Max Garcia and Pabst Racing remain unbeaten after the opening three rounds of the new USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire season.

A total of 65 young drivers with their sights set on a career in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and the Indianapolis 500 will converge on the 2.74-mile, 13-turn road course situated only a few miles from downtown New Orleans, which also hosted the series’ traditional Spring Training pre-season test last month.

A sweep of The Andersen Companies Grand Prix of St. Petersburg has catapulted 14-year-old Max Garcia, from Coconut Grove, Fla., into an early lead in the quest for this year’s USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire title chase and a scholarship valued at $458,400 to progress onto the next level of the USF Pro Championships ladder in 2025.

The record will show that 14-year-old Max Garcia started from the pole position for Pabst Racing and won today’s first of two races that will comprise The Andersen Companies Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the opening round of the new USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire season. But that doesn’t come close to telling the whole story.

Both USF Pro 2000 and USF2000 have attracted strong fields with over 40 rising stars of the sport seeking to begin their bids for scholarship prizes to catapult them toward a future in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, which also commences its 2024 season on the unforgiving streets.