2011 F2000 Championship season
The 2011 F2000 Championship Series season was the sixth season of competition in the series, an American professional touring open-wheel racing series using the Formula Ford. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 8 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding October 16 at Watkins Glen International.[1]
Twenty-six-year-old Canadian driver Remy Audette, competing for a family-owned team, won five races and finished on the podium four more times on his way to the championship by an over 100 point margin over his closest challenger, American Chris Livengood who won twice.[2] Twenty-year-old American Kyle Connery won six times, but failed to finish four times and failed to start twice, while Audette finished every race seventh or better. The only other driver to win a race was Australian Nathan Morcom who won the season opener at Virginia International Raceway.
American Tim Minor captured his second Master's Class title for drivers 40 and older. Minor finished on the overall podium six times and finished fourth in the overall championship.
The season finale at Watkins Glen International drew a large 35-car field but at the start of the race Tom Fatur crashed hard into the pit wall separator, forcing the race to be postponed one day due to damage to the wall. Despite the hard impact, Fatur was uninjured.[3]
Drivers and teams
Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Notes |
McLaughlin Motorsports | 1 | Ethan Ringel[4] | RFR | Zetec | |
Primus Racing | 2 | Nathan Morcom[5] | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
4 | Jonathan Scarallo[5] | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | |
13 | Steele Guiliana | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
Auriana Racing | 3 | Joe Colasacco[5] | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
SMR Motorsports | 6 | Timothy Paul[6] | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Run in conjunction with GTP Motorsports |
Lap 2 Racing | 7 | Brent Gilkes[5] | Van Diemen RF03 | Zetec | Masters |
Polestar Racing Group | 8 | Bill Jordan[5] | Van Diemen | Zetec | Masters |
42 | Mark Defer[5] | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | Masters |
51 | Dan Denison[5] | Van Diemen RF05 | Zetec | Masters |
HP-Tech Motorsport | 10 | Roberto La Rocca[7] | RFR | Zetec | |
22 | Giancarlo Potolicchio[7] | RFR | Zetec | Skipped Road Atlanta |
Enzo Potolicchio | RFR | Zetec | Road Atlanta only |
Front Range Motorsports | 14 | Jose Gerardo | Van Diemen RF00 | Pinto | Masters; Road Atlanta only |
Fred Bross | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Masters; Watkins Glen only |
60 | Mark Felsen[5] | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Masters; VIR only |
Dwight Rider | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Masters; Road Atlanta & Watkins Glen only |
Audette Racing | 21 | Remy Audette[5] | Van Diemen RF08 | Zetec | |
Alegra Motorsports | 23 | Gustavo Rizzo[8] | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | |
26 | Angel Benitez[8] | Van Diemen RF03 | Zetec | |
Company Motorsports | 25 | Jeff McCusker[5] | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | Masters |
AcceleRace Motorsports | 29 | Ardie Greenamyer[5] | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | |
Fat Boy Racing/John Walko Racing | 31 | Brendan Puderbach | RFR | Zetec | Road Atlanta only |
Work Racing/John Walko Racing | 37 | Chris Livengood[9] | Van Diemen RF99 | Zetec | |
Mountain Lion Motorsports | 47 | Chris Moteleone | Van Diemen RF98 | Pinto | Watkins Glen only |
Alley Cat Racing | 61 | Tom Drake | Van Diemen RF99 | Pinto | Masters; Watkins Glen only |
Weitzenhof Racing | 67 | Dave Weitzenhof[5] | Citation | Zetec | Masters |
GTP Motorsports | 70 | Tom Fatur[5] | Van Diemen RF03 | Zetec | Masters |
86 | Jim Hanrahan[5] | Van Diemen | Zetec | Masters |
Afterburner Racing | 71 | Niki Coello[10] | RFR | Zetec | |
96 | Brian Tomasi[10] | RFR | Zetec | |
Kenette Racing | 72 | Francis Kenette[5] | Mygale F2000 | Zetec | Masters; VIR only |
Josh Starke Racing | 72 | Thomas Schweitz | Piper DF5 | Zetec | Masters; Road Atlanta & Watkins Glen |
Ski Motorsports | 88 | Tim Minor[5] | Van Diemen RF98 | Zetec | Masters |
K-Fast | 89 | Rob Nicholas[5] | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | Masters; VIR only |
ADSA/Wright Racing | 90 | Robert Wright[5] | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | Masters |
94 | Al Guibord, Sr.[5] | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | VIR only |
CC Motorsport | 91 | Kyle Connery[5] | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
CG Racing | 97 | Chris Gumprecht[5] | RFR | Zetec | |
Race calendar and results
Championship standings
Pos | Driver | VIR | ATL | WG1 | MDO | MOS | LRP | WG2 | Points | Drivers' championship | 1 | Remy Audette | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 601 | 2 | Chris Livengood | 3 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 429 | 3 | Kyle Connery | DNS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 23 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 409 | 4 | Tim Minor (M) | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 383 | 5 | Roberto La Rocca | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 336 | 6 | Tim Paul | 20 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 251 | 7 | Angel Benitez | 15 | 4 | DNS | 10 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 248 | 8 | Nathan Morcom | 1 | 8 | 5 | 23 | DNS | 7 | 8 | 6 | | | 7 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 246 | 9 | Craig Clawson (M) | 8 | 15 | | | 12 | 9 | DNS | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 217 | 10 | Thomas Schwietz (M) | | | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 13 | | | | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 