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Jacob Douglas will remain with Pabst Racing next year for a USF Pro 2000 title attack.
The 20-year-old Kiwi is currently the highest-placed returnee in the IndyCar support series, having come fifth in his rookie campaign this year. He made the podium on his second start, and went on to take a win and six other podium finishes.
It restored momentum in Douglas’s career after only doing two weekends of racing in 2024, both in Britain’s GB3 championship.
“Going into the 2026 season our goal is to win the championship, and deliver the best performance we can each weekend,” said Douglas. “I can’t wait to get to work and get back on track. I am grateful to Pabst Racing and all of my supporters back home in New Zealand for believing in me.”
The team previously ran Douglas in USF2000, which culminated in his most impressive weekend in the USF Pro championships paddock to date.
Douglas made his USF2000 debut with Exclusive Autosport in 2022, and came 12th in the standings with three top-five finishes. He remained with the team for 2023, starting off by winning the YACademy Winter Series title in the lower-tier USF Juniors car then stepping back up to USF2000.
Despite picking up his maiden podium, Douglas left Exclusive after three rounds and missed the championship’s sole oval race before returning to the grid with Pabst. He finished second on his comeback race, and in the final round at Portland rose from 10th to sixth in the standings as he claimed three poles then won two of the races and was runner-up in the other.
Last week Andersen Promotions, which organises the USF Pro championships, announced the formation of Andersen Racing Imports. It will have an exclusive five-year importer agreement in North America with manufacturer Tatuus, which supplies chassis to Andersen’s championships, which covers cars and parts supplies.
The deal includes “multiple automatic five-year renewals”, which indicates that Tatuus will be contracted to design and build future cars for the third, fourth and fifth tiers of the North American single-seater ladder. The current designs are all variations of the same base chassis, and have been in use for several years.
Carl Haas Automobile Imports previously spent 16 years with the parts supply contract for the USF Pro championships, and Anderson has purchased the cars and parts it still had as well as hiring the company’s two leaders to provide continuity for teams.