2022 F2000 Championship Series

2022 F2000 season
Season
Races14
Start dateApril 1
End dateOctober 16
Awards
Drivers' champion JC Trahan
Manufacturers' Cup Van Diemen

The 2022 F2000 Championship Series season was the eleventh season of the F2000 Championship Series. The sixteen round season began on April 1 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and finished on October 16 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.[1]

Last year's champion, Trent Walko of Global Racing Team, won his first championship. JC Trahan won the championship with Global Racing Team.[2]

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Rounds Chassis Engine
Arrive Drive Motorsports 95 Tommy Cadwalder 1–2 Elan Mazda
Ayrton Houk 5–6
Laura Hayes 7–8
96 Nathan Byrd[3] 1–10, 13–14
Brumder Racing 56 John Brumder 7–8 Van Diemen Mazda
Global Racing Team 12 JC Trahan[4] 3–12 Van Diemen Zetec
31 Amandeep Pothani[5] 3–4, 11–12 Mazda
72 Dimitrios Tsesmetzis 3–8, 11–12 Mazda
Hill Racing 8 Austin Hill All Elan Mazda
Jasper Racing 66 Gabriele Jasper 11–12 Van Diemen Zetec
LTD Motorsports 45 Dean Kiriluk 3–4 Van Diemen
52 Robert Allaer 3–4 Zetec
Madgame Racing 58 Mike Pepitone 7–8, 11–12 RFR Zetec
MERC Racing 45 Leslie Walker 11–12 Van Diemen Zetec
Novosielski Racing 33 JT Novosielski 1–4, 9–10 Van Diemen
Peluso Racing 03 Greg Peluso 7–8 Van Diemen Zetec
Speed Sport Engineering 65 Michael Varacins 3–4 Van Diemen Zetec
Tarantula Racing 2 Daniel Galiffa 7–8 Van Diemen Mazda
Team Pelfrey 84 David Adorno 1–2 Van Diemen Mazda
90 Dexter Czuba 7–8 Elan
Weitzenhof Racing 67 Dave Weitzenhof 3–4, 7–12 Citation Zetec
Wright Racing 90 Robert Wright All Elan Mazda
00 Andrew Gamble 7–8 Van Diemen Zetec
27 Hartley MacDonald 3–4 Van Diemen Zetec
41 Glenn Cordova 11–12 Van Diemen Pinto
88 Tim Minor 11–12 Citation Zetec

Schedule

Rd. Date Track Location
1 April 1–3 Carolina Motorsport Park Kershaw, South Carolina
2
3 April 29–May 1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
4
5 May 20–22 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
6
7 June 3–5 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
8
9 July 8–10 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois
10
11 August 19–21 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia
12
13 October 14–16 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
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References:[6]

Results

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Carolina Motorsports Park Kershaw, South Carolina April 2 Austin Hill Nathan Byrd Austin Hill
2 April 3 Nathan Byrd Nathan Byrd Austin Hill
3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio April 30 Nathan Byrd Michael Varacins Michael Varacins
4 May 1 Austin Hill Nathan Byrd JC Trahan
5 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama May 21 Nathan Byrd Ayrton Houk JC Trahan
6 May 22 Ayrton Houk Ayrton Houk Ayrton Houk
7 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania June 4 Nathan Byrd Austin Hill Nathan Byrd
8 June 5 JC Trahan JC Trahan JC Trahan
9 Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois July 9 JC Trahan JC Trahan JC Trahan
10 July 10 JC Trahan JC Trahan JC Trahan
11 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 20 Tim Minor Tim Minor Tim Minor
12 August 21 Tim Minor Tim Minor Tim Minor
13 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania October 15 JC Trahan JC Trahan JC Trahan
14 October 16 JC Trahan JC Trahan JC Trahan
References:[7]

Driver Standings

Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT ABCC SP PITT Pts
1 JC Trahan 3 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 536
2 Austin Hill 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 3 2 Ret 6 5 2 5 477
3 Robert Wright DNS 4 11 7 5 5 6 DNS 4 3 4 6 4 3 376
4 Nathan Byrd 4 DSQ 4 2 3 3 1 4 3 2 360
5 JT Novosielski 2 2 6 6 5 5 DNF 4 241
6 Dave Weitzenhof 10 11 7 7 6 4 7 8 7 DNS 236
7 Dimitrios Tsesmetzis 13 13 6 6 DNS 11 8 7 10 7 209
8 Ayrton Houk 2 1 5 4 164
9 Glen Cordova 11 3 3 2 135
10 Mike Pepitone 8 10 9 12 9 8 134
11 Andrew Gamble 5 6 5 9 114
12 David Adorno 3 3 9 9 114
13 Tim Minor 1 1 110
14 Greg Peluso 8 8 8 6 104
15 Michael Varacins 1 3 89
16 Dexter Czuba 3 2 79
17 Amandeep Pothani 12 10 12 11 74
18 Gabriele Jasper 3 DNF 6 DNF 68
19 Laura Hayes 4 5 65
20 Robert Allaer 5 5 62
21 Dean Kiriluk 7 8 52
22 Hartley MacDonald 8 9 48
23 Leslie Walker 10 9 44
24 John Brumder 10 9 44
25 Tommy Cadwalder 5 Ret 32
26 John Dole DNF 10 22
27 Paul Farmer 10 DNS 21
28 Daniel Galiffa 12 17
Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT ABCC SP PITT Pts
References: FRP Official Points Standings
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Fastest lap of the race
(2 points)

See also

References

  1. ^ "2022 Race Calendar F2000 Championship Series". March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "FRP Crowns Champions This Past Weekend". October 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "NATHAN BYRD TO RUN WITH ARRIVE DRIVE MOTORSPORTS IN 2022". January 4, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "GLOBAL HAS SIGNED CANADIAN F1600 VICE CHAMPION JEAN CHRISTOPHE TRAHAN". March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Amandeep Pothani has signed with Global in the FRP F2000 Championship!". April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 F2000 Race Calendar". February 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 F2000 results". March 1, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.