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2014 F1600 Championship Series

The 2014 F1600 Championship Series season was the fourth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season commenced on April 12 at Road Atlanta, and ended on October 12 at Watkins Glen International after 14 races held at 7 meetings.

No fewer than eleven drivers won races during the season, but it was Norway's Ayla Ågren who won the title for Team Pelfrey. Ågren had trailed her team-mate Garth Rickards by nine points going into the final round, but her last-lap victory in the final race of the season; her third win of 2014 – passing Sam Chastain to do so – allowed her to take the championship title, ahead of Rickards by a total of thirteen points. Team Pelfrey swept the top three placings in the final championship standings, as Augie Lerch managed to surpass Jack Mitchell, Jr. by eleven points, again with results in the final race of the season. The only other driver to win multiple races during the season was James Goughary, who won races at the first Watkins Glen meeting as well as Road Atlanta, en route to finishing fifth overall in the championship and as the best placed Masters class driver. Rickards, Chastain, Lerch and Mitchell all won a race each, while other drivers to win were Franklin Futrelle at Road Atlanta, Mikhail Goikhberg at the first Watkins Glen meeting, Brandon Newey and Steve Bamford at Virginia International Raceway, as well as Evan Mehan at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Drivers and teams edit

Team No. Driver Car Engine Notes
Polestar Racing Group 0   Lewis Cooper III Van Diemen Ford Kent Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only
ONP Racing 2   Mike Scanlan Spectrum Honda Fit Masters class
Auriana Racing 3   Joe Colasacco Van Diemen RF05 Honda Fit Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only
Bjerke Motorsports 4   Ryan Bjerke Van Diemen Ford Kent Thompson only
Dotworks Racing 06   Austin McCusker Van Diemen VD01 Honda Fit
Rice Race Prep. 07   Steve Bamford Mygale SJ11 Honda Fit Masters class
Ski Motorsports 7   James Goughary Van Diemen RF00 Honda Fit Masters class
Raceworks 9   Brandon Angel Spectrum Honda Fit
70   Sam Lockwood Spectrum 014 Watkins Glen 2 only
97   Franklin Futrelle
Swan Motorsports 10   Max Mällinen Spectrum 014 Honda Fit
WISKO Racing 13   Nikita Lastochkin Mygale SJ Honda Fit Road Atlanta only
  Andrew Hobbs Watkins Glen 1 onwards
24   Will Harvey
Buffalo Motorsports 18   Dan Pyanowski Van Diemen RF00 Honda Fit Masters class; Watkins Glen & Mid-Ohio only
Art Foster Racing 21   Arthur Foster Spectrum 014 Honda Fit Masters class
Front Range MotorSports 23   Reid Hazelton Van Diemen Honda Fit Watkins Glen 1 only
66   Bob Melvin Ford Kent Masters class
Chastain Motorsports LLC 27   Sam Chastain Mygale SJ13 Honda Fit
28   Andrew Lewis Mygale Watkins Glen 2 only
29   Evan Mehan Mygale Skipped VIR
  Brandon Newey VIR only
GRT Racing 31   Scott Rubenzer Spectrum Honda Fit Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh
36   Steve Roux Wyvern Honda Fit Watkins Glen 1 & Thompson only
Kenneth Boquillion 45   Kenneth Boquillion Mygale Honda Fit Masters class; Thompson only
505A Racing 46   Douglas Voss Spectrum 012B Honda Fit Masters class
Trimark Racing 50   Keith Joslyn Van Diemen RF98 Honda Fit Masters class; Watkins Glen 1 only
Andrew Lewis 73   Andrew Lewis Piper DF-3 Road Atlanta only
FF75 75   Donald Baggett Swift DB6 Ford Kent Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh
Team Pelfrey[1] 80   Esteban Garzón Mygale SJ12 Honda Fit Road Atlanta only
  Nikita Lastochkin Watkins Glen 1 onwards
81   Ayla Ågren
82   Augie Lerch
83   Garth Rickards
Drivers Services 88   Bill Valet Swift DB6 Ford Kent Watkins Glen 1 only
Exclusive Autosport 90   Jayson Clunie Spectrum 014 Honda Fit Masters class; Road Atlanta only
91   Max Hanratty Road Atlanta only
92   Jeff Kingsley Road Atlanta only
93   Jack Mitchell, Jr.
K-Hill Motorsports 98   Mikhail Goikhberg Mygale Honda Fit Watkins Glen 1 only
Dexter Czuba 99   Dexter Czuba Van Diemen Ford Kent Thompson only

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Road Atlanta   Braselton, Georgia April 12   Garth Rickards   Steve Bamford   Franklin Futrelle
2 April 13   James Goughary   James Goughary   James Goughary
3 Watkins Glen International   Watkins Glen, New York May 17   James Goughary   Augie Lerch   James Goughary
4 May 18   Garth Rickards   Garth Rickards   Mikhail Goikhberg
5 Virginia International Raceway   Alton, Virginia June 7   Brandon Newey   Ayla Ågren   Brandon Newey
6 June 8   Brandon Newey   Ayla Ågren   Steve Bamford
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Lexington, Ohio July 5   Garth Rickards   Garth Rickards   Ayla Ågren
8 July 6   Sam Chastain   Ayla Ågren   Augie Lerch
9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex   Wampum, Pennsylvania August 2   Jack Mitchell, Jr.   Garth Rickards   Ayla Ågren
10 August 3   Jack Mitchell, Jr.   Evan Mehan   Jack Mitchell, Jr.
11 Thompson Speedway Road Course   Thompson, Connecticut August 30   Evan Mehan   Evan Mehan   Evan Mehan
12 August 31   Evan Mehan   Ayla Ågren   Sam Chastain
13 Watkins Glen International   Watkins Glen, New York October 11   Nikita Lastochkin   Garth Rickards   Garth Rickards
14 October 12   Ayla Ågren   Augie Lerch   Ayla Ågren

Final points standings edit

Place Driver Starts Points
1   Ayla Ågren 12 492
2   Garth Rickards 12 479
3   Augie Lerch 12 413
4   Jack Mitchell, Jr. 12 408
5   James Goughary (M) 12 381
6   Nikita Lastochkin 12 360
7   Sam Chastain 12 358
8   Steve Bamford (M) 12 326
9   Arthur Foster (M) 12 300
10   Will Harvey 12 264
11   Andrew Hobbs 10 226
12   Mike Scanlan (M) 12 160
13   Evan Mehan 6 155
14   Austin McCusker 10 109
15   Brandon Angel 6 98
15   Brandon Newey 2 98
17   Douglas Voss 8 97
18   Scott Rubenzer (M) 6 88
19   Mikhail Goikhberg 2 77
20   Lewis Cooper III (M) 4 72
20   Joe Colasacco (M) 4 72
22   Franklin Futrelle 5 66
23   Max Mallinen 6 61
24   Bob Melvin 6 44
25   Jayson Clunie 2 36
25   Reid Hazleton 2 36
27   Esteban Garzón 2 34
27   Andrew Lewis 2 34
29   Donald Baggett 4 29
29   Steve Roux (M) 3 29
31   Bill Valet 2 28
32   Sam Lockwood (M) 2 26
33   Jeff Kingsley 2 24
34   Ryan Bjerke 2 18
34   Dexter Czuba 2 18
36   Keith Joslyn 2 17
37   Max Hanratty 2 14
38   Dan Pyanowski 2 11
  • (M) Indicates Masters class driver

References edit

  1. ^ "Three Car Program for Pelfrey Announced". F1600 Championship Series. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

External links edit

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