2021 F1600 Championship Series

2021 F1600 season
Season
Races24
Start dateApril 1
End dateOctober 17
Awards
Drivers' champion Nicholas d'Orlando
Manufacturers' Cup Mygale

The 2021 F1600 Championship Series season is the eleventh season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season commences on April 1 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and ends on October 17 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.[1]

Last year's champion, Simon Sikes, moved up to the U.S. F2000 National Championship on the Road to Indy ladder.[2]

The season was won by Nicholas d'Orlando who won twelve out of the twenty-four races for Team Pelfrey.[3]

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine
Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco M 4–6, 10–12 Van Diemen Honda
Brad Hayes Racing 75 Ayrton Houk[4] R 4–6, 19–21 Piper Honda
Exclusive Autosport 92 Joey Brienza II[5] R All Spectrum Honda
93 Billy Frazer R 4–6
Drivers Services 2 Mike Scanlan M 1–6, 10–24 Spectrum Honda
Global Racing Team 51 TJ Zimmerman[6][7] R 4–15 Van Diemen Mazda
K-Hill Motorsports 08 Jace Denmark G 13–15 Mygale Honda
11 Tonis Kasemets M 19–21
27 Theo Peppes M 16–18, 22–24
Peter Dempsey 19–21
76 Ax Kametches[8] All
90 Omar Khan[8] 4–15
Lee Racing 0 Jonathan Lee 1–12 Swift Ford
05 13–15
Lee Racing w/ Rice Race Prep[9] 0 16–24
Pure Energy Racing 33 Jeffrey Bartz 4–9, 13–15, 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
Raceworks 70 Sam Lockwood M 1–12, 16–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda
Rice Race Prep 01 Thomas Schrage 19–24 Mygale Honda
6 Simon Sikes[10] 4–6
Dexter Czuba[9] 7–9
Thomas Schrage[11] 10–12
Misha Goikhberg 13–15
Andre Castro R 16–18
13 Kyle August[12] All
43 Will Holtz[13] All
52 Robert Perona[14] M 1–3
Steve Roux Racing 19 Steve Roux M 1–3 Wyvern Honda
Team Pelfrey 80 Hugh Esterson[15] All Mygale Honda
81 Nicholas d'Orlando[16] R All
84 David Adorno[17] 4-24
TR Racing 32 Trevor Russell 4–6 Ford
Two Dogg Racing 88 Tim Kautz M 13–15 Piper Honda
AirportElectricServ 01 Thomas Schrage 4–6 Swift
Dole Racing 4 John Dole M 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda
Aero Services Winchester 5 Steve Oseth M 10–12, 16–18 Citation Honda
72 22–24
ATC Technologies Inc. 11 Christopher Kierce 16–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda
Weiss 12 Bob Reid M 1–6, 10–18, 22–24 Citation Honda
Polestar 18 Robert Dietz 4–6 Van Diemen Honda
Kelly-Moss Road & Race 18 Theodore Burns 13–15 Piper Honda
Shady Hill Clayworks 21 David Petzko M 10–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda
Steelfiber 24 Christopher Horan 4–6, 10–12 Van Diemen Honda
AntiSpeed 26 Charles Anti 10–12 Van Diemen Honda
Practical Precision Engineering 30 Will Velkoff 4–6, 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Van Diemen Honda
Morgan's Collision Center 31 Scott Rubenzer M All Spectrum Honda
IAM Advisory 37 Joe Parsons M 16–18 Spectrum Honda
Home Tech Bldg. Consultants 41 Robert Albani M 1–6, 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Mygale Honda
Flying Cross Motorsports 47 Austin Kimberly 10–18 Spectrum Ford
Porter Racing 54 Charles Horn M 13–15 Swift Honda
Gross Racing 62 Robert Gross M 10–12 Piper Honda
Steel Services 72 Tom Schwietz M 10–12 Citation Honda
Bell Helmets 73 Robert Perona M 13–15 Piper Honda
Messenger Racing 75 Jay Messenger G M 13–15 Van Diemen Honda
ThermaMasters 85 David Livingston Jr. M 4–9, 13–15 Spectrum Honda
Hardline Motorsports 90 Omar Khan 1–3 Mygale Honda
AdvAutomotive 93 Michael Bulzacchelli 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Piper Honda
Icon Class
M Masters
R Rookie
G Guest

