2018 U.S. F2000 National Championship Explained

The 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda was the ninth season – since its revival in 2010 – 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, operated by Andersen Promotions. A 14-race schedule was announced on October 17, 2017.[1]

American Kyle Kirkwood driving for Cape Motorsports in a single-car effort dominated the championship, winning twelve of the fourteen races. The only other driver to win was two consecutive races won by former Indy Lights competitor Alexandre Baron for Swan-RJB Motorsports early in the season. Baron left the series after seven races. Swede Rasmus Lindh finished well back in second place driving for Pabst Racing who won the team championship in a close battle. Lindh didn't capture a second place finish until the final race of the season. Just behind Lindh were Brazilians Lucas Kohl and Igor Fraga. Fourteen drivers competed in all fourteen races.

Drivers and teams

TeamDriversRounds
Abel Motorsports79 Jacob Abel[2] 6–7, 10–12
ArmsUp Motorsports9 Dakota Dickerson[3] 6–14
14 Max Peichel[4] [5] 3–4, 6–9, 13–14
30 Keith Donegan[6] 1–5
BN Racing28 Jamie Caroline[7] 1–4
Keith Donegan6–12
29 Russell McDonoughAll
Cape Motorsports8 Kyle Kirkwood[8] All
DEForce Racing7 James Raven10–12
10 Zach Holden[9] 1–5
11 Kory EndersAll
12 José Sierra[10] All
27 Colin Kaminsky[11] All
Exclusive Autosport90 Manuel Cabrera[12] 1–7
nowrap Yuven Sundaramoorthy10–12
Kellen Ritter13–14
91 Igor Fraga[13] All
92 Danial Frost6–12
93 Jayson Clunie[14] 1–2
Newman Wachs Racing36 Darren Keane[15] 1–12
37 David Osborne[16] 1–7, 10–12
38 Oscar DeLuzuriaga[17] All
41 Braden Eves13–14
Pabst Racing Services21 Calvin Ming[18] All
22 Lucas Kohl[19] All
23 Rasmus Lindh[20] All
24 Kaylen Frederick[21] All
Sol.O Racing5 Mathias Soler-Obel[22] 1–7
Swan-RJB Motorsports19 Alexandre Baron[23] 1–7
20 James Roe[24] 3–4
Team Benik31 Sabré Cook[25] 1–4, 6–7, 10–12
51 Michael d'Orlando1–4, 6–7, 10–12
Team Pelfrey80 Julian van der Watt[26] All
81 Kyle Dupell[27] All
82 Bruna Tomaselli[28] All

Schedule

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 10 Honda Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
2March 11
3May 11 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana
4May 12
5May 25 Dave Steele Carb Night ClassicLucas Oil RacewayClermont, Indiana
6June 23 Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
7June 24
8July 14 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
9July 15
10July 27 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
11July 28
12July 29
13September 1 Grand Prix of PortlandPortland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
14September 2

Race results

RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace Winner
DriverTeam
1St. Petersburg 1 José Sierra Alexandre Baron Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
2St. Petersburg 2 Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Alexandre BaronSwan-RJB Motorsports
3Indianapolis GP 1 Kyle Kirkwood Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Alexandre BaronSwan-RJB Motorsports
4Indianapolis GP 2 Kyle Kirkwood Alexandre Baron Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
5Indianapolis Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
6Road America 1 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
7Road America 2 Lucas KohlCape Motorsports
8Toronto 1 Dakota Dickerson Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
9Toronto 2 Kaylen Frederick Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
10Mid-Ohio 1 Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
11Mid-Ohio 2 Kaylen Frederick James Raven Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
12Mid-Ohio 3 James Raven Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
13Portland 1 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports
14Portland 2 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports

Championship standings

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th+ 
Points 3025221917151413121110987654321
Points 4538332926232120181715141211986542

Drivers' Championship

PosDriverPORPoints
1 Kyle Kirkwood1*521*1*1*11*1*1*1*1*1*1*440
2 Rasmus Lindh1024143341843104342238
3 Lucas Kohl1332674233*91522655215
4 Igor Fraga82817785721735154213
5 Calvin Ming48619961561135726206
6 Kaylen Frederick119222122238242319715173
7 Julian van der Watt51178192417105581493162
8 Kory Enders1910561151916149162439143
9 Keith Donegan1413241163135174214139
10 Colin Kaminsky62291613124121812712178134
11 José Sierra2632659231871919221217128
12 Alexandre Baron221*1*22177123
13 Dakota Dickerson14926661887120
14 Darren Keane312234810201712211717105
15 Kyle Dupell91516231713211591514131010100
16 Bruna Tomaselli71419221417111313201316181687
17 Danial Frost19168479977
18 Oscar DeLuzuriaga201920131621121110222421131469
19 Russell McDonough232518122016261416231223161160
20 Michael d'Orlando16232515226820856
21 Mathias Soler-Obel1216131812111456
22 Manuel Cabrera25211191026855
23 Jacob Abel151011111147
24 David Osborne1818152015182213151546
25 Jamie Caroline24442440
26 Max Peichel17102024DNSDNS141235
27 James Raven1818233
28 Zach Holden21710251832
29 Yuven Sundaramoorthy14101029
30 Sabré Cook15172114252516222027
31 James Roe12526
32 Braden Eves61818
33 Kellen Ritter111318
34 Jayson Clunie17205
PosDriverPORPoints
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(DNF)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
In-line notation
BoldPole position
(1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
(1 point)
*|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps|-|style="background:Orange;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie|}|}|}

