2010 F2000 Championship Series

The 2010 F2000 Championship Series season marked the fifth season of competition in the series. It comprised 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 10 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding September 5 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

2010 F2000 Championship season
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With six victories during the season, Victor Carbone finished it as the champion, 74 points clear of closest rival Cole Morgan, who took two wins. Daniel Erickson finished the season in third place, despite missing two early-season rounds at Road Atlanta and Mosport, taking a double win at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio. Jonathan Scarallo, Chris Livengood and Remy Audette took the other race wins as they all finished inside the top ten in the championship standings.

Drivers and teams

The series released a 33-car entry list on March 29, 2010.[1]

Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Notes
K-Hill Motorsports 1 Cole Morgan[2] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec In partnership with Greisiger Motorsports
12 Bob Reid Van Diemen RF04 Zetec Road America only
20 Matthew Inge[3] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America
42 James Winslow Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Watkins Glen race 1 only
Primus Racing 02 Daniel Erickson[4] Van Diemen Zetec Skipped Mosport
Z-Sports 03 Tim Walsh[5] Van Diemen Zetec VIR & Road Atlanta only
GTP Motorsports 3 Phil Lombardi[6] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec
14 Blake Teeter[6] Van Diemen Zetec VIR to Mosport only
16 Peter González[6] Van Diemen RF05 Zetec Skipped Watkins Glen & Road America
17 Félix Serrallés Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Lime Rock only
69 Paul Farmer[6] Mygale SJ05 Zetec Skipped Road America
70 Tom Fatur[6] Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Skipped Mosport & Road America
86 Jim Hanrahan Van Diemen Zetec Lime Rock only
ArmsUp Motorsports 4 Rich Balsley Van Diemen RF07 Zetec Road America only
R-Sport 5 Keith McCrone[7] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec
22 Jonathan Scarallo[7] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec
SMR Motorsports 06 Timothy Paul[8] Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport
14 Stevan McAleer Van Diemen Zetec Watkins Glen onwards
Lap 2 Racing
8000Inc Racing		 7 Brent Gilkes Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Skipped Road America
St. Clair Motorsports 8 Mark Defer Van Diemen Zetec Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
42 Bill Jordan Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
51 Dan Denison Van Diemen RF05 Zetec Skipped Road America
97 Chris Gumprecht Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport
Dole Fuels Racing 08 John Dole Van Diemen RF99 Zetec Lime Rock only
JDC MotorSports 10 Mikhail Goikhberg[9] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
55 Gerry Kraut[9] Van Diemen RF03 Zetec VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
Company Motorsports 11 Jesse Yorio[10] Piper DF-5 Zetec Skipped Road Atlanta & Road America
25 Jeff McCusker[10] Piper DF-5
Van Diemen RF01		 Zetec Skipped Road America
John LaRue 17 John LaRue Citation Zetec VIR only
Audette Racing 21 Remy Audette[11] Van Diemen RF08 Zetec VIR to Mosport only
Alegra Motorsports 23 Victor Carbone[12] Van Diemen RF02 Zetec
26 Fabio Orsolon Van Diemen RF03 Zetec
Clawson Motorsports 27 Craig Clawson Van Diemen RF01 Zetec
AcceleRace Motorsports 28 Ardie Greenamyer Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Road America
4 Chris Camadella Van Diemen Zetec Watkins Glen only
Len Amato 33 Len Amato Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, Road America
Liberty Motorsports 36 Tim Kautz[13] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec VIR & Road Atlanta only
41 Brian Belardi[9] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
80 Bobby Caldwell[14] Van Diemen RF00 Zetec In partnership with Caldwell Racing
85 Zach Craigo Van Diemen Zetec Joined at Mosport, skipped Lime Rock
Work Racing 37 Chris Livengood[15] Van Diemen RF00 Pinto
McLaughlin Motorsports 57 Billy McLaughlin Van Diemen RF06 Zetec VIR & Road Atlanta only
Weitzenhof Racing 67 Dave Weitzenhof Citation Zetec VIR to Mosport only
Vaughn Horvath 73 Vaughn Horvath Van Diemen RF97 Pinto Skipped Lime Rock
Fat Boy Racing 83 Charles Finelli Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock race 2, & Road America
Brendan Puderbach Lime Rock race 2 only
Ski Motorsports 88 Tim Minor Van Diemen RF98 Zetec Skipped Road America
K-FAST 89 Rob Nicholas Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America
ADSA/Wright Racing 90 Robert Wright Van Diemen RF03 Zetec
94 Al Guibord, Sr. Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Lime Rock and Road America
95 Al Guibord, Jr. Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 10 Daniel Erickson Cole Morgan Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports
2 April 11 Daniel Erickson Jonathan Scarallo Cole Morgan K-Hill Motorsports
3 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 7 Victor Carbone Rob Nicholas Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports
4 May 8 Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports
5 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario June 12 Remy Audette Remy Audette Remy Audette Audette Racing
6 June 13 Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports
7 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York July 3 Chris Livengood Cole Morgan Daniel Erickson Primus Racing
8 July 4 Daniel Erickson Victor Carbone Daniel Erickson Primus Racing
9 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut July 23 Keith McCrone Daniel Erickson Cole Morgan K-Hill Motorsports
10 July 24 Victor Carbone Daniel Erickson Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports
11 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 7 Daniel Erickson Victor Carbone Victor Carbone Alegra Motorsports
12 August 8 Jonathan Scarallo Jonathan Scarallo Jonathan Scarallo R-Sport
13 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 4 Victor Carbone Chris Livengood Chris Livengood Work Racing
14 September 5 Victor Carbone Chris Livengood Daniel Erickson Primus Racing

