2016 F2000 Championship Series

2016 F2000 Championship season
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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	Jupiter, Florida	February 14	Blake Mount	Blake Mount	Blake Mount
NC	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	February 21	Skylar Robinson	Skylar Robinson	Davy D'addario
1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	April 9	Brandon Dixon	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford
2			April 10	Brandon Dixon	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford
3	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	May 14	Dave Weitzenhof	Steve Bamford	Matt McDonough
4			May 15	Steve Bamford	John McCusker	Steve Bamford
5	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	June 4	Steve Bamford	John LaRue	Steve Bamford
6			June 5	John LaRue	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 2	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford
8			July 3	Steve Bamford	John LaRue	John LaRue
9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	August 6	Steve Bamford	Trent Walko	Steve Bamford
10			August 7	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford	Steve Bamford
11	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	August 27	Brandon Dixon	Brandon Dixon	Brandon Dixon
12			August 28	Trent Walko	Trent Walko	Trent Walko
13	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	October 1	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	John McCusker
14			October 2	John McCusker	Jenna Grillo	Bob Reid

Championship standings

Pos. Driver ATL WGI VIR1 MDO PIT NJMP VIR2 Points 1 Steve Bamford (M) 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 570 2 John McCusker 3 3 6 3 6 4 7 4 3 3 1 2 435 3 Brandon Dixon (M) 2 4 DNS 3 3 3 2 2 5 1 2 400 4 Dave Weitzenhof (M) 5 13 7 4 7 5 7 7 5 13 8 9 4 9 335 5 Bob Reid (M) 15 10 8 10 4 4 11 11 8 14 3 1 297 6 Steve Jenks (M) 14 5 12 5 8 4 3 7 5 246 7 Robert Wright (M) 10 DNS 3 9 DNS 10 10 DNS DNS 9 11 10 186 8 John LaRue (M) 2 2 2 1 183 9 Peter Gonzalez (M) 12 15 15 DNS 16 20 11 10 12 10 8 4 179 10 Trent Walko 3 2 2 1 176 11 Jenna Grillo 12 6 9 15 15 12 6 6 158 12 Dan Denison (M) 6 9 6 6 11 12 146 13 David Grant 4 2 10 2 139 14 Davy D'addario 4 5 13 7 DNS 7 134 15 Tim Paul 11 7 9 18 5 8 133 16 Nick Palacio 6 6 2 5 125 17 Jayson Clunie 8 8 2 8 117 18 Devin Lesueur 5 6 18 15 14 12 109 19 Tom Fatur (M) DNS 10 8 9 3 106 20 Connor Gawry 6 7 12 9 15 9 104 21 Chris Gumprecht DNS 14 13 13 12 11 5 10 99 22 Matt McDonough (M) 1 6 79 23 Robert Allaer (M) 4 6 63 24 Brendan Puderbach 9 7 19 19 58 25 Austin McCusker 8 5 8 57 26 Charles Finelli (M) 7 11 46 27 Paul Farmer 13 11 7 43 28 Mauro Fauza (M) 13 11 34 29 Alex Ethier 17 13 17 17 34 30 Kaylen Frederick 7 11 33 31 Scott Gesford (M) 16 12 20 16 29 32 Chris Horan 14 14 26 33 Reilly Harris 9 15 24 34 Donald Betterly 10 13 22 35 Brent Gilkes (M) 13 12 16 36 Al Guibord (M) 14 13 37 Sam Beasley 16 14 2 Pos. Driver ATL WGI VIR1 MDO PIT NJMP 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

External links

• Official Series Website