2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship

2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship

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The 2012 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 third full season of the series since its revival in 2010. Rookie Australian/American driver Matthew Brabham, son of Geoff Brabham, captured the title over is Cape Motosports teammate, second-year American Spencer Pigot by seven points in the final pair of races at Virginia International Raceway. Even though Pigot won the final two races of the season, Brabham's lead was large enough and his finishes in the final two races were high enough to capture the championship. Brabham only won four races compared to Pigot's eight wins. However, Brabham only failed to finish in the top-10 once with a single DNF while Pigot finished outside the top-10 three times in what would ultimately decide the championship. The only other driver to capture a race win during the season was Belardi Auto Racing's Scott Anderson.

Norwegian Henrik Furuseth captured the National Class championship over American R. C. Enerson in the final race of the season when Enerson was involved in an incident in the first lap of the race after passing Furuseth. The crash dropped Enerson to third in points as Mark Eaton finished second in class in the race and edged out Enerson for second place in National Class by four points.

One notable driver to compete in the championship was Michael Johnson of Flint, Michigan who is a paraplegic, having lost use of his legs in a motorcycle racing accident. ^[1] Johnson finished 15th in points with a best finish of tenth at Road America.

Drivers and teams

• In line with U.S. F2000 regulations, National Class cars were ineligible to compete at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. ^[2]

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s) Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Spencer Pigot [3] All 3 Trent Hindman [4] All 13 Henrik Furuseth [5] N All 83 Matthew Brabham [6] All Belardi Auto Racing 4 Roman Lagudi [7] All 9 Luca Forgeois [8] 1–10 Wayne Boyd U 11–14 11 Colin Thompson [9] All 14 Scott Anderson [10] All Pabst Racing Services 5 Dalton Kellett [11] All 6 J. R. Smart [11] N 3–4, 6–14 U 5 18 Shannon McIntosh [12] All Andretti Autosport 7 Thomas McGregor [13] All 8 Shelby Blackstock [14] All ZSports Midwest w/ Team E Racing 10 R. C. Enerson [15] N 1–4, 6–14 U 5 Robinson Motor Sports 12 Eric Filgueiras [16] NU 1–2 25 Joel Janco N 3–14 92 Mark Eaton N All 97 Paul Alspach [17] NU 1–2, 6–7 Genoa Racing/Primus Racing 13 Isaac Lyons 1–2 ArmsUp Motorsports 15 Luigi Biangardi [18] All 16 James Dayson NU 8–14 59 Bobby Kelley NU 1–2 Afterburner Autosport 17 Timmy Megenbier [19] 1–5 Brian Tomasi U 6–10 21 Heamin Choi [20] 1–10 JDC Motorsports 19 Neil Alberico [21] All 38 Scott Hargrove [22] 1–4, 8–14 54 Michael Johnson [23] All 85 Chris Miller 1–7 Luca Forgeois 13–14 93 Zac Silver [24] 1–4 JAY Motorsports 23 Jason Wolfe [25] All 91 Patrick Gallagher [26] N All 65 Michael Geldart NU 1–2 98 Jim Libecco N 1–7, 11–14 AcceleRace Motorsports 28 Ardie Greenamyer N 1–2 Special Addition Racing 41 Wally Osinga NU 1–4 PRL Motorsports 48 Patryk Tararuj NU 11–12 Patrick Linn N 1–10, 13–14 99 N 11–12 MDL Racing 56 Matthew Di Leo All Alliance Autosport 71 Scott Rettich [27] N 1–4, 6–7 One Formula Racing 77 Colette Davis NU 1–4 Cruzinc Racing 86 Eric Cruz N All

Icon Legend N National Class U Unregistered drivers

Schedule

The race schedule was announced on January 11, 2012. Fourteen races were announced, all at venues that hosted the series in 2011. ^[28] The final race weekend's location and date were announced on January 17, 2012. ^[29]

Icon	Legend
O	Oval/Speedway
R	Road course
S	Street circuit

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Supporting
1	March 15–16	support event for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring	R  Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	ALMS
2
3	March 24–25	USF2000 St. Petersburg Grand Prix presented by Allied Building Products	S  Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	IndyCar Series
4
5	May 26	Night Before the 500	O  Lucas Oil Raceway	Clermont, Indiana	USAC Midgets
6	August 4–5	Mid-Ohio Grand Prix presented by Allied Building Products	R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	IndyCar Series
7
8	August 17–18	support event for the Road Race Showcase	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	ALMS
9
10
11	September 1–2	USF2000 Baltimore Grand Prix Presented by Allied Building Products	S  Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	IndyCar Series
12
13	September 14–15	USF2000 Grand Prix of Virginia	R  Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	ALMS
14

