Jeffers win and Schrage disaster tightens USF2000 title race

Photo: Gavin Baker Photography

Exclusive Autosport’s Jack Jeffers prevailed in USF2000’s second race at Mid-Ohio to take his second win of 2025.

Drivers’ second-best laptimes from qualifying set the grid, and Velocity Racing Development’s Thomas Schrage set a 1m21.3282s to earn pole by 0.1271 seconds over Jeffers.

Caleb Gafrarar (Pabst Racing) and Teddy Musella (VRD) filled row two, with Lucas Fecury (Exclusive) and Anthony Martella (Jay Howard Driver Development) on row three.

There was drama further back as the field lined up to race as Benchmark Autosport’s Ayrton Houk drove into the back of DEForce Racing’s Sebastian Garzon and then his broken car speared right into the path of VRD’s Ryan Giannetta.

Both had crashed out before even crossing the start line, and a caution period began once the leaders reached turn one.

Racing got underway properly on lap four, with Jeffers ahead of Schrage at the front and Gafrarar behind Musella, Martella and Fecury. Martella got into third but at turn four had a huge lock-up and pitted at the end of the lap.

Gafrarar reclaimed two places as he overtook Fecury, and on lap five got involved in the fight for second. Schrage lost out to Musella and Gafrarar, as Jeffers built a two-second lead. Pabst’s G3 Argyros and Fecury were hassling the group too, and Schrage got shuffled down the order on lap six.

There was then a caution period, caused by contact that put VRD’s Christian Cameron out. Schrage was involved in that, and pitted while racing was neutralised. He later stopped on track too, and finished a distant 11th.

The lap 10 restart had plenty of action, with Fecury attacking Argyros at turn two then nailing a move for fourth at turn nine, and then the race settled down.

The top three ran close together, and Musella tried diving down Jeffers’ inside at turn one on lap 17. The failed move left him vulnerable to Gafrarar, who got past and then left Musella under attack from others.

Fecury’s attempt to overtake Musella led to him losing fourth to Argyros, and Gafrar escaped up the road with Jeffers. He stayed in the mirrors of the leader, but overtaking was not a possibility and he finished 0.3954s behind.

Schrage’s disastrous race meant his championship lead was reduced to five points by Jeffers.

Race results (20 laps)