2014 U.S. F2000 Winterfest

The 2014 U.S. F2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest was the fourth year of the winter racing series promoted by the U.S. F2000 National Championship. It consisted of six races held during two race meets during February 2014 and serves as preparation for the 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship. Both venues are new for 2014 as the series previously raced on tracks in the state of Florida for the Winterfest.

American R. C. Enerson captured a closely contested title over Brit Michael Epps, with each driver capturing two wins and two other podium finishes. American rookie Jake Eidson finished third in points as the only driver to finish in the top-five in every race. Victor Franzoni won the first race but had two retirements and a DNS and fell to seventh in points and Clarke Toppe won the third race but it was his only top-five finish of the series as he finished fifth in points, six points behind Florian Latorre.

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Notes
  Afterburner Autosport 15   Gustavo Myasava
17   Victor Franzoni
18   Jeroen Slaghekke
  ArmsUp Motorsports 24   Peter Portante Barber only
51   Aaron Telitz
  Belardi Auto Racing 4   Daniel Burkett Barber only
14   Florian Latorre
41   Nico Jamin
44   Michael Epps
  Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
2   Jake Eidson
3   Danilo Estrela NOLA only
  JAY Motorsports 96   Henrik Furuseth
  JDC Motorsports 12   Felipe Donato Barber only
93   Scott Andrews
97   Clark Toppe
  M2 Autosport 13   Juan Diego Maldonado
25   Santiago Lozano
  Pabst Racing Services 23   Will Owen
77   Austin Cindric
  Team E Racing 7   R. C. Enerson

Race calendar and results

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The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series', was announced on October 24, 2013.[1]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana February 21   R. C. Enerson   Victor Franzoni   not awarded   Victor Franzoni   Afterburner Autosport
2 February 22   Aaron Telitz   R. C. Enerson   R. C. Enerson   Team E
3   Clark Toppe   Clark Toppe   Clark Toppe   JDC Motorsports
4 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama February 25   Michael Epps   Jake Eidson   Florian Latorre   Michael Epps   Belardi Auto Racing
5   R. C. Enerson   Michael Epps   Michael Epps   Belardi Auto Racing
6 February 26   R. C. Enerson   R. C. Enerson   R. C. Enerson   Team E

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver NOL BAR Points
1   R. C. Enerson 3 1* 6 4 2 1* 146
2   Michael Epps 7 12 3 1 1* 2 132
3   Jake Eidson 5 3 2 5 5 4 118
4   Florian Latorre 9 6 10 2* 3 5 103
5   Clark Toppe 8 8 1* 10 8 6 97
6   Aaron Telitz 16 14 5 7 4 3 85
7   Victor Franzoni 1 2 16 3 19 DNS 84
8   Scott Andrews 17 4 4 8 9 7 78
9   Henrik Furuseth 2 5 7 14 15 18 72
10   Austin Cindric 13 17 8 9 6 9 61
11   Will Owen 10 16 9 11 13 13 54
12   Jeroen Slaghekke 14 13 12 12 10 12 53
13   Nico Jamin 6 7 17 16 18 14 46
14   Gustavo Myasava 11 9 13 19 14 15 43
15   Peter Portante 6 7 8 42
16   Juan Diego Maldonado 15 11 15 15 16 16 38
17   Santiago Lozano 12 10 14 18 17 17 36
18   Danilo Estrela 4 15 11 35
19   Felipe Donato 13 11 10 29
20   Daniel Burkett 17 12 11 23
Pos Driver NOL BAR 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
In-line notation
Championship Class only
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)

Teams'

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Pos Team Points
1   Belardi Auto Racing 149
2   Team E Racing 115
3   Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 98
4   JDC Motorsports 80
5   ArmsUp Motorsports 72
6   Afterburner Autosport 65
7   JAY Motorsports 55
8   Pabst Racing Services 26
9   M2 Autosport 12

References

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  1. ^ Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05
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