Race results

Rd.	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race winner
					Driver	Team
1	Sebring International Raceway	Luigi Biangardi	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR
2		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	Spencer Pigot	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
4		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
5	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
6	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
7		Spencer Pigot	Roman Lagudi	Scott Anderson	Scott Anderson	Belardi Auto Racing
8	Road America	Scott Anderson	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR
9		Matthew Brabham	Scott Anderson	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR
10		Scott Anderson	Spencer Pigot	Scott Anderson	Scott Anderson	Belardi Auto Racing
11	Streets of Baltimore	Qualifying abandoned	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
12		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR
13	Virginia International Raceway	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR
14		Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR

Championship standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver SEB STP LOR MOH RAM BAL VIR Points 1 Matthew Brabham 1* 2* 2 2 2 3 25 1* 1* 3 2 1* 4 8 339 2 Spencer Pigot 3 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 23 16* 3 2 1 24 1* 1* 332 3 Scott Anderson 5 8 28 10 4 2 1* 3 2 1* 5 2 26 6 256 4 Matthew Di Leo 12 4 18 3 8 7 2 2 4 5 3 6 7 21 220 5 Trent Hindman 36 30 5 4 5 4 3 4 6 8 25 12 8 3 189 6 Roman Lagudi 2 3 3 5 3 5 16 7 9 28 7 27 173 7 Neil Alberico 9 5 17 34 16 19 6 5 5 6 13 5 2 5 170 8 Shelby Blackstock 7 32 6 8 18 6 5 21 8 4 21 8 6 7 153 9 Thomas McGregor 4 7 7 7 12 27 10 23 28 21 9 9 9 9 134 10 Luigi Biangardi 35 9 4 33 11 29 4 6 7 7 4 27 24 22 129 11 Scott Hargrove 11 11 30 32 8 13 9 6 3 5 4 128 12 Colin Thompson 8 10 31 13 14 8 28 9 10 20 12 4 10 10 103 13 Jason Wolfe 14 34 19 9 10 12 29 26 14 23 10 10 25 13 84 14 Dalton Kellett 10 19 33 14 20 9 7 10 16 22 26 21 11 26 78 15 Michael Johnson 18 27 13 25 17 13 24 11 29 10 14 26 12 11 72 16 Luca Forgeois 33 26 26 6 6 10 22 24 12 27 23 12 66 17 Heamin Choi 16 18 10 12 15 26 15 12 27 12 55 18 Shannon McIntosh 15 23 11 24 13 21 18 25 21 14 24 15 16 20 54 19 Timmy Megenbier 6 6 32 11 9 53 20 Chris Miller 26 15 8 26 19 11 13 22 11 25 52 21 Zac Silver 13 12 34 19 20 22 Isaac Lyons 31 35 2 Unregistered drivers ineligible for points Wayne Boyd 26 11 3 2 R. C. Enerson 7 Brian Tomasi 17 DNS 13 15 DNS J. R. Smart 21 Pos Driver SEB STP LOR MOH RAM BAL VIR 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 In-line notation Championship Class only Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps

National Class

Pos Driver SEB STP MOH RAM BAL VIR Points 1 Henrik Furuseth 21 13 12 23 16 8 27 17 11 8 23 13 14 205 2 Mark Eaton 17 14 29 16 30 14 15 19 15 15 7 15 15 191 3 RC Enerson 29 17 9 15 14 11 14 18 13 11 28 14 25 187 4 Jim Libecco 28 22 20 20 20 9 22 13 18 16 98 5 Patrick Gallagher 22 33 15 17 18 26 17 20 24 27 14 95 6 Patrick Linn 23 31 21 22 23 17 DNS 23 17 17 16 17 19 95 7 J. R. Smart 22 21 24 20 28 22 16 16 17 19 17 85 8 Scott Rettich 19 16 14 18 15 27 79 9 Eric Cruz 32 25 25 28 25 21 18 24 18 19 18 20 24 56 10 Joel Janco 23 27 28 19 19 26 26 18 22 22 23 42 11 James Dayson 20 19 21 18 24 12 Ardie Greenamyer 16 30 11 Unregistered drivers ineligible for points Paul Alspach 30 21 22 12 James Dayson 20 25 19 Bobby Kelley 20 20 Patryk Tararuj 23 20 Michael Geldart 25 24 Collete Davis 24 29 27 31 Wally Osinga 27 DNS 24 29 Eric Filgueiras 34 28 Pos Driver SEB STP MOH RAM BAL VIR Points

Teams'

Pos	Team	Points
1	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	491
2	Belardi Auto Racing	310
3	JDC Motorsports	165
4	Andretti Autosport	144
5	MDL Racing	135
6	ArmsUp Motorsports	77
7	Afterburner Autosport	41
8	Pabst Racing Services	40
9	JAY Motorsports	40
10	ZSports Midwest	26
11	PRL Motorsports	14
12	Alliance Autosport	6
13	AcceleRace Motorsports	2

References

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29. USF2000 Completes 2012 Schedule with the Addition of VIR Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today , USF2000, January 17, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-17

External links

• U.S. F2000 National Championship official website