In 2011 he also competed in the pair of F2000 Championship Series races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

[2] However, Younessi ultimately only made two race starts, at the season opener in St. Petersburg and in June in Detroit.

[3] In the first race of the season in Monza, Younessi set the fastest lap time in the second qualifying in a field of sixty cars.

Younessi began his professional career in the software industry after receiving degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

After receiving his Juris Doctor he was admitted as a member of the Florida and Federal Bar.