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] 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
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
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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