2010 F2000 Championship Series

The 2010 F2000 Championship Series season marked the fifth season of competition in the series. It comprised 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 10 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding September 5 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

With six victories during the season, Victor Carbone finished it as the champion, 74 points clear of closest rival Cole Morgan, who took two wins. Daniel Erickson finished the season in third place, despite missing two early-season rounds at Road Atlanta and Mosport, taking a double win at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio. Jonathan Scarallo, Chris Livengood and Remy Audette took the other race wins as they all finished inside the top ten in the championship standings.

Drivers and teams

The series released a 33-car entry list on March 29, 2010.^[1]

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Notes
K-Hill Motorsports	1	Cole Morgan^[2]	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	In partnership with Greisiger Motorsports
	12	Bob Reid	Van Diemen RF04	Zetec	Road America only
	20	Matthew Inge^[3]	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America
	42	James Winslow	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	Watkins Glen race 1 only
Primus Racing	02	Daniel Erickson^[4]	Van Diemen	Zetec	Skipped Mosport
Z-Sports	03	Tim Walsh^[5]	Van Diemen	Zetec	VIR & Road Atlanta only
GTP Motorsports	3	Phil Lombardi^[6]	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
	14	Blake Teeter^[6]	Van Diemen	Zetec	VIR to Mosport only
	16	Peter González^[6]	Van Diemen RF05	Zetec	Skipped Watkins Glen & Road America
	17	Félix Serrallés	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	Lime Rock only
	69	Paul Farmer^[6]	Mygale SJ05	Zetec	Skipped Road America
	70	Tom Fatur^[6]	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	Skipped Mosport & Road America
	86	Jim Hanrahan	Van Diemen	Zetec	Lime Rock only
ArmsUp Motorsports	4	Rich Balsley	Van Diemen RF07	Zetec	Road America only
R-Sport	5	Keith McCrone^[7]	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
R-Sport	22	Jonathan Scarallo^[7]	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
SMR Motorsports	06	Timothy Paul^[8]	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport
SMR Motorsports	14	Stevan McAleer	Van Diemen	Zetec	Watkins Glen onwards
Lap 2 Racing 8000Inc Racing	7	Brent Gilkes	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	Skipped Road America
St. Clair Motorsports	8	Mark Defer	Van Diemen	Zetec	Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
	42	Bill Jordan	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
	51	Dan Denison	Van Diemen RF05	Zetec	Skipped Road America
	97	Chris Gumprecht	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport
Dole Fuels Racing	08	John Dole	Van Diemen RF99	Zetec	Lime Rock only
JDC MotorSports	10	Mikhail Goikhberg^[9]	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
JDC MotorSports	55	Gerry Kraut^[9]	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
Company Motorsports	11	Jesse Yorio^[10]	Piper DF-5	Zetec	Skipped Road Atlanta & Road America
Company Motorsports	25	Jeff McCusker^[10]	Piper DF-5 Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	Skipped Road America
John LaRue	17	John LaRue	Citation	Zetec	VIR only
Audette Racing	21	Remy Audette^[11]	Van Diemen RF08	Zetec	VIR to Mosport only
Alegra Motorsports	23	Victor Carbone^[12]	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec
Alegra Motorsports	26	Fabio Orsolon	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec
Clawson Motorsports	27	Craig Clawson	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
AcceleRace Motorsports	28	Ardie Greenamyer	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Road America
AcceleRace Motorsports	4	Chris Camadella	Van Diemen	Zetec	Watkins Glen only
Len Amato	33	Len Amato	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, Road America
Liberty Motorsports	36	Tim Kautz^[13]	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	VIR & Road Atlanta only
	41	Brian Belardi^[9]	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
	80	Bobby Caldwell^[14]	Van Diemen RF00	Zetec	In partnership with Caldwell Racing
	85	Zach Craigo	Van Diemen	Zetec	Joined at Mosport, skipped Lime Rock
Work Racing	37	Chris Livengood^[15]	Van Diemen RF00	Pinto
McLaughlin Motorsports	57	Billy McLaughlin	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	VIR & Road Atlanta only
Weitzenhof Racing	67	Dave Weitzenhof	Citation	Zetec	VIR to Mosport only
Vaughn Horvath	73	Vaughn Horvath	Van Diemen RF97	Pinto	Skipped Lime Rock
Fat Boy Racing	83	Charles Finelli	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock race 2, & Road America
Fat Boy Racing	83	Brendan Puderbach	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Lime Rock race 2 only
Ski Motorsports	88	Tim Minor	Van Diemen RF98	Zetec	Skipped Road America
K-FAST	89	Rob Nicholas	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America
ADSA/Wright Racing	90	Robert Wright	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec
	94	Al Guibord, Sr.	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Lime Rock and Road America
	95	Al Guibord, Jr.	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 10	Daniel Erickson	Cole Morgan	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
2	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 11	Daniel Erickson	Jonathan Scarallo	Cole Morgan	K-Hill Motorsports
3	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 7	Victor Carbone	Rob Nicholas	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
4	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 8	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
5	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	June 12	Remy Audette	Remy Audette	Remy Audette	Audette Racing
6	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	June 13	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
7	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 3	Chris Livengood	Cole Morgan	Daniel Erickson	Primus Racing
8	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 4	Daniel Erickson	Victor Carbone	Daniel Erickson	Primus Racing
9	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 23	Keith McCrone	Daniel Erickson	Cole Morgan	K-Hill Motorsports
10	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 24	Victor Carbone	Daniel Erickson	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
11	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 7	Daniel Erickson	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
12	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 8	Jonathan Scarallo	Jonathan Scarallo	Jonathan Scarallo	R-Sport
13	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 4	Victor Carbone	Chris Livengood	Chris Livengood	Work Racing
14	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 5	Victor Carbone	Chris Livengood	Daniel Erickson	Primus Racing

