2011 F2000 Championship Series

The 2011 F2000 Championship Series season was the sixth season of competition in the series, an American professional touring open-wheel racing series using the Formula Ford. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 8 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding October 16 at Watkins Glen International.[1]

2011 F2000 Championship season
Previous: 2010 Next: 2012

Twenty-six-year-old Canadian driver Remy Audette, competing for a family-owned team, won five races and finished on the podium four more times on his way to the championship by an over 100 point margin over his closest challenger, American Chris Livengood who won twice.[2] Twenty-year-old American Kyle Connery won six times, but failed to finish four times and failed to start twice, while Audette finished every race seventh or better. The only other driver to win a race was Australian Nathan Morcom who won the season opener at Virginia International Raceway.

American Tim Minor captured his second Master's Class title for drivers 40 and older. Minor finished on the overall podium six times and finished fourth in the overall championship.

The season finale at Watkins Glen International drew a large 35-car field but at the start of the race Tom Fatur crashed hard into the pit wall separator, forcing the race to be postponed one day due to damage to the wall. Despite the hard impact, Fatur was uninjured.[3]

Drivers and teams
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Notes
McLaughlin Motorsports 1 Ethan Ringel[4] RFR Zetec
Primus Racing 2 Nathan Morcom[5] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec
4 Jonathan Scarallo[5] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec
13 Steele Guiliana Van Diemen RF06 Zetec
Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco[5] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec
SMR Motorsports 6 Timothy Paul[6] Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Run in conjunction with GTP Motorsports
Lap 2 Racing 7 Brent Gilkes[5] Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Masters
Polestar Racing Group 8 Bill Jordan[5] Van Diemen Zetec Masters
42 Mark Defer[5] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec Masters
51 Dan Denison[5] Van Diemen RF05 Zetec Masters
HP-Tech Motorsport 10 Roberto La Rocca[7] RFR Zetec
22 Giancarlo Potolicchio[7] RFR Zetec Skipped Road Atlanta
Enzo Potolicchio RFR Zetec Road Atlanta only
Front Range Motorsports 14 Jose Gerardo Van Diemen RF00 Pinto Masters; Road Atlanta only
Fred Bross Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Masters; Watkins Glen only
60 Mark Felsen[5] Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Masters; VIR only
Dwight Rider Van Diemen RF02 Zetec Masters; Road Atlanta & Watkins Glen only
Audette Racing 21 Remy Audette[5] Van Diemen RF08 Zetec
Alegra Motorsports 23 Gustavo Rizzo[8] Van Diemen RF02 Zetec
26 Angel Benitez[8] Van Diemen RF03 Zetec
Company Motorsports 25 Jeff McCusker[5] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Masters
AcceleRace Motorsports 29 Ardie Greenamyer[5] Van Diemen RF02 Zetec
Fat Boy Racing/John Walko Racing 31 Brendan Puderbach RFR Zetec Road Atlanta only
Work Racing/John Walko Racing 37 Chris Livengood[9] Van Diemen RF99 Zetec
Mountain Lion Motorsports 47 Chris Moteleone Van Diemen RF98 Pinto Watkins Glen only
Alley Cat Racing 61 Tom Drake Van Diemen RF99 Pinto Masters; Watkins Glen only
Weitzenhof Racing 67 Dave Weitzenhof[5] Citation Zetec Masters
GTP Motorsports 70 Tom Fatur[5] Van Diemen RF03 Zetec Masters
86 Jim Hanrahan[5] Van Diemen Zetec Masters
Afterburner Racing 71 Niki Coello[10] RFR Zetec
96 Brian Tomasi[10] RFR Zetec
Kenette Racing 72 Francis Kenette[5] Mygale F2000 Zetec Masters; VIR only
Josh Starke Racing 72 Thomas Schweitz Piper DF5 Zetec Masters; Road Atlanta & Watkins Glen
Ski Motorsports 88 Tim Minor[5] Van Diemen RF98 Zetec Masters
K-Fast 89 Rob Nicholas[5] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Masters; VIR only
ADSA/Wright Racing 90 Robert Wright[5] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec Masters
94 Al Guibord, Sr.[5] Van Diemen RF01 Zetec VIR only
CC Motorsport 91 Kyle Connery[5] Van Diemen RF06 Zetec
CG Racing 97 Chris Gumprecht[5] RFR Zetec

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia April 9 Kyle Connery Tim Minor Nathan Morcom Primus Racing
2 April 10 Remy Audette Remy Audette Remy Audette Audette Racing
3 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 6 Jonathan Scarallo Kyle Connery Kyle Connery CC Motorsport
4 May 7 Kyle Connery Kyle Connery Kyle Connery CC Motorsport
5 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 4 Chris Livengood Kyle Connery Remy Audette Audette Racing
6 June 5 Kyle Connery Remy Audette Remy Audette Audette Racing
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 1 Chris Livengood Kyle Connery Chris Livengood Work Racing/John Walko Racing
8 July 2 Kyle Connery Kyle Connery Kyle Connery CC Motorsport
9 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, Ontario July 22 Remy Audette Chris Livengood Kyle Connery CC Motorsport
10 July 23 Chris Livengood Remy Audette Remy Audette Audette Racing
11 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut September 17 Remy Audette Remy Audette Remy Audette Audette Racing
12 Remy Audette Chris Livengood Chris Livengood Work Racing