The 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda will be the eighth 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.

The 2017 season will see the introduction of the Tatuus USF-17 car for the Championship class. SCCA Formula Continental chassis (including the previous Van Diemen\Elan DP08) were slated to compete in National Class, but after the first weekend there were no race entries in that class and it was abandoned.

2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout champion Oliver Askew of Cape Motorsports came out strong, winning five of the first six races. However, he faltered at the Road America round and Dutch driver Rinus Veekay won both races there, opening the door to a tighter championship fight. Askew won two more races down the stretch while Veekay won only one more, the final race at Watkins Glen International, where Askew finished second, good enough to claim the championship. Canadian Parker Thompson won three races in the second half of the season and finished third in points. Robert Megennis won the season's first race at St. Petersburg and was the only other driver to win a race. He finished sixth in points, as he did not finish on the podium again the rest of the season.

Drivers and teams Team Driver(s)Status Round(s) ArmsUp Motorsports 4 Alexandre Baron 9–11, 14 7 Devin Wojcik All 8 Bruna Tomaselli 1–2 97 3–8, 12–14 BN Racing 72 Zach Holden 14 79 David Malukas 5–8, 10–14 Cape Motorsports 2 Ricky Donison 1–8, 10–11 3 Oliver Askew All DEForce Racing 10 José Sierra 10–11 Andrés Gutiérrez 12–14 11 Kory Enders All 12 Moisés de la Vara 1–13 Exclusive Autosporthttp://www.exclusiveautosport.ca/exclusiveautosport.ca/News/Entries/2016/10/5_Exclusive_Autosport_Announces_Three_USF2000_Drivers_for_Chris_Griffis_Memorial_Test.html 90 Parker Thompson All 91 Luke Gabin 1–6 92 Dev Gore All 93 Jayson Clunie 5–8, 10–14 John Cummiskey Racing 27 Colin Kaminsky 3–8, 12–13 33 Bayley Mickler 3–4 34 Kris Wright 1–6 Kaminsky Racing 27 Colin Kaminsky 1–2 Newman Wachs Racing 36 Dakota Dickerson 1–6 Darren Keane 7–8, 10–14 37 Andre Castro 1–4 Jacob Abel 12–13 Niall Murray 14 38 Cameron Das 1–2 Flinn Lazier 3–4 Pabst Racing Services 21 Rinus VeeKay All 22 Calvin Ming All 23 Lucas Kohl All RJB Motorsports 20 Chandler Horton 1–8 Team BENIK31 Toby Sowery 3–4 Callan O'Keeffe 5–6, 14 32 Darren Keane 3–6 Team Pelfrey 80 Robert Megennis All 81 Kaylen Frederick All 82 Ayla Ågren 1–6, 9 Jacob Loomis 7–8 Phillippe Denes 12–14 Icon ClassRookie National Class

Schedule A 14-race schedule was announced on September 14, 2016. IconLegendOval/SpeedwayRoad courseStreet circuit Rd. DateRace name Track Location 1 March 11–12Hi-Tide Boat Lifts Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 3 April 21–22Mazda USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 4 5 May 12–13USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana 6 7 June 23–24Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 8 9 July 9Mazda Iowa 60 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 10 July 16–17Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Canada 11 12 July 28–29Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 13 14 September 2Mazda USF2000 Watkins Glen Grand Prix Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York

Race results Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner Driver Team 1 Streets of St. Petersburg Robert Megennis Oliver Askew Robert Megennis Robert Megennis Team Pelfrey 2 Parker Thompson Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 3 Barber Motorsports Park Oliver Askew Kaylen Frederick Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 4 Oliver Askew Kaylen Frederick Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 6 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 7 Road America David Malukas Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Pabst Racing Services 8 Rinus VeeKay Calvin Ming Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Pabst Racing Services 9 Iowa Speedway Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 10 Streets of Toronto Parker Thompson Rinus VeeKay Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport 11 Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport 12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 13 Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport 14 Watkins Glen International Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Pabst Racing Services

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver STP BAR IMS ROA IOW TOR MOH WGL Points Championship class 1 Oliver Askew 2 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 17 3 1* 2 12 1* 4 23512 Rinus VeeKay 3 2 3 4 6 2 1* 1* 2 3 2 3 2 1*3443 Parker Thompson 5 3 5 3 19 4 5 5 12 1* 1* 2 1* 162694 Kaylen Frederick 4 5 2 2 DSQ 3 6 4 6 17 3 7 3 42405 Calvin Ming 7 10 7 21 2 19 4 2 3 14 11 5 5 32076 Robert Megennis 1* 19 4 6 DSQ 7 7 15 5 13 5 17 7 101737 Lucas Kohl 12 11 23 16 16 9 3 6 7 5 15 4 8 91608 Devin Wojcik 19 7 12 24 11 13 8 9 9 7 6 11 10 141409 Kory Enders 15 8 17 7 20 5 16 7 11 11 7 8 19 713810 David Malukas 9 18 2 14 15 14 6 6 510811 Darren Keane 16 11 17 11 10 18 10 4 9 16 810412 Moisés de la Vara 9 18 15 9 8 14 13 13 10 8 DNS DSQ DSQ9813 Dev Gore 17 16 18 17 18 23 12 11 13 12 10 10 12 179414 Dakota Dickerson 6 6 6 10 4 108615 Ricky Donison 13 17 21 23 3 8 15 10 16 DNS7516 Luke Gabin 11 4 10 13 10 67417 Ayla Ågren 21 12 8 8 7 12 87218 Colin Kaminsky 16 14 19 15 12 22 9 8 13 176819 Jayson Clunie 15 16 14 16 9 9 14 15 186420 Alexandre Baron 4 6 13 115221 Bruna Tomaselli 15 18 14 20 19 12 15 14 154922 Chandler Horton 20 13 20 14 13 15 18 173923 Andres Gutierrez 12 11 63524 José Sierra 4 83225 Kris Wright 14 15 13 19 21 172826 Toby Sowery 11 52727 Callan O'Keeffe 5 21 122728 Cameron Das 8 92529 Andre Castro 10 20 9 22 2530 Phillippe Denes 18 18 131531 Jacob Abel 16 131432 Jacob Loomis 11 191333 Flinn Lazier 22 121034 Niall Murray 19235 Bayley Mickler 24 20236 Zach Holden 201 National class 1 Bruna Tomaselli 18 2144 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS ROA IOW TOR MOH 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 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 1Pabst Racing369 2Cape Motorsports277 3Team Pelfrey258 4Exclusive Autosport215 5DEForce Racing110 6Newman Wachs Racing102 7ArmsUp Motorsports85 8John Cummiskey Racing42 9RJB Motorsports32 10Team BENIK30

References

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