186 | 11 | Joe Colasacco | 10 | 25 | 9 | 8 | | | 4 | 9 | | | | | 10 | 11 | 167 | 12 | Jonathan Scarallo | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | 165 | 13 | Robert Wright (M) | 17 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 157 | 14 | Gustavo Rizzo | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 19 | | | | | | 155 | 15 | Brian Tomasi | 22 | 27 | 21 | 14 | | | 2 | 3 | | | | | 11 | 6 | 150 | 16 | Bill Jordan (M) | 11 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 8 | | | 19 | 16 | 138 | 17 | Dave Weitzenhof (M) | 7 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 5 | | | | | 130 | 18 | Mark Defer (M) | 27 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 12 | | | | | 12 | 9 | 124 | 19 | John LaRue | | | | | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | | | | | 9 | 10 | 123 | 20 | Dan Denison (M) | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 18 | | | 13 | 15 | 116 | 21 | Rob Nicholas (M) | 21 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 | 105 | 22 | Ardie Greenamyer (M) | 5 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | | | | | 32 | DNS | 103 | 23 | Dwight Rider (M) | | | 14 | 21 | 8 | 31 | | | 11 | 3 | | | | | 100 | 24 | Charles Finelli (M) | | | | | 13 | 14 | 20 | 26 | | | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 99 | 25 | Fred Bross | | | | | 18 | 20 | | | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 96 | 26 | Ethan Ringel | | | | | 10 | 8 | 10 | 24 | | | | | | | 75 | 27 | Brendan Puderbach | | | | | 22 | 27 | 22 | 27 | | | 9 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 69 | 28 | Giancarlo Potolicchio | 12 | 26 | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 25 | 68 | 29 | Enzo Potolicchio (M) | | | 17 | DNS | 6 | 23 | DNS | 11 | | | | | | | 60 | 30 | Steele Guiliana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 58 | 30 | Niki Coello | | | | | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | | | 58 | 30 | Brent Gilkes (M) | 24 | 16 | 19 | DNS | 15 | 25 | | | 7 | 13 | | | | | 58 | 33 | Chris Monteleone | | | | | 21 | 22 | | | | | 8 | 11 | | | 55 | 34 | Zach Craigo | | | 25 | 11 | 25 | 29 | | | 6 | 17 | | | | | 52 | 35 | Jeff McCusker (M) | 13 | 17 | | | | | 21 | 21 | | | | | 17 | 19 | 50 | 36 | Fabio Orsolon | | | 11 | 6 | 28 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 43 | 37 | Al Guibord, Sr. (M) | 23 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 11 | 16 | | | 33 | 38 | Eric Presbrey | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 15 | | | 28 | 39 | Matt McDonough | | | | | | | | | 18 | 12 | | | | | 25 | 40 | Tom Drake (M) | | | | | 23 | 21 | | | 15 | DNS | | | 28 | 24 | 22 | 41 | Peter LeSueur | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 14 | 21 | 42 | Francis Kenette (M) | 18 | 23 | | | | | 23 | 22 | DNS | DNS | | | 29 | 27 | 20 | 42 | Blake Teeter | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 44 | Tom Fatur (M) | 25 | 12 | | | 27 | DNS | DNS | 28 | | | | | DNS | DNS | 18 | 44 | Aaron Pettipas | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 18 | 35 | 23 | 18 | 46 | Jose Gerardo | | | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 47 | Mark Felsen | 14 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 48 | Dean Baker | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 17 | 13 | 49 | Peter Gonzalez | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 5 | 37 | DNS | 11 | 49 | Jim Hanrahan (M) | | | | | DNS | 19 | | | | | 21 | 19 | 24 | DNS | 11 | 49 | John Brumder | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 21 | 11 | 52 | Rodin Younessi | | | | | | | 24 | 23 | | | | | | | 5 | 52 | Vaughn Horvath | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | 22 | 5 | 54 | Tim Walsh | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 30 | 2 | 54 | Greg Strelzoff | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | 28 | 2 | 56 | Eric Langbein | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34 | DNS | 1 | 56 | Chris Gumprecht | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | DNS | | | 1 | Pos | Driver | VIR | ATL | WG1 | MDO | MOS | LRP | WG2 | 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 (3 points) | Italics | Ran fastest race lap (2 points) | | |
This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.
(M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.
References
- ^ "F2000 Announces 2010 Schedule". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. November 2, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ^ International Motorsports: Rémy Audette, Only Quebec Driver Crowned 2011 US Champion!, Inside Track, October 26, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-26
- ^ Watkins Glen – Schedule Adjusted Following Saturday Races, F2000 Championship Series, October 15, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-16
- ^ "Ringel Signs with McLaughlin Motorsports". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u 2011 VIR Entry List Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, F2000 Championship Series, Retrieved April 5, 2011.
- ^ "February Off-Season Blog: Tim Paul". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b "HP-Tech Announces 2011 F2000 Effort with RFR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. December 27, 2010. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b F2000 Championship: Alegra Motorsports Signs Rookies Rizzo and Benitez Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-01
- ^ "Work Racing Brings Back Livengood for 2011". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 26, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b F2000 Championship: Afterburner Adds Coello to 2011 Driver Line-up Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
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