The 2023 USF2000 Championship presented by Cooper Tires was the fourteenth season of the

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since its revival in 2010. When the top rung of the

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ladder system,

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, was bought by Penske Entertainment (owners of

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) in 2021 and the lower level series changed sanctioning to the

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, changes were made to the other championships in the ladder. This, together with the Indy Lights being rebranded to

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, effectively ended the "Road to Indy" branding, with the three championships below Indy NXT now collectively called "USF Pro Championships Presented by Cooper Tires". The USF2000 Championship served as the middle rung of this ladder. Simon Sikes won the Drivers' Championship at the final race weekend at Portland with two races to spare. His team, Pabst Racing, won their second consecutive and fifth all-time championship.

Drivers and teams

* TJ Speed Motorsports took over two cars from Cape Motorsports to enter the championship in 2023, but ultimately decided against it. * Noah Ping was signed to compete for Velocity Racing Development, but dropped out and instead signed with VRD-partnered team

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in GB3.

Schedule

The 2023 schedule was revealed on October 17, 2022. It featured two street circuits, five road courses and one oval round. The championship returned to Sebring for the first time since 2013. All rounds except the weekends at Sebring and Indianapolis Raceway Park supported the IndyCar Series.

Race results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

;Scoring system * The driver who qualified on pole was awarded one additional point. * One point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race. * One point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race.

Teams' championship

; Scoring system * Single car teams received 3 bonus points per race as an equivalency to multi-car teams * Only the best two results counted for teams fielding more than two entries

References

{{Road to Indy USF2000 Championship seasons