2016 F2000 Championship Series

2016 F2000 Championship season

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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

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Round  | Circuit  | Location  | Date  | Pole position  | Fastest lap  | Winning driver

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NC  | Palm Beach International Raceway |  Jupiter, Florida | February 14  |  Blake Mount  |  Blake Mount  |  Blake Mount
NC  | Sebring International Raceway |  Sebring, Florida | February 21  |  Skylar Robinson  |  Skylar Robinson  |  Davy D'addario
1  | Road Atlanta |  Braselton, Georgia | April 9  |  Brandon Dixon  |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford
2  | April 10  |  Brandon Dixon  |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford
3  | Watkins Glen International |  Watkins Glen, New York | May 14  |  Dave Weitzenhof  |  Steve Bamford |  Matt McDonough
4  | May 15  |  Steve Bamford |  John McCusker  |  Steve Bamford
5  | Virginia International Raceway |  Alton, Virginia | June 4  |  Steve Bamford |  John LaRue  |  Steve Bamford
6  | June 5  |  John LaRue  |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford
7  | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course |  Lexington, Ohio | July 2  |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford
8  | July 3  |  Steve Bamford |  John LaRue  |  John LaRue
9  | Pittsburgh International Race Complex |  Wampum, Pennsylvania | August 6  |  Steve Bamford |  Trent Walko |  Steve Bamford
10  | August 7  |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford |  Steve Bamford
11  | New Jersey Motorsports Park |  Millville, New Jersey | August 27  |  Brandon Dixon  |  Brandon Dixon  |  Brandon Dixon
12  | August 28  |  Trent Walko  |  Trent Walko  |  Trent Walko
13  | Virginia International Raceway |  Alton, Virginia | October 1  |  Kaylen Frederick  |  Kaylen Frederick  |  John McCusker
14  | October 2  |  John McCusker  |  Jenna Grillo  |  Bob Reid

## Championship standings

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| Pos. | Driver |
ATL |
WGI |
VIR1 |
MOH |
PIT |
NJMP |
VIR2 | Points

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1  |  Steve Bamford (M) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |  |  | 570
2  |  John McCusker | 3  | 3  | 6  | 3 |  |  | 6  | 4  | 7  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 1 | 2  | 435
3  |  Brandon Dixon (M) | 2 | 4 | DNS |  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 1 | 2  |  |  | 400
4  |  Dave Weitzenhof (M) | 5  | 13  | 7 | 4  | 7  | 5  | 7  | 7  | 5  | 13  | 8  | 9  | 4  | 9  | 335
5  |  Bob Reid (M) | 15  | 10  | 8  | 10  | 4  | 4  | 11  | 11  | 8  | 14  |  |  | 3  | 1  | 297
6  |  Steve Jenks (M) | 14  | 5  | 12  |  |  |  | 5  | 8  | 4  | 3  | 7  | 5  |  |  | 246
7  |  Robert Wright (M) | 10  | DNS | 3  | 9  | DNS |  | 10  | 10  | DNS | DNS | 9  | 11  | 10  |  | 186
8  |  John LaRue (M) |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 | 2  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 183
9  |  Peter Gonzalez (M) | 12  | 15  | 15  | DNS |  |  | 16  | 20  | 11  | 10  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 4  | 179
10  |  Trent Walko |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 2  | 2  | 1 |  |  | 176
11  |  Jenna Grillo | 12  | 6  | 9  | 15  |  |  | 15  | 12  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 6 | 158
12  |  Dan Denison (M) | 6  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 6  | 11  | 12  |  |  | 146
13  |  David Grant | 4  | 2  | 10  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 139
14  |  Davy D'addario |  |  | 4  | 5  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 7  | DNS | 7  |  |  | 134
15  |  Tim Paul |  |  | 11  | 7  |  |  | 9  | 18  |  |  | 5  | 8  |  |  | 133
16  |  Nick Palacio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 6  | 2  | 5  | 125
17  |  Jayson Clunie | 8  | 8  | 2  | 8  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 117
18  |  Devin Lesueur |  |  |  |  | 5  | 6  | 18  | 15  | 14  | 12  |  |  |  |  | 109
19  |  Tom Fatur (M) |  |  |  |  | DNS |  |  |  | 10  | 8  |  |  | 9  | 3  | 106
20  |  Connor Gawry |  |  |  |  | 6  | 7  | 12  | 9  | 15  | 9  |  |  |  |  | 104
21  |  Chris Gumprecht |  |  | DNS | 14  |  |  | 13  | 13  | 12  | 11  |  |  | 5  | 10  | 99
22  |  Matt McDonough (M) |  |  | 1  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 79
23  |  Robert Allaer (M) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 63
24  |  Brendan Puderbach | 9  | 7  |  |  |  |  | 19  | 19  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 58
25  |  Austin McCusker |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 5  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 57
26  |  Charles Finelli (M) | 7  | 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 46
27  |  Paul Farmer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  |  | 11  | 7  | 43
28  |  Mauro Fauza (M) |  |  | 13  | 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34
29  |  Alex Ethier |  |  | 17  | 13  |  |  | 17  | 17  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34
30  |  Kaylen Frederick |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 11  | 33
31  |  Scott Gesford (M) |  |  | 16  | 12  |  |  | 20  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29
32  |  Chris Horan |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26
33  |  Reilly Harris |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 15  |  |  |  |  | 24
34  |  Donald Betterly |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 13  |  |  | 22
35  |  Brent Gilkes (M) | 13  | 12  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16
36  |  Al Guibord (M) |  |  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13
37  |  Sam Beasley | 16  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Pos. | Driver |
ATL |
WGI |
VIR1 |
MOH |
PIT |
NJMP |
VIR2 | Points
|  | Color  | Result

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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)

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