Team changes
After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports entered the championship as a new team.[6]
USF Juniors team Zanella Racing expanded to add an USF2000 program in 2026.[28]
IndyCar team Ed Carpenter Racing announced a partnership with Jay Howard Driver Development, with JHDD's cars in the USF Pro Championships entering under the Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR guise.[13]
One-car teams Benchmark Autosport and Synergy Motorsport both left the series.
Mid-season
Zanella Racing did not continue their USF2000 effort past the opening weekend as their sole driver, Leonardo Escorpioni, decided to focus on his USF Pro 2000 campaign.[3]
Driver changes
Reigning Teams' Champions VRD Racing saw Thomas Schrage and Christian Cameron leave the championship, while Teddy Musella remained with the team for the opening weekend of 2026 ahead of stepping up to their USF Pro 2000 outfit.[29] To replace them, VRD promoted both João Vergara and Colin Aitken from their USF Juniors outfit, with whom the former came third and the latter 21st in 2025, and signed Formula FARA graduate Jack Mohrhardt.[22][23][26]
Exclusive Autosport saw Lucas Fecury, Brenden Cooley and reigning champion Jack Jeffers leave the series. They were replaced by two debutants and a returnee: Brothers Ayrton and Gabriel Cahan, reigning champion and runner-up of the FRP F1600 Championship, joined the team for their USF2000 debuts, while Anthony Martella departed JHDD to return to the team he drove for in USF Juniors in 2024.[12][11][10] Kaylee Countryman rejoined Exclusive Racing after a four-race cameo and a USF Juniors campaign with the team in 2025 for a partial schedule.[9] Exclusive Autosport also entered a sixth car at St. Petersburg for their USF Juniors driver Connor Aspley.[2]
Pabst Racing expanded to an all-new three-car lineup in 2026 after they promoted G3 Argyros to their USF Pro 2000 outfit and Caleb Gafrarar left the series.[30] The team signed Brad Majman and Eddie Beswick for their second seasons after they came twelfth with JHDD and tenth with Synergy Motorsport, respectively, in 2025.[18][19] Pabst's lineup was completed by karting graduate Lucas Nanji.[20]
The newly formed JHDD/ECR partnership recruited Skip Barber Formula Race Series driver Naim Saleh to replace Pabst-bound Majman and signed karting graduate Cal Peter to replace Exclusive-bound Martella.[15][17] They also promoted 2025 USF Juniors runner-up Liam Loiacono from its outfit in that championship, as well as entering karting graduate Erik Holm in place of Timothy Carel, who left the championship.[14][2]
DEForce Racing downsized from five to three entries as both Patricio and Rodrigo González moved over to GB3 with VRD and Jeshua Alianell and Vaughn Mishko left the series.[31][32] The team promoted Thomas Nordquist from their USF Juniors outfit, where he finished the 2025 season in 17th, to their USF2000 outfit, with whom he had already debuted in the championship for two races in 2025, while Brady Golan rejoined the team with whom he competed in the first five rounds of 2025 for the opening two races of 2026.[5][2]
ENVE Motorsport signed F1600 Championship Series graduate Wesley Gundler for their first full USF2000 season.[7]
New team Zanella Racing promoted reigning USF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program.[28]
Departing team Synergy Motorsport saw their driver Eddie Beswick join Pabst Racing, while Ayrton Houk departed the series together with his Benchmark Autosport team.[19]
Mid-season
The weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway saw DEForce racing enter series debutant Elias Vignola in their third car, while Kaylee Countryman moved from Exclusive Autosport to JHDD/ECR to continue her part-time campaign. Naim Saleh meanwhile skipped the weekend, with Aitken and Escorpioni also both not competing to focus on their USF Pro 2000 campaigns.[3] VRD welcomed Oliver Wheldon for a belated start to his campaign after his 15th birthday in March.[27]
