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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

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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] 1–14
77   Sam Chastain[9] 1–6, 8–14
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

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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

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Drivers' Championship

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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

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Pos Team Points
1 Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 525
2 Pabst Racing 338
3 ArmsUp Motorsports 271
4 JAY Motorsports 186
5 Team Pelfrey 180
6 John Cummiskey Racing 110
7 Chastain Motorsports 52
8 RJB Motorsports 34

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Mazda Road to Indy Schedules Announced". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  2. ^ National Class Reintroduced in USF2000. (2016, February 10). Champion to Receive "Ticket" to $200K Scholarship Shootout. https://www.usf2000.com/news/national-class-reintroduced-in-usf2000.
  3. ^ Afterburner Confirms Felipe Ortiz for Rookie Champaign. (2016, February 15). USF2000. https://www.usf2000.com/news/afterburner-autosport-confirms-felipe-ortiz-for-rookie-usf2000-campaign.
  4. ^ "Dakota Dickerson confirmed for Afterburner USF2000 team". 24 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "USF2000 Entry List as of March 9, 2016" (PDF). usf2000.com.
  6. ^ "Cape Motorsports Confirms Thompson for 2016 USF2000 Campaign". www.usf2000.com.
  7. ^ http://www.motorsport.com/usf2000/news/lastochkin-switches-to-cape-for-sophomore-usf2000-season-66469/[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Cape Motorsports Adds Anthony Martin to USF2000 Line-Up". www.usf2000.com.
  9. ^ "Chastain Motorsports Enters 2016 USF2000 Season | Chastain Motorsports". Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  10. ^ a b "USF2000 Entry List as of March 10, 2016" (PDF). usf2000.com.
  11. ^ "USF2000 Entry List as of April 11, 2016" (PDF). usf2000.com.
  12. ^ "Ayla Agren joins JCR for second USF2000 season". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  13. ^ "Lucas Kohl Joins John Cummiskey Racing".
  14. ^ "Pabst Racing Signs Jordan Lloyd".
  15. ^ "Pabst Racing signs Garth Rickards for 2016". Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  16. ^ "Pabst Racing Announces Yufeng Luo for the 2016 Season". www.usf2000.com.
  17. ^ "Michai Stephens Joins RJB Motorsports for 2016".
  18. ^ "Home".
  19. ^ "National Class gains SCCA Pro graduates". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  20. ^ "Robert Megennis Steps Up to USF2000 with Team Pelfrey". www.usf2000.com.
  21. ^ "Home".
  22. ^ "MRTI: TJ Fischer joins Team Pelfrey USF2000 lineup". 7 January 2016.
  23. ^ "James Munro Signs with Team Pelfrey". www.usf2000.com.
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