2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship was the sixth season – since its revival in 2010 – of the U.S. F2000 National Championship, an open wheel auto racing series that is the first step in INDYCAR's Road to Indy ladder, and is owned by Andersen Promotions. It was the second season featuring a single class of competition. The schedule expanded to 16 races from 14 in 2014 with the addition of a pair of races at NOLA Motorsports Park and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where the series previously raced in 2013. Nearby Sonoma Raceway was dropped from the schedule.

French second year driver Nico Jamin captured the championship driving for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. Jamin won ten of the sixteen rounds and finished on the podium of every race except one. American Jake Eidson of Pabst Racing finished on the podium in every race but two, however, he only won four races and Jamin soundly exceeded him for the championship by 72 points. Cape's Aaron Telitz captured one victory among his ten podium finishes and captured third in the championship. Brazilian Victor Franzoni captured a win in the fourth round of the championship, but his team was suspended for repeated equipment rules violations and Franzoni moved to the Pro Mazda Championship.^[1] Australian Anthony Martin finished on the podium five times and captured rookie of the year honors.

Drivers and teams edit

All teams were American-registered.

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Abel Motorsports	51	Bill Abel	7–9
Afterburner Autosport^{[N 1]}	17	Victor Franzoni	1–6
	17	Sennan Fielding	12–14
	18	Jack Mitchell	12–16
ArmsUp Motorsports	5	Keyvan Andres Soori	All
	6	Max Hanratty	All
	7	Peter Portante	15–16
	16	James Dayson	All
Cape Motorsports with WTR	2	Nico Jamin	All
Cape Motorsports with WTR	3	Aaron Telitz	All
D2D Motorsports	61	Andrew List^{[N 2]}	1–2, 12–14
JAY Motorsports	12	Augie Lerch	1–9
JDC Motorsports	19	Sam Chastain	7–8
	19	Robert Alon	15–16
	80	Parker Thompson	All
John Cummiskey Racing	33	Anthony Martin	All
John Cummiskey Racing	94	Jordan Lloyd	1–4
Pabst Racing	22	Jake Eidson	All
Pabst Racing	23	Luo Yufeng	All
RJB Motorsports	9	Alex Mayer	12–14
RJB Motorsports	10	Clint McMahan	12–14
Swan Motorsports	9	Tyler Hunter	7–8
Team Pelfrey	81	Ayla Ågren	All
	82	Luke Gabin	All
	83	Garth Rickards	All
	84	Nikita Lastochkin	All

Race calendar and results edit

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 28	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Pabst Racing
2	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 29		Aaron Telitz	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Pabst Racing
3	NOLA Motorsports Park	Avondale, Louisiana	April 11	Nico Jamin	Aaron Telitz	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
4	NOLA Motorsports Park	Avondale, Louisiana	April 12		Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Afterburner Autosport
5	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	April 25	Nico Jamin	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Aaron Telitz	Cape Motorsports with WTR
6	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	April 26		Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
7	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana	May 8	Nico Jamin	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
8	Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course	Speedway, Indiana	May 9		Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
9	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Clermont, Indiana	May 23	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Pabst Racing
10	Streets of Toronto	Toronto	June 13	Nico Jamin	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Jake Eidson	Pabst Racing
11	Streets of Toronto	Toronto	June 14		Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 1	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
13			August 2		Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
14			August 2		Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
15	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 12	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR
16	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 13		Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Cape Motorsports with WTR

Championship standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos	Driver	STP		NOL		BAR		IMS		LOR	TOR		MOH			LAG		Points
1	Nico Jamin	3	3	1*	2	14	1*	1	1*	2	2	1*	1*	1*	1*	1*	1*	457
2	Jake Eidson	1*	1*	3	3	3	3	2	12	1*	1*	2	4	2	3	3	3	385
3	Aaron Telitz	2	2	2	16	1	4	3*	2	3	6	5	3	3	2	4	2	348
4	Anthony Martin	4	4	16	5	4	2	4	3	4	3	4	2	14	4	2	4	300
5	Parker Thompson	15	6	7	4	5	5	14	6	6	11	12	5	4	5	5	14	221
6	Luke Gabin	17	9	8	14	15	14	5	4	8	4	3	7	7	6	15	15	194
7	Luo Yufeng	5	14	15	9	8	6	17	5	5	12	7	6	8	12	8	9	193
8	Nikita Lastochkin	10	8	10	12	10	8	8	7	12	8	8	11	10	10	7	5	193
9	Garth Rickards	7	15	11	8	6	11	7	17	9	5	6	18	5	8	9	10	186
10	Ayla Ågren	9	10	9	11	9	10	6	14	11	7	9	10	6	11	11	7	186
11	Keyvan Andres Soori	16	7	6	7	7	7	15	10	7	13	13	8	11	18	6	8	177
12	Max Hanratty	11	11	12	13	11	9	16	9	10	9	10	14	13	13	13	11	151
13	James Dayson	14	13	14	15	13	13	12	15	15	10	11	16	16	16	14	13	116
14	Victor Franzoni	6	16	4	1*	2*	DSQ											98
15	Augie Lerch	13	DNS	13	10	12	12	10	16	13								69
16	Jordan Lloyd	8	5	5	6													62
17	Sennan Fielding												9	9	7			38
18	Andrew List	12	12										17	17	15			32
19	Jack Mitchell												12	12	9			30
20	Peter Portante															10	6	26
21	Sam Chastain							9	8									25
22	Bill Abel							13	13	14								23
23	Tyler Hunter							11	11									20
24	Alex Mayer												15	15	14			19
25	Robert Alon															12	12	18
26	Clint McMahan												13	18	17			15
Pos	Driver	STP		NOL		BAR		IMS		LOR	TOR		MOH			LAG		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
Bold	Pole position (1 point)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap (1 point)
*	Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps
Rookie

Teams' Championship edit

Pos	Team	Points
1	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	538
2	Pabst Racing	335
3	John Cummiskey Racing	260
4	Team Pelfrey	188
5	JDC Motorsports	158
6	ArmsUp Motorsports	99
7	Afterburner Autosport	92
8	JAY Motorsports	35
9	D2D Motorsports	20
10	Abel Motorsports	12
11	Swan Racing	9
12	RJB Motorsports	6

Footnotes edit

^ Skipped Indianapolis, LOR & Toronto due to team sanctions
^ Missed NOLA to Mid-Ohio due to practice crash during testing

References edit

^ Wittich, Steve (May 1, 2015). "Mazda Road To Indy update – Friday May 1st – Wrapping up Barber (video and penalties) and other news". TrackSideOnline.com. TrackSide Online. Retrieved October 25, 2015. The team has been fined $10,000 and suspended from competition for the next two USF2000 events.

External links edit

U.S. F2000 National Championship official website

[2] Skipped Indianapolis, LOR & Toronto due to team sanctions

[3] Missed NOLA to Mid-Ohio due to practice crash during testing

[1] Wittich, Steve (May 1, 2015). "Mazda Road To Indy update – Friday May 1st – Wrapping up Barber (video and penalties) and other news". TrackSideOnline.com. TrackSide Online. Retrieved October 25, 2015. The team has been fined $10,000 and suspended from competition for the next two USF2000 events.

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