The 2012 U.S. F2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest was the second year of the winter racing series promoted by the U.S. F2000 National Championship. It consisted of six races held during two race meets in February 2012 and served as preparation for the 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship.

American Spencer Pigot won five of the six races on his way to dominating the championship over his closest pursuer, Cape Motorsports teammate Trent Hindman. The third Cape driver, Matthew Brabham, was the only other driver to win a race when he captured third race at Sebring and finished third in the championship. Andretti Autosport's Shelby Blackstock and JDC Motorsports' Scott Hargrove were the only other drivers to finish on the podium, with one third-place finish each as they finished fourth and sixth in the championship respectively. Andretti Autosport's Thomas McGregor finished fifth in the championship.

Canadian James Dayson won the National Class championship by one point over American Paul Alspach.

Drivers and teams

The entry list for the Sebring round was announced on February 2, 2012.[1]

Team No. Drivers Notes
United States Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 United States Spencer Pigot
3 United States Trent Hindman
83 Australia Matthew Brabham
United States Belardi Auto Racing 4 Australia Roman Lagudi
9 United States Luca Forgeois
11 United States Colin Thompson
14 United States Scott Anderson
United States Pabst Racing Services 5 Canada Dalton Kellett
6 United States J. R. Smart National class
United States Andretti Autosport 7 Canada Thomas McGregor
8 United States Shelby Blackstock
Canada Dayson Racing 12 Canada James Dayson National class
United States ArmsUp Motorsports 15 United States Luigi Biangardi Sebring only
United States JDC Motorsports 19 United States Neil Alberico
38 Canada Scott Hargrove
54 United States Michael Johnson
93 United States Zac Silver
United States JAY Motorsports 23 United States Jason Wolfe
Canada MDL Racing 33 Canada Matthew Di Leo
United States Robinson Motor Sports 97 United States Paul Alspach National class; Sebring only

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on November 2, 2011.[2]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida February 6 United States Spencer Pigot United States Trent Hindman United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Cape Motorsports
2 February 7 United States Trent Hindman Australia Matthew Brabham United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Cape Motorsports
3 Australia Matthew Brabham Australia Matthew Brabham Australia Matthew Brabham Australia Matthew Brabham United States Cape Motorsports
4 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, Florida February 11 United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Cape Motorsports
5 February 12 United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Cape Motorsports
6 United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Spencer Pigot United States Cape Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SEB PBI Points
Championship Class
1 United States Spencer Pigot 1* 1* 2 1* 1* 1* 187
2 United States Trent Hindman 3 3 3 2 2 3 140
3 Australia Matthew Brabham 2 2 1* 4 14 2 135
4 United States Shelby Blackstock 5 7 5 7 3 4 103
5 Canada Thomas McGregor 17 4 8 6 4 8 83
6 Canada Scott Hargrove 7 9 15 3 9 6 81
7 United States Neil Alberico 15 11 10 5 5 5 78
8 United States Scott Anderson 4 14 11 12 7 7 73
9 Canada Matthew Di Leo 6 5 4 14 16 10 70
10 Australia Roman Lagudi 11 8 7 8 6 14 66
11 Canada Dalton Kellett 10 12 14 13 10 11 56
12 United States Jason Wolfe 13 10 12 11 11 15 49
13 United States Zac Silver 9 13 13 10 13 DNS 47
14 United States Luigi Biangardi 8 6 6 43
15 United States Luca Forgeois 18 DNS DNS 9 8 12 35
16 United States Colin Thompson 16 15 9 DSQ DNS 9 35
17 United States Michael Johnson 12 16 16 15 15 13 34
National Class
1 Canada James Dayson 19 DNS DNS 17 12 DNS 45
2 United States Paul Alspach DNS 17 17 44
3 United States J. R. Smart 14 18 DNS DNS DNS DNS 40
Pos Driver SEB PBI 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
In-line notation
Championship Class only
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Points
1 United States Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 240
2 United States Andretti Autosport 100
3 United States JDC Motorsports 68
4 United States Belardi Auto Racing 54
5 Canada MDL Racing 33
6 United States ArmsUp Motorsports 20
7 United States Pabst Racing Services 8
8 United States JAY Motorsports 6
9 Canada Dayson Racing 3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship – Entry List as of February 2, 2012, U. S. F2000, February 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-03
  2. ↑ USF2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest Schedule Confirmed Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, November 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-02
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