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th+ 
Points221815121086421
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
PosTeamPoints
1Pabst Racing349
2Cape Motorsports334
3DEForce Racing181
4Exclusive Autosport166
5Swan-RJB Motorsports104
6ArmsUp Motorsports102
7BN Racing101
8Team Pelfrey101
9Newman Wachs Racing69
10Team BENIK33
11Sol.O Racing28
12Abel Motorsports22

See also

2018 IndyCar Series
2018 Indy Lights
2018 Pro Mazda Championship

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mazda Road to Indy 2018 Schedule Announced. usf2000.com.
  2. News: Abel Motorsports to make USF2000 debut. 2018-06-21. RACER. 2018-06-23. en-US.
  3. Web site: Peichel, Dickerson Take on Road America with ArmsUp. usf2000.com. 2018-06-23.
  4. Web site: Peichel Supports Better Hearing Month in USF2000 Debut.
  5. Web site: Arms Up Motorsports Signs Peichel for Remainder of 2018 Season. usf2000.com. 2018-06-15.
  6. Web site: Mazda Scholarship Drivers Select Teams for 2018 Season.
  7. Web site: British F4 Champ Caroline Joins BN Racing for 2018.
  8. Web site: Cape Motorsports brings F4 U.S. champ Kirkwood to USF2000. Boyd/LAT. Image by. www.racer.com. en-gb. 2018-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165123/http://www.racer.com/indycar/road-to-indy/item/147557-cape-motorsports-brings-f4-u-s-champ-kirkwood-to-usf2000. 2018-02-22. dead.
  9. 970731334883860480. DEForceRacing. BREAKING NEWS Fourth is a charm! American driver @ZachHolden_2 will be taking our 4th @USF2000 entry for th… . 5 March 2018.
  10. News: Mexicano José Sierra estará en la USF2000. 2018-01-31. IndyCar al Día. 2018-02-09. es-ES.
  11. Web site: DEForce Racing Announces Three Car Lineup. usf2000.com. 2018-02-22.
  12. https://exclusiveautosport.ca/exclusive-autosport-signs-manuel-cabrera-for-usf2000-debut/{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  13. Web site: Fraga Joins Exclusive Autosport for Rookie Effort.
  14. http://exclusiveautosport.ca/jayson-clunie-returns-to-usf2000-with-exclusive-autosport-for-2018/{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  15. Web site: MRTI: Keane set for full USF2000 campaign with Newman Wachs. 31 October 2017. NBC Sports.
  16. Web site: Newman Wachs Racing Signs Osborne for 2018 USF2000 Campaign.
  17. Web site: Newman Wachs Signs DeLuzuriaga for 2018.
  18. Web site: Calvin Ming Returns to USF2000 with Pabst Racing.
  19. News: Kohl rejoins Pabst Racing for USF2000 season. IndyCar.com. 2018-02-09.
  20. News: Enders, Dupell, Lindh to race in USF2000. IndyCar.com. 2018-02-09.
  21. Web site: Kaylen Frederick Joins Pabst Racing for 2018. Motorsports Tribune. en-US. 2018-02-09.
  22. Web site: Mazda Road to Indy Season Kicks off with Spring Training.
  23. https://www.usf2000.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/usf2000-entry-list---st-petersburg2f20da7d339f6ec495b1ff0000570f88.pdf Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
  24. Web site: Swan-RJB Motorsports Adds Roe for Indy.
  25. Web site: SABRÉ COOK JOINS TEAM BENIK FOR COOPER TIRES USF2000 POWERED BY MAZDA SEASON OPENER THIS WEEKEND :: RTD Media . 2018-03-07 . 2020-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040437/http://racetechdevelopmentgroup.com/media/sabre-cook-joins-team-benik-for-cooper-tires-usf2000-powered-by-mazda-season-opener-this-weekend/ . dead .
  26. Web site: Team Pelfrey . 2017-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105249/https://www.pelfreypower.com/single-post/2017/12/19/Team-Pelfrey-Signs-Julian-van-der-Watt-for-2018-USF2000-Season . 2017-12-22 . dead .
  27. Web site: Dupell Confirmed at Team Pelfrey.
  28. Web site: Team Pelfrey Adds Bruna Tomaselli to their 2018 USF2000 Roster.

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