2016 F2000 Championship Series

February 2025 2016 F2000 Championship season 2015 2017 The 2016 F2000 Championship Series season is the eleventh season of competition for the series. Canadian Masters Class competitor Steve Bamford won eight of the twelve races he contested and won the championship. He is the second masters class driver to win the championship. American John McCusker won the penultimate round of the championship to finish second in points. American Masters Class competitor won one race and finished third in points. Other winners were veteran Bob Reid who won the final race of the season, a rain-affected race of only seven laps, and Americans John LaRue and Trent Walko, who each only competed in four races, finishing on the podium in all four, and winning one. Matt McDonough won the first race at Watkins Glen International, the only round he competed in. The points system allows a driver's two worst races to be "dropped" for season points. Because of this, Dave Weitzenhof was the only driver to compete in all sixteen races of the schedule. Race calendar and results Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver NC Palm Beach International Raceway USA Jupiter, Florida February 14 USA Blake Mount USA Blake Mount USA Blake Mount NC Sebring International Raceway USA Sebring, Florida February 21 USA Skylar Robinson USA Skylar Robinson USA Davy D'addario 1 Road Atlanta USA Braselton, Georgia April 9 USA Brandon Dixon CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford 2 April 10 USA Brandon Dixon CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford 3 Watkins Glen International USA Watkins Glen, New York May 14 USA Dave Weitzenhof CAN Steve Bamford USA Matt McDonough 4 May 15 CAN Steve Bamford USA John McCusker CAN Steve Bamford 5 Virginia International Raceway USA Alton, Virginia June 4 CAN Steve Bamford USA John LaRue CAN Steve Bamford 6 June 5 USA John LaRue CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford 7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course USA Lexington, Ohio July 2 CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford 8 July 3 CAN Steve Bamford USA John LaRue USA John LaRue 9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex USA Wampum, Pennsylvania August 6 CAN Steve Bamford USA Trent Walko CAN Steve Bamford 10 August 7 CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford CAN Steve Bamford 11 New Jersey Motorsports Park USA Millville, New Jersey August 27 USA Brandon Dixon USA Brandon Dixon USA Brandon Dixon 12 August 28 USA Trent Walko USA Trent Walko USA Trent Walko 13 Virginia International Raceway USA Alton, Virginia October 1 USA Kaylen Frederick USA Kaylen Frederick USA John McCusker 14 October 2 USA John McCusker USA Jenna Grillo USA Bob Reid Championship standings Pos. Driver USA ATL USA WGI USA VIR1 USA MOH USA PIT USA NJMP USA VIR2 Points 1 CAN Steve Bamford (M) 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4570 2 USA John McCusker 3 3 6 3 6 4 7 4 3 3 1 2435 3 USA Brandon Dixon (M) 2 4 DNS 3 3 3 2 2 5 1 2400 4 USA Dave Weitzenhof (M) 5 13 7 4 7 5 7 7 5 13 8 9 4 9335 5 USA Bob Reid (M) 15 10 8 10 4 4 11 11 8 14 3 1297 6 USA Steve Jenks (M) 14 5 12 5 8 4 3 7 5246 7 USA Robert Wright (M) 10 DNS 3 9 DNS 10 10 DNS DNS 9 11 10186 8 USA John LaRue (M) 2 2 2 1183 9 USA Peter Gonzalez (M) 12 15 15 DNS 16 20 11 10 12 10 8 4179 10 USA Trent Walko 3 2 2 1176 11 USA Jenna Grillo 12 6 9 15 15 12 6 6158 12 USA Dan Denison (M) 6 9 6 6 11 12146 13 USA David Grant 4 2 10 2139 14 USA Davy D'addario 4 5 13 7 DNS 7134 15 USA Tim Paul 11 7 9 18 5 8133 16 USA Nick Palacio 6 6 2 5125 17 CAN Jayson Clunie 8 8 2 8117 18 USA Devin Lesueur 5 6 18 15 14 12109 19 USA Tom Fatur (M) DNS 10 8 9 3106 20 USA Connor Gawry 6 7 12 9 15 9104 21 USA Chris Gumprecht DNS 14 13 13 12 11 5 1099 22 USA Matt McDonough (M) 1 679 23 USA Robert Allaer (M) 4 663 24 USA Brendan Puderbach 9 7 19 1958 25 USA Austin McCusker 8 5 857 26 USA Charles Finelli (M) 7 1146 27 USA Paul Farmer 13 11 743 28 USA Mauro Fauza (M) 13 1134 29 USA Alex Ethier 17 13 17 1734 30 USA Kaylen Frederick 7 1133 31 USA Scott Gesford (M) 16 12 20 1629 32 USA Chris Horan 14 1426 33 USA Reilly Harris 9 1524 34 USA Donald Betterly 10 1322 35 BAR Brent Gilkes (M) 13 1216 36 USA Al Guibord (M) 1413 37 USA Sam Beasley 16 142 Pos. Driver USA ATL USA WGI USA VIR1 USA MOH USA PIT USA NJMP USA VIR2 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(3 points)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(2 points) References External links Official Series Website F2000 Championship Series Category:F2000 Championship Series seasons