USF Pro Insider Podcast

2022 USF Juniors champion Mac Clark is fired up and ready to tackle his freshman USF2000 season, supported by the scholarship provided by Andersen Promotions. USF Pro Insider Rob Howden chatted with the Canadian ahead of the series' Spring Training event at Sebring on February 27-28

With the 2023 USF Pro Championships season opener just under two weekends away, Rob sits down with USF2000 sophomore and New Zealander Jacob Douglas to discuss his rookie season and his mindset heading into this year's series. The Exclusive Autosport driver is focused on race wins and championships, and building on the experience he gained in 2022.

USF Pro Insider Rob Howden sits down with TSOLadder.com's Steve Wittich to look at the current driver line-ups for the newly-renamed USF Pro Championships Presented by Cooper Tires 

Ahead of the opening round of the inaugural USF Juniors series at Ozarks International Raceway next weekend (April 22-24), RTI Insider Rob Howden connected with expected title contender Nick d'Orlando from DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports to discuss his karting career and his championship success in F1600 in 2021. As part of the 'Getting To Know' segment, Rob and Nick talk about a track day with Daniel Ricciardo, pizza, and Marvel movies.

Illinois' Jason Pribyl will be one of the many drivers on the inaugural USF Juniors grid for the 2022 season, running with IGY6 Motorsports. Unlike other drivers who started their motorsports journey in sprint karting, Jason developed his racecraft in enduro karting, running full-sized racetracks like Mid-Ohio, Gingerman, and Grattan Raceway. Rob spoke with Jason about his move to cars in F1600 and the SCCA Formula Enterprises 2 category, and his excitement and expectations for USF Juniors in 2022.

American karter Evagoras Papasavvas will make his Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship debut in 2022, after having spent this past season immersed in a focused testing program with Jay Howard Driver Development. Rob sat down with Evagoras to discuss his years of karting that have led him to this season's move to the Road to Indy, as well as an incident that occurred in a late-season karting event that will sideline him for the first two events of 2022.

After making his Indy Pro 2000 debut at the Road to Indy season finale at Mid-Ohio, Exclusive Autosport's Christian Brooks is primed and ready to take a run at the title in his freshman season. Rob and Christian discuss his years in the Red Bull Global Rallycross program, and his first two seasons in USF2000. Rob also pitches Christian with some fun and intriguing 'Getting To Know' questions.

With Andersen Promotions debuting their new USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires series in 2022, Rob begins his 'RTI Insider' interview from that paddock with Georgia's Noah Ping, who will compete this season with Velocity Racing Development. A former hockey goaltender, the 19-year-old comes to the USF Juniors program after a season of Radical Cup and SCCA Spec Racer Ford competition.

After two seasons in USF2000 with Cape Motorsports and Turn 3 Motorsport, New York's John Green will make the step to Indy Pro 2000 with Turn 3 in 2022. Green scored his first USF2000 win in the season finale and his three-year racing career is an intriguing study is rapid yet consistent development. Rob and Josh hit on all of these points, before allowing him to tackle the 'Getting to Know' questions. 

In this second edition of the new format, Rob talks with USF2000 driver Dylan Christie, who is preparing to enter his sophomore season in the series. Christie will run for DE Force this season. In addition, Rob and Dylan discuss their love of sushi and homemade burgers.