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Exclusive Autosport has announced a fleet of drivers which will be racing for it in USF2000 and USF Juniors this year.
In USF2000 it has added Evan Cooley and brothers Ayrton and Gabriel Cahan to its line-up. Cooley, 19, will be embarking on his third year with the team in a relationship that began with the 2024 USF Juniors season.
He came 13th in the standings with two fourth places his best finishes, and in two USF2000 appearances he claimed two poles, a podium and a fourth place. His full season there last year featured two podiums, and he was sixth in the standings.
Ayrton Cahan is the reigning champion in the wingless and nationwide F1600 Championship Series. His title-winning 2025 campaign last year featured four victories and 12 other podiums, and followed up a 2024 season in which he was eighth in the points table.
He does already have experience of winged single-seaters, which was with Exclusive, having contested two Atlantics rounds last year in its sub-class for USF Juniors cars. Gabriel did three rounds, winning the class once, and was F1600 runner-up.
Once dropped points was taken into account, the 20-year-old Gabriel missed out on the title by one point to his 18-year-old brother. He won seven races but his total podium count was four fewer than Ayrton’s.
In 2024, the older Cahan raced one step higher in the F2000 Championship Series. Grid sizes varies, with only three full-times, and four victories delivered Cahan the title.
Joining Exclusive in the actual USF Juniors championship, which supports IndyCar once in 2026, are Connor Aspley, Brenden Cooley and Cole Medeiros. All three are preparing by racing their cars in the YACademy Winter Series this week.
Aspley, 20, raced in the YACademy WS, came 13th in USF Juniors driving for Pole Position Motorsports and also cameoed in Atlantics’ USF Juniors class last year.
Cooley is the 16-year-old brother of Evan. They have previously raced against each other, and will remain as team-mates in 2026 but with Evan racing in USF2000. The younger brother made his USF Juniors debut in 2024, and last year came 10th with one podium. He was also 10th in the YACademy WS and did one USF2000 race.
Canadian youngster Medeiros graduated from karting earlier this week in the opening YACademy WS round.