Final standings

Pos	Driver	VIR		ATL		MOS		WGI		LRP		ROA		MID		Total	Drop	Points
1	Victor Carbone	1	4	1	1	4	1	5	2	Ret	1	1	7	5	3	562	27	535
2	Cole Morgan	4	1	3	Ret	3	2	4	3	1	9	10	4	3	2	482	21	461
3	Daniel Erickson	2	10					1	1	12	2	2	2	9	1	395		395
4	Phil Lombardi	7	30	6	3	2	5	10	8	3	3	8	6	7	5	398	21	377
5	Keith McCrone	17	6	11	5	6	6	7	5	4	13	6	3	21	Ret	327	5	322
6	Fabio Orsolon	3	3	2	22	Ret	DNS	9	10	Ret	4	7	5	4	9	314		314
7	Jonathan Scarallo	6	7	25	2	DNS	DNS	13	12	7	6	21	1	20	4	289		289
8	Chris Livengood	9	21	15	7	Ret	9	2	4	26	DNS	5	21	1	7	286		286
9	Tim Minor	10	Ret	5	4	5	4	3	6	5	5			22	DNS	283		283
10	Remy Audette	5	2			1	3							2	6	236		236
11	Bobby Caldwell	12	9	17	26	17	8	12	9	11	10	Ret	11	13	12	215	1	214
12	Stevan McAleer							11	7	2	7	3	10			153		153
13	Rob Nicholas	DNS	5	4	24			6	Ret					6	8	153		153
14	Craig Clawson	20	18	24	14	10	Ret	17	15	13	14	17	14	17	18	138	3	135
15	Dave Weitzenhof	15	11			7	7							8	10	130		130
16	Mark Defer	19	13	14	8			Ret	14			20	18	10	19	116		116
17	Tom Fatur	29	12	18	12			Ret	19	9	Ret			11	11	113		113
18	Robert Wright	21	14	27	16	9	Ret	28	28	18	Ret	13	23	14	14	108	2	106
19	Gerry Kraut			12	6							9	8			94		94
20	Ardie Greenamyer	16	16	10	10	16	DNS	26	18	19	Ret			Ret	Ret	91		91
21	Jeff McCusker	Ret	20					18	20	8	12			15	15	84		84
22	Chris Gumprecht	8	Ret	7	28			19	16	14	Ret	DNS	DNS			83		83
23	Peter González	18	DNS	16	18	11	10			23	17					78		78
24	Tim Kautz	14	8	13	9											76		76
25	Brent Gilkes	27	17	26	DNS	8	11	16	Ret	16	Ret					76		76
26	Paul Farmer	30	22	DNS	15	18	DNS	20	19	15	15			19	16	76		76
27	Al Guibord, Jr.	13	25					22	11			12	12			73		73
28	Dan Denison			20	11	12	Ret	29	23	22	20			16	DNS	67		67
29	Mikhail Goikhberg			28	21							4	9			62		62
30	Bill Jordan	24	24	19	23							19	17	12	13	62		62
31	Jesse Yorio	11	26			Ret	15	14	13	25	DNS					61		61
32	Zach Craigo					13	12	21	22			18	20			55		55
33	Brian Belardi			8	25							16	13			51		51
34	Blake Teeter			21	13	15	14									44		44
35	Al Guibord, Sr.	25	28	22	20	14	13	25	27							42		42
36	Bob Reid							24	26	17	16	14	19			42		42
37	John Dole									10	11					40		40
38	Matthew Inge			9	19											30		30
39	Tim Paul	22	27	23	17			Ret	25	24	DNS	22	22			29		29
40	Charles Finelli	Ret	DNS					15	17	Ret	DNS					21		21
41	Billy McLaughlin	23	15													14		14
42	Chris Keller	DNS	19													7		7
43	Tim Walsh	26	23													4		4
44	Len Amato	28	Ret													1		1
Pos	Driver	VIR		ATL		MOS		WGI		LRP		ROA		MID		Total	Drop	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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (3 points)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap (2 points)

