2021 F1600 Championship Series

2021 F1600 season
Season
Races	24
Start date	April 1
End date	October 17
Awards
Drivers' champion	Nicholas d'Orlando
Manufacturers' Cup	Mygale
←  2020 2022  →

The 2021 F1600 Championship Series season is the eleventh season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season commences on April 1 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and ends on October 17 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. ^[1]

Last year's champion, Simon Sikes, moved up to the U.S. F2000 National Championship on the Road to Indy ladder. ^[2]

The season was won by Nicholas d'Orlando who won twelve out of the twenty-four races for Team Pelfrey. ^[3]

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Chassis	Engine
Auriana Racing	3	Joe Colasacco	4–6, 10–12	Van Diemen	Honda
Brad Hayes Racing	75	Ayrton Houk [4]	4–6, 19–21	Piper	Honda
Exclusive Autosport	92	Joey Brienza II [5]	All	Spectrum	Honda
	93	Billy Frazer	4–6
Drivers Services	2	Mike Scanlan (M)	1–6, 10–24	Spectrum	Honda
Global Racing Team	51	TJ Zimmerman [6]	4–16	Van Diemen	Honda
K-Hill Motorsports	08	Jace Denmark	13–15	Mygale	Honda
	11	Tonis Kasemets (M)	19–21
	27	Theo Peppes (M)	16–18, 22–24
		Peter Dempsey	19–21
	76	Ax Kametches [7]	All
	90	Omar Khan [8]	1–15
Lee Racing	0	Jonathan Lee	1–15	Swift	Ford
Lee Racing w/ Rice Race Prep [9]			16–24
Pure Energy Racing	33	Jeffrey Bartz	4–9, 13–15, 19–21	Van Diemen	Honda
Raceworks	70	Sam Lockwood (M)	1–12, 16–18, 22–24	Spectrum	Honda
Rice Race Prep	01	Thomas Schrage	19–21	Mygale	Honda
	6	Simon Sikes [10]	4–6
		Dexter Czuba [11]	7–9
		Thomas Schrage	10–12, 22–24
		Misha Goikhberg	13–15
		Andre Castro	16–18
	13	Kyle August [12]	All
	43	Will Holtz [13]	All
	52	Robert Perona [14] (M)	1–3
Steve Roux Racing	19	Steve Roux (M)	1–3	Wyvern	Honda
Team Pelfrey	80	Hugh Esterson [15]	All	Mygale	Honda
	81	Nicholas d'Orlando [16]	All
	84	David Adorno [17]	4-24
TR Racing	32	Trevor Russell	4–6		Ford
Two Dogg Racing	88	Tim Kautz (M)	13–15	Piper	Honda
	01	Thomas Schrage	4–6	Swift
	4	John Dole (M)	10–12, 16–18, 22–24	Spectrum	Honda
	5	Steve Oseth (M)	10–12, 16–18	Citation	Honda
	72		22–24
	11	Christopher Kierce	16–18, 22–24	Spectrum	Honda
	12	Bob Reid (M)	1–6, 10–18, 22–24	Citation	Honda
	18	Robert Dietz	4–6	Van Diemen	Honda
		Theodore Burns	13–15	Piper	Honda
	21	David Petzko (M)	10–18, 22–24	Spectrum	Honda
	24	Christopher Horan	4–6, 10–12	Van Diemen	Honda
	26	Charles Anti	10–12	Van Diemen	Honda
	30	Will Velkoff	4–6, 10–12, 16–18, 22–24	Van Diemen	Honda
	31	Scott Rubenzer (M)	All	Spectrum	Honda
	37	Joe Parsons (M)	16–18	Spectrum	Honda
	41	Robert Albani (M)	1–6, 10–12, 16–18, 22–24	Mygale	Honda
	47	Austin Kimberly	4–6, 10–15	Spectrum	Ford
	54	Charles Horn (M)	13–15	Swift	Honda
	62	Robert Gross (M)	10–12	Piper	Honda
	72	Tom Schwietz (M)	10–12	Citation	Honda
	73	Robert Perona (M)	13–15	Piper	Honda
	75	Jay Messenger (M)	13–15	Van Diemen	Honda
	85	David Livingston Jr. (M)	4–9, 13–15	Spectrum	Honda
	93	Michael Bulzacchelli	10–12, 16–18, 22–24	Piper	Honda

(M) indicates Masters Class driver

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Track	Location
1	April 1–3	Carolina Motorsport Park	Kershaw, South Carolina
2
3
4	April 30 - May 2	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7	May 20–23	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
8
9
10	June 18–20	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13	July 30 - August 1	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
14
15
16	August 20–22	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia
17
18
19	September 10–12	Autobahn Country Club	Joliet, Illinois
20
21
22	October 15–17	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania
23
24
References: [18]

Results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	Carolina Motorsports Park	Kershaw, South Carolina	April 2	Nicholas d'Orlando	Robert Perona	Ax Kametches
2			April 3		Ax Kametches	Nicholas d'Orlando
3					Robert Perona	Nicholas d'Orlando
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	May 1	Simon Sikes	Simon Sikes	Simon Sikes
5			May 2		Simon Sikes	Simon Sikes
6					Nicholas d'Orlando	Simon Sikes
7	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	May 22	Jonathan Lee	Hugh Esterson	Jonathan Lee
8			May 23		Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
9					Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	June 19	Thomas Schrage	Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
11			June 20		Nicholas d'Orlando	Joey Brienza
12					Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
13	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	July 31	Nicholas d'Orlando	Hugh Esterson	Joey Brienza
14			August 1		Kyle August	Will Holtz
15					Will Holtz	Nicholas d'Orlando
16	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 20	Jonathan Lee	Kyle August	Joey Brienza
17			August 21		Ax Kametches	Nicholas d'Orlando
18					Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
19	Autobahn Country Club	Joliet, Illinois	September 10	Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
20			September 11		Thomas Schrage	Thomas Schrage
21					Ax Kametches	Thomas Schrage
22	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	October 15	Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
23			October 16		Nicholas d'Orlando	Nicholas d'Orlando
24					Kyle August	Thomas Schrage
References: [19] [20]

