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The USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire, formerly known as the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires, is a racecar driver development program, providing a scholarship-funded path to reach the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500.[1] Sanctioned by the United States Auto Club (USAC), the series are owned and managed by Andersen Promotions.

Since its launch in 2010, the ladder system has attracted competitors from around the globe, who have showcased their talents at premier venues on a mix of road courses, temporary street circuits, and ovals.

Participating series (in order from lowest to highest ranking)

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Series Name Description Year founded
USF Juniors A first step on the pathway for younger drivers. Sanctioned by USAC 2022
USF2000 Championship Competing for a scholarship to the next stage of the pathway. Sanctioned by USAC 1990
USF Pro 2000 Championship Competing for a scholarship to the next stage of the pathway. Sanctioned by USAC 1991
Indy NXT A developmental championship supporting IndyCar Series at specific races across the season. Sanctioned by IndyCar 1977 (predecessor)
1986 (original)
2002 (current)
IndyCar Series Highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars. Sanctioned by IndyCar 1996 with history going back to the early 1900s

In 2021 Kyle Kirkwood won the Indy Lights championship and became the first driver to win a championship and thus scholarship at every rung of the ladder on his way to IndyCar. However, both Sage Karam and Matthew Brabham won scholarships from U.S. F2000 and made it to IndyCar. Karam, Brabham, Tristan Vautier, Oliver Askew, and Spencer Pigot have all won two scholarships on their way to IndyCar. In 2017, Josef Newgarden became the first Road to Indy graduate and scholarship winner to win the IndyCar Series championship.

Mazda Road to Indy Shootout

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From 2016 to 2018, a shootout race for up-and-coming talents was held. In a knock-out format, drivers who won championships in various beginner-level series were invited to compete for a $200,000 scholarship to race in the USF2000 series.

Shootout winners

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Year Track Winner
2016 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 👁 United States
Oliver Askew
2017 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park 👁 Republic of Ireland
Keith Donegan
2018 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park 👁 New Zealand
Hunter McElrea

Champions

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IndyCar Series Indy NXT USF Pro 2000 USF2000 USF Juniors
2010 👁 United Kingdom
Dario Franchitti
2010 👁 France
Jean-Karl Vernay
2010 👁 United States
Conor Daly
2010 👁 United States
Sage Karam
Not Held
2011 👁 United Kingdom
Dario Franchitti
2011 👁 United States
Josef Newgarden
2011 👁 France
Tristan Vautier
2011 👁 Finland
Petri Suvanto
2012 👁 United States
Ryan Hunter-Reay
2012 👁 France
Tristan Vautier
2012 👁 United Kingdom
Jack Hawksworth
2012 👁 Australia
Matthew Brabham
2013 👁 New Zealand
Scott Dixon
2013 👁 United States
Sage Karam
2013 👁 Australia
Matthew Brabham
2013 👁 Canada
Scott Hargrove
2014 👁 Australia
Will Power
2014 👁 Colombia
Gabby Chaves
2014 👁 United States
Spencer Pigot
2014 👁 France
Florian Latorre
2015 👁 New Zealand
Scott Dixon
2015 👁 United States
Spencer Pigot
2015 👁 Uruguay
Santiago Urrutia
2015 👁 France
Nico Jamin
2016 👁 France
Simon Pagenaud
2016 👁 United Arab Emirates
Ed Jones
2016 👁 United States
Aaron Telitz
2016 👁 Australia
Anthony Martin
2017 👁 United States
Josef Newgarden
2017 👁 United States
Kyle Kaiser
2017 👁 Brazil
Victor Franzoni
2017 👁 United States
Oliver Askew
2018 👁 New Zealand
Scott Dixon
2018 👁 Mexico
Patricio O'Ward
2018 👁 Netherlands
Rinus VeeKay
2018 👁 United States
Kyle Kirkwood
2019 👁 United States
Josef Newgarden
2019 👁 United States
Oliver Askew
2019 👁 United States
Kyle Kirkwood
2019 👁 United States
Braden Eves
2020 👁 New Zealand
Scott Dixon
2020 Not held (COVID-19 pandemic) 2020 👁 United States
Sting Ray Robb
2020 👁 Denmark
Christian Rasmussen
2021 👁 Spain
Alex Palou
2021 👁 United States
Kyle Kirkwood
2021 👁 Denmark
Christian Rasmussen
2021 👁 Brazil
Kiko Porto
2022 👁 Australia
Will Power
2022 👁 Sweden
Linus Lundqvist
2022 👁 United Kingdom
Louis Foster
2022 👁 United States
Michael d'Orlando
2022 👁 Canada
Mac Clark
2023 👁 Spain
Alex Palou
2023 👁 Denmark
Christian Rasmussen
2023 👁 United States
Myles Rowe
2023 👁 United States
Simon Sikes
2023 👁 Brazil
Nicolas Giaffone
2024 👁 Spain
Alex Palou
2024 👁 United Kingdom
Louis Foster
2024 👁 Australia
Lochie Hughes
2024 👁 United States
Max Garcia
2024 👁 United States
Max Taylor
2025 👁 Spain
Alex Palou
2025 👁 Norway
Dennis Hauger
2025 👁 United States
Max Garcia
2025 👁 United States
Jack Jeffers
2025 👁 Brazil
Leonardo Escorpioni

References

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  1. ^ "Mazda Road to Indy". Retrieved 25 March 2014.