2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship

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.

2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship

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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
Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	2	Shannon McIntosh[1]
	3	Petri Suvanto[2]
	32	Vincent Beltoise[3]	Sebring to Indianapolis only[4]
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Wayne Boyd[5]
	9	Cole Morgan[5]	Sebring & St. Pete only
		Luigi Biangardi	Mid-Ohio onwards
Pabst Racing Services	5	Tõnis Kasemets	St. Pete only
		Luca Forgeois	National Class; Indianapolis onwards[6]
	6	J. R. Smart[7]	National Class
	16	Rodin Younessi	National Class; Indianapolis only[8]
Andretti Autosport	7	Zach Veach[9]
	8	Spencer Pigot[10]
JDC Motorsports	10	Roman Lagudi	Indianapolis,[8] Mid-Ohio onwards
	16	Rodin Younessi	National Class; Mid-Ohio onwards
	19	Juan Piedrahita[11]
	85	Luke Ellery[12]	Sebring through Milwaukee only
		Chris Miller	Road America only[13]
Auriana Racing	11	Joe Colasacco	National class; Mid-Ohio[6] and Baltimore only[14]
K-Hill Motorsports	12	Bruce Hamilton	National class; Baltimore only[14]
	65	Joe Woodward	National class; Baltimore only[14]
Jensen MotorSport	13	Ryan Tveter	Baltimore only[14]
ArmsUp Motorsports	15	Rick Balsley	National class; Road America only[13]
	56	Revere Greist	Road America only[13]
	71	Jim Victor	National class; Road America only[13]
Sick Tea Motorsports	17	Timmy Megenbier[15]
MidAtlantic Motorsports Eric Langbein Racing	25	Joe Blacker	National class; Baltimore only[14]
	53	Eric Langbein	National class; Baltimore only[14]
AcceleRace Motorsports	28	Ardie Greenamyer[7]	National class; Mid-Ohio[6] and Baltimore only[14]
	29		National Class; Sebring & St. Pete only
		Jonathan Scarallo	National class; Mid-Ohio only
Brian Stewart Racing	33	Matthew Di Leo[7]
Stevenson Motorsports	97	Luca Forgeois	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			March 18	Zach Veach	Luke Ellery	Petri Suvanto Luke Ellery	Luke Ellery	JDC MotorSports
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 26	Spencer Pigot	Petri Suvanto	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Andretti Autosport	IndyCar Series
4			March 27	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Cape Motorsports
5	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Clermont, Indiana	May 28	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Cape Motorsports	USAC Midgets
6	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 19	Zach Veach	Luke Ellery	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	Cape Motorsports	IndyCar Series
8			August 7	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Petri Suvanto	Cape Motorsports
9	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 19	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Wayne Boyd Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Andretti Autosport	ALMS
10			August 20	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Wayne Boyd Spencer Pigot	Petri Suvanto	Cape Motorsports
11	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	September 3	Petri Suvanto	Spencer Pigot	Wayne Boyd	Wayne Boyd	Belardi Auto Racing	IndyCar Series
12			September 4	Spencer Pigot	Petri Suvanto	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Andretti Autosport

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 Timmy Megenbier 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 Luke Ellery 4 1* 14 8 13 4 92 10 Luigi Biangardi 8 6 11 8 4 12 78 11 Vincent Beltoise 8 13 6 5 9 58 12 Cole Morgan 5 4 5 15 54 National Class 1 Luca Forgeois 10 9 9 10 10 10 12 14 16 9 9 5 220 2 J. R. Smart 13 10 10 12 12 11 15 16 12 10 18 10 166 3 Ardie Greenamyer 12 7 11 11 DNS 16 13 96 4 Rodin Younessi 14 14 15 15 12 19 17 68 unregistered drivers Roman Lagudi 8 9 9 8 13 5 3 Joe Colasacco 10 10 6 4 Chris Miller 4 7 Eric Langbein 7 6 Ryan Tveter 10 8 Revere Greist 9 14 Joe Woodward 9 14 Jonathan Scarallo 11 11 Jim Victor 13 11 Tõnis Kasemets 13 14 Joe Blacker 13 DNS Rick Balsley 14 16 Bruce Hamilton 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) 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	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	259
3	Belardi Auto Racing	196
4	JDC Motorsports	174
5	Sick Tea Racing	81
6	Brian Stewart Racing	65
7	Pabst Racing Services	29
8	Accelerace Motorsports	12
9	Stevenson Motorsports	8
10	ArmsUp Motorsports	7
11	Jensen MotorSport	5

References

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
5. Wayne Boyd and Cole Morgan join Belardi in the US F2000 cars, Belardi Auto Racing, March 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-08
6. Mid-Ohio entry list Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, Retrieved 2011-08-02
7. 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
8. 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
13. Road America entry list Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. F2000, August 16, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-17
14. 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

External links

• U.S. F2000 National Championship official website