2022 F1600 Championship Series

2022 F1600 season
Season
Races21
Start dateApril 1
End dateOctober 16
Awards
Drivers' champion Thomas Schrage
Manufacturers' Cup Mygale

The 2022 F1600 Championship Series season was the eleventh season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season began on April 1 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and finished on October 17 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.[1]

Last year's champion, Nicholas d'Orlando of Team Pelfrey, moved up to the USF Juniors on the Road to Indy ladder.[2] Thomas Schrage won the championship with Rice Race Prep.[3] Schrage was chosen for the Team USA Scholarship.[4]

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine
AntiSpeed 26 Charles Anti 7–9; 13–15 Van Diemen Honda
Britain West Motorsports 65 Callum Baxter[5] R 1–3 Mygale Honda
Chillout Motorsports 12 Porter Aiken[5] 1–3 Spectrum Honda
99 4–12 Piper
Exclusive Autosport[6] 92 Joey Brienza II[5][7] 1–18 Spectrum Honda
93 Lindsay Brewer R 7–9
Lavender Racing 96 Brandon Lavender R 13–15; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
Lee Racing w/ Rice Race Prep 3 Jonathan Lee[5] 1–3 Swift Honda
Lee Racing 4–6; 10–12 Ford
16–18 Honda
Raceworks 70 Sam Lockwood[6] M 1–12; 19–21 Spectrum Honda
Christopher Kierce 16–18
Rice Race Prep[6] 01 Thomas Schrage[8][6] All Mygale Honda
13 Gordon Scully[9] R All
18 Elliott Budzinski[10] R 13–15
Anthony Cerciello R 16–18
32 Mateo Naranjo R 19–21
43 Will Holtz[5] 1–9
Sullivan Racing 19 Jack Sullivan[11] R 4–9; 13–15; 19–21 Piper Honda
Team Pelfrey[6] 80 Hugh Esterson[6][12] All Mygale Honda
81 Nolan Allaer[6] R All
82 Ayrton Houk[6] All
84 David Adorno[6] 7–21
Drivers Services 2 Mike Scanlan[6] M 10–21 Spectrum Honda
18 Gary Gecelter R M 19–21
Dole Racing 4 John Dole[5] M 1–3 Spectrum Honda
Auriana Racing 5 Joe Colasacco[6] M 1–3 Van Diemen Honda
Dchultz 7 Timothy Steele[13] R 4–15; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
SteveSchultzBldr 71 1–3
Steve Roux Racing 19 Steve Roux M 16–18 Wyvern Honda
Kelly-Moss Road & Race 8 Theodore Burns[14] 19–21 Piper Honda
Aero Metals 9 Robert Stowell[10] R M 4–15; 19–21 Spectrum Honda
ATC Technologies Inc. 11 Christopher Kierce 1–6; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
Weiss 12 Bob Reid[6] M 4–6; 10–21 Citation Honda
Shady Hill Clayworks 21 Dave Petzko[15] M All Spectrum Honda
Steelfiber 24 Chris Horan[14] 10–12; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
K-Hill Motorsports 27 Theo Peppes[13] M 10–12; 16–18 Mygale Honda
Practical Precision Engineering 30 Will Velkoff[6] 7–12; 16–21 Van Diemen Honda
Morgan's Collision Center 31 Scott Rubenzer[6] M 1–6; 10–21 Spectrum Honda
G-Force Motoersports 37 Garrett Dettman G 1–3 Crossle Honda
Home Tech Bldg. Consultants 41 Robert Albani[6] M 1–6; 10–12; 16–21 Mygale Honda
Kingham Racing 47 Phil Kingham[10] R M 4-6; 10–15 Spectrum Honda
Averill Racing Stuff 62 Robert Gross G M 19-21 Piper
Pit Lane Services 69 John Schimenti R M 1–3 Spectrum Honda
Bell Helmets / BP Motorsports[5] 73 Robert Perona[6] M 1–9; 19–21 Piper Honda
Messenger Racing 77 Jay Messenger[15] M 4–9 Van Diemen Honda
ThermaMasters 85 David Livingston Jr.[6] M 4–12; 19–21 Spectrum Honda
AdvAutomotive 93 Michael Bulzacchelli 4–6; 16–21 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 29–May 1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7 May 20–22 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
8
9
10 June 3–5 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13 July 8–10 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois
14
15
16 August 19–21 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia
17
18
19 October 14–16 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
20
21
References: Formula Race Promotions Set for Exciting 2022 Race Season[16]

