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