2009 F2000 Championship Series Explained

The 2009 F2000 Championship Series season was the fourth season of competition in the series. It consisted of 12 rounds (six double-race weekends), beginning April 10 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding August 16 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Chris Miller driving for JDC MotorSports won four races and on his way to the close fought championship over the St. Clair Motorsports entry of Matthew Inge as well as other contenders Remy Audette and Benjamin Searcy. Tom Fatur won the Masters' championship over Tim Minor by only 7 points despite Minor competing in only six races and Fatur driving the entire schedule.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 10	Remy Audette	Phil Lombardi	Benjamin Searcy	Zsports Midwest
2	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 11	Chris Miller	Matthew Inge	Chris Miller	JDC MotorSports
3	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock, Connecticut	May 23	Benjamin Searcy	Matthew Inge	Benjamin Searcy	Zsports Midwest
4	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock, Connecticut	May 25	Remy Audette	Benjamin Searcy	Remy Audette	Audette Motorsports
5	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	June 13	Remy Audette	Matthew Inge	Chris Miller
6	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	June 14	Chris Miller	Matthew Inge	Matthew Inge	St. Clair Motorsports
7	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 3	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Chris Miller
8	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 5	Matthew Inge	Al Guibord, Jr.	Phil Lombardi	GTP Motorsports
9	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	July 17	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Matthew Inge
10	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	July 19	Chris Miller	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
11	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 14	Chris Miller		Benjamin Searcy	Zsports Midwest
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 16	Chris Miller	Chris Miller	Chris Miller

Championship results

Pos	Driver	VIR		LRP		MOS		WGL		SUM		MDO		Points
Drivers' championship
1	Chris Miller	18	1	2	2	1	2	1	12	2	2	5	1	458
2	Matthew Inge	5	2	3	3	2	1	30	2	1	4	6	6	405
3	Remy Audette	2	3	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	16	3	2	390
4	Benjamin Searcy	1	27	1	7	5	6	DNS	6	5	3	1	10	330
5	Fabio Orsolon	24	21	11	4	3	3	11	7	3	17	4	5	284
6	Tom Fatur (M)	4	17	12	6	12	8	9	30	8	23	10	15	203
7	Tim Minor (M)	10	4							22	1	2	3	197
8	Al Guibord, Jr.	9	6	6	10			4	3			13	DNS	190
9	Keith McCrone					13	9	6	22	9	5	17	8	161
10	Victor Carbone	25	28	DNS	22	7	5			6	20	7	4	157
11	Robert Wright (M)	8	22	21	16	16	10	8	27	14	9	18	26	146
12	Craig Clawson (M)	14	13	13	15	17	13	12	9	12	19	22	24	144
13	Caitlin Johnston	12	10	10	9	DNS	21	19	14			16	9	140
14	Phil Lombardi	3	7	DNS	DNS			2	1					138
15	Jonathan Scarallo	21	12	7	23	11	20	25	29	17	18	15	14	121
16	Colin Alexander	DNS	9	25	8	9	23	29	17	19	8			116
17	Chris Gumprecht	20	25	22	11			31	8	20	6	11	21	116
18	Brent Gilkes (M)	19	20	14	13	15	15	27	19	13	7			115
19	Jeff McCusker (M)	7	19	24	18			7	11	10	22	DNS	23	114
20	Chris Camadella (M)	23	14	9	21	21	11	5	32			19	18	113
21	Jerry Szykulski (M)	13	8			14	14					9	11	108
22	Alejandro Munoz	15	18	23	20	19	17	14	31	11	12	20	17	107
23	Dave Weitzenhof (M)	10	15			10	22					8	12	96
24	Bobby Caldwell	22	26	18	DNS	8	7	17	23	23	11			94
25	Blake Teeter	17	23	17	14	20	16	22	24	15	14	24	20	86
26	Rob Nicholas							13	5	7	21	25	25	78
27	John Dole			4	5			28	DNS					63
28	Dan Denison (M)					18	18	21	21	16	13	21	22	61
29	Jesse Yorio	26	5	DNS	DNS							14	13	60
30	Brian Belardi	DNS	12	8	12									59
31	Mark Defer (M)							26	28			12	7	46
32	Peter Gonzalez (M)	11	16	16	DNS									39
33	Dwight Rider							10	13					36
34	Charles Finelli			DNS	DNS			18	10					29
35	Paul Farmer (M)			20	19	22	19							21
36	Chris Burke			12	17									20
37	Chris Fahan (M)			12	24									19
38	Tim Walsh	16	24											12
Pos	Driver	VIR		LRP		MOS		WGL		SUM		MDO		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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (1 point)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap (1 point)
\|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center\|Led most race laps (1 point)\|}\|}\|}This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship. (M)* indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age. External links Official Series Website

2009 F2000 Championship Series Explained

Race calendar and results

Championship results

External links