Schedule

Rd. Date Track Location
1 April 1–3 Carolina Motorsport Park Kershaw, South Carolina
2
3
4 April 30 - May 2 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7 May 20–23 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
8
9
10 June 18–20 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13 July 30 - August 1 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
14
15
16 August 20–22 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia
17
18
19 September 10–12 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois
20
21
22 October 15–17 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
23
24
References: The 2021 Formula Race Promotions Schedule is Here[18]

Results

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Carolina Motorsports Park Kershaw, South Carolina April 2 Nicholas d'Orlando Robert Perona Ax Kametches
2 April 3 Ax Kametches Nicholas d'Orlando
3 Robert Perona Nicholas d'Orlando
4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 1 Simon Sikes Simon Sikes Simon Sikes
5 May 2 Simon Sikes Simon Sikes
6 Nicholas d'Orlando Simon Sikes
7 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama May 22 Jonathan Lee Hugh Esterson Jonathan Lee
8 May 23 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
9 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
10 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania June 19 Thomas Schrage Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
11 June 20 Nicholas d'Orlando Joey Brienza
12 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
13 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 31 Nicholas d'Orlando Hugh Esterson Joey Brienza
14 August 1 Kyle August Will Holtz
15 Will Holtz Nicholas d'Orlando
16 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 20 Jonathan Lee Kyle August Joey Brienza
17 August 21 Ax Kametches Nicholas d'Orlando
18 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
19 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois September 10 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
20 September 11 Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage
21 Ax Kametches Thomas Schrage
22 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania October 15 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
23 October 16 Nicholas d'Orlando Nicholas d'Orlando
24 Kyle August Thomas Schrage
References:[19]

Scoring System

Points are awarded to the top twentyfive classified drivers, and the top drivers who enables to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with the corrispective bonus points +3 and +2 points.

The Season Championship will recognize only driver’s best 21 of 24 race results including all bonus points earned.[20]

Points are awarded using the following system:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th+   DNF 
Points 50 42 37 34 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Guest drivers are ineligible to score points.

