2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda will be the eighth 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, operated by Andersen Promotions. A 14-race schedule was announced on September 14, 2016.^[1]

The 2017 season will see the introduction of the Tatuus USF-17 car for the Championship class.^[2] SCCA Formula Continental chassis (including the previous Van Diemen\Elan DP08) were slated to compete in National Class, but after the first weekend there were no race entries in that class and it was abandoned.

2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout champion Oliver Askew of came out strong, winning five of the first six races. However, he faltered at the Road America round and Dutch driver Rinus Veekay won both races there, opening the door to a tighter championship fight. Askew won two more races down the stretch while Veekay won only one more, the final race at Watkins Glen International, where Askew finished second, good enough to claim the championship. Canadian Parker Thompson won three races in the second half of the season and finished third in points. Robert Megennis won the season's first race at St. Petersburg and was the only other driver to win a race. He finished sixth in points, as he did not finish on the podium again the rest of the season.

Drivers and teams[]

Team No. Drivers Rounds ArmsUp Motorsports 4 Alexandre Baron 9–11, 14 7 [3] All 8 Bruna Tomaselli[4] (N) 1–2 97 Bruna Tomaselli[4] 3–8, 12–14 BN Racing 72 [5] 14 79 David Malukas 5–8, 10–14 Cape Motorsports 2 [6] 1–8, 10–11 3 Oliver Askew[7] All DEForce Racing[8] 10 10–11 12–14 11 All 12 1–13 Exclusive Autosport[9] 90 Parker Thompson[10] All 91 [11] 1–6 92 Dev Gore[12] All 93 5–8, 10–14 John Cummiskey Racing[13] 27 Colin Kaminsky 3–8, 12–13 33 [14] 3–4 34 Kris Wright[15] 1–6 Kaminsky Racing 27 Colin Kaminsky[15] 1–2 Newman Wachs Racing[16] 36 Dakota Dickerson[17] 1–6 7–8, 10–14 37 [18] 1–4 Jacob Abel 12–13 Niall Murray 14 38 Cameron Das[19] 1–2 Flinn Lazier 3–4 Pabst Racing Services[20] 21 Rinus VeeKay[21] All 22 [22] All 23 Lucas Kohl[23] All RJB Motorsports[24] 20 [25] 1–8 Team BENIK 31 Toby Sowery 3–4 5–6, 14 32 3–6 Team Pelfrey[26] 80 Robert Megennis[27] All 81 Kaylen Frederick[15] All 82 Ayla Ågren[28] 1–6, 9 7–8 12–14

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 11	Robert Megennis	Oliver Askew	Robert Megennis	Robert Megennis	Team Pelfrey
2			March 12	Parker Thompson	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
3	Indy Grand Prix of Alabama	Birmingham, Alabama	April 21	Oliver Askew	Kaylen Frederick	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
4			April 22	Oliver Askew	Kaylen Frederick	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
5	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana	May 12	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
6			May 13	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
7	Grand Prix of Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 23	David Malukas	Oliver Askew	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Pabst Racing Services
8			June 24	Rinus VeeKay		Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Pabst Racing Services
9	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	July 9	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
10	Grand Prix of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	July 16	Parker Thompson	Rinus VeeKay	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Exclusive Autosport
11			July 17	Oliver Askew	Rinus VeeKay	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Exclusive Autosport
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 28	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Oliver Askew	Cape Motorsports
13			July 29	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Parker Thompson	Exclusive Autosport
14	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	September 2	Oliver Askew	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Pabst Racing Services

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver STP BAR IMS ROA IOW TOR MOH WGL Points Championship class 1 Oliver Askew 2 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 17 3 1* 2 12 1* 4 2 351 2 Rinus VeeKay 3 2 3 4 6 2 1* 1* 2 3 2 3 2 1* 344 3 Parker Thompson 5 3 5 3 19 4 5 5 12 1* 1* 2 1* 16 269 4 Kaylen Frederick 4 5 2 2 DSQ 3 6 4 6 17 3 7 3 4 240 5 7 10 7 21 2 19 4 2 3 14 11 5 5 3 207 6 Robert Megennis 1* 19 4 6 DSQ 7 7 15 5 13 5 17 7 10 173 7 Lucas Kohl 12 11 23 16 16 9 3 6 7 5 15 4 8 9 160 8 19 7 12 24 11 13 8 9 9 7 6 11 10 14 140 9 15 8 17 7 20 5 16 7 11 11 7 8 19 7 138 10 David Malukas 9 18 2 14 15 14 6 6 5 108 11 16 11 17 11 10 18 10 4 9 16 8 104 12 9 18 15 9 8 14 13 13 10 8 DNS DSQ DSQ 98 13 Dev Gore 17 16 18 17 18 23 12 11 13 12 10 10 12 17 94 14 Dakota Dickerson 6 6 6 10 4 10 86 15 13 17 21 23 3 8 15 10 16 DNS 75 16 11 4 10 13 10 6 74 17 Ayla Ågren 21 12 8 8 7 12 8 72 18 Colin Kaminsky 16 14 19 15 12 22 9 8 13 17 68 19 15 16 14 16 9 9 14 15 18 64 20 Alexandre Baron 4 6 13 11 52 21 Bruna Tomaselli 15 18 14 20 19 12 15 14 15 49 22 20 13 20 14 13 15 18 17 39 23 12 11 6 35 24 4 8 32 25 Kris Wright 14 15 13 19 21 17 28 26 Toby Sowery 11 5 27 27 5 21 12 27 28 Cameron Das 8 9 25 29 Andre Castro 10 20 9 22 25 30 18 18 13 15 31 Jacob Abel 16 13 14 32 11 19 13 33 Flinn Lazier 22 12 10 34 Niall Murray 19 2 35 24 20 2 36 20 1 National class 1 Bruna Tomaselli 18 21 44 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS ROA IOW TOR MOH WGL 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[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website