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 Brazil Felipe Ortiz[3] 1–2
Colombia Christian Muñoz 12–14
18 United States Dakota Dickerson[4] All
ArmsUp Motorsports 6 United States Max Hanratty[5] 1–6, 8–9
7 United States Dale VandenBush (N) 5–6, 8–9
9 Brazil Victor Franzoni[5] All
16 United States Devin Wojcik 8–9
Cape Motorsports
Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 Canada Parker Thompson[6] All
3 Russia Nikita Lastochkin[7] 1–6, 8–16
4 United Kingdom Jordan Cane 8–14
8 Australia Anthony Martin[8] All
Chastain Motorsports 5 United States Austin McCusker[5] 1–14
77 United States Sam Chastain[9] 1–6, 8–14
FatBoy Racing 15 United States Brendan Puderbach[10] (N) 1–2, 5–6, 8–11
44 United States Charles Finelli[10] (N) 1–2, 5–6
JAY Motorsports 91 Australia Luke Gabin[5] All
92 United States Cameron Das[11] 3–6, 8–16
JDC Motorsports 52 United States Robert Allaer[5] (N) 1–2
72 United States Tazio Ottis[5] All
John Cummiskey Racing 33 Norway Ayla Ågren[12] 1–9, 12–14
New Zealand Michael Scott 15–16
34 Brazil Lucas Kohl[13] All
Pabst Racing Services 21 Australia Jordan Lloyd[14] All
22 United States Garth Rickards[15] All
23 China Luo Yufeng[16] All
RJB Motorsports 19 United States Michai Stephens[17] 1–6, 8–14
20 United States Clint McMahan[18] 1–6, 8–14
Spencer Racing 12 United States Eric Filgueiras[19] (N) 1–6, 8–14
Team Pelfrey 80 United States Robert Megennis[20] All
81 United Kingdom Jordan Cane[21] 1–6
United States Kaylen Frederick 15–16
82 United States TJ Fischer[22] 1–6
United States Phillippe Denes 15–16
83 New Zealand James Munro[23] 1–4
Tomasi Motorsports 11 United States 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 Australia Jordan Lloyd Australia Anthony Martin Australia Jordan Lloyd Australia Jordan Lloyd Pabst Racing
2 Australia Jordan Lloyd China Luo Yufeng Australia Jordan Lloyd China Luo Yufeng Pabst Racing
3 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama April 22 Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR
4 April 23 Australia Anthony Martin Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana May 13 Australia Anthony Martin Canada Parker Thompson Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
6 May 14 Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR
7 Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Indiana May 27 Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
8 Grand Prix of Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 25 Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
9 Australia Anthony Martin Australia Jordan Lloyd Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
10 Grand Prix of Toronto Toronto, Canada July 16 Australia Anthony Martin Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni ArmsUp Motorsports
11 July 17 Australia Anthony Martin Australia Jordan Lloyd Canada Parker Thompson Canada Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR
12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 29 Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
13 July 30 Australia Anthony Martin Canada Parker Thompson Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
14 July 31 Australia Anthony Martin Canada Parker Thompson Australia Anthony Martin Australia Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR
15 Monterey Grand Prix Salinas, California September 10 Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni ArmsUp Motorsports
16 September 11 Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni ArmsUp Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG Points
Championship class
1 Australia Anthony Martin 5 10 3 4 1* 4 1 1* 1* 16 2 1* 1* 1* 3 2 394
2 Canada Parker Thompson 15 4 1* 1* 2 1* 2* 5 3 3 1* 17 2 2 2 3 374
3 Brazil Victor Franzoni 6 12 2 9 3 2 3 4 2 1* 3 2 3 4 1* 1* 360
4 Australia Jordan Lloyd 1* 2* 5 20 4 5 4 2 21 2 8 4 16 5 5 4 276
5 Australia Luke Gabin 4 5 4 2 20 3 11 3 7 4 10 3 11 16 4 5 252
6 United States Robert Megennis 3 8 12 3 8 10 6 7 11 5 5 19 4 7 8 8 224
7 China Luo Yufeng 2 1 14 11 5 6 5 24 9 6 7 18 17 9 6 7 212
8 Russia Nikita Lastochkin 9 7 7 5 23 11 6 8 17 6 6 7 8 11 6 183
9 United States Dakota Dickerson 8 22 17 13 11 20 9 12 10 7 4 5 5 6 10 10 176
10 United States Garth Rickards 24 6 9 7 15 7 7 23 5 15 17 7 6 3 12 15 172
11 Norway Ayla Ågren 10 13 8 6 7 12 8 8 4 10 21 11 137
12 Brazil Lucas Kohl 23 14 21 21 6 8 10 11 13 10 12 9 18 12 9 9 136
13 United Kingdom Jordan Cane 25 3 6 19 10 21 21 6 9 16 8 9 14 121
14 United States Austin McCusker 20 DNS 10 8 14 23 12 10 15 11 11 11 8 10 118
15 United States Tazio Ottis 12 15 15 17 16 14 DNS 17 17 12 14 15 12 15 15 16 102
16 United States Cameron Das 20 12 17 24 9 14 8 15 DNS 10 20 14 12 83
17 United States Michai Stephens 11 DNS 19 15 18 15 13 20 13 9 12 14 13 82
18 United States Sam Chastain 13 16 18 22 12 13 20 23 DNS 16 13 18 62
19 United States TJ Fischer 22 9 13 10 9 9 58
20 United States Clint McMahan 7 23 23 14 19 16 16 19 DNS 13 19 17 52
21 United States Max Hanratty 26 20 16 16 13 19 15 12 42
22 United States Phillippe Denes 7 11 24
23 New Zealand James Munro 18 21 11 23 20
24 United States Kaylen Frederick 13 13 16
25 Colombia Christian Muñoz 14 15 19 15
26 Brazil Felipe Ortiz 21 11 14
27 United States Devin Wojcik 14 16 12
28 New Zealand Michael Scott 17 14 12
National class
1 United States Eric Filgueiras 14 17 22 18 21 25 22 24 14 13 20 20 DNS 262
2 United States Brendan Puderbach 19 18 25 22 19 22 18 111
3 United States Robert Armington 22 18 16 17 80
4 United States Dale VandenBush 26 17 18 18 76
5 United States Charles Finelli 17 24 24 42
6 United States 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

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