The2026 USF2000 Championship presented by ContinentalTire is scheduled to be the seventeenth season of theUSF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the second rung of the IndyCar Series'sUSF Pro Championships ladder system.
After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports will enter the championship as a new team.[3]
USF Juniors team Zanella Racing will expand to add an USF2000 program in 2026.[4]
IndyCar teamEd Carpenter Racing announced a partnership withJay Howard Driver Development, with JHDD's cars in the USF Pro Championships entering under theJay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR guise.[6]
DEForce Racing promoted Thomas Nordqvist 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.[2]
New team Zanella Racing promoted reigningUSF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program.[4]
The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. The championship will visit two street circuits, four road courses and one oval. It followed its parent series in moving its Canadian rounds fromExhibition Place to theStreets of Markham, while it replaced the round atNOLA Motorsports Park it held in 2024 and 2025 with a second round atRoad America.[7] All rounds except the weekends atLucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the second weekend at Road America will run in support of theIndyCar Series.[8]
