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The USF Pro Insider Podcast will feature interviews with the young drivers from the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire, as well has members of the industry and the series staff. In addition to interviews, Rob Howden will speak with members of the media during roundtable discussions and will also provide event previews to prepare race fans for the on-track action.
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Pabst Racing’s Max Garcia clinched this year’s USF Pro 2000 championship in the opening race in Toronto, scoring his second consecutive USF Pro Championships title. In the first of three ‘2025 Champions’ interviews, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with the young American to discuss his journey up the ladder and his dream season that will put him on the INDY NXT grid in 2026.
Zanella Racing’s Leonardo Escorpioni leads the USF Juniors championship standings heading into the season finale in Portland on the August 8-10 weekend. The Brazilian-American has delivered a stellar sophomore season, finishing on the podium in 11 of 13 races thus far, and only once outside the top-five. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden caught up with Leo after a crucial weekend at Road America that featured two podiums and three top-fives after qualifying 17th.
Heading into his home race at the Ontario Honda Dealers Toronto Indy, Canadian Mac Clark has been racking up impressive podium performances all season racing with Exclusive Autosport in the USF Pro 2000 series. Clark will be gunning for his first win of the season this weekend, and the 2022 USF Juniors champion would like nothing more to make that happen on home soil. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden caught up with Mac at the beginning of Race Week.
With just five races over two events left on the 2025 USF2000 schedule, VRD Racing’s Thomas Schrage heads to the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto tied for the championship points lead. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden spoke with the two-time race winner about his career, this year’s success, and what it will take to score the title and the scholarship in Portland.
North Carolina’s Caleb Gafrarar became the newest USF2000 race winner at Mid-Ohio when he was victorious in the first race of the tripleheader over the July 4th weekend. The Pabst Racing driver added another podium and another top-five result to advance to fifth in points, keeping himself in the championship discussion heading to Toronto. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden spoke with Caleb about his impressive karting career, his family’s roots in racing, and move to car racing in 2023.
VRD Racing driver Teddy Musella steered his way into the USF2000 title discussion at Road America with a massive first win in Race 2 as the series heads into the stretch run. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden spoke with the young American ahead of the Mid-Ohio weekend to discuss his career and his extremely consistent rookie season.
Australian driver Liam Loiacono scored his first USF Juniors win of the 2025 season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in early June, mastering the challenging wet conditions in Sunday's Race 2. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with the 17-year-old Jay Howard Driver Development pilot to discuss the win, his season thus far, and his career.
The hottest driver right now in the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire is Ariel Elkin from TJ Speed Motorsports. The USF Pro 2000 driver from Israel has won three of the last four events, winning two of three on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course before triumphing in the Freedom 90 at IRP at the Carb Night Classic. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with Ariel to discuss his career and a streak of success that has brought him into the championship discussion after a tough start to the season in St Pete.
Winning at Indianapolis is a huge achievement for any driver, and when it's your first series victory, it's even more special. Exclusive Autosport's Jack Jeffers know how this feels having scored his maiden USF2000 win in early May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Texan took over the point lead in the process, and USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with Jack after the victory to discuss his career and the start to the 2025 season.
Rookie Ty Fisher from Zanella Racing is the new point leader in the USF Juniors series after scoring his second win of the season in tough conditions at Barber Motorsports Park. Six straight top-five finishes to start his 2025 campaign is the level of consistency that team owners look for, and the 14-year-old Canadian sat down with USF Pro Insider Rob Howden to discuss his early success.
In 2024, VRD Racing's Max Taylor scored wins in both USF Juniors and USF2000, and would eventually take the USF Juniors crown. This year, he's gunning for the USF Pro 2000 title and will also contest five INDY NXT events with HMD Motorsports. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with Max to discuss the start of his 2025 season and his thoughts on his upcoming races in in NXT.
USF Pro Insider Rob Howden takes a deep dive into the grid and schedule for the 2025 USF Juniors program, the first step on the ladder of the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire.
After scoring a podium finish in his USF2000 debut at the Grand Prix of St Petersburg, DE Force Racing driver Jeshua Alianell sat down for a chat with USF Pro Insider Rob Howden to discuss his time in the Skip Barber Racing School Formula Car Series, and his move to USF Juniors in 2024. Alianell followed his third-place finish in Race 1 with another top-10, and heads to NOLA Motorsports Park sitting third in the championship standings.
After running three USF Pro 2000 weekends in 2024 to test the waters and log crucial seat time, Florida's Alessandro de Tullio came out of the gate in 2025 with an impressive win at St Petersburg for Turn 3 Motorsports. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with Alessandro to discuss the intriguing road of experience he's logged to get to where he is today, and how he's evolved over the last three years.
With the 2025 USF Pro Championships season now underway, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sits down with USF2000 St Pete race winner and current series point leader Liam McNeilly from Jay Howard Driver Development to discuss his career development, his growth throughout his USF Pro debut season in USF Juniors in 2024, and how he's ready to fight for the title this season.
The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is just days away, and with it comes the start of the 2025 USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire. In this show, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden provides a team-by-team, driver-by-driver preview of USF Pro 2000, which is the top series in the USF Pro ladder system. The champion will receive almost $595,000 to move to INDY NXT in 2026, so the fight will start from the first green flag this weekend.
With the start to the 2025 USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire just around the corner at St. Petersburg, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden is back with his first podcast of the year, previewing the USF2000 Championship. Listen now to get up to speed on who will be fighting for the title and the scholarship to move to USF Pro 2000 in 2026.
The USF Juniors drivers put on a show at Road America and in this episode of the podcast, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden reviews the event from ‘America’s National Park of Speed’. Rob also chats with Exclusive Autosport’s Joao Vergara and VRD Racing’s Christian Cameron.
With the 2024 USF Juniors season heading into the home stretch, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden previews the Road America tripleheader, which will set the stage for the finale in Portland at the end of August. Rob also chats with VIR race winner and title contender Augie Soto-Schirripa from Inter MS and 14-year-old Leonardo Escorpioni from Zanella Racing.
USF Pro Insider Rob Howden takes a quick look at the action from the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto and provides his 'takeways' from the event. He also chats with a pair of current USF Pro Championships scholarship winners - USF Pro 2000 Toronto winner Simon Sikes from Pabst Racing and DE Force Racing's Nicolas Giaffone, who's had a strong second half of the USF2000 season.
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