2023 F2000 Championship Series

2023 F2000 Championship Series season
Season
Races14
Start dateMarch 25
End dateAugust 20
Awards
Drivers' championJT Novosielski

The 2023 F2000 Championship Series season was the thirteenth season of the F2000 Championship Series. It was held over fourteen races across seven race weekends. The season began on March 25 at Road Atlanta and finished on August 20 at Summit Point Motorsports Park.[1]

JT Novosielski won the title, ahead of Robert Wright, the only other driver to contest the full season.

Drivers

Team No. Driver Car Rounds
Hot Dip Racing 00 Andrew Gable 2002 Van Diemen F2000 4, 7
Auriana Racing 2 Joe Colasacco Van Diemen FC 6
JENSEN 4 Ward Hix 2010 Van Diemen 1
Heritage 3 Greg Peluso 2003 Van Diemen 2
Citation Engineering 5 Brandon Dixon 2015 Citation F2000 1
Radon Sports 6 Matthew McDonough 2010 Radon RN10 5–6
Kevin Kelly Racing 11 Paul Farmer 2010 Radon RN10 5–6
Tarantula Racing 12 D.J. Galiffa 2001 Mazda USF 2000 2, 4
Keaton Van Thof Racing 22 Keaton Van Thof 2003 Van Diemen RF03 3, 6
RMS Motorsports 26 Rick Silver 1998 Van Diemen RF98 7
Florida RV Sales Motorsport 27 Hartley MacDonald 2006 Van Diemen RF06 2–6
Red Arrow Racing 32 Trevor Russell 1999 Van Diemen FC 1, 7
JT Novosielski Racing 33 JT Novosielski 2012 RFR F2000 All
KK Motorsports   35 Eric Presbrey 2000 Van Diemen RF03 3
Cordova Motorsports 41 Glenn Cordova 2004 Van Diemen RF04 2
Peter Portante 2004 Van Diemen 3
Theo Peppes 2002 Van Diemen RF02 6–7
66 Gabriele Jasper 2004 Van Diemen RF44 2–3, 6–7
LTD Motorsports 45 Dean Kiriluk 2001 Van Diemen RF01 2 2, 4
Madgame Racing 58 Mike Pepitone 2000 Van Diemen RF00/01 4, 6–7
Speed Sport Engineering 65 Michael Varacins 2020 Van Diemen F2000 4–5
Weitzenhof Racing 67 Dave Weitzenhof 1995 Citation 95SFZ 1–4, 7
Ski Motorsports 81 Tim Minor 2010 Citation Citation 1, 7
Dole Racing 84 John Dole 2015 Citation F2000 3, 6
ADSA/Wright racing 90 Robert Wright 2008 Elan DP08 All
Arrive Drive Motorsports 95 Nathan Byrd 2008 Elan DP08 2–4
96 Dane McMahon 2012 Elan DP08 F2000 2
Tatman Motorsports 122 Hunter Tatman 2006 Van Diemen RF06 5
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

Schedule

The schedule was announced on October 12, 2022. The championship did not return to Carolina Motorsport Park, Barber Motorsports Park and Autobahn Country Club. Also, only one round was held at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Instead, the championship added rounds at Road Atlanta, Lime Rock Park, Road America and New Jersey Motorsports Park.[1]

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Road Atlanta, Braselton March 25 SVRA Sprint Series & Endurance
Trans-Am Series
R2 March 26
2 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington April 29 FRP race weekend (Atlantic Championship, F1600)
Formula Vee Challenge Cup
R2 April 30
3 R1 Lime Rock Park, Lakeville May 29 Trans Am Memorial Day Classic
SVRA Sprint Series
R2
4 R1 Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum June 10 FRP race weekend (Atlantic Championship, F1600)
Formula Vee Challenge Cup
R2 June 11
5 R1 Road America, Elkhart Lake July 8 Trans-Am Series
FRP race weekend (Atlantic Championship, F1600)
R2 July 9
6 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville July 30 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula Regional Americas Championship
R2
7 R1 Summit Point Motorsports Park, Summit Point August 19 SVRA Sprint Series
Formula Vee Challenge Cup
R2 August 20

