2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship

2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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The 2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship is a season 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. It is the second full season of the series since its revival in 2010. It follows the first 2011 U.S. F2000 Winterfest winter championship. It consists of 12 races held over 7 race weekends on seven different tracks – two street circuits, two ovals, and three permanent road courses.

Finnish driver Petri Suvanto, in his first season racing in North America, won the championship with five wins and five second-place finishes by 47 points over American Spencer Pigot, the 2010 Skip Barber National Championship winner. British driver Wayne Boyd won two races and finished third while Zach Veach won the season opener but struggled during the second half of the season to wind up fourth in points. Sixteen-year-old New Yorker Luca Forgeois won the National Class over his only full-time National Class rival J. R. Smart.

Drivers and teams[]

Team	No	Drivers	Notes
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	2	Shannon McIntosh^[1]
	3	Petri Suvanto^[2]
	32	^[3]	Sebring to Indianapolis only^[4]
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Wayne Boyd^[5]
	9	^[5]	Sebring & St. Pete only
	9		Mid-Ohio onwards
	5	Tõnis Kasemets	St. Pete only
	5		National Class; Indianapolis onwards^[6]
	6	^[7]	National Class
	16	Rodin Younessi	National Class; Indianapolis only^[8]
Andretti Autosport	7	Zach Veach^[9]
Andretti Autosport	8	Spencer Pigot^[10]
	10		Indianapolis,^[8] Mid-Ohio onwards
	16	Rodin Younessi	National Class; Mid-Ohio onwards
	19	Juan Piedrahita^[11]
	85	^[12]	Sebring through Milwaukee only
	85	Chris Miller	Road America only^[13]
	11		National class; Mid-Ohio^[6] and Baltimore only^[14]
	12		National class; Baltimore only^[14]
	65		National class; Baltimore only^[14]
Jensen MotorSport	13	Ryan Tveter	Baltimore only^[14]
	15		National class; Road America only^[13]
	56		Road America only^[13]
	71		National class; Road America only^[13]
	17	^[15]
	25		National class; Baltimore only^[14]
	53		National class; Baltimore only^[14]
	28	^[7]	National class; Mid-Ohio^[6] and Baltimore only^[14]
	29	^[7]	National Class; Sebring & St. Pete only
	29		National class; Mid-Ohio only
	33	Matthew Di Leo^[7]
	97		National class; Sebring, St. Pete only^[16]

Race calendar and results[]

The race schedule was announced on October 12, 2010.^[17]

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	Sebring Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 17	Zach Veach	Zach Veach	Zach Veach	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	ALMS
2	Sebring Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 18	Zach Veach		Petri Suvanto		JDC MotorSports	ALMS
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 26	Spencer Pigot	Petri Suvanto	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
4	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 27	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto		IndyCar Series
5	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Clermont, Indiana	May 28	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto		USAC Midgets
6	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 19	Zach Veach		Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Belardi Auto Racing	IndyCar Series
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 6	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto		IndyCar Series
8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 7	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto		IndyCar Series
9	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 19	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Wayne Boyd Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Andretti Autosport	ALMS
10	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 20	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Wayne Boyd Spencer Pigot	Petri Suvanto		ALMS
11	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	September 3	Petri Suvanto	Spencer Pigot	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Belardi Auto Racing	IndyCar Series
12	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	September 4	Spencer Pigot	Petri Suvanto	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series

Championship standings[]

Drivers'[]

