2016 F2000 Championship Series Explained

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	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	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	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	May 15	Steve Bamford	John McCusker	Steve Bamford
5	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	June 4	Steve Bamford	John LaRue	Steve Bamford
6	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	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	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 3	Steve Bamford	John LaRue	John LaRue
9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	August 6	Steve Bamford	Trent Walko	Steve Bamford
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	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	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	August 28	Trent Walko	Trent Walko	Trent Walko
13	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	October 1	Kaylen Frederick	Kaylen Frederick	John McCusker
14	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	October 2	John McCusker	Jenna Grillo	Bob Reid

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver															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															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 (3 points)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap (2 points)

External links

Official Series Website