The 2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship is a season of the U.S. F2000 National Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that is the first step in IndyCar's Road to Indy ladder. It is the second full season of the series since its revival in 2010. It follows the first 2011 U.S. F2000 Winterfest winter championship. It consists of 12 races held over 7 race weekends on seven different tracks – two street circuits, two ovals, and three permanent road courses.
Finnish driver Petri Suvanto, in his first season racing in North America, won the championship with five wins and five second-place finishes by 47 points over American Spencer Pigot, the 2010 Skip Barber National Championship winner. British driver Wayne Boyd won two races and finished third while Zach Veach won the season opener but struggled during the second half of the season to wind up fourth in points. Sixteen-year-old New Yorker Luca Forgeois won the National Class over his only full-time National Class rival J. R. Smart.
Team | No | Drivers | Notes |
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Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 2 | Shannon McIntosh [1] | |
3 | Petri Suvanto [2] | ||
32 | Vincent Beltoise [3] | Sebring to Indianapolis only [4] | |
Belardi Auto Racing | 4 | Wayne Boyd [5] | |
9 | Cole Morgan [5] | Sebring & St. Pete only | |
Luigi Biangardi | Mid-Ohio onwards | ||
Pabst Racing Services | 5 | Tõnis Kasemets | St. Pete only |
Luca Forgeois | National Class; Indianapolis onwards [6] | ||
6 | J. R. Smart [7] | National Class | |
16 | Rodin Younessi | National Class; Indianapolis only [8] | |
Andretti Autosport | 7 | Zach Veach [9] | |
8 | Spencer Pigot [10] | ||
JDC Motorsports | 10 | Roman Lagudi | Indianapolis, [8] Mid-Ohio onwards |
16 | Rodin Younessi | National Class; Mid-Ohio onwards | |
19 | Juan Piedrahita [11] | ||
85 | Luke Ellery [12] | Sebring through Milwaukee only | |
Chris Miller | Road America only [13] | ||
Auriana Racing | 11 | Joe Colasacco | National class; Mid-Ohio [6] and Baltimore only [14] |
K-Hill Motorsports | 12 | Bruce Hamilton | National class; Baltimore only [14] |
65 | Joe Woodward | National class; Baltimore only [14] | |
Jensen MotorSport | 13 | Ryan Tveter | Baltimore only [14] |
ArmsUp Motorsports | 15 | Rick Balsley | National class; Road America only [13] |
56 | Revere Greist | Road America only [13] | |
71 | Jim Victor | National class; Road America only [13] | |
Sick Tea Motorsports | 17 | Timmy Megenbier [15] | |
MidAtlantic Motorsports Eric Langbein Racing | 25 | Joe Blacker | National class; Baltimore only [14] |
53 | Eric Langbein | National class; Baltimore only [14] | |
AcceleRace Motorsports | 28 | Ardie Greenamyer [7] | National class; Mid-Ohio [6] and Baltimore only [14] |
29 | National Class; Sebring & St. Pete only | ||
Jonathan Scarallo | National class; Mid-Ohio only | ||
Brian Stewart Racing | 33 | Matthew Di Leo [7] | |
Stevenson Motorsports | 97 | Luca Forgeois | National class; Sebring, St. Pete only [16] |
The race schedule was announced on October 12, 2010. [17]
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Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20+ |
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Points | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Andretti Autosport | 314 |
2 | Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 259 |
3 | Belardi Auto Racing | 196 |
4 | JDC Motorsports | 174 |
5 | Sick Tea Racing | 81 |
6 | Brian Stewart Racing | 65 |
7 | Pabst Racing Services | 29 |
8 | Accelerace Motorsports | 12 |
9 | Stevenson Motorsports | 8 |
10 | ArmsUp Motorsports | 7 |
11 | Jensen MotorSport | 5 |
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