2012 F2000 Championship Series

The 2012 F2000 Championship Series season marked the seventh season of competition in the series. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 12 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding October 14 at Watkins Glen International.

Venezuelan Roberto La Rocca of HP-Tech won 11 of the 14 races and finished on the podium in 13 of the 14. American Wyatt Gooden, who got his start through winning online video racing tournaments, finished second in points with two wins. American Niki Coello won one race and finished third. Kevin Kopp finished fourth in points and Tim Minor finished fifth, while claiming his second consecutive and third overall Masters Championship title.

Race calendar and results Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 12–15 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 2 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 3 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 10–12 Wyatt Gooden Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 4 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 5 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut May 25–26 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Wyatt Gooden Quantum Mechanics Racing Services 6 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 7 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey June 28 – July 1 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 8 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 26–29 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 10 Roberto La Rocca Wyatt Gooden Wyatt Gooden Quantum Mechanics Racing Services 11 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 24–26 Wyatt Gooden Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 12 Roberto La Rocca Chris Livengood Niki Coello Coello Racing 13 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York October 12–14 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech 14 Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca Roberto La Rocca HP-Tech

Championship standings Pos Driver VIR ATL LRP NJ MOH SUM WGL Points Drivers' championship 1 Roberto La Rocca 1 11 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 28 1 3 1 1626 2 Wyatt Gooden 32 3 2 3 1 19 5 2 3 1 2 2 3 2497 3 Niki Coello 3 2 4 5 2 20 21 3 14 3 5 1 2 4430 4 Kevin Kopp 4 4 12 7 13 5 3 4 4 19 3 5 9 6366 5 Tim Minor (M) 6 23 5 4 6 2 2 8 9 5 7 20317 6 Tim Paul 8 5 6 6 8 6 6 6 5 29 11 19 14 12306 7 Chris Livengood 14 30 DSQ 10 5 3 8 9 7 4 8 4 32 9296 8 Zach Craigo 18 6 9 8 4 5 12 15 4 16 6 5282 9 Kyle Connery 7 31 3 2 23 28 31 2 6 17 4 8250 10 Dave Weitzenhof (M) 5 7 8 9 12 20 10 13 13 DNS 23 15189 11 Tom Fatur (M) 12 9 4 4 8 7 12 29178 12 John Brumder 26 20 18 17 11 11 11 13 32 23 23 7 15 17148 13 Robert Wright (M) 33 33 24 24 9 8 20 12 15 14 17 18 13 14143 14 Bill Jordan (M) 20 14 15 15 11 8 19 8 17 30127 15 Cesar LaPoint 6 6 15 6 DNS 7125 16 Dean Baker (M) 13 15 26 10 13 12 8 16115 17 José Montiel 19 16 26 14 12 22 14 19 18 21 18 11 29 32106 17 Peter Gonzalez (M) 11 24 17 16 DNS 17 21 11 21 9 33 21106 19 Nick Palacio 10 11 9 11 10 DNS103 20 Craig Clawson (M) 27 17 10 9 29 20 16 14 22 2292 21 Charles Finelli (M) 17 12 22 23 16 7 22 DNS 20 3581 22 Fabio Orsolon 2 8 DNS 2568 22 Rob Nicholas (M) 5 368 24 Jeff McCusker (M) 29 19 24 13 19 21 20 10 27 3362 25 Mark Defer (M) 16 13 10 1361 26 Paul Alspach 17 7 30 1058 27 Dan Denison (M) 25 22 21 20 17 18 24 15 19 2455 27 Doug Rocco 18 15 13 15 33 25 25 1955 29 Brent Gilkes (M) 9 10 19 2652 30 Danyel Torres 9 12 16 3151 31 Gerry Kraut (M) 7 1146 31 John LaRue (M) 28 29 25 2 3246 33 Chris Monteleone 17 16 16 14 DNS DNS42 33 Collin Daley 10 1042 33 Gustavo Rizzo 12 13 24 1842 33 Sergio Pasian 10 1042 38 Keith McCrone 14 DNS 18 1140 39 Rob Alaer DNS 21 16 938 39 Eric Presbrey 20 19 14 21 24 22 DNS 2538 41 Jason Rabe 7 1637 42 Thomas Schweitz (M) 22 DNS 13 12 DNS DNS36 42 Aaron Pettipas 23 25 DNS 12 22 1636 44 Shaun Miller 21 18 15 24 19 3133 45 Nathan Morcom 15 32 15 DNS31 46 Jonathan Scarallo 7 2330 47 Brendan Puderbach 30 27 23 21 22 14 3627 47 Tom Drake (M) 21 18 18 17 28 24 31 2827 49 Jose Gerardo (M) 31 26 14 2219 49 Matthew Inge 11 DNS19 51 Steve Coates 16 1818 52 Vaughn Horvath 24 28 23 17 26 2617 53 Dennis McCarthy 25 DNS 15 18 25 2615 54 Jim Hanrahan (M) 19 25 28 3710 55 Joey Selmants 20 337 55 Steve Bamford 35 207 57 Fred Bross (M) 20 DNS6 57 Chris Camadella (M) 21 346 59 Matt Machiko 36 234 60 Barry Gilbert 26 272 60 Al Guibord, Sr. 27 302 60 Scott Baroody 34 272 63 Will Haney 30 DNS1 Pos Driver VIR ATL LRP NJ MOH SUM WGL 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(3 points)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(2 points) 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.

1 Roberto La Rocca was penalized 25 points for failing to leave sufficient racing room for a competitor in Round 2., eFormulaCarNews, April 19, 2012, Retrieved 2012-04-27

References

External links Official Series Website