The 2020 U.S. F2000 National Championship was the eleventh season of the U.S. F2000 National Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the first rung of the IndyCar Series's Road to Indy ladder system. An 18 race schedule was announced on 12 September 2019 featuring six permanent road courses, two street circuits, and a single oval in the Dave Steele Classic. The Dave Steele Classic race is a standalone race, while the Indianapolis road course race is now a stand-alone round due to the NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Vodka 400 and GMR Grand Prix is a doubleheader weekend so it is full.
Danish driver Christian Rasmussen, driving for Jay Howard Driver Development, dominated the year, winning over half of all races and clinching the championship title at New Jersey Motorsports Park, two races before the end of the season
Drivers and teams Competitors entered for the March round at St. Petersburg took part in a practice session prior to the cancellation, and are marked with a C. Team Driver(s)Status Round(s) Cape Motorsports 2 Josh Green C, All 3 Reece Gold C, All 4 Michael d'Orlando C, All 8 Kyle Dupell C, AllDEForce Racing10 Mathias RamirezC Nico Christodoulou 1–2 Cameron Shields 7–17 11 Josh Sarchet 10–12 Nico Christodoulou13–15 Gil Molina16–17 12 Kiko Porto C, 3–12, 16–17 Exclusive Autosport 1 Prescott Campbell C, All 16 Josh Pierson All 44 Christian Brooks C, All91 Manuel CabreraC Jay Howard Driver Development 5 Wyatt Brichacek C, All 6 Christian Rasmussen C, All 7 Christian Bogle C, All 9 Nolan Siegel C, All 18 Bijoy Garg 1–9, 16–17 Legacy Autosport 20 Cameron Shields C, 1–6 Simon Sikes 7–12, 16–17 24 Michael Myers 7–12, 16–17 27 Ayrton Ori C, 1–5 Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 40 Jack William Miller C, All 41 Max Kaeser C, 1–12 Kent Vaccaro13–15Newman Wachs Racing38 Jordan MissigCPabst Racing 21 Yuven Sundaramoorthy C, All 22 Eduardo Barrichello C, All 23 Matthew Round-Garrido C, All Icon ClassRookie
Schedule Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 July 9–10 USF2000 Grand Prix of Road AmericaPresented by Cooper Tires Honoring First Responders Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 2 3 July 29–30 USF2000 Championship Grand Prix of Mid-OhioPresented by Cooper Tires Honoring First Responders Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 4 5 6 August 22 Cooper Tires Freedom 75 Lucas Oil Raceway Brownsburg, Indiana 7 September 3–4 Cooper Tires USF2000 Indy Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana 8 9 10 September 11–13 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 11 12 13 October 9–11 The Andersen Companies USF2000 Grand Prixat New Jersey Motorsports Park New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey 14 15 16 October 23–25 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of St. PetersburgPresented by Andersen RacePark Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 17Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of St. PetersburgPresented by Cooper Tires References:Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course usf2000.comLucas Oil Raceway usf2000.comMid-Ohio Sports Car Course usf2000.comSt. Petersburg Grand Prix usf2000.com
+Cancelled events Date Race name Track City April 25–26 Never announced Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas July 10–12 Never announced Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 11–13 Never announced Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon September 18–20 Never announced WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
Race results Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner Driver Team 1 Road America 1 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 2 Road America 2 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 3 Mid-Ohio 1 Eduardo Barrichello Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 4 Mid-Ohio 2 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 5 Mid-Ohio 3 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 6 Freedom 75 Christian Rasmussen Reece Gold Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 7 Indianapolis GP 1 Kiko Porto Reece Gold Kiko Porto Eduardo Barrichello Pabst Racing 8 Indianapolis GP 2 Kiko Porto Eduardo Barrichello Eduardo Barrichello Eduardo Barrichello Pabst Racing 9 Indianapolis GP 3 Eduardo Barrichello Jack William Miller Jack William Miller Reece Gold Cape Motorsports 10 Mid-Ohio 4 Christian Rasmussen Kiko Porto Michael d'Orlando Michael d'Orlando Cape Motorsports 11 Mid-Ohio 5 Reece Gold Christian Rasmussen Reece Gold Reece Gold Cape Motorsports 12 Mid-Ohio 6 Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 13 New Jersey 1 Eduardo Barrichello Eduardo Barrichello Eduardo Barrichello Eduardo Barrichello Pabst Racing 14 New Jersey 2 Christian Rasmussen Nolan Siegel Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 15 New Jersey 3 Nolan Siegel Prescott Campbell Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 16 St. Petersburg 1 Cameron Shields Reece Gold Kiko Porto Kiko Porto DEForce Racing 17 St. Petersburg 2 Christian Brooks Kiko Porto Christian Brooks Christian Brooks Exclusive Autosport
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship 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 The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point. One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race. One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver ROA MOH LOR IMSMOH NJMP STP Points 1 Christian Rasmussen1*1*1*1*1*1* 6 5 2114201* 21* 1* 19 5 394 2 Eduardo Barrichello 3 52 11 6 10 11*5 10 2 71* 3 7 2 3 353 3 Reece Gold 19 7 3 2 322 7 1 21* 3 15 6 9 3 9 341 4 Michael d'Orlando 5 2 4 10 2 4 20 6 19 1* 7 2 3 4 17 5 4 295 5 Christian Brooks 8 20 6 5 4 5 9 3 2 4 4 8 4 7 5 201* 284 6 Josh Green 2 3 17 8 7 6 4 11 6 5 19 9 18 9 2 4 11 245 7 Matthew Round-Garrido 4 4 5 4 19 7 7 14 9 8 5 6 8 17 14 7 6 228 8 Jack William Miller 18 13 16 17 5 3 21 24* 15 6 10 7 8 11 6 7 215 9 Cameron Shields 7 6 9 9 DNS 12 11 13 7 6 3 5 6 2 6 18 19 214 10 Kiko Porto 8 18 11 143*4 37 8 11 1*2 198 11 Prescott Campbell 10 12 11 12 18 13 14 16 10 21 10 15 5 11 3 12 8 167 12 Yuven Sundaramoorthy 9 8 20 6 9 9 8 9 14 9 14 16 10 5 12 21 DNS 165 13 Nolan Siegel 20 14 18 3 14 11 5 8 20 3 9 19 9 18 18 14 12 158 14 Kyle Dupell 14 10 7 7 8 8 18 21 18 20 21 12 17 13 4 9 14 147 15 Christian Bogle 6 9 19 14 13 16 15 15 15 11 11 13 11 12 8 10 18 144 16 Wyatt Brichacek 16 17 12 20 12 18 12 17 13 12 12 14 14 15 16 16 10 113 17 Bijoy Garg 11 15 10 13 10 17 13 19 11 11 17 86 18 Max Kaeser 15 18 14 15 16 15 10 10 8 18 17 21 79 19 Simon Sikes 16 12 16 13 18 4 8 13 70 20 Josh Pierson 13 19 15 16 17 19 17 18 12 17 16 18 13 10 10 15 DNS 57 21 Nico Christodoulou 17 11 12 16 15 34 22 Ayrton Ori 12 16 13 19 15 30 23 Michael Myers 19 20 17 19 15 17 17 15 29 24 Kent Vaccaro 16 14 13 20 25 Josh Sarchet 16 13 20 14 26 Gil Molina 13 16 13 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
See also 2020 IndyCar Series 2020 Indy Lights (canceled) 2020 Indy Pro 2000 Championship
References
External links USF2000 official website