BROWNSBURG, Ind. -- Ethan Ho, coming off his first season moving up from the karting ranks, has teamed up with DC Autosport for a dual USF Pro Championships Presented by Cooper Tires program in 2023.
After finishing seventh in the inaugural USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires in 2022, the driver and team combination will return with eyes on a title run. After the 17-year-old Californian captured his best finish of the year of fourth in the season finale, expectations have risen with a full year of experience and learning under their belt.
Armed with new sponsor, Triple S Suspension, Ho has already started this season strong with multiple podiums at the opening rounds of the YACademy Winter Series at Sebring, the site of the opening rounds of this year’s USF Juniors championship.
“I’m very excited to rejoin DC Autosport and continue my relationship with Don Conner,” explained the Taiwanese-American Ho. “We never quite got the result we deserved last year, but after a full off-season of testing I look forward to being in contention every weekend in 2023. I’m also happy to welcome my new sponsor Triple S Suspension to our program for this year. To have a Taiwanese company support me in my career is something I am very proud of and I look forward to having them ride on the car all year long.”
In addition to the complete USF Juniors season, Ho will contest in a limited USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires schedule to gather more experience for a jump to the full championship in 2024. Ho, a high school senior, made his series debut at the season finale in Portland in 2022. After a difficult qualifying session, he moved up in all three races and earned Hard Charger in Race 2. DC Autosport will make the move with Ethan into USF2000 and tentatively the duo are scheduled to contest the Indy Grand Prix, Road America, Mid-Ohio and Portland rounds.
“I’m really looking forward to working with Ethan for another season and building off of 2022,” explained team owner Don Conner. “Ethan made a lot of progress throughout last year and after a strong start in Sebring earlier this month, we look forward to continuing to aid in his development throughout the year in both USF Juniors and USF2000.”
2022 also saw Ethan make multiple trips to Europe competing in both the FIA Motorsport Games in France representing Taiwan as well as the Rotax Karting Grand Finals in Portugal representing Team USA. Scheduling pending, Ho looks forward to attempting to represent both of his nationalities again in these prestigious worldwide events in 2023.