Results & performance summaries

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Carolina Motorsports Park Kershaw, South Carolina April 2 Thomas Schrage Jonathan Lee Ayrton Houk
2 April 3 Hugh Esterson Thomas Schrage
3 Ayrton Houk Thomas Schrage
4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio April 30 Thomas Schrage Ayrton Houk Thomas Schrage
5 May 1 Nolan Allaer Ayrton Houk
6 Nolan Allaer Thomas Schrage
7 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama May 21 Hugh Esterson Jack Sullivan Hugh Esterson
8 May 22 Jack Sullivan Ayrton Houk
9 Nolan Allaer Jack Sullivan
10 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania June 4 Hugh Esterson Ayrton Houk Hugh Esterson
11 June 5 Thomas Schrage Ayrton Houk
12 Nolan Allaer Nolan Allaer
13 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 9 Ayrton Houk Jack Sullivan Elliott Budzinksi
14 July 10 Ayrton Houk Thomas Schrage
15 Jack Sullivan Thomas Schrage
16 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 20 Jonathan Lee Ayrton Houk Nolan Allaer
17 August 21 Jonathan Lee Hugh Esterson
18 Ayrton Houk Ayrton Houk
19 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania October 15 Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage
20 October 16 Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage
21 Thomas Schrage Thomas Schrage
References:[17]
Team Performance Summary
Team Wins Poles Podiums Fast Laps
Rice Race Prep 10 3 21 4
Team Pelfrey 10 3 32 11
Sullivan Racing 1 0 2 4
Exclusive Autosport 0 0 3 0
Lee Racing 0 1 3 2
Driver Performance Summary
Driver Wins Poles Podiums Fast Laps
Thomas Schrage 9 3 16 4
Ayrton Houk 5 1 11 6
Hugh Esterson 3 2 12 1
Nolan Allaer 2 0 9 4
Elliott Budzinski 1 0 3 0
Jack Sullivan 1 0 2 4
Joey Brienza II 0 0 3 0
Robert Perona 0 0 2 0
Will Holtz 0 0 2 0
Jonathan Lee 0 1 3 2
Chassis Performance Summary
Team Wins Poles Podiums Fast Laps
Mygale 20 6 53 15
Piper 1 0 4 4
Spectrum 0 0 3 0
Swift 0 1 3 2

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 18 of 21 race results including all bonus points earned.[18]

