The 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship was a season 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. It was the fifth full season of the series since its revival in 2010. The National Class merged with the Championship class in 2014, resulting in just one class of competition.Portante and Dayson to race with ArmsUp Motorsports in 2014, Motorsport.com, December 31, 2013, Retrieved 2014-1-1

Frenchman Florian Latorre, driving for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, won the championship by winning the final race of the season over Team E's R. C. Enerson. Enerson started the season on a hot streak, winning three of the first four races, before a cold streak ensued. Meanwhile, Latorre had a steadily competitive season, only suffering one DNF in the penultimate race when he could have clinched the championship. Enerson won five races and finished on the podium in nine of the fourteen races. Meanwhile, Latorre only won three times and only scored eight podium finishes, his comparative lack of poor finishes gave him the championship. Latorre's championship gives him a Mazda Road to Indy scholarship to participate in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2015.

Latorre's teammate Jake Eidson finished third in the championship, ten points back from Enerson in a season where he scored two wins. ArmsUp Motorsports' Aaron Telitz scored a single win and finished in fourth place. Afterburner Autosport's Victor Franzoni of Brazil captured the season opener but struggled thereafter, and ultimately fell to fifth in points. The series' first trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course resulted in two drivers scoring their first and only wins of the season. Will Owen employed an aggressive tire strategy to win the first race on a drying racetrack after a rainstorm and JAY Motorsports' highly touted rookie Adrian Starrantino won the second race in what was otherwise a lackluster season.

Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing captured their third straight teams' championship, mainly in part, to the performances of Latorre and Eidson.

Drivers and teams TeamDriversStatusRound(s)Afterburner Autosport11 Felipe Donato1–4 15 Gustavo Myasava All 17 Victor Franzoni All 18 Jeroen Slaghekke 1–7 ArmsUp Motorsports 5 Aaron Telitz All 16 James Dayson 8–14 24 Peter Portante All Belardi Auto Racing 4 Daniel Burkett All 14 Florian Latorre 1–7 44 Jeroen Slaghekke 8–14 41 Nico Jamin 1–7Pabst Racing Services 21 8–14 23 Will Owen All 77 Austin Cindric All Team E 7 R. C. Enerson AllCape Motorsportsw/ Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Jake Eidson All 3 Keyvan Andres All 10 Florian Latorre 8–14 D2D Motorsports 61 Andrew List All GBI Racing 12 Tim Hollowell 5–6 Kyle O'Gara 7 JAY Motorsports 91 Adrian Starrantino All 96 Henrik Furuseth All 98 Colton Herta 3–14 JDC Motorsports 93 Garth Rickards 8–9 97 Clark Toppe All John Cummiskey Racing 33 Nathan Blok 5–6, 8–9M2 Autosport 13 Juan Maldonado All 79 Santiago Lozano AllIconStatusRookie

Team changes 2010 and 2011 team champions Andretti Autosport announced that they would not field U.S. F2000 entries in 2014.DiZinno, Tony. Andretti Autosport reveals IndyCar liveries, full 2014 plans, NBC Sports, January 13, 2014, Retrieved 2014-1-31

Schedule The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series, was announced on October 24, 2013. Unlike previous seasons, all races are in support of the IndyCar Series except the race at Lucas Oil Raceway. All road and street course race weekends are double–headers.Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed , Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 The series will race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Barber Motorsports Park, and Sonoma Raceway for the first time in its history. 2014 will be the first season since its revival that will not begin at Sebring Raceway. IconLegendOval/SpeedwayRoad courseStreet circuit Rd. DateRace name Track Location 1 March 29–30Peninsula Pipeline Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 3 April 26Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 4 5 May 9–10Grand Prix of Indianapolis - USF2000 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana 6 7 May 24USF2000 Night Before the 500 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana 8 July 20Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 9 10 August 1–3Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid–Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 11 12 13 August 22–23USF2000 Grand Prix of Sonoma Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California 14