Driver Standings

Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT RA SP ABCC PITT Pts Drop Pts 1 Nicholas d'Orlando 13 1 1 3 2 2 DNF 1 1 1 26 1 3 5 1 DNF 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 DNF 904 901 2 Ax Kametches 1 8 4 2 24 23 4 3 3 3 3 7 2 7 4 4 4 20 3 6 4 6 8 4 736 725 3 Joey Brienza 11 6 2 9 DNF 9 14 4 2 8 1 DNF 1 4 18 1 3 2 5 5 16 2 4 2 698 703 4 Will Holtz 4 4 3 5 5 4 7 5 4 6 23 4 5 1 10 2 5 3 4 3 10 8 5 15 717 684 5 Hugh Esterson 3 12 7 7 4 10 2 9 8 2 16 3 6 11 6 DNF 7 4 6 9 2 3 3 3 670 642 6 Jonathan Lee 2 2 6 6 3 24 1 2 13 13 2 5 14 14 11 16 6 7 10 10 8 5 6 19 617 605 7 Kyle August 5 5 5 8 5 4 6 8 5 7 6 9 7 8 5 3 8 6 7 8 9 7 7 5 666 603 8 Scott Rubenzer (M) 7 7 8 14 11 11 11 12 10 9 7 8 9 DNF 12 5 9 9 DNF 15 11 9 9 7 474 471 9 Thomas Schrage 20 17 20 4 4 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 404 404 10 David Adorno 21 18 15 8 11 14 16 8 10 11 12 8 18 17 8 11 11 14 11 11 6 358 358 11 Mike Scanlan (M) 9 10 14 24 20 18 20 17 18 18 16 13 8 11 13 14 14 13 18 16 13 262 262 12 David Livingston Jr. (M) 10 6 7 5 7 11 13 18 7 204 204 13 Omar Khan 8 9 9 19 16 22 13 14 12 11 15 17 16 13 14 199 204 14 Bob Reid (M) 10 15 12 25 22 19 15 10 21 17 15 15 10 DNS 16 13 20 10 202 202 15 TJ Zimmerman 26 14 13 9 10 7 22 5 11 21 10 9 193 193 16 Jeffrey Bartz 16 9 8 10 13 9 8 DNF DNS 12 12 12 177 191 17 Sam Lockwood (M) 12 13 15 23 19 16 12 DNS DNS 19 20 19 12 13 17 20 15 12 175 175 18 Simon Sikes 1 1 1 157 157 19 Ayrton Houk 15 10 5 8 7 6 144 144 20 Rob Albani (M) 14 14 10 22 21 DNS DNF 25 DNF 6 10 DNS 10 DNF 8 141 141 21 Will Velkoff 17 DNF 14 25 22 22 11 12 15 12 14 9 132 132 22 Joe Colasacco (M) 11 7 DNF 5 9 12 118 118 23 Robert Perona (M) 6 3 13 22 3 DNF 117 117 24 Steve Oseth (M) 21 13 14 7 DNS 10 14 19 18 109 109 25 Michael Bulzacchelli 17 11 DNF 15 15 12 17 10 11 92 106 26 John Dole (M) 18 12 15 9 DNF 11 21 12 DNF 102 102 27 Dave Petzko (M) 23 19 23 19 17 16 13 14 18 19 17 17 100 100 28 Christopher Horan 12 12 12 14 24 6 95 95 Dexter Czuba 3 6 6 95 95 30 Misha Goikhberg 23 6 2 74 74 31 Billy Frazer 4 23 3 59 71 32 Tonis Kasemets (M) 9 13 7 65 65 Peter Dempsey DNF 4 5 65 65 Christopher Kierce 19 19 14 16 13 14 46 65 35 Andre Castro DNF 2 5 64 64 36 Theo Peppes (M) 14 16 DNF 15 18 16 53 53 37 Robert Dietz 13 8 17 49 49 Steve Roux (M) 15 11 11 49 49 39 Robert Gross (M) 24 21 24 13 16 15 45 45 40 Tim Kautz (M) 4 DNF 17 44 44 41 Charles Anti 10 14 20 40 40 42 Austin Kimberly 12 27 16 DNS DNF DNF DNS DNS DNS 20 29 43 Trevor Russell 18 15 21 24 24 Tom Schwietz (M) DNF 18 13 24 24 Joe Parsons (M) 17 18 19 24 24 46 Theodore Burns 12 DNF DNS 18 18 47 Charles Horn (M) 20 19 DNS 13 13 Drivers ineligible for points Jace Denmark 10 2 3 Jey Messenger (M) 15 9 DNF Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT RA SP ABCC PITT Pts Drop Pts References: [21]

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd-place finish Bronze 3rd-place finish Green Top 5 finish Light Blue Top 10 finish Dark Blue Other flagged position Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did Not Start (DNS) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (3 points) Italics Fastest lap of the race (2 points)

See also

• F1600 Championship Series

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