Results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Road Atlanta Trevor Russell Tim Minor Tim Minor Ski Motorsports
R2 Trevor Russell Trevor Russell Red Arrow Racing
2 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course JT Novosielski Nathan Byrd JT Novosielski JT Novosielski Racing
R2 Nathan Byrd Nathan Byrd JT Novosielski JT Novosielski Racing
3 R1 Lime Rock Park Peter Portante Peter Portante Peter Portante Cordova Motorsports
R2 Peter Portante Peter Portante Cordova Motorsports
4 R1 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Nathan Byrd Michael Varacins Nathan Byrd Arrive Drive Motorsports
R2 Nathan Byrd Nathan Byrd Nathan Byrd Arrive Drive Motorsports
5 R1 Road America Michael Varacins Michael Varacins Michael Varacins Speed Sport Engineering
R2 Michael Varacins Michael Varacins Michael Varacins Speed Sport Engineering
6 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park JT Novosielski JT Novosielski JT Novosielski JT Novosielski Racing
R2 Joe Colasacco Joe Colasacco Auriana Racing
7 R1 Summit Point Motorsports Park Tim Minor Tim Minor Tim Minor Ski Motorsports
R2 Tim Minor Tim Minor Tim Minor Ski Motorsports

Standings

Scoring system

Three points were awarded for pole position, as well as two more points for the fastest lap per race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th+ 
Points 50 42 37 34 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Each driver's two worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver ATL MOH LIM PIT ROA NJM SUM Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 JT Novosielski 4 3 1 1 2 2 5 Ret 3 7 1 2 DSQ 2 492
2 Robert Wright 6 4 3 6 3 4 7 3 5 4 7 4 3 5 404
3 Nathan Byrd 2 2 4 3 1 1 270
4 Hartley MacDonald 8 9 9 9 6 4 8 5 10 9 257
5 Dave Weitzenhof 5 DNS 6 5 8 6 8 DNS 6 DNS 7 6 255
6 Gabriele Jasper 4 8 5 5 3 Ret 2 3 238
7 Michael Varacins 2 2 1 1 196
8 Tim Minor 1 DNS 1 1 162
9 Matthew McDonough 2 2 11 3 140
10 Andrew Gable 3 5 5 7 126
11 John Dole 10 7 5 5 110
12 Keaton Van Thof 7 8 6 6 110
13 Paul Farmer 7 6 8 7 108
14 Peter Portante 1 1 107
15 Theo Peppes 4 Ret 4 4 103
16 Dean Kiriluk 5 4 4 Ret 100
17 Mike Pepitone 9 6† 9 8 DNS DNS 100
18 Joe Colasacco 2 1 94
19 Trevor Russell 3 1 92
20 Brandon Dixon 2 2 84
21 Hunter Tatman 4 3 71
22 D.J. Galiffa 10 11 10† Ret 62
23 Glenn Cordova 9 3 60
24 Ward Hix 7 5 58
25 Eric Presbrey 6 10 50
26 Greg Peluso 7 10 48
27 Rick Silver 6 DNS 29
28 Dane McMahon DNS 7 27
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
ATL MOH LIM PIT ROA NJM SUM

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Formula Race Promotions Confirms 2023 Schedule". www.racefrp.com. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "FRP 2023 - Mid-Ohio - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Mission Foods Atlanta SpeedTour - Atlantic/F2000/F1000 Practice 1" (PDF).
  4. ^ "FRP Lime Rock SpeedTour - FRP 2000 NetJets Feature Race 1" (PDF).
  5. ^ "FRP w/ FV 60th Birthday Pitt Race 2023 - F2000 Practice 2" (PDF).
  6. ^ "New Jersey SpeedTour - FRP F2000/F1000 Qualifying" (PDF).
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