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 ABCC SP PITT Pts Drop Pts
1 Thomas Schrage DNF 1 1 1 2 1 15 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 5 7 2 1 1 1 839 818
2 Ayrton Houk 1 2 2 3 1 13 4 1 5 10 1 3 7 3 16 17 2 1 9 4 4 740 704
3 Hugh Esterson DNF 3 14 4 6 2 1 3 3 1 2 16 4 9 3 4 1 18 2 2 3 682 678
4 Nolan Allaer 2 19 4 DNF 9 6 3 4 7 3 4 1 6 4 5 1 3 12 3 3 2 672 647
5 Joey Brienza II 3 5 5 7 5 8 2 15 4 7 19 6 5 6 4 2 4 6 531 531
6 Jonathan Lee 18 8 10 9 12 21 12 3 4 3 4 3 5 6 5 390 390
7 Gordon Scully 9 10 8 10 8 18 DNF 9 17 19 8 8 10 8 7 18 7 16 10 9 7 402 386
8 Scott Rubenzer 7 12 12 11 13 9 11 14 9 11 11 9 6 8 8 12 12 9 370 370
9 Jack Sullivan 5 7 7 6 10 1 3 15 14 8 7 6 335 335
10 Porter Aiken 6 7 11 8 4 5 7 5 12 4 6 5 319 319
11 Robert Perona 4 4 3 6 10 3 8 6 6 4 DNF DNS 300 300
12 Timothy Steele 11 13 9 13 15 20 10 11 13 5 DNF DNS DNF 5 15 7 DNF 11 266 266
13 Bob Reid 14 11 12 9 11 18 12 12 10 11 13 10 13 15 14 248 248
14 David Adorno 12 14 8 DNS 20 20 8 10 8 7 9 5 21 11 22 247 247
15 Robert Albani 8 11 13 21 DNF DNS 8 9 7 10 16 4 DNF 13 10 227 227
16 Dave Petzko 14 17 17 18 19 17 18 18 15 17 17 11 16 DNF 13 19 19 14 23 21 18 188 179
17 David Livingston Jr. 12 16 10 9 7 18 14 10 14 22 14 13 170 177
18 Will Velkoff 16 16 DNF 15 13 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 146 146
19 Mike Scanlan 18 15 15 14 13 11 13 15 9 18 20 20 146 146
20 Will Holtz 17 DNS DNS 2 3 4 5 DNF DNF 140 146
21 Christopher Kierce 16 20 20 15 14 11 16 11 11 14 17 16 145 145
22 Sam Lockwood 13 15 19 17 18 15 17 17 14 16 16 12 19 23 23 142 142
23 Charles Anti 11 13 9 9 7 6 136 136
24 Elliott Budzinksi 1 2 2 134 134
25 Chris Horan 6 7 21 25 5 8 118 118
26 Robert Stowell 20 DNF 19 19 19 16 20 18 13 17 16 DNF 20 18 24 103 103
27 Michael Bulzacchelli 19 DNF 16 9 14 7 17 19 DNF 98 98
28 Callum Baxter 5 6 7 87 87
29 Jay Messenger 16 17 14 14 12 11 81 81
30 Theo Peppes 13 12 19 14 10 DNF 74 74
31 Theodore Burns 6 8 15 65 65
32 Lindsay Brewer 13 8 10 61 61
33 Mateo Naranjo 11 10 12 57 57
34 Phil Kingham DNS Wth Wth 21 DNF 17 15 14 12 56 56
35 Joe Colasacco DNF 9 6 53 53
36 Anthony Cerciello 8 17 15 45 45
37 John Dole 10 16 15 42 42
38 Brandon Lavender 13 DNS DNS 15 22 19 37 37
39 Steve Roux 15 18 17 28 28
40 John Schimenti 15 18 18 27 27
41 Gary Gecelter 24 24 21 9 9
Drivers ineligible for points
Garrett Dettman 12 14 16
Robert Gross DNS Wth Wth
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 (DNF)
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

  1. ^ "2022 F1600 Race Calendar". February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "NICHOLAS D'ORLANDO JOINS DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS IN USF JUNIORS". February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "FRP Crowns Champions This Past Weekend". October 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Team USA Scholarship Drivers Ready for Formula Ford Festival Action". October 21, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Successful Opening Weekend for Formula Race Promotions at Carolina Motorsports Park". April 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Forecasting the 2022 Formula Race Promotions Season". February 15, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Brienza Continues FRP Championship Quest with Exclusive Autosport". March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Thomas Schrage Rejoins RiceRace For F1600". February 7, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "Gordon Scully Joins RiceRace". February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Autobahn Country Club Review: Formula Race Promotions". July 13, 2022.
  11. ^ "Formula Race Promotions Completes Round Two at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Momentum". May 3, 2022.
  12. ^ "Edition 03: F1600 Round 02 Preview". April 29, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "FRP Speeds Past Pitt Race Event as Series Crosses Over Halfway Mark". June 9, 2022.
  14. ^ a b "FRP Crowns Champions This Past Weekend". October 19, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Solid Formula Race Promotions Event at Barber Motorsports Park". May 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "2022 F1600 Championship Series | RacingCalendar.net". racingcalendar.net.
  17. ^ "F1600 Point Standings 2022 Final" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 Points & Purse Distribution Table" (PDF). February 15, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.