USF Pro Insider Podcast

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 sitti...

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 y...

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 star...

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.

INDYCAR's race north of the border in Toronto is one of the most popular amongst not only the fans, but the drivers and team as well. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden previews the 2024 edition of the iconic event, which is the biggest of the year for DE Force Racing's Canadian driver Mac Clark. Rob chats with Mac about the event and his season, and also checks in with Exclusive Autosport's Joey Brienza,...

The Tatuus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio certainly elevated the excitement in all three series title battles of the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden provides a quick overview of the event and also chats with USF Pro 2000 point leader Lochie Hughes and Mid-Ohio race winner Evagoras Papasavvas.

With the USF Pro Championships event at Mid-Ohio this weekend, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden previews the weekend, checks in on the championship battles, and speaks with two of the primary combatants, Jace Denmark in USF Pro 2000 and Jack Jeffers in USF Juniors.

Fresh off a wild weekend at VIR, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden details the event and also chats with USF Juniors Race 1 winner Max Taylor and first time podium finish G3 Argyros about their 2024 seasons to date.

With the Carb Night Classic in the rearview mirrors and Road America out in front of the halo, Pabst Racing's Sam Corry and Turn 3 Motorsports' Danny Dyszelski join me as I preview this weekend's event in Elkhart Lake.

USF Pro Insider Rob Howden speaks with the winners of the rain-delayed Carb Night Classic events from Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Rob is joined by Exclusive Autosport's Braden Eves, who won the USF Pro 2000 Freedom 90, and Tanner DeFabis from Jay Howard Driver Development, who was victorious in the USF2000 Freedom 75.

After an exciting and hard-fought event on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden offers a quick synopsis before interviews with two drivers who left IMS with crucial podiums finishes. USF Pro 2000 driver Liam Sceats (TJ Speed) chats with Rob on the heels of two runner-up finishes, while USF2000 Race 2 podium finisher Elliot Cox (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing...

The USF Juniors event at Barber Motorsports Park was certainly a wild affair, as USF Pro Insider Rob Howden details in a quick race report. Rob also speaks with DE Force Racing's Leandro Juncos and then checks in with Ava Dobson, who was involved in the massive shunt that ended the opening race of the Friday doubleheader.

With the USF Juniors drivers getting back in action this coming weekend (April 25-26) at Barber Motorsports Park on the same card as both INDYCAR and INDY NXT, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden previews the event. He also chats with VRD Racing drivers Sebastian Wheldon (point leader) and Alabama resident Michael Suco ahead of the second event of their schedule.

With the USF Juniors heading to Barber Motorsports Park next week for their second event of 2024, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden provides a brief preview of the event ahead of interviews with NOLA Motorsports Park race winners Liam McNeilly (USF Juniors) from Jay Howard Driver Development and Max Garcia (USF2000) from Pabst Racing.

All three series of the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire were on the docket at NOLA Motorsports Park on the April 5-7 weekend, including the 2024 season opener for the USF Juniors program, and USF Pro Insider Rob Howden provides a recap of the action. He also sits down with current USF Pro 2000 point leader Nikita Johnson from VRD Racing, who scored his second and third wins of...

With the start of the 2024 USF Juniors calendar beginning on the April 5-7 weekend at NOLA Motorsports Park, USF Pro Insider Rob Howden dives into a team-by-team preview of the drivers in the program this season. Rob starts the show with a quick report on the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, and the opening rounds for the USF2000 and USF Pro 2000 series.

As the USF Juniors schedule heads into its final two weekends of 2023, one of the season's highlights has been the steady improvement of VRD Racing's Hudson Schwartz. The 14-year-old rookie has improved each weekend, qualifying on the front row for both Mid-Ohio races ahead of scoring his second podium finish. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden chatted with Hudson and they discussed his young career, his...

Jay Howard Driver Development's Evagoras Papasavvas has been one of the drivers to watch in the USF2000 series in 2023, scoring his first victory during a breakout weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in early July. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sat down with the 15-year-old America driver after yet another strong performance, this time at the Honda Indy Toronto.

USF Pro Insider Rob Howden provides a race report from the USF2000 and USF Pro 2000 events at Mid-Ohio this past weekend (June 29-July 1), and then sits down with USF Juniors driver Carson Etter from DC Autosport, who made his USF2000 debut at the action-packed race.