The 2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship is a season of the U.S. F2000 National Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that is the first step in IndyCar's Road to Indy ladder. It is the second full season of the series since its revival in 2010. It follows the first 2011 U.S. F2000 Winterfest winter championship. It consists of 12 races held over 7 race weekends on seven different tracks – two street circuits, two ovals, and three permanent road courses.

Finnish driver Petri Suvanto, in his first season racing in North America, won the championship with five wins and five second-place finishes by 47 points over American Spencer Pigot, the 2010 Skip Barber National Championship winner. British driver Wayne Boyd won two races and finished third while Zach Veach won the season opener but struggled during the second half of the season to wind up fourth in points. Sixteen-year-old New Yorker Luca Forgeois won the National Class over his only full-time National Class rival J. R. Smart.

Drivers and teams

Team No Drivers Notes
United States Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 United States Shannon McIntosh[1]
3 Finland Petri Suvanto[2]
32 France Vincent Beltoise[3] Sebring to Indianapolis only[4]
United States Belardi Auto Racing 4 United Kingdom Wayne Boyd[5]
9 United States Cole Morgan[5] Sebring & St. Pete only
United States Luigi Biangardi Mid-Ohio onwards
United States Pabst Racing Services 5 Estonia Tõnis Kasemets St. Pete only
United States Luca Forgeois National Class; Indianapolis onwards[6]
6 United States J. R. Smart[7] National Class
16 United States Rodin Younessi National Class; Indianapolis only[8]
United States Andretti Autosport 7 United States Zach Veach[9]
8 United States Spencer Pigot[10]
United States JDC Motorsports 10 Australia Roman Lagudi Indianapolis,[8] Mid-Ohio onwards
16 United States Rodin Younessi National Class; Mid-Ohio onwards
19 Colombia Juan Piedrahita[11]
85 Australia Luke Ellery[12] Sebring through Milwaukee only
United States Chris Miller Road America only[13]
United States Auriana Racing 11 Italy Joe Colasacco National class; Mid-Ohio[6] and Baltimore only[14]
United States K-Hill Motorsports 12 United States Bruce Hamilton National class; Baltimore only[14]
65 United States Joe Woodward National class; Baltimore only[14]
Canada Jensen MotorSport 13 United States Ryan Tveter Baltimore only[14]
United States ArmsUp Motorsports 15 United States Rick Balsley National class; Road America only[13]
56 United States Revere Greist Road America only[13]
71 United States Jim Victor National class; Road America only[13]
United States Sick Tea Motorsports 17 United States Timmy Megenbier[15]
United States MidAtlantic Motorsports
United States Eric Langbein Racing		 25 United States Joe Blacker National class; Baltimore only[14]
53 United States Eric Langbein National class; Baltimore only[14]
United States AcceleRace Motorsports 28 United States Ardie Greenamyer[7] National class; Mid-Ohio[6] and Baltimore only[14]
29 National Class; Sebring & St. Pete only
United States Jonathan Scarallo National class; Mid-Ohio only
Canada Brian Stewart Racing 33 Canada Matthew Di Leo[7]
United States Stevenson Motorsports 97 United States Luca Forgeois National class; Sebring, St. Pete only[16]

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on October 12, 2010.[17]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida March 17 United States Zach Veach United States Zach Veach United States Zach Veach United States Zach Veach United States Andretti Autosport ALMS
2 March 18 United States Zach Veach Australia Luke Ellery Finland Petri Suvanto
Australia Luke Ellery		 Australia Luke Ellery United States JDC MotorSports
3 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 26 United States Spencer Pigot Finland Petri Suvanto United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Andretti Autosport IndyCar Series
4 March 27 Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto United States Cape Motorsports
5 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 28 Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto United States Cape Motorsports USAC Midgets
6 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 19 United States Zach Veach Australia Luke Ellery United Kingdom Wayne Boyd United Kingdom Wayne Boyd United States Belardi Auto Racing IndyCar Series
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 6 Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto United States Cape Motorsports IndyCar Series
8 August 7 Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto Finland Petri Suvanto United States Cape Motorsports
9 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 19 United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
United States Spencer Pigot		 United States Spencer Pigot United States Andretti Autosport ALMS
10 August 20 United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
United States Spencer Pigot		 Finland Petri Suvanto United States Cape Motorsports
11 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland September 3 Finland Petri Suvanto United States Spencer Pigot United Kingdom Wayne Boyd United Kingdom Wayne Boyd United States Belardi Auto Racing IndyCar Series
12 September 4 United States Spencer Pigot Finland Petri Suvanto United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Andretti Autosport

