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Dear readers,

Throughout the past year, the growth of USOpenWheelNation has been the greatest joy of my life. I began writing about motorsports as a long-time fan of grassroots and junior series racing with a goal of learning more about it myself. It was exploratory. I didn’t foresee this lasting or having the success it has had.

Suffice to say, I am blown away. Over 1,500 people reading my articles every month. 20,000 people watching videos every month. 73,000 social impressions per month as of last checking. USOpenWheelNation is a passion project, but it also has grown to become a place people reliably go to for coverage.

Additionally, USOpenWheelNation is part of a solution to an ongoing age problem in motorsports. Over 70% of the audience is 55 or over. In a stark contrast, nearly 70% of my audience is between 18-30. There’s proof here that a market exists for coverage of young drivers in the United States and I will continue to tap into it.

The audience I have places lots of responsibility on my shoulders. This is a one-man show and it will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Therefore, I remain fully committed to working hard to help provide a spotlight to these young drivers. Sometimes I feel burned out and have had to step back, but I’ve placed some boundaries to make sure that I can continue to do this work not only sustainably, but for a long time.

Continuing this work also means that like many drivers, a harsh, financial reality awaits me. I’ll be graduating college in the coming months and jobs in motorsport media are few and far between. Unless I am able to find one, this will continue to be a draining hobby financially.

In my opinion, this year is my pre-professional hail mary. To pump a lot out of my savings to be on the ground in the hopes of landing a job doing something in racing full-time. As I search and continue to chase my dream to someday do this or something related full-time, I still keep focused on ensuring the best coverage possible.

In the event I do work elsewhere, my hope is to keep USOpenWheelNation active and doing what it does no matter what. I think I am building something unique that is capturing the attention of many (even Mario Andretti shot me a Twitter follow the other day) so it is imperative no matter what that USOWN keeps going.

With that being said, the best coverage I’ve been able to produce is at the race track. It’s also the one place in the world I feel most at home. In 2023 and 2024, I got to cover a combined 16 races in-person across four weekends of coverage. I’m excited to announce that my plan is to cover 31 races in-person in 2025 across seven weekends, including a majority of the USF Pro Championships schedule for all three levels and nearly 40% of the Indy NXT schedule. Here are the tracks I’ll be at and the weekends I’ll be at them.

USOpenWheelNation 2025 in-person coverage schedule:

Streets of St. Petersburg (Feb 28 – March 2) (Indy NXT + USF Pro 2000 + USF2000)

Barber Motorsports Park (May 1 – May 4) (Indy NXT + USF Pro Championships)

Indianapolis Motor Speedway (May 8 – May 10) (Indy NXT + USF Pro 2000 + USF2000)

Indianapolis Raceway Park (May 22 – May 23) (USF Pro 2000 + USF2000)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (June 6 – June 8) (USF Juniors)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (July 3 – July 6) (Indy NXT + USF Pro Championships)

Portland International Raceway (August 7 – August 10) (Indy NXT + USF Pro Championships)

I look forward to meeting teams, drivers and fans at every stop. Additionally, I look forward to a comprehensive list of off-season features which should tally over 30 drivers by the time the green flag drops in St. Pete. I can’t wait to see you there.

Sincerely,

Eddie Fuhrer