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
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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

Pro Division Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco M 4–6, 10–12 Van Diemen Honda Brad Hayes Racing 75 Ayrton Houk [4] R 4–6, 19–21 Piper Honda Exclusive Autosport 92 Joey Brienza II [5] R All Spectrum Honda 93 Billy Frazer R 4–6 Drivers Services 2 Mike Scanlan M 1–6, 10–24 Spectrum Honda Global Racing Team 51 TJ Zimmerman [6] [7] R 4–15 Van Diemen Mazda K-Hill Motorsports 08 Jace Denmark G 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 [8] All 90 Omar Khan [8] 4–15 Lee Racing 0 Jonathan Lee 1–12 Swift Ford 05 13–15 Lee Racing w/ Rice Race Prep [9] 0 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 19–24 Mygale Honda 6 Simon Sikes [10] 4–6 Dexter Czuba [9] 7–9 Thomas Schrage [11] 10–12 Misha Goikhberg 13–15 Andre Castro R 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] R 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 AirportElectricServ 01 Thomas Schrage 4–6 Swift Dole Racing 4 John Dole M 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda Aero Services Winchester 5 Steve Oseth M 10–12, 16–18 Citation Honda 72 22–24 ATC Technologies Inc. 11 Christopher Kierce 16–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda Weiss 12 Bob Reid M 1–6, 10–18, 22–24 Citation Honda Polestar 18 Robert Dietz 4–6 Van Diemen Honda Kelly-Moss Road & Race 18 Theodore Burns 13–15 Piper Honda Shady Hill Clayworks 21 David Petzko M 10–18, 22–24 Spectrum Honda Steelfiber 24 Christopher Horan 4–6, 10–12 Van Diemen Honda AntiSpeed 26 Charles Anti 10–12 Van Diemen Honda Practical Precision Engineering 30 Will Velkoff 4–6, 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Van Diemen Honda Morgan's Collision Center 31 Scott Rubenzer M All Spectrum Honda IAM Advisory 37 Joe Parsons M 16–18 Spectrum Honda Home Tech Bldg. Consultants 41 Robert Albani M 1–6, 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Mygale Honda Flying Cross Motorsports 47 Austin Kimberly 10–18 Spectrum Ford Porter Racing 54 Charles Horn M 13–15 Swift Honda Gross Racing 62 Robert Gross M 10–12 Piper Honda Steel Services 72 Tom Schwietz M 10–12 Citation Honda Bell Helmets 73 Robert Perona M 13–15 Piper Honda Messenger Racing 75 Jay Messenger GM 13–15 Van Diemen Honda ThermaMasters 85 David Livingston Jr. M 4–9, 13–15 Spectrum Honda Hardline Motorsports 90 Omar Khan 1–3 Mygale Honda AdvAutomotive 93 Michael Bulzacchelli 10–12, 16–18, 22–24 Piper Honda

Icon Class M Masters R Rookie G Guest

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: The 2021 Formula Race Promotions Schedule is Here [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]

Scoring System

Points are awarded to the top twentyfive classified drivers, and the top drivers who enables to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with the corrispective bonus points +3 and +2 points.

The Season Championship will recognize only driver’s best 21 of 24 race results including all bonus points earned. ^[20]

Points are awarded using the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th+	DNF
Points	50	42	37	34	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Guest drivers are ineligible to score points.

Driver Standings

Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT-1 RA SP ABCC PITT-2 Pts Drop Pts 1 Nicholas d'Orlando 13 [a] 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 [b] 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 [c] 7 4 10 2 9 8 2 16 3 6 11 6 DNF 7 4 [d] 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 [e] 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 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 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. 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 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 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 14 14 10 22 21 DNS DNF 25 DNF 6 [f] 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 11 7 DNF 5 9 12 118 118 23 Robert Perona 6 3 13 [g] 22 3 DNF 117 117 24 Steve Oseth 21 13 14 7 DNS 10 14 19 18 109 109 25 Michael Bulzacchelli 17 11 DNF 15 15 12 [h] 17 10 11 92 106 26 John Dole 18 12 15 9 DNF 11 21 12 DNF 102 102 27 Dave Petzko 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 9 13 7 65 65 Christopher Kierce 19 19 14 16 13 14 65 65 Peter Dempsey DNF 4 5 46 65 35 Andre Castro DNF 2 5 [i] 64 64 36 Theo Peppes 14 16 DNF 15 18 16 53 53 37 Robert Dietz 13 8 17 49 49 Steve Roux 15 11 11 49 49 39 Robert Gross 24 21 24 13 16 15 45 45 40 Tim Kautz 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 DNF 18 13 24 24 Joe Parsons 17 18 19 24 24 46 Theodore Burns 12 DNF DNS 18 18 47 Charles Horn 20 19 DNS 13 13 Drivers ineligible for points Jace Denmark 10 2 3 Jey Messenger 15 9 DNF Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT-1 RA SP ABCC PITT-2 Pts Drop Pts References: FRP Official Points Standings & Results Archive F1600 & Race Monitor

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) Master of the Year Masters

Incident Reports

Carolina MotorSports Park April 1-3, 2021 F1600 Penalty Report ^{[a] [b] [g] [c]}
Summit Point - 2021 — F1600 Incident Report - Race 1 & 3 ^{[e] [f] [h] [i] [d]}

See also

• 2021 F2000 Championship Series

Notes

1. Violation: 1.6.17.3 AVOIDABLE CONTACT 1.6.17.4 RACING ROOM and 1.6.17.5 SAFE PASS. - 15 Race Points.
2. Violation: 1.6.17.4 RACING ROOM and 1.6.17.5 SAFE PASS. - 15 Race Points.
3. Violation: 1.6.16.11.b - Not under control through a waving yellow flag 1.6.17.2 - Did not complete the full race distance. - 10 Race Points.
4. 1. 80 is in violation of 1.6.17.3: Avoidable Contact -10 Race Points
5. 1. 0 is in violation of 1.6.17.3: Avoidable Contact. -10 racing points
6. 1. 41 is in violation of 1.6.17.4 & 1.6.17.5: Racing Room & Safe Pass. -15 racing points
7. Violation: 1.6.17.4 RACING ROOM and 1.6.17.5 SAFE PASS. - 10 Race Points.
8. 1. 93 is in violation: #93 — 1.6.17.4: Racing Room. -10 Race Points
9. 1. 6 violates 1.6.17.4: Racing Room. -10 Race points

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