2010 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2010 Cooper Tires presents the U.S. F2000 National Championship powered by Mazda is the first U.S. F2000 National Championship season under the new management, sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. All cars will run Mazda MZR engines built by former driver Steve Knapp.

With victory in the first race at the final round at Road Atlanta, Sage Karam won the championship and a fully funded seat in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 		2 Patrick McKenna[1] All
3 Josh Fielding[2] 1–3
18 Javier Barrales 11–12
JDC MotorSports 5 Luke Ellery[3] U 11–12
10 Mikhail Goikhberg[4] All
11 Raphael Abbate[4] All
19 Martin Sala[4] 1–2, 5–8
Pabst Racing Services 6 Martin Scuncio[5] 1–2
Tõnis Kasemets U 7–10
9 J. R. Smart[5] N 1–2, 4, 7–12
Andretti Autosport 7 Zach Veach[6] 3–12
8 Sage Karam[7] All
Liberty Motorsports[8] 14 Terrick Mansur[9] 1–4
Félix Serrallés[10] U 9–12
41 Matthew Powers[11] 1–2, 7–12
Brian Belardi N 4
Fuerza Chile Motorsports 18 Javier Barrales 3–10
99 Martin Scuncio 3–10
ZSports Midwest 20 Benjamin Searcy[12] 1–2
David Cheng U 9–10
21 Scott Anderson[13] U 9–10
AcceleRace MotorSports 28 Ardie Greenamyer[5] N All
ArmsUp MotorSports 31 Joe Tovo N 3
AIM Autosport 77 Anthony Furfari[14] 1–2
Icon Legend
N National Class
U Unregistered drivers

Schedule

The schedule was announced on November 24, 2009.[15] All championship rounds will be supporting the Star Mazda Championship. An exhibition meeting with two non-championship rounds will also be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca over May 22–23, in support of the American Le Mans Series.[16]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Track Location Supporting
1 March 27–28  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida IndyCar
2
NC May 23  R  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California ALMS
3 May 29  O  O'Reilly Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana USAC Midgets
4 June 19  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa IndyCar
5 June 26–27  R  New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey Star Mazda
6
7 July 31–August 1  R  Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois Star Mazda
8
9 August 21–22  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin ALMS
10
11 September 30–October 1  R  Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia ALMS
12

Race results

Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
2 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
NC Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca1 Sage Karam Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg Scott Rarick PR1 Motorsports
Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg JDC Motorsports
3 O'Reilly Raceway Park Patrick McKenna Mikhail Goikhberg Sage Karam Patrick McKenna Cape Motorsports
4 Iowa Speedway Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
5 New Jersey Motorsports Park Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
6 Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg Patrick McKenna Patrick McKenna Cape Motorsports
7 Autobahn Country Club Sage Karam Sage Karam Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Pabst Racing Services
8 Sage Karam Patrick McKenna Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
9 Road America Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
10 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
11 Road Atlanta Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
12 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport

1Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca round was a non-points event run in conjunction with the Pacific F2000 Championship.

Championship standings

Drivers'

Pos Driver STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL Points
Championship Class
1 Sage Karam 1* 1* 2* 1* 1* 9 2 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 351
2 Patrick McKenna 2 3 1 6 2 1* 3 2 4 7 3 5 269
3 Mikhail Goikhberg 8 7 3 3 3 2 10 11 2 2 9 11 194
4 Raphael Abbate 6 11 8 2 7 3 5 8 5 5 8 6 192
5 Zach Veach 4 5 4 5 7 6 3 3 2 4 189
6 Martin Scuncio 4 12 5 4 5 6 12 5 13 9 119
7 Javier Barrales 7 8 8 7 8 7 6 14 11 7 112
8 Matthew Powers 12 9 4 4 14 6 5 10 97
9 Martin Sala 5 13 6 4 6 9 DNS DNS 79
10 Terrick Mansur 3 4 6 10 57
11 Josh Fielding 7 2 11 40
12 Anthony Furfari 9 6 27
13 Benjamin Searcy 13 5 18
Ardie Greenamyer1 10 8 0
Unregistered drivers ineligible for points
Tõnis Kasemets 1* 3 7 4 0
Félix Serrallés 9 8 4 2 0
Luke Ellery 10 3 0
David Cheng 8 10 0
Scott Anderson 10 13 0
National Class
1 Ardie Greenamyer 9 7 9 8 9 10 12 12 6 9 208
2 J. R. Smart 11 10 9 11 DNS 11 11 7 8 164
3 Joe Tovo 10 1
4 Brian Belardi 11 1
Pos Driver STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL 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
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)

1Ardie Greenamyer switched from Championship to National class at ORP and was subsequently not shown in Championship class standings published by the league.

Teams'

Pos Team STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL Points
1 Andretti Autosport 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 358
4 5 4 9 7 6 3 3 2 4
2 JDC MotorSports 5 7 3 2 3 2 5 8 2 2 8 3 245
6 11 8 3 6 3 6 9 5 5 9 6
3 Cape Motorsports 2 2 1 6 2 1 3 2 4 7 3 5 235
7 3 11 11 7
4 Liberty Motorsports 3 4 6 10 4 4 10 6 4 2 120
12 9 11 14 8 5 10
5 Pabst Racing Services 4 12 9 1 3 7 4 7 8 81
11 11 11
6 Fuerza Chile Motorsports 5 4 5 6 8 5 6 9 66
7 8 8 7 12 7 13 14
7 AcceleRace Motorsports 10 8 7 9 8 9 10 12 12 6 9 39
8 AIM Autosport 9 6 14
Pos Team STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL Points

References

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