad Majman of Pabst Racing

3rd Place: Eddie Beswick of Pabst Racing

Champion Team: Pabst Racing

Rookie of the Year: Oliver Wheldon of VRD Racing

Marelli Engineer of the Year: David Martinez of DEForce Racing

Makita Mechanic of the Year: Israel Jimenez of DEForce Racing

PRG Spirit Award: Ryan Giannetta of VRD Racing

Tilton Hard Charger Award: Jack Mohrhardt of VRD Racing

YACademy Move of the Year: Lucas Nanji of Pabst Racing

Andersen Racing Imports Golden Wishbone: JHDD powered by ECR


 

** Champion’s scholarship valued at $409,816 to advance to USF Pro 2000 in 2027


 

USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire


 

Champion: Karol Pasiewicz of Olivia Racing**

2nd Place: Bex Cranston of Exclusive Autosport

3rd Place: Max Mokarem of Zanella Racing

Champion Team: Zanella Racing

Rookie of the Year: Karol Pasiewicz of Olivia Racing

Marelli Engineer of the Year: Augusto Soto-Schirripa of Olivia Racing

Makita Mechanic of the Year: Bautista Silva of Olivia Racing

PRG Spirit Award: Bex Cranston of Exclusive Autosport

Tilton Hard Charger Award: JW Main of JHDD powered by ECR

YACademy Move of the Year: Ivan Machado Perez of VRD Racing

Andersen Racing Imports Golden Wishbone: Zanella Racing


 

** Champion’s scholarship valued at $251,516 to advance to USF2000 in 2027

 

USF 2000 Championship

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USF2000 Championships Presented by Continental Tire is an evolution of the Road to Indy, one of the most successful driver development programs in the world. Comprised of USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire, USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire and USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire

 

 

 

USF JUNIORS

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USF JUNIORS Championships Presented by Continental Tire is an evolution of the Road to Indy, one of the most successful driver development programs in the world. Comprised of USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire, USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire and USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire

 

 

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