Race results Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner Driver Team 1 Streets of St. Petersburg Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Afterburner Autosport 2 R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson Team E 3 Barber Motorsports Park Florian Latorre R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson Team E 4 Aaron Telitz R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson Team E 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Florian Latorre Adrian Starrantino Jake Eidson Will Owen Pabst Racing Services 6 Colton Herta Victor Franzoni Adrian Starrantino JAY Motorsports 7 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz ArmsUp Motorsports 8 Exhibition Place Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Jake Eidson Cape Motorsports with WTR 9 Victor Franzoni R. C. Enerson Florian Latorre Cape Motorsports with WTR 10 Mid–Ohio Sports Car Course Florian Latorre Florian Latorre R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson Team E 11 Jake Eidson R. C. Enerson Jake Eidson Cape Motorsports with WTR 12 Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Cape Motorsports with WTR 13 Sonoma Raceway Florian Latorre Peter Portante R. C. Enerson R. C. EnersonTeam E 14 Florian Latorre R. C. Enerson Florian LatorreCape Motorsports with WTR

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR TOR MOH SNM Points 1 Florian Latorre 7 3 2 5 4 2 6 2* 1 2 4 1* 21 1 310 2 R. C. Enerson 2 1* 1* 1* 7 10 16 3 17* 1* 8* 3 1* 2* 301 3 Jake Eidson 4 2 3 8 2* 9 9 1 2 4 1 8 3 3 291 4 Aaron Telitz 16 12 5 2 3 11 1* 6 3 7 2 7 2 4 246 5 Victor Franzoni 1* DSQ 13 3 15 3* 3 7 4 8 14 5 6 19 202 6 Peter Portante 13 15 12 6 6 7 7 4 19 3 15 2 4 17 173 7 Adrian Starrantino 6 4 7 13 17 1 11 8 21 21 7 21 10 6 157 8 Clark Toppe 15 5 10 11 13 4 5 11 5 12 17 16 12 7 156 9 Nico Jamin 3 14 6 10 9 19 10 20 6 11 5 9 9 8 154 10 Henrik Furuseth 8 13 8 9 21 5 13 18 20 5 3 10 8 5 149 11 Daniel Burkett 5 11 4 4 10 12 12 9 8 6 20 4 20 21 147 12 Will Owen 18 6 11 14 1 8 15 17 22 13 10 12 14 12 133 13 Jeroen Slaghekke 9 7 DSQ 12 16 15 4 19 9 9 19 11 5 10 130 14 Austin Cindric 11 10 9 17 8 21 2 15 18 18 6 6 13 20 125 15 Colton Herta 19 7 5 20 14 5 14 10 16 13 7 9 115 16 Keyvan Andres 10 9 14 15 22 6 8 21 13 20 9 14 11 11 114 17 Andrew List 12 17 18 19 11 18 19 14 10 19 13 18 17 14 72 18 Gustavo Myasava DNS 16 17 20 19 14 17 10 15 14 11 17 16 15 68 19 Santiago Lozano 14 8 15 16 20 22 20 DNS DNS 15 21 15 15 13 61 20 Juan Maldonado 17 DNS 16 18 14 17 21 13 11 16 18 20 18 18 57 21 Nathan Blok 12 13 12 7 40 22 James Dayson DNS 12 17 12 19 19 16 31 23 Garth Rickards 16 16 10 24 Tim Hollowell 18 16 8 25 Kyle O'Gara 18 3 Felipe Donato DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR TOR MOH SNM 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 notparticipateIn–line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)Not awarded if more thanone driver leads most lapsRookie

Teams' Championship PosTeamPoints 1Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing372 2ArmsUp Motorsports242 3Team E Racing232 4JAY Motorsports168 5Belardi Auto Racing141 6Afterburner Autosport135 7Pabst Racing115 8JDC Motorsports95 9D2D Motorsports56 10M2 Autosport37 11John Cummiskey Racing21 12GBI Racing12

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