Driver Standings

Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT-1 RA SP ABCC PITT-2 Pts Drop Pts
1 Nicholas d'Orlando 13 1 1 3 2 2 DNF 1 1 1 26 1 3 5 1 DNF 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 DNF 904 901
2 Ax Kametches 1 8 4 2 24 23 4 3 3 3 3 7 2 7 4 4 4 20 3 6 4 6 8 4 736 725
3 Joey Brienza 11 6 2 9 DNF 9 14 4 2 8 1 DNF 1 4 18 1 3 2 5 5 16 2 4 2 698 703
4 Will Holtz 4 4 3 5 5 4 7 5 4 6 23 4 5 1 10 2 5 3 4 3 10 8 5 15 717 684
5 Hugh Esterson 3 12 7 7 4 10 2 9 8 2 16 3 6 11 6 DNF 7 4 6 9 2 3 3 3 670 642
6 Jonathan Lee 2 2 6 6 3 24 1 2 13 13 2 5 14 14 11 16 6 7 10 10 8 5 6 19 617 605
7 Kyle August 5 5 5 8 5 4 6 8 5 7 6 9 7 8 5 3 8 6 7 8 9 7 7 5 666 603
8 Scott Rubenzer 7 7 8 14 11 11 11 12 10 9 7 8 9 DNF 12 5 9 9 DNF 15 11 9 9 7 474 471
9 Thomas Schrage 20 17 20 4 4 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 404 404
10 David Adorno 21 18 15 8 11 14 16 8 10 11 12 8 18 17 8 11 11 14 11 11 6 358 358
11 Mike Scanlan 9 10 14 24 20 18 20 17 18 18 16 13 8 11 13 14 14 13 18 16 13 262 262
12 David Livingston Jr. 10 6 7 5 7 11 13 18 7 204 204
13 Omar Khan 8 9 9 19 16 22 13 14 12 11 15 17 16 13 14 199 204
14 Bob Reid 10 15 12 25 22 19 15 10 21 17 15 15 10 DNS 16 13 20 10 202 202
15 TJ Zimmerman 26 14 13 9 10 7 22 5 11 21 10 9 193 193
16 Jeffrey Bartz 16 9 8 10 13 9 8 DNF DNS 12 12 12 177 191
17 Sam Lockwood 12 13 15 23 19 16 12 DNS DNS 19 20 19 12 13 17 20 15 12 175 175
18 Simon Sikes 1 1 1 157 157
19 Ayrton Houk 15 10 5 8 7 6 144 144
20 Rob Albani 14 14 10 22 21 DNS DNF 25 DNF 6 10 DNS 10 DNF 8 141 141
21 Will Velkoff 17 DNF 14 25 22 22 11 12 15 12 14 9 132 132
22 Joe Colasacco 11 7 DNF 5 9 12 118 118
23 Robert Perona 6 3 13 22 3 DNF 117 117
24 Steve Oseth 21 13 14 7 DNS 10 14 19 18 109 109
25 Michael Bulzacchelli 17 11 DNF 15 15 12 17 10 11 92 106
26 John Dole 18 12 15 9 DNF 11 21 12 DNF 102 102
27 Dave Petzko 23 19 23 19 17 16 13 14 18 19 17 17 100 100
28 Christopher Horan 12 12 12 14 24 6 95 95
Dexter Czuba 3 6 6 95 95
30 Misha Goikhberg 23 6 2 74 74
31 Billy Frazer 4 23 3 59 71
32 Tonis Kasemets 9 13 7 65 65
Christopher Kierce 19 19 14 16 13 14 65 65
Peter Dempsey DNF 4 5 46 65
35 Andre Castro DNF 2 5 64 64
36 Theo Peppes 14 16 DNF 15 18 16 53 53
37 Robert Dietz 13 8 17 49 49
Steve Roux 15 11 11 49 49
39 Robert Gross 24 21 24 13 16 15 45 45
40 Tim Kautz 4 DNF 17 44 44
41 Charles Anti 10 14 20 40 40
42 Austin Kimberly 12 27 16 DNS DNF DNF DNS DNS DNS 20 29
43 Trevor Russell 18 15 21 24 24
Tom Schwietz DNF 18 13 24 24
Joe Parsons 17 18 19 24 24
46 Theodore Burns 12 DNF DNS 18 18
47 Charles Horn 20 19 DNS 13 13
Drivers ineligible for points
Jace Denmark 10 2 3
Jey Messenger 15 9 DNF
Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT RA SP ABCC PITT Pts Drop Pts
References: FRP Official Points Standings & Results Archive F1600 & Race Monitor
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Fastest lap of the race
(2 points)
Master of the Year
Masters

See also

References

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  2. ^ "BREAKING NEWS Marotti Autosport expands partnership with Legacy Autosport by bringing back Simon Sikes". April 14, 2021. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Champions Crowned as the 2021 Formula Race Promotions Program Ends at PittRace". October 22, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "NEXT UP". April 20, 2021. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Brienza Joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2021 FRP F1600 Championship Series". February 23, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Team". March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "TJ Zimmerman ready for race Tomorrow!". May 22, 2021.
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  11. ^ "Thomas Schrage Joins RiceRace for PIRC". June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Andre Castro to Rice Race for Summit Point". August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "Will Holtz joins RiceRace for FRP F1600". February 2, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  14. ^ "RiceRace Ready for FRP CMP". March 24, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  15. ^ "Hugh Esterson to Join Team Pelfrey for 2021 F1600 Championship Series". March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  16. ^ "Welcome to Team Pelfrey Nicholas D'Orlando!". March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  17. ^ "Team Pelfrey welcomes David Adorno!". March 5, 2021. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  18. ^ "2021 F1600 Championship Series | RacingCalendar.net". racingcalendar.net.
  19. ^ "2021 Season Points Standings" (PDF). April 26, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  20. ^ "2021 Points & Purse Distribution Table" (PDF).