Final standings
Pos Driver VIR
 ATL
 MOS
 WGI
 LRP
 ROA
 MID
 Total Drop Points
1 Victor Carbone 1 4 1 1 4 1 5 2 Ret 1 1 7 5 3 562 27 535
2 Cole Morgan 4 1 3 Ret 3 2 4 3 1 9 10 4 3 2 482 21 461
3 Daniel Erickson 2 10 1 1 12 2 2 2 9 1 395 395
4 Phil Lombardi 7 30 6 3 2 5 10 8 3 3 8 6 7 5 398 21 377
5 Keith McCrone 17 6 11 5 6 6 7 5 4 13 6 3 21 Ret 327 5 322
6 Fabio Orsolon 3 3 2 22 Ret DNS 9 10 Ret 4 7 5 4 9 314 314
7 Jonathan Scarallo 6 7 25 2 DNS DNS 13 12 7 6 21 1 20 4 289 289
8 Chris Livengood 9 21 15 7 Ret 9 2 4 26 DNS 5 21 1 7 286 286
9 Tim Minor 10 Ret 5 4 5 4 3 6 5 5 22 DNS 283 283
10 Remy Audette 5 2 1 3 2 6 236 236
11 Bobby Caldwell 12 9 17 26 17 8 12 9 11 10 Ret 11 13 12 215 1 214
12 Steven McAleer 11 7 2 7 3 10 153 153
13 Rob Nicholas DNS 5 4 24 6 Ret 6 8 153 153
14 Craig Clawson 20 18 24 14 10 Ret 17 15 13 14 17 14 17 18 138 3 135
15 Dave Weitzenhof 15 11 7 7 8 10 130 130
16 Mark Defer 19 13 14 8 Ret 14 20 18 10 19 116 116
17 Tom Fatur 29 12 18 12 Ret 19 9 Ret 11 11 113 113
18 Robert Wright 21 14 27 16 9 Ret 28 28 18 Ret 13 23 14 14 108 2 106
19 Gerry Kraut 12 6 9 8 94 94
20 Ardie Greenamyer 16 16 10 10 16 DNS 26 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 91 91
21 Jeff McCusker Ret 20 18 20 8 12 15 15 84 84
22 Chris Gumprecht 8 Ret 7 28 19 16 14 Ret DNS DNS 83 83
23 Peter González 18 DNS 16 18 11 10 23 17 78 78
24 Tim Kautz 14 8 13 9 76 76
25 Brent Gilkes 27 17 26 DNS 8 11 16 Ret 16 Ret 76 76
26 Paul Farmer 30 22 DNS 15 18 DNS 20 19 15 15 19 16 76 76
27 Al Guibord, Jr. 13 25 22 11 12 12 73 73
28 Dan Denison 20 11 12 Ret 29 23 22 20 16 DNS 67 67
29 Mikhail Goikhberg 28 21 4 9 62 62
30 Bill Jordan 24 24 19 23 19 17 12 13 62 62
31 Jesse Yorio 11 26 Ret 15 14 13 25 DNS 61 61
32 Zach Craigo 13 12 21 22 18 20 55 55
33 Brian Belardi 8 25 16 13 51 51
34 Blake Teeter 21 13 15 14 44 44
35 Al Guibord, Sr. 25 28 22 20 14 13 25 27 42 42
36 Bob Reid 24 26 17 16 14 19 42 42
37 John Dole 10 11 40 40
38 Matthew Inge 9 19 30 30
39 Tim Paul 22 27 23 17 Ret 25 24 DNS 22 22 29 29
40 Charles Finelli Ret DNS 15 17 Ret DNS 21 21
41 Billy McLaughlin 23 15 14 14
42 Chris Keller DNS 19 7 7
43 Tim Walsh 26 23 4 4
44 Len Amato 28 Ret 1 1
Pos Driver VIR
 ATL
 MOS
 WGI
 LRP
 ROA
 MID
 Total Drop 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
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(2 points)
  • Full Results
  • This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.

References
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