2016 F2000 Championship Series

The 2016 F2000 Championship Series season is the eleventh season of competition for the series.

Canadian Masters Class competitor Steve Bamford won eight of the twelve races he contested and won the championship. He is the second masters class driver to win the championship.

American John McCusker won the penultimate round of the championship to finish second in points. American Masters Class competitor won one race and finished third in points. Other winners were veteran Bob Reid who won the final race of the season, a rain-affected race of only seven laps, and Americans John LaRue and Trent Walko, who each only competed in four races, finishing on the podium in all four, and winning one. Matt McDonough won the first race at Watkins Glen International, the only round he competed in.

The points system allows a driver's two worst races to be "dropped" for season points. Because of this, Dave Weitzenhof was the only driver to compete in all sixteen races of the schedule.

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
NC Palm Beach International Raceway United States Jupiter, Florida February 14 United States Blake Mount United States Blake Mount United States Blake Mount
NC Sebring International Raceway United States Sebring, Florida February 21 United States Skylar Robinson United States Skylar Robinson United States Davy D'addario
1 Road Atlanta United States Braselton, Georgia April 9 United States Brandon Dixon Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford
2 April 10 United States Brandon Dixon Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford
3 Watkins Glen International United States Watkins Glen, New York May 14 United States Dave Weitzenhof Canada Steve Bamford United States Matt McDonough
4 May 15 Canada Steve Bamford United States John McCusker Canada Steve Bamford
5 Virginia International Raceway United States Alton, Virginia June 4 Canada Steve Bamford United States John LaRue Canada Steve Bamford
6 June 5 United States John LaRue Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course United States Lexington, Ohio July 2 Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford
8 July 3 Canada Steve Bamford United States John LaRue United States John LaRue
9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex United States Wampum, Pennsylvania August 6 Canada Steve Bamford United States Trent Walko Canada Steve Bamford
10 August 7 Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford Canada Steve Bamford
11 New Jersey Motorsports Park United States Millville, New Jersey August 27 United States Brandon Dixon United States Brandon Dixon United States Brandon Dixon
12 August 28 United States Trent Walko United States Trent Walko United States Trent Walko
13 Virginia International Raceway United States Alton, Virginia October 1 United States Kaylen Frederick United States Kaylen Frederick United States John McCusker
14 October 2 United States John McCusker United States Jenna Grillo United States Bob Reid

Championship standings

Pos. Driver United States
ATL
United States
WGI
United States
VIR1
United States
MDO
United States
PIT
United States
NJMP
United States
VIR2
Points
1 Canada Steve Bamford (M) 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 570
2 United States John McCusker 3 3 6 3 6 4 7 4 3 3 1 2 435
3 United States Brandon Dixon (M) 2 4 DNS 3 3 3 2 2 5 1 2 400
4 United States Dave Weitzenhof (M) 5 13 7 4 7 5 7 7 5 13 8 9 4 9 335
5 United States Bob Reid (M) 15 10 8 10 4 4 11 11 8 14 3 1 297
6 United States Steve Jenks (M) 14 5 12 5 8 4 3 7 5 246
7 United States Robert Wright (M) 10 DNS 3 9 DNS 10 10 DNS DNS 9 11 10 186
8 United States John LaRue (M) 2 2 2 1 183
9 United States Peter Gonzalez (M) 12 15 15 DNS 16 20 11 10 12 10 8 4 179
10 United States Trent Walko 3 2 2 1 176
11 United States Jenna Grillo 12 6 9 15 15 12 6 6 158
12 United States Dan Denison (M) 6 9 6 6 11 12 146
13 United States David Grant 4 2 10 2 139
14 United States Davy D'addario 4 5 13 7 DNS 7 134
15 United States Tim Paul 11 7 9 18 5 8 133
16 United States Nick Palacio 6 6 2 5 125
17 Canada Jayson Clunie 8 8 2 8 117
18 United States Devin Lesueur 5 6 18 15 14 12 109
19 United States Tom Fatur (M) DNS 10 8 9 3 106
20 United States Connor Gawry 6 7 12 9 15 9 104
21 United States Chris Gumprecht DNS 14 13 13 12 11 5 10 99
22 United States Matt McDonough (M) 1 6 79
23 United States Robert Allaer (M) 4 6 63
24 United States Brendan Puderbach 9 7 19 19 58
25 United States Austin McCusker 8 5 8 57
26 United States Charles Finelli (M) 7 11 46
27 United States Paul Farmer 13 11 7 43
28 United States Mauro Fauza (M) 13 11 34
29 United States Alex Ethier 17 13 17 17 34
30 United States Kaylen Frederick 7 11 33
31 United States Scott Gesford (M) 16 12 20 16 29
32 United States Chris Horan 14 14 26
33 United States Reilly Harris 9 15 24
34 United States Donald Betterly 10 13 22
35 Barbados Brent Gilkes (M) 13 12 16
36 United States Al Guibord (M) 14 13
37 United States Sam Beasley 16 14 2
Pos. Driver United States
ATL
United States
WGI
United States
VIR1
United States
MDO
United States
PIT
United States
NJMP
United States
VIR2
Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(2 points)

References