The 2013 F1600 Championship Series season was the third season of the F1600 Championship Series.
Eighteen-year-old Jake Eidson from Littleton, Colorado won the championship driving for Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing. Eidson won seven of the twelve races and captured a race win in all but one of the series' weekend double-headers. Bryan Herta Autosport's Adrian Starrantino captured three wins on his way to runner-up honors in the championship. [1]
Notably, IndyCar Series rookie Tristan Vautier joined the series for its race weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to gain experience at the track that he had not raced at before and where he would race in IndyCar a few weeks later. [2] Vautier won the pole for race two, but finished just sixth and 13th in the pair of races.
Team | No. | Driver | Car | Engine | Notes |
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Polestar Racing Group | 0 | Lewis Cooper, III | Van Diemen RF00 | Ford Kent | Masters |
Carbir Race Cars | 01 | Reid Hazelton [3] | Carbir CR8 | Honda Fit | |
ONP Racing | 2 | Mike Scanlan [4] | Swift DB6 | Honda Fit | Masters |
Auriana Racing | 3 | Joe Colasacco | Van Diemen RF04 | Honda Fit | Masters |
DiRenzo Racing | 5 | Dan Oseth | Van Diemen RF02 | Honda Fit | |
Dotworks Racing | 06 | Austin McCusker | Van Diemen RF01 | Honda Fit | |
Raceworks | 7 | Jim Goughary, Jr. [5] | Van Diemen RF00 | Honda Fit | Masters |
9 | Franklin Futrelle [6] | Van Diemen RF03 | Honda Fit | ||
Rice Race Prep | 07 | Steve Bamford | Mygale SJ11 | Honda Fit | Masters |
Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 10 | Jake Eidson [7] | Spectrum 012 | Honda Fit | |
Ski Motorsports | 12 | Jeremy Grenier | Citation | Honda Fit | |
WISKO Race Engineering | 13 | Aaron Telitz [8] | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | |
66 | Paul Alspach [9] | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | ||
Quantum Mechanics | 16 | Haru Tanaka | Van Diemen RF98 | Honda Fit | |
Slade Miller | Van Diemen RF98 | Honda Fit | |||
Buffalo Racing Services | 18 | Dan Pyanowski | Swift DB1 | Ford Kent | Masters |
Art Foster Racing | 21 | Art Foster | Spectrum 012 | Honda Fit | Masters |
Front Range Motorsports | 24 | John Butkovich | Van Diemen RF00 | Honda Fit | Masters |
Exclusive Autosport/Michael Duncalfe | 30 | Jack Mitchell, Jr. | Spectrum 014 | Honda Fit | |
33 | Thomas McGregor | Spectrum 014 | Honda Fit | ||
Two Dogg Racing | 31 | Scott Rubenzer | Spectrum 012 | Honda Fit | Masters |
36 | Steve Roux | Wyvern SR-1 | Honda Fit | ||
RECON Racing | 44 | Ed Callo | Bowman BC5 | Ford Kent | Masters |
Fisher House Racing | 55 | Ray Phillips | Van Diemen RF97 | Honda Fit | Masters |
Britain West | 63 | Gord Ross | Van Diemen RF02 | Ford Kent | |
Warpspeed | 68 | Caitlin Johnston | Van Diemen RF97 | Honda Fit | |
DBM Racing | 72 | Steve Oseth | Citation | Honda Fit | Masters |
Captain America Racing | 76 | Jim Lee | Swift DB1 | Ford Kent | Masters |
76 | Don Baggett | Swift DB6 | Ford Kent | ||
Kautz Racing | 88 | Tim Kautz | Piper DF5 | Honda Fit | Masters |
Bryan Herta Autosport [10] | 96 | Ayla Ågren | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | |
97 | Sam Chastain | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | ||
98 | Adrian Starrantino | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | ||
Maisey Racing | 99 | Sean Maisey | Citation | Honda Fit | Masters |
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
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1 [11] | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | April 13 | Adrian Starrantino | Adrian Starrantino | Adrian Starrantino |
2 [12] | April 14 | Ayla Ågren | Jake Eidson | Adrian Starrantino | ||
3 [13] | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | May 10 | Aaron Telitz | Ayla Ågren | Aaron Telitz |
4 [14] | May 11 | Jake Eidson | Jake Eidson | Jake Eidson | ||
5 | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | May 24 | Adrian Starrantino | Jake Eidson | Jake Eidson |
6 | May 25 | Paul Alspach | Jake Eidson | |||
7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 27 | Jake Eidson | Aaron Telitz | Jake Eidson |
8 | July 28 | Tristan Vautier | Jake Eidson | Adrian Starrantino | ||
9 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | August 10 | Jake Eidson | David Grant | Jake Eidson |
10 | August 11 | Jake Eidson | David Grant | Jake Eidson | ||
11 | Summit Point Motorsports Park | Summit Point, West Virginia | August 24 | Aaron Telitz | Ayla Ågren | Adrian Starrantino |
12 | August 25 | Ayla Ågren | Jake Eidson |
Place | Driver | Starts | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jake Eidson | 12 | 499 |
2 | Adrian Starrantino | 12 | 440 |
3 | Aaron Telitz | 12 | 396 |
4 | Ayla Ågren | 12 | 322 |
5 | Steve Bamford (M) | 12 | 317 |
6 | Paul Alspach | 10 | 301 |
7 | Jim Goughary (M) | 12 | 266 |
8 | Art Foster (M) | 12 | 250 |
9 | Sam Chastain | 12 | 210 |
10 | Mike Scanlan (M) | 12 | 174 |
11 | Scott Rubenzer (M) | 8 | 172 |
12 | Austin McCusker | 12 | 160 |
13 | Joe Colasacco (M) | 6 | 159 |
14 | Lewis Cooper, III (M) | 6 | 121 |
15 | David Grant | 2 | 88 |
16 | Franklin Futrelle | 4 | 83 |
17 | Dan Oseth | 5 | 71 |
18 | Wes Allen | 4 | 68 |
19 | Ed Callo (M) | 4 | 66 |
20 | Ray Phillips (M) | 4 | 61 |
21 | Tim Kautz (M) | 2 | 48 |
22 | Tristan Vautier | 2 | 47 |
23 | Don Baggett | 4 | 42 |
24 | Slade Miller | 2 | 39 |
25 | Jeremy Grenier | 2 | 32 |
25 | Glenn Taylor (M) | 2 | 32 |
27 | Joe Parsons (M) | 2 | 30 |
28 | Jacob Carpenter | 2 | 28 |
29 | Haru Tanaka | 2 | 19 |
29 | Dan Pyanowski (M) | 4 | 19 |
31 | Bob Perona (M) | 2 | 18 |
32 | Rob Albani (M) | 2 | 15 |
33 | Jim Lee (M) | 2 | 12 |
34 | Steve Roux (M) | 1 | 6 |
35 | Caitlin Johnston | 1 | 1 |
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