2013 U.S. F2000 Winterfest

The 2013 U.S. F2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest was the third year of the winter racing series promoted by the U.S. F2000 National Championship. It consisted of six races held during two race meets in Florida during February 2013 and served as preparation for the 2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship.

American Neil Alberico, in his second year in the series and first with Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing won five of the six races and captured the championship. His Cape teammate, Canadian Scott Hargrove, won one race and finished second in the other five and was runner-up in the championship. Their teammate James Fletcher had three podium finishes and finished third in points. Canadian James Dayson was the only National class entrant and only contested the first three rounds of the championship. There were no lead changes during any of the six races and the first three races at Sebring International Raceway were run without a caution period.

Drivers and teams[]

Team	No.	Drivers	Notes
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	2	Neil Alberico
	3
	32	Jeroen Slaghekke
	38	Scott Hargrove
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Daniel Burkett	Sebring only
	11		Sebring only
	14	Matt McMurry	Palm Beach only
	41	Peter Portante
Andretti Autosport	7	Garett Grist
	77	Austin Cindric
	9		Sebring only
	91	Florian Latorre
w/	10	R. C. Enerson	Sebring only
	12
	19
	54
	93	Stefan Rzadzinski
	16		National class, Sebring only
	51		Palm Beach only
	17	Wyatt Gooden	Sebring only
	18	Jake Eidson	Sebring only
	21
	23	Jason Wolfe
MDL Racing	56	Matthew Di Leo

Race calendar and results[]

The race schedule was announced on October 23, 2012.^[1]

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Sebring Raceway	Sebring, Florida	February 5	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Cape Motorsports
2			February 6	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Cape Motorsports
3				Neil Alberico	Garett Grist	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Cape Motorsports
4	Palm Beach International Raceway	Jupiter, Florida	February 9	Scott Hargrove	Neil Alberico	Scott Hargrove	Scott Hargrove	Cape Motorsports
5			February 10	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Cape Motorsports
6				Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Cape Motorsports

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver SEB PBI Points Championship Class 1 Neil Alberico 1* 1* 1* 2 1* 1* 186 2 Scott Hargrove 2 2 2 1* 2 2 157 3 19 3 4 3 3 4 107 4 Garett Grist 17 4 3 4 4 5 102 5 Stefan Rzadzinski 4 9 7 11 5 6 87 6 7 6 5 13 6 3 84 7 Jason Wolfe 9 10 12 9 7 11 68 8 Matthew Di Leo 10 14 9 6 13 14 60 9 Peter Portante 8 7 8 DNS 16 8 58 10 14 15 14 8 12 12 51 11 DNS 20 15 5 10 10 45 12 Florian Latorre 20 21 11 14 11 7 38 13 13 16 DNS 10 14 16 32 14 Austin Cindric 12 DNS DNS 7 DNS 15 29 15 Jeroen Slaghekke DNS 19 16 15 8 13 29 16 11 13 18 12 15 17 29 Not classified Jake Eidson 6 8 6 43 3 5 19 40 R. C. Enerson 5 12 10 37 Wyatt Gooden 18 11 17 18 Daniel Burkett 15 17 13 18 Matt McMurry DNS 9 9 National Class 1 16 18 DNS 44

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 Championship Class only Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (1 point)

Teams'[]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	240
2	Andretti Autosport	70
3	Pabst Racing Services	59
4	Belardi Auto Racing	49
5	JDC Motorsports	48
6	Afterburner Autosport	23
7	ArmsUp Motorsports	14
8	MDL Racing	14
9	JAY Motorsports	13
10	ZSports w/ Team E Racing	12

References[]

External links[]

• U.S. F2000 National Championship official website