Full Results
This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.

References

^ "Series Releases Tentative 33-Car 2010 Entry List". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
^ "2007 F2000 Champion Cole Morgan in for VIR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
^ "Inge Returns to F2000 Championship". junioropenwheeltalent.com. Junior Open Wheel Talent. May 5, 2010. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
^ "Daniel Erickson Plans to Run F2000 Championship Opener at VIR". junioropenwheeltalent.com. Junior Open Wheel Talent. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
^ "Series VIR Thursday test notes". motorsport.com. GMM. April 8, 2010. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "GTP Motorsports Announces Five Car Team for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Scarallo Signs with R-Sport for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
^ "From Ovals to F2000: SMR Announces Two Car Team". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Battle Brewing as F2000 Races at Road Atlanta". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Yorio to Campaign New Piper". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 10, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
^ "Audette Racing Sets 2010 Program". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 1, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
^ "Carbone Back with Alegra Motorsports for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
^ Liberty Motorsports Signs Kautz for 2010 Title Run Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Liberty PR via eFormulaCarNews, April 1, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-02
^ "Bobby Caldwell Files First 2010 Entry". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. December 14, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
^ "Livengood and Work Racing Join Series in 2010". eformulacarnews.com. eFormulaCarNews. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

External links

Official Series Website

[1] "Series Releases Tentative 33-Car 2010 Entry List". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.

[2] "2007 F2000 Champion Cole Morgan in for VIR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.

[3] "Inge Returns to F2000 Championship". junioropenwheeltalent.com. Junior Open Wheel Talent. May 5, 2010. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.

[4] "Daniel Erickson Plans to Run F2000 Championship Opener at VIR". junioropenwheeltalent.com. Junior Open Wheel Talent. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

[5] "Series VIR Thursday test notes". motorsport.com. GMM. April 8, 2010. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2010.

[GTP-6] "GTP Motorsports Announces Five Car Team for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.

[R-Sport-7] "Scarallo Signs with R-Sport for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 22, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.

[8] "From Ovals to F2000: SMR Announces Two Car Team". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.

[Atlanta-9] "Battle Brewing as F2000 Races at Road Atlanta". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.

[Company-10] "Yorio to Campaign New Piper". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 10, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.

[11] "Audette Racing Sets 2010 Program". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. March 1, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.

[12] "Carbone Back with Alegra Motorsports for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2010.

[13] Liberty Motorsports Signs Kautz for 2010 Title Run Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Liberty PR via eFormulaCarNews, April 1, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-02

[14] "Bobby Caldwell Files First 2010 Entry". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. December 14, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2010.

[15] "Livengood and Work Racing Join Series in 2010". eformulacarnews.com. eFormulaCarNews. January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

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