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 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 May 15 Steve Bamford John McCusker Steve Bamford 5 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia June 4 Steve Bamford John LaRue Steve Bamford 6 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 July 3 Steve Bamford John LaRue John LaRue 9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania August 6 Steve Bamford Trent Walko Steve Bamford 10 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 August 28 Trent Walko Trent Walko Trent Walko 13 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia October 1 Kaylen Frederick Kaylen Frederick John McCusker 14 October 2 John McCusker Jenna Grillo Bob Reid
Championship standings Pos. Driver ATL WGI VIR1 MOH PIT NJMP VIR2 Points 1 Steve Bamford (M) 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4570 2 John McCusker 3 3 6 3 6 4 7 4 3 3 1 2435 3 Brandon Dixon (M) 2 4 DNS 3 3 3 2 2 5 1 2400 4 Dave Weitzenhof (M) 5 13 7 4 7 5 7 7 5 13 8 9 4 9335 5 Bob Reid (M) 15 10 8 10 4 4 11 11 8 14 3 1297 6 Steve Jenks (M) 14 5 12 5 8 4 3 7 5246 7 Robert Wright (M) 10 DNS 3 9 DNS 10 10 DNS DNS 9 11 10186 8 John LaRue (M) 2 2 2 1183 9 Peter Gonzalez (M) 12 15 15 DNS 16 20 11 10 12 10 8 4179 10 Trent Walko 3 2 2 1176 11 Jenna Grillo 12 6 9 15 15 12 6 6158 12 Dan Denison (M) 6 9 6 6 11 12146 13 David Grant 4 2 10 2139 14 Davy D'addario 4 5 13 7 DNS 7134 15 Tim Paul 11 7 9 18 5 8133 16 Nick Palacio 6 6 2 5125 17 Jayson Clunie 8 8 2 8117 18 Devin Lesueur 5 6 18 15 14 12109 19 Tom Fatur (M) DNS 10 8 9 3106 20 Connor Gawry 6 7 12 9 15 9104 21 Chris Gumprecht DNS 14 13 13 12 11 5 1099 22 Matt McDonough (M) 1 679 23 Robert Allaer (M) 4 663 24 Brendan Puderbach 9 7 19 1958 25 Austin McCusker 8 5 857 26 Charles Finelli (M) 7 1146 27 Paul Farmer 13 11 743 28 Mauro Fauza (M) 13 1134 29 Alex Ethier 17 13 17 1734 30 Kaylen Frederick 7 1133 31 Scott Gesford (M) 16 12 20 1629 32 Chris Horan 14 1426 33 Reilly Harris 9 1524 34 Donald Betterly 10 1322 35 Brent Gilkes (M) 13 1216 36 Al Guibord (M) 1413 37 Sam Beasley 16 142 Pos. Driver ATL WGI VIR1 MOH PIT NJMP VIR2 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)
References
External links Official Series Website