2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship was the seventh 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, and is owned by Andersen Promotions. A 16-race schedule was announced on October 27, 2015.^[1] The National class was re-introduced, for SCCA Formula Continental cars.^[2]

Australian Anthony Martin and his Cape Motorsports teammate Canadian Parker Thompson were neck and neck throughout the season. Ultimately Martin captured the championship on the back of seven wins compared to Thompson's four. Thompson finished on the podium in twelve of the sixteen races, one more than Martin. Brazilian Victor Franzoni won three races and was running at the finish of every race and finished third in points, fourteen points behind Thompson. Jordan Lloyd and Luo Yufeng also captured race victories.

Cape Motorsports won the team championship by a comfortable margin.

Eric Filgueiras won the National Class championship, largely unopposed.

2016 was the final year for the Van Diemen-designed Formula Continental derived cars in Championship Class. In 2017 it will be replaced by a new bespoke design from Tatuus. The old cars will remain eligible for National Class.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Rounds Afterburner Autosport 17 Felipe Ortiz[3] 1–2 Christian Muñoz 12–14 18 Dakota Dickerson[4] All ArmsUp Motorsports 6 Max Hanratty[5] 1–6, 8–9 7 Dale VandenBush (N) 5–6, 8–9 9 Victor Franzoni[5] All 16 Devin Wojcik 8–9 Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Parker Thompson[6] All 3 Nikita Lastochkin[7] 1–6, 8–16 4 Jordan Cane 8–14 8 Anthony Martin[8] All Chastain Motorsports 5 Austin McCusker[5] All 77 Sam Chastain[9] 1–6, 8–16 FatBoy Racing 15 Brendan Puderbach[10] (N) 1–2, 5–6, 8–11 44 Charles Finelli[10] (N) 1–2, 5–6 JAY Motorsports 91 Luke Gabin[5] All 92 Cameron Das[11] 3–6, 8–16 JDC Motorsports 52 Robert Allaer[5] (N) 1–2 72 Tazio Ottis[5] All John Cummiskey Racing 33 Ayla Ågren[12] 1–9, 12–14 Michael Scott 15–16 34 Lucas Kohl[13] All Pabst Racing Services 21 Jordan Lloyd[14] All 22 Garth Rickards[15] All 23 Luo Yufeng[16] All RJB Motorsports 19 Michai Stephens[17] 1–6, 8–14 20 Clint McMahan[18] 1–6, 8–14 Spencer Racing 12 Eric Filgueiras[19] (N) 1–6, 8–14 Team Pelfrey 80 Robert Megennis[20] All 81 Jordan Cane[21] 1–6 Kaylen Frederick 15–16 82 TJ Fischer[22] 1–6 Phillippe Denes 15–16 83 James Munro[23] 1–4 Tomasi Motorsports 11 Robert Armington (N) 5–6, 15–16

Icon Class (N) National Class

Race calendar and results

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 12	Jordan Lloyd	Anthony Martin	Jordan Lloyd	Jordan Lloyd	Pabst Racing
2				Jordan Lloyd	Luo Yufeng	Jordan Lloyd	Luo Yufeng	Pabst Racing
3	Indy Grand Prix of Alabama	Birmingham, Alabama	April 22	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Cape Motorsports with WTR
4			April 23	Anthony Martin	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Cape Motorsports with WTR
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana	May 13	Anthony Martin	Parker Thompson	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
6			May 14	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Cape Motorsports with WTR
7	Lucas Oil Raceway	Clermont, Indiana	May 27	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
8	Grand Prix of Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 25	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
9				Anthony Martin	Jordan Lloyd	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
10	Grand Prix of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	July 16	Anthony Martin	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	ArmsUp Motorsports
11			July 17	Anthony Martin	Jordan Lloyd	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Cape Motorsports with WTR
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 29	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
13			July 30	Anthony Martin	Parker Thompson	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
14			July 31	Anthony Martin	Parker Thompson	Anthony Martin	Anthony Martin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
15	Monterey Grand Prix	Salinas, California	September 10	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	ArmsUp Motorsports
16			September 11	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	ArmsUp Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG Points Championship class 1 Anthony Martin 5 10 3 4 1* 4 1 1* 1* 16 2 1* 1* 1* 3 2 394 2 Parker Thompson 15 4 1* 1* 2 1* 2* 5 3 3 1* 17 2 2 2 3 374 3 Victor Franzoni 6 12 2 9 3 2 3 4 2 1* 3 2 3 4 1* 1* 360 4 Jordan Lloyd 1* 2* 5 20 4 5 4 2 21 2 8 4 16 5 5 4 276 5 Luke Gabin 4 5 4 2 20 3 11 3 7 4 10 3 11 16 4 5 252 6 Robert Megennis 3 8 12 3 8 10 6 7 11 5 5 19 4 7 8 8 224 7 Luo Yufeng 2 1 14 11 5 6 5 24 9 6 7 18 17 9 6 7 212 8 Nikita Lastochkin 9 7 7 5 23 11 6 8 17 6 6 7 8 11 6 183 9 Dakota Dickerson 8 22 17 13 11 20 9 12 10 7 4 5 5 6 10 10 176 10 Garth Rickards 24 6 9 7 15 7 7 23 5 15 17 7 6 3 12 15 172 11 Ayla Ågren 10 13 8 6 7 12 8 8 4 10 21 11 137 12 Lucas Kohl 23 14 21 21 6 8 10 11 13 10 12 9 18 12 9 9 136 13 Jordan Cane 25 3 6 19 10 21 21 6 9 16 8 9 14 121 14 Austin McCusker 20 DNS 10 8 14 23 12 10 15 11 11 11 8 10 118 15 Tazio Ottis 12 15 15 17 16 14 DNS 17 17 12 14 15 12 15 15 16 102 16 Cameron Das 20 12 17 24 9 14 8 15 DNS 10 20 14 12 83 17 Michai Stephens 11 DNS 19 15 18 15 13 20 13 9 12 14 13 82 18 Sam Chastain 13 16 18 22 12 13 20 23 DNS 16 13 18 62 19 TJ Fischer 22 9 13 10 9 9 58 20 Clint McMahan 7 23 23 14 19 16 16 19 DNS 13 19 17 52 21 Max Hanratty 26 20 16 16 13 19 15 12 42 22 Phillippe Denes 7 11 24 23 James Munro 18 21 11 23 20 24 Kaylen Frederick 13 13 16 25 Christian Muñoz 14 15 19 15 26 Felipe Ortiz 21 11 14 27 Devin Wojcik 14 16 12 28 Michael Scott 17 14 12 National class 1 Eric Filgueiras 14 17 22 18 21 25 22 24 14 13 20 20 DNS 262 2 Brendan Puderbach 19 18 25 22 19 22 18 111 3 Robert Armington 22 18 16 17 80 4 Dale VandenBush 26 17 18 18 76 5 Charles Finelli 17 24 24 42 6 Robert Allaer 16 19 33 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG 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 not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps Rookie

Teams' Championship

References

External links

• Official website