2010 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2010 Cooper Tires presents the U.S. F2000 National Championship powered by Mazda is the first U.S. F2000 National Championship season under the new management, sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. All cars will run Mazda MZR engines built by former driver Steve Knapp.

2010 champion Sage Karam

With victory in the first race at the final round at Road Atlanta, Sage Karam won the championship and a fully funded seat in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship.

Drivers and teams

TeamNoDriversNotes
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
2 Patrick McKenna[1]
3 Josh Fielding[2]St. Pete to ORP only
18 Javier BarralesRoad Atlanta only
JDC MotorSports5 Luke Ellery[3]Road Atlanta only
10 Mikhail Goikhberg[4]
11 Raphael Abbate[4]
19 Martin Sala[4]Skipped ORP, Iowa, Road America, & Road Atlanta
Pabst Racing Services6 Martin Scuncio[5]St. Pete only
Tõnis KasemetsAutobahn & Road America only
9 J. R. Smart[5]Skipped ORP and New Jersey
Andretti Autosport7 Zach Veach[6]Beginning at Laguna Seca
8 Sage Karam[7]
Liberty Motorsports[8]14 Terrick Mansur[9]St. Pete to Iowa only
Félix Serrallés[10]Road America & Road Atlanta only
41 Matthew Powers[11]St. Pete, Autobahn, Road America, & Road Atlanta
Brian BelardiIowa only
Fuerza Chile Motorsports18 Javier BarralesBeginning at ORP, changed teams for Road Atlanta
99 Martin ScuncioBeginning at ORP, skipped Road Atlanta
ZSports Midwest20 Benjamin Searcy[12]St. Pete only
David ChengRoad America only
21 Scott Anderson[13]Road America only
AcceleRace MotorSports28 Ardie Greenamyer[5]
ArmsUp MotorSports31 Joe TovoORP only
AIM Autosport77 Anthony Furfari[14]St. Pete only

Race calendar and results

The schedule was announced on November 24, 2009.[15] All championship rounds will be supporting the Star Mazda Championship. An exhibition meeting with two non-championship rounds will also be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca over May 22–23, in support of the American Le Mans Series.[16]

RndCircuitLocationDatePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledWinning driverWinning teamSupporting
1Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, FloridaMarch 27 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti AutosportIndyCar
2March 28 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
NCMazda Raceway Laguna Seca1Monterey, CaliforniaMay 23 Sage Karam Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg Scott Rarick PR1 MotorsportsALMS
Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg JDC Motorsports
3O'Reilly Raceway ParkBrownsburg, IndianaMay 29 Patrick McKenna Mikhail Goikhberg Sage Karam Patrick McKenna Cape MotorsportsUSAC Midgets
4Iowa SpeedwayNewton, IowaJune 19 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti AutosportIndyCar
5New Jersey Motorsports ParkMillville, New JerseyJune 26 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti AutosportStar Mazda
6June 27 Sage Karam Mikhail Goikhberg Patrick McKenna Patrick McKenna Cape Motorsports
7Autobahn Country ClubJoliet, IllinoisJuly 31 Sage Karam Sage Karam Tõnis Kasemets Tõnis Kasemets Pabst Racing ServicesStar Mazda
8August 1 Sage Karam Patrick McKenna Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
9Road AmericaElkhart Lake, WisconsinAugust 21 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti AutosportALMS
10August 22 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport
11Road AtlantaBraselton, GeorgiaSeptember 30 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti AutosportALMS
12October 1 Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Sage Karam Andretti Autosport

1Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca round was a non-points event run in conjunction with the Pacific F2000 Championship.

Championship standings

Drivers'

PosDriverSTPORPIOWNJACCROAATLPoints
Championship Class
1 Sage Karam1*1*2*1*1*921*1*1*1*1*351
2 Patrick McKenna231621*324735269
3 Mikhail Goikhberg873332101122911194
4 Raphael Abbate6118273585586192
5 Zach Veach4545763324189
6 Martin Scuncio4125456125139119
7 Javier Barrales788787614117112
8 Matthew Powers1294414651097
9 Martin Sala5136469DNSDNS79
10 Terrick Mansur3461057
11 Josh Fielding721140
12 Anthony Furfari9627
13 Benjamin Searcy13518
National Class
1 Ardie Greenamyer9798910121269208
2 J. R. Smart1110911DNS111178164
3 Joe Tovo101
4 Brian Belardi111
Unregistered drivers
Tõnis Kasemets1*3740
Félix Serrallés98420
Luke Ellery1030
Ardie Greenamyer11080
David Cheng8100
Scott Anderson10130
PosDriverSTPORPIOWNJACCROAATLPoints
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
BoldPole position
(1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
(1 point)
*Led most race laps
(1 point)

1Ardie Greenamyer switched from Championship to National class at ORP and was subsequently not shown in Championship class standings published by the league.

Teams'

PosTeamSTPORPIOWNJACCROAATLPoints
1 Andretti Autosport112115211111358
4549763324
2 JDC MotorSports573232582283245
6118363695596
3 Cape Motorsports221621324735235
7311117
4 Liberty Motorsports346104410642120
12911148510
5 Pabst Racing Services412913747881
111111
6 Fuerza Chile Motorsports5456856966
78871271314
7 AcceleRace Motorsports10879891012126939
8 AIM Autosport9614
PosTeamSTPORPIOWNJACCROAATLPoints

References