Pos	Driver	SEB		STP		ORP	MIL	MDO		RA		BAL		Points
Championship Class
1	Petri Suvanto	2	3*	2	1*	1*	5	1*	1*	2	1	2	2	328
2	Spencer Pigot	3	2	1*	2	4	6	3	4	1*	2*	11	1*	281
3	Wayne Boyd	11	6	7	3	5	1*	2	2	10*	3*	1*	15	229
4	Zach Veach	1*	8	3	4	2	2	5	7	3	5	12	16	223
5	Matthew Di Leo	9	11	4	7	6	8	6	5	7	6	3	13	174
6		7	14	15	6	7	7	4	3	5	4	17	7	151
7	Juan Piedrahita	6	5	12	9	3	3	7	8	6	15	16	14	145
8	Shannon McIntosh	14	12	8	13	11	9	13	12	17	17	8	11	101
9		4	1*	14	8	13	4							92
10								8	6	11	8	4	12	78
11		8	13	6	5	9								58
12		5	4	5	15									54
National Class
1		10	9	9	10	10	10	12	14	16	9	9	5	220
2		13	10	10	12	12	11	15	16	12	10	18	10	166
3		12	7	11	11	DNS		16	13					96
4	Rodin Younessi					14		14	15	15	12	19	17	68
unregistered drivers
						8		9	9	8	13	5	3
								10	10			6	4
	Chris Miller									4	7
												7	6
	Ryan Tveter											10	8
										9	14
												9	14
								11	11
										13	11
	Tõnis Kasemets			13	14
												13	DNS
										14	16
												15	18
Pos	Driver	SEB		STP		ORP	MIL	MDO		RA		BAL		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)
Blank	Not competing

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

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20+
Points	30	25	22	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Teams'[]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Andretti Autosport	314
2	w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	259
3	Belardi Auto Racing	196
4		174
5		81
6		65
7		29
8		12
9		8
10		7
11	Jensen MotorSport	5

References[]

^ Cavin, Curt. Feb. 11: Pit Pass on Schmidt, Cunningham Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Indianapolis Star, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
^ Suvanto Joins Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing for USF2000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Cape Motorpsorts, February 7, 2011, retrieved 2011-02-12
^ Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Ready for Start of USF2000 Season with Three-Car Assault Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, March 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-11
^ Milwaukee Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-06-15
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wayne Boyd and Cole Morgan join Belardi in the US F2000 cars, Belardi Auto Racing, March 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-08
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mid-Ohio entry list Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-08-02
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Talented Contenders From Around the World Set for USF2000 Season Opener Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lucas Oil Raceway Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, May 26, 2011, Retrieved 2011-05-26
^ "Andretti Autosport re-signs Zach Veech for USF2000". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
^ "Spencer Pigot joins Andretti Autosport for USF2000". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
^ EJDC MotorSports Signs Piedrahita as part of Title Charge Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-02
^ Ellery Rejoins JDC MotorSports in 2011 Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-28
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Road America entry list Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, August 16, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-17
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Baltimore Entry List Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, USF2000, Retrieved 2011-08-31
^ Sick Tea Racing Joins USF2000 National Championship Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014
^ USF2000: Stevenson Motorsports Joins Series with Forgeois Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
^ USF2000 Announces 2011 Schedule Consisting of 14 Races from March to Sept.^{[permanent dead link]}, U.S. F2000 PR, October 12, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-20

External links[]

U.S. F2000 National Championship official website

[1] Cavin, Curt. Feb. 11: Pit Pass on Schmidt, Cunningham Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Indianapolis Star, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11

[2] Suvanto Joins Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing for USF2000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Cape Motorpsorts, February 7, 2011, retrieved 2011-02-12

[3] Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Ready for Start of USF2000 Season with Three-Car Assault Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, March 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-11

[4] Milwaukee Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-06-15

[Belardi-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wayne Boyd and Cole Morgan join Belardi in the US F2000 cars, Belardi Auto Racing, March 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-08

[MDO_list-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mid-Ohio entry list Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-08-02

[opener-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Talented Contenders From Around the World Set for USF2000 Season Opener Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014

[Indy_list-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lucas Oil Raceway Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, May 26, 2011, Retrieved 2011-05-26

[9] "Andretti Autosport re-signs Zach Veech for USF2000". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.

[10] "Spencer Pigot joins Andretti Autosport for USF2000". Racer. Haymarket Publications. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.

[11] EJDC MotorSports Signs Piedrahita as part of Title Charge Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-02

[12] Ellery Rejoins JDC MotorSports in 2011 Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-28

[ROA_entry-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Road America entry list Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, August 16, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-17

[Balt_list-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Baltimore Entry List Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, USF2000, Retrieved 2011-08-31

[15] Sick Tea Racing Joins USF2000 National Championship Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014

[16] USF2000: Stevenson Motorsports Joins Series with Forgeois Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11

[17] USF2000 Announces 2011 Schedule Consisting of 14 Races from March to Sept.^{[permanent dead link]}, U.S. F2000 PR, October 12, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-20

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