The 2010 F2000 Championship Series season marked the fifth season of competition in the series. It comprised 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 10 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding September 5 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
With six victories during the season, Victor Carbone finished it as the champion, 74 points clear of closest rival Cole Morgan, who took two wins. Daniel Erickson finished the season in third place, despite missing two early-season rounds at Road Atlanta and Mosport, taking a double win at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio. Jonathan Scarallo, Chris Livengood and Remy Audette took the other race wins as they all finished inside the top ten in the championship standings.
Drivers and teams The series released a 33-car entry list on March 29, 2010. Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Notes K-Hill Motorsports 1 Cole Morgan Van Diemen RF06 Zetec In partnership with Greisiger Motorsports 12 Bob Reid Van Diemen RF04 Zetec Road America only 20 Matthew Inge Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America 42 James Winslow Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Watkins Glen race 1 only Primus Racing 02 Daniel Erickson Van Diemen Zetec Skipped Mosport Z-Sports 03 Tim Walsh Van Diemen Zetec VIR & Road Atlanta only GTP Motorsports 3 Phil Lombardi Van Diemen RF01 Zetec 14 Blake Teeter Van Diemen Zetec VIR to Mosport only 16 Peter González Van Diemen RF05 Zetec Skipped Watkins Glen & Road America 17 Félix Serrallés Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Lime Rock only 69 Paul Farmer Mygale SJ05 Zetec Skipped Road America 70 Tom Fatur Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Skipped Mosport & Road America 86 Jim Hanrahan Van Diemen Zetec Lime Rock only ArmsUp Motorsports 4 Rich Balsley Van Diemen RF07 Zetec Road America only R-Sport 5 Keith McCrone Van Diemen RF01 Zetec 22 Jonathan Scarallo Van Diemen RF01 Zetec SMR Motorsports 06 Timothy Paul Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport 14 Stevan McAleer Van Diemen Zetec Watkins Glen onwards Lap 2 Racing 8000Inc Racing 7 Brent Gilkes Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Skipped Road America St. Clair Motorsports 8 Mark Defer Van Diemen Zetec Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock 42 Bill Jordan Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock 51 Dan Denison Van Diemen RF05 Zetec Skipped Road America 97 Chris Gumprecht Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport Dole Fuels Racing 08 John Dole Van Diemen RF99 Zetec Lime Rock only JDC MotorSports 10 Mikhail Goikhberg Van Diemen RF01 Zetec VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only 55 Gerry Kraut Van Diemen RF03 Zetec VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only Company Motorsports 11 Jesse Yorio Piper DF-5 Zetec Skipped Road Atlanta & Road America 25 Jeff McCusker Piper DF-5Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Skipped Road America John LaRue 17 John LaRue Citation Zetec VIR only Audette Racing 21 Remy Audette Van Diemen RF08 Zetec VIR to Mosport only Alegra Motorsports 23 Victor Carbone Van Diemen RF02 Zetec 26 Fabio Orsolon Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Clawson Motorsports 27 Craig Clawson Van Diemen RF01 Zetec AcceleRace Motorsports 28 Ardie Greenamyer Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Road America 4 Chris Camadella Van Diemen Zetec Watkins Glen only Len Amato 33 Len Amato Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, Road America Liberty Motorsports 36 Tim KautzLiberty Motorsports Signs Kautz for 2010 Title Run , Liberty PR via eFormulaCarNews, April 1, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-02 Van Diemen RF06 Zetec VIR & Road Atlanta only 41 Brian Belardi Van Diemen RF06 Zetec VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only 80 Bobby Caldwell Van Diemen RF00 Zetec In partnership with Caldwell Racing 85 Zach Craigo Van Diemen Zetec Joined at Mosport, skipped Lime Rock Work Racing 37 Chris Livengood Van Diemen RF00 Pinto McLaughlin Motorsports 57 Billy McLaughlin Van Diemen RF06 Zetec VIR & Road Atlanta only Weitzenhof Racing 67 Dave Weitzenhof Citation Zetec VIR to Mosport only Vaughn Horvath 73 Vaughn Horvath Van Diemen RF97 Pinto Skipped Lime Rock Fat Boy Racing 83 Charles Finelli Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock race 2, & Road America Brendan Puderbach Lime Rock race 2 only Ski Motorsports 88 Tim Minor Van Diemen RF98 Zetec Skipped Road America K-FAST 89 Rob Nicholas Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America ADSA/Wright Racing 90 Robert Wright Van Diemen RF03 Zetec 94 Al Guibord, Sr. Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Lime Rock and Road America 95 Al Guibord, Jr. Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 10 Daniel Erickson Cole Morgan Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports 2 April 11 Daniel Erickson Jonathan Scarallo Cole Morgan K-Hill Motorsports 3 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 7 Victor Carbone Rob Nicholas Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports 4 May 8 Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports 5 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario June 12 Remy Audette Remy Audette Remy Audette Audette Racing 6 June 13 Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports 7 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 3 Chris Livengood Cole Morgan Daniel Erickson Primus Racing 8 July 4 Daniel Erickson Victor Carbone Daniel Erickson Primus Racing 9 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 23 Keith McCrone Daniel Erickson Cole Morgan K-Hill Motorsports 10 July 24 Victor Carbone Daniel Erickson Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports 11 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 7 Daniel Erickson Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports 12 August 8 Jonathan Scarallo Jonathan Scarallo Jonathan Scarallo R-Sport 13 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 4 Victor Carbone Chris Livengood Chris Livengood Work Racing 14 September 5 Victor Carbone Chris Livengood Daniel Erickson Primus Racing
Final standings Pos Driver VIR ATL MOS WGI LRP ROA MID Total Drop 1 Victor Carbone 1 4 1 1 4 1 5 2 Ret 1 1 7 5 3 562 27 535 2 Cole Morgan 4 1 3 Ret 3 2 4 3 1 9 10 4 3 2 482 21 461 3 Daniel Erickson 2 10 1 1 12 2 2 2 9 1 395 395 4 Phil Lombardi 7 30 6 3 2 5 10 8 3 3 8 6 7 5 398 21 377 5 Keith McCrone 17 6 11 5 6 6 7 5 4 13 6 3 21 Ret 327 5 322 6 Fabio Orsolon 3 3 2 22 Ret DNS 9 10 Ret 4 7 5 4 9 314 314 7 Jonathan Scarallo 6 7 25 2 DNS DNS 13 12 7 6 21 1 20 4 289 289 8 Chris Livengood 9 21 15 7 Ret 9 2 4 26 DNS 5 21 1 7 286 286 9 Tim Minor 10 Ret 5 4 5 4 3 6 5 5 22 DNS 283 283 10 Remy Audette 5 2 1 3 2 6 236 236 11 Bobby Caldwell 12 9 17 26 17 8 12 9 11 10 Ret 11 13 12 215 1 214 12 Stevan McAleer 11 7 2 7 3 10 153 153 13 Rob Nicholas DNS 5 4 24 6 Ret 6 8 153 153 14 Craig Clawson 20 18 24 14 10 Ret 17 15 13 14 17 14 17 18 138 3 135 15 Dave Weitzenhof 15 11 7 7 8 10 130 130 16 Mark Defer 19 13 14 8 Ret 14 20 18 10 19 116 116 17 Tom Fatur 29 12 18 12 Ret 19 9 Ret 11 11 113 113 18 Robert Wright 21 14 27 16 9 Ret 28 28 18 Ret 13 23 14 14 108 2 106 19 Gerry Kraut 12 6 9 8 94 94 20 Ardie Greenamyer 16 16 10 10 16 DNS 26 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 91 91 21 Jeff McCusker Ret 20 18 20 8 12 15 15 84 84 22 Chris Gumprecht 8 Ret 7 28 19 16 14 Ret DNS DNS 83 83 23 Peter González 18 DNS 16 18 11 10 23 17 78 78 24 Tim Kautz 14 8 13 9 76 76 25 Brent Gilkes 27 17 26 DNS 8 11 16 Ret 16 Ret 76 76 26 Paul Farmer 30 22 DNS 15 18 DNS 20 19 15 15 19 16 76 76 27 Al Guibord, Jr. 13 25 22 11 12 12 73 73 28 Dan Denison 20 11 12 Ret 29 23 22 20 16 DNS 67 67 29 Mikhail Goikhberg 28 21 4 9 62 62 30 Bill Jordan 24 24 19 23 19 17 12 13 62 62 31 Jesse Yorio 11 26 Ret 15 14 13 25 DNS 61 61 32 Zach Craigo 13 12 21 22 18 20 55 55 33 Brian Belardi 8 25 16 13 51 51 34 Blake Teeter 21 13 15 14 44 44 35 Al Guibord, Sr. 25 28 22 20 14 13 25 27 42 42 36 Bob Reid 24 26 17 16 14 19 42 42 37 John Dole 10 11 40 40 38 Matthew Inge 9 19 30 30 39 Tim Paul 22 27 23 17 Ret 25 24 DNS 22 22 29 29 40 Charles Finelli Ret DNS 15 17 Ret DNS 21 21 41 Billy McLaughlin 23 15 14 14 42 Chris Keller DNS 19 7 7 43 Tim Walsh 26 23 4 4 44 Len Amato 28 Ret 1 1 Pos Driver VIR ATL MOS WGI LRP ROA MID Total Drop 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(3 points)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(2 points) Full Results This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.
References
External links Official Series Website