Championship standings

Drivers'

Pos Driver SEB STP ORP MIL MDO RA BAL Points
Championship Class
1 Finland Petri Suvanto 2 3* 2 1* 1* 5 1* 1* 2 1 2 2 328
2 United States Spencer Pigot 3 2 1* 2 4 6 3 4 1* 2* 11 1* 281
3 United Kingdom Wayne Boyd 11 6 7 3 5 1* 2 2 10* 3* 1* 15 229
4 United States Zach Veach 1* 8 3 4 2 2 5 7 3 5 12 16 223
5 Canada Matthew Di Leo 9 11 4 7 6 8 6 5 7 6 3 13 174
6 United States Timmy Megenbier 7 14 15 6 7 7 4 3 5 4 17 7 151
7 Colombia Juan Piedrahita 6 5 12 9 3 3 7 8 6 15 16 14 145
8 United States Shannon McIntosh 14 12 8 13 11 9 13 12 17 17 8 11 101
9 Australia Luke Ellery 4 1* 14 8 13 4 92
10 United States Luigi Biangardi 8 6 11 8 4 12 78
11 France Vincent Beltoise 8 13 6 5 9 58
12 United States Cole Morgan 5 4 5 15 54
National Class
1 United States Luca Forgeois 10 9 9 10 10 10 12 14 16 9 9 5 220
2 United States J. R. Smart 13 10 10 12 12 11 15 16 12 10 18 10 166
3 United States Ardie Greenamyer 12 7 11 11 DNS 16 13 96
4 United States Rodin Younessi 14 14 15 15 12 19 17 68
unregistered drivers
Australia Roman Lagudi 8 9 9 8 13 5 3
Italy Joe Colasacco 10 10 6 4
United States Chris Miller 4 7
United States Eric Langbein 7 6
United States Ryan Tveter 10 8
United States Revere Greist 9 14
United States Joe Woodward 9 14
United States Jonathan Scarallo 11 11
United States Jim Victor 13 11
Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 13 14
United States Joe Blacker 13 DNS
United States Rick Balsley 14 16
United States Bruce Hamilton 15 18
Pos Driver SEB STP ORP MIL MDO RA BAL 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
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20+
Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Teams'

Pos Team Points
1 United States Andretti Autosport 314
2 United States Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 259
3 United States Belardi Auto Racing 196
4 United States JDC Motorsports 174
5 United States Sick Tea Racing 81
6 Canada Brian Stewart Racing 65
7 United States Pabst Racing Services 29
8 United States Accelerace Motorsports 12
9 United States Stevenson Motorsports 8
10 United States ArmsUp Motorsports 7
11 Canada Jensen MotorSport 5

References

  1. ↑ Cavin, Curt. Feb. 11: Pit Pass on Schmidt, Cunningham Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Indianapolis Star, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
  2. ↑ Suvanto Joins Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing for USF2000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Cape Motorpsorts, February 7, 2011, retrieved 2011-02-12
  3. ↑ Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Ready for Start of USF2000 Season with Three-Car Assault Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, March 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-11
  4. ↑ Milwaukee Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-06-15
  5. 1 2 Wayne Boyd and Cole Morgan join Belardi in the US F2000 cars, Belardi Auto Racing, March 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-08
  6. 1 2 3 Mid-Ohio entry list Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-08-02
  7. 1 2 3 Talented Contenders From Around the World Set for USF2000 Season Opener Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014
  8. 1 2 Lucas Oil Raceway Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, May 26, 2011, Retrieved 2011-05-26
  9. ↑ "Andretti Autosport re-signs Zach Veech for USF2000". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Spencer Pigot joins Andretti Autosport for USF2000". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  11. ↑ EJDC MotorSports Signs Piedrahita as part of Title Charge Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-02
  12. ↑ Ellery Rejoins JDC MotorSports in 2011 Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-28
  13. 1 2 3 4 Road America entry list Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, August 16, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-17
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Baltimore Entry List Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, USF2000, Retrieved 2011-08-31
  15. ↑ Sick Tea Racing Joins USF2000 National Championship Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014
  16. ↑ USF2000: Stevenson Motorsports Joins Series with Forgeois Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
  17. ↑ USF2000 Announces 2011 Schedule Consisting of 14 Races from March to Sept., U.S. F2000 PR, October 12, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-20
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