The 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda was the ninth 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.
American Kyle Kirkwood driving for Cape Motorsports in a single-car effort dominated the championship, winning twelve of the fourteen races. The only other driver to win was two consecutive races won by former Indy Lights competitor Alexandre Baron for Swan-RJB Motorsports early in the season. Baron left the series after seven races. Swede Rasmus Lindh finished well back in second place driving for Pabst Racing who won the team championship in a close battle. Lindh didn't capture a second place finish until the final race of the season. Just behind Lindh were Brazilians Lucas Kohl and Igor Fraga. Fourteen drivers competed in all fourteen races.
Drivers and teams Team Driver(s)Status Round(s)Abel Motorsports79 Jacob Abel6–7, 10–12ArmsUp Motorsports9 Dakota Dickerson6–14 14 Max Peichel3–4, 6–9, 13–14 30 Keith Donegan 1–5 BN Racing 28 Jamie Caroline 1–4 Keith Donegan6–12 29 Russell McDonough AllCape Motorsports8 Kyle KirkwoodAll DEForce Racing 7 James Raven 10–12 10 Zach Holden 1–5 11 Kory Enders All 12 José Sierra All 27 Colin Kaminsky All Exclusive Autosport 90 Manuel Cabrerahttps://exclusiveautosport.ca/exclusive-autosport-signs-manuel-cabrera-for-usf2000-debut/ 1–7 Yuven Sundaramoorthy 10–12 Kellen Ritter 13–14 91 Igor Fraga All92 Danial Frost 6–12 93 Jayson Cluniehttp://exclusiveautosport.ca/jayson-clunie-returns-to-usf2000-with-exclusive-autosport-for-2018/ 1–2 Newman Wachs Racing 36 Darren Keane 1–12 37 David Osborne 1–7, 10–12 38 Oscar DeLuzuriaga All 41 Braden Eves13–14 Pabst Racing Services 21 Calvin Ming All 22 Lucas Kohl All 23 Rasmus Lindh All 24 Kaylen Frederick All Sol.O Racing 5 Mathias Soler-Obel 1–7 Swan-RJB Motorsports 19 Alexandre BaronCooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 1–720 James Roe 3–4 Team Benik 31 Sabré Cook 1–4, 6–7, 10–12 51 Michael d'Orlando 1–4, 6–7, 10–12 Team Pelfrey 80 Julian van der Watt All 81 Kyle Dupell All 82 Bruna Tomaselli All Icon ClassRookie
Schedule A 14-race schedule was announced on October 17, 2017. IconLegendOval/SpeedwayRoad courseStreet circuit Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 March 10–11 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 3 May 11–12USF2000 Royal Purple Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Indiana 4 5 May 25 Cooper Tires Freedom 75 Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Indiana 6 June 23–24Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin 7 8 July 14–15 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario 9 10 July 27–29Cooper Tires USF2000 Mid-Ohio Grand Prix Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio 11 12 13 September 1–2 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 14
Race results
Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner Driver Team 1 Streets of St. Petersburg José Sierra Alexandre Baron Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports 2 Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Swan-RJB Motorsports 3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Kyle Kirkwood Alexandre Baron Alexandre Baron Alexandre BaronSwan-RJB Motorsports 4 Kyle Kirkwood Alexandre Baron Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports 5 Lucas Oil Raceway Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports 6 Road America Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodCape Motorsports 7 Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Lucas Kohl Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 8 Streets of Toronto Dakota Dickerson Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 9 Kaylen Frederick Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Kyle Kirkwood Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 11 Kaylen Frederick James Raven Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 12 James Raven Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 13 Portland International Raceway Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports 14 Rasmus Lindh Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
Championship standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th+ Points () 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points () 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4 2 One point is awarded to the driver who qualifies on pole position. One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in the race. One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver STP IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH POR Points 1 Kyle Kirkwood1*521*1*1*11*1*1*1*1*1*1*4402 Rasmus Lindh10241433418431043422383 Lucas Kohl1332674233*915226552154 Igor Fraga828177857217351542135 Calvin Ming486199615611357262066 Kaylen Frederick1192221222382423197151737 Julian van der Watt511781924171055814931628 Kory Enders19105611519161491624391439 Keith Donegan1413241163135174214 13910 Colin Kaminsky6229161312412181271217813411 José Sierra263265923187191922121712812 Alexandre Baron221*1*22177 12313 Dakota Dickerson1492666188712014 Darren Keane31223481020171221171710515 Kyle Dupell9151623171321159151413101010016 Bruna Tomaselli7141922141711131320131618168717 Danial Frost1916847997718 Oscar DeLuzuriaga20192013162112111022242113146919 Russell McDonough23251812201626141623122316116020 Michael d'Orlando162325152268208 5621 Mathias Soler-Obel12161318121114 5622 Manuel Cabrera252111910268 5523 Jacob Abel1510111111 4724 David Osborne18181520151822131515 4625 Jamie Caroline244424 4026 Max Peichel17102024DNSDNS14123527 James Raven 18182 3328 Zach Holden217102518 3229 Yuven Sundaramoorthy 141010 2930 Sabré Cook151721142525162220 2731 James Roe125 2632 Braden Eves6181833 Kellen Ritter11131834 Jayson Clunie1720 5 Pos Driver STP IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH POR 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(DNF) 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 Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th+ Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
PosTeamPoints 1 Pabst Racing349 2 Cape Motorsports334 3 DEForce Racing181 4 Exclusive Autosport166 5 Swan-RJB Motorsports104 6 ArmsUp Motorsports102 7 BN Racing101 8 Team Pelfrey101 9 Newman Wachs Racing69 10 Team BENIK33 11 Sol.O Racing28 12 Abel Motorsports22
See also 2018 IndyCar Series 2018 Indy Lights 2018 Pro Mazda Championship
References
See also 2018 IndyCar Series 2018 Indy Lights 2018 Pro Mazda Championship
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