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G3 Argyros has taken many bold steps in his young racing career. This one might top them all.

As the first announced driver for reigning USF Pro 2000 team champions Pabst Racing, sitting in the car of reigning driver’s champion Max Garcia, it’s hard to imagine that he could step into a more pressure-filled opportunity in 2026.

And yet, after landing himself in the top-ten in 71% of his 28 career USF2000 starts, including 15 this season, all of which he accomplished before turning 16 years old, it seems like a fitting step up for Argyros. Throughout his career, he has risen to the challenge of every level he has taken on, never finishing lower than seventh in a USF Pro Championships season.

“I felt from some of the first laps in the Pro (2000) car, that I felt better in the car and it suited my driving style more,” Argyros said. “With that, you’re obviously still going to be learning a lot on the racecraft side, and I think that’s gonna be the largest hurdle for me. There’s a lot more dirty air in the Pro 2000 car and a larger importance on qualifying.” 

With each of the past 48 race winners in USF Pro 2000 coming from a top-five starting spot, qualifying is crucial in the series. Yet, Argyros, who finished fourth in USF2000 with Pabst in 2025, is analytically in good company. Even if the qualifying results take a while to get there, he can convert those into good finishes at a race exceptional for his age.

Argyros had the most positions gained on average from his starting position out of any full-time driver in USF2000 in 2025. 

If you take drivers in his 15-16 year old age bracket who have had similar average finishes, it tends to be a high indicator of future success. The drivers with average USF2000 finishes below 8.0 since 2022 (see chart below) at the ages of 16 or younger, have had a much higher rate to advance to Indy NXT (62%) than those who did not (4%) (future NXT drivers indicated in orange).

He is where a driver needs to be analytically if he wants to set himself up to succeed at the next level.

But first, he’ll have to undergo the hard work to reach that step on a Pabst squad that has won the team title each of the past three years. A place where success is the standard.

“Pabst is a program where we’re expected to always be contending,” Argyros said. “The consistency they bring is what wins you championships, and we plan to execute in 2026 and use that consistency to hold a trophy on Sundays, that’s all we want.”

A big challenge to hit the ground running for the entire USF Pro 2000 field is going to be when the season kicks off on a new street circuit in Arlington, Texas around the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium. Arlington replaces the previous opening race for USF Pro 2000 which took place a few weeks earlier in the year around the Streets of St. Petersburg circuit in Florida. 

A common phrase that is spoken around the USF Pro Championships paddock on opening weekend, regardless of the track, is that a driver can not win the championship in the first couple of races, but they certainly can lose it if they dig themselves a deep enough hole. 

Argyros was an accomplished street circuit racer in 2025 and could very well be in a position for a strong weekend in the Lone Star State, picking up an average finish of 5.5 with not a single finish lower than tenth. Still, the idea of racing on a completely new street circuit carries a level of unpredictability the championship rarely sees.

“From a team standpoint without video or notes, it’s very unknown,” Argyros said. “I think the track progression there is going to be insane, and I think there will be a huge jump between race one and race two that might catch even the IndyCar teams out as well. But I’m incredibly excited that we get the opportunity to be a part of that event, because it’s an awesome venue. It just shows our series is going in the right direction.”

Arlington is just one of the eight circuits Argyros will have to take on this season, as himself and the rest of the USF Pro 2000 competitors now sit just two levels of American open-wheel racing below reaching the IndyCar Series and are focused at this point on perfecting those skills that could make them valuable drivers to IndyCar teams.

When the upcoming update of the USOWN 20, a list ranking IndyCar prospects’ on long-term viability compiled for this website, releases later this month, Argyros will appear on the list for the first time. His continued upward trajectory from off-road racing to karting and now to open-wheel will be tested in 2026 even more as he reaches his highest level yet.

Argyros, as confident as he has been since first stepping into an open-wheel car, sees himself as ready.

“Going back five or six years, being on this path has been the entire goal,” Argyros said. “Going from Trophy Trucks to Juniors, USF2000, and now Pro, it’s all just preparing me for the skills that I need to someday do well in IndyCar.”

G3 Argyros and the rest of the USF Pro 2000 series will kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13-15 on the Streets of Arlington, Texas.