2013 F2000 Championship Series

Last updated March 04, 2019

2013 F2000 Championship season
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The 2013 F2000 Championship Series season was the eighth season of competition in the series. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 11 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding August 25 at Summit Point Raceway. The race schedule was largely un-changed from the previous year, as only the round at New Jersey Motorsports Park was eliminated and a second weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was added.

The F2000 Championship Series is a North American–based open wheel road racing series based on Formula Continental, a wings and slicks series that is designed to be the second step after Formula F 1600.

Virginia International Raceway is a race track located in Alton, Virginia, near Danville. It is less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina on the banks of the Dan River. VIR hosts amateur and professional automobile and motorcycle events, driving schools, club days, and private test rentals.

New Jersey Motorsports Park is a road course "Motorsports Entertainment Complex" located in Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It has hosted races since opening in 2008 and currently boasts a schedule including AMA Pro Road Racing, ARCA Racing Series, American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, SCCA events, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series.

Tim Minor clinched the championship after the fourth race at Mid-Ohio, becoming the first Masters Class driver to win the overall championship as well as being becoming the first series champion not to drive a Van Diemen chassis. Minor drove a Citation chassis to victory nine times on his way to the championship and finished either first or second in all but one race. 22-year-old Floridian Kyle Connery won four times and finished second in the championship.

Van Diemen International, Ltd. was a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. The company had a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula Ford chassis, which have been at the forefront of that class of motorsport for over 20 years and led it to becoming the largest manufacturer of bespoke racing cars in the world.

Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 11–14	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
2	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 11–14	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
3	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 9–11	Kyle Connery	Kyle Connery	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
4	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 9–11	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
5	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	May 24–25	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
6	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	May 24–25		Kyle Connery	Kyle Connery	James Lee Racing
7	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 27–29	Kyle Connery	Kyle Connery	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
8	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 27–29		Tim Minor	Kyle Connery	James Lee Racing
9	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 26–28	Tim Minor	Kyle Connery	Kyle Connery	James Lee Racing
10	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 26–28	Santino Ferrucci	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
11	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 9–11	John LaRue	Tim Minor	Kyle Connery	James Lee Racing
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 9–11	Tim Minor	Joey Selmants	John LaRue	John LaRue Racing
13	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 23–25	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
14	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 23–25		Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	VIR		ATL		LRP		WGL		MDO		MDO		SUM		Points
Drivers' championship
1	Tim Minor (M)	1	1	1	1	1	14	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	616
2	Kyle Connery	2	6	2	DNS	18	1	2	1	1	3	1	6	27	4	452
3	David Grant	5	8	3	2	5	4	4	5	3	28	4	3	2	25	415
4	Roberto Lorena	DSQ	2	4	20	3	2	5	7	15	7	6	13	6	3	347
5	Santino Ferrucci							3	4	5	2	5	5	3	2	288
6	Steve Bamford (M)	13	13	8	6	12	17	9	9	4	10	16	9	9	6	277
7	Federico Mosconi	7	3	9	17	8	3	36	8	11	11	10	26	4	21	273
8	Kevin Kopp	3	4	20	4	2	18	21	12	13	12	27	8	5	26	266
9	Tom Fatur (M)	26	14			11	7	11	10			9	11	8	12	184
10	Jim Libecco	22	23	7	15	17	21	32	13	8	4	7	7	26	19	178
11	Dave Weitzenhof (M)	9	9	12	5	DNS	DNS			DNS	14	15	12	15	9	169
12	Dean Baker (M)	4	19			6	22	35	15	7	15			21	5	157
13	Robert Wright (M)	12	26	22	16	9	5	23	19	6	26	11	22	23	23	141
14	Tim Paul	10	5					6	6			28	10			132
15	Brent Gilkes (M)	27	7	16	10	21	11	16	16			18	23	13	27	130
16	Dan Denison			11	9					17	16	12	18	11	10	126
17	Keith McCrone (M)	15	10	18	8			15	18			19	15	28	11	122
18	Eric Presbrey (M)	18	12			DNS	12	7	32					10	8	116
19	Zach Craigo	6	23	4	13			22	DNS	23	9					109
20	Sergio Pasian	11	22	6	21	20	10	10	23	24	29					107
21	John McCusker	17	21	19	19	4	19	17	20	16	24	22	25	16	28	98
22	Aaron Pettipas	16	11			10	6	33	22	25	20					91
23	John LaRue (M)											3	1			90
24	Chris Livengood									9	8			27	4	83
25	Shane Morris	8	25	17	7			29	17							72
26	Steve Jenks (M)					19	23	12	11	27	17	13	24			71
26	Bob Reid (M)					14	9			12	25			18	17	71
28	Fabio Orsolon							34	3	26	6					68
28	Peter Gonzalez (M)	23	27	13	14	DNS	DNS			19	19	20	DNS	25	13	68
30	Joey Selmants										5		4			67
30	Timm Dunn (M)	24	20	23	DNS			14	24			8	26	12	24	67
32	Matt McDonough			21	3	7	20									66
33	José Armida									10	13	23	14			52
34	Kem Lall (M)	20	15			16	15	25	27			24	19			49
34	Chris Monteleone (M)	25	DNS			15	13	24	30					17	16	49
36	Russell Lindeman (M)	14	18					8	31							47
36	Paul Farmer (M)							19	14	21	18	17	21			47
38	Bill Jordan (M)					13	8									40
39	Jim Hanrahan (M)							13	34	20	23	21	17			39
40	David Sugg			14	11											32
40	Charles Finelli (M)							18	33			14	16			32
42	Rob Nicholas (M)													7	22	31
42	Nick Palacio													22	7	31
44	James Belay			15	12											28
45	José Montiel									18	21			24	15	26
45	Davy D'Addario													14	14	26
47	Vaughn Horvath	19	16									26	20			24
48	Dwight Rider (M)			10	18											22
49	Tom Drake					DNS	16	20	26							17
49	Rob Allaer									14	22					17
49	Alain Matra (M)							28	28					19	18	17
52	Al Guibord, Sr. (M)	21	17													14
53	Craig Clawson (M)							38	21							6
54	Gary Machiko									22	27					5
55	Scott Baroody					22	DNS	26	25							3
56	Chris Camadella (M)							31	29							2
57	Chris Gumprecht							27	DNS							1
57	Brendan Puderbach							30	DNS							1
57	Chuck Moran (M)							37	DNS							1
57	Francis Kennette											25	DNS			1
Pos	Driver	VIR		ATL		LRP		WGL		MDO		MDO		SUM		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 (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (3 points)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap (2 points)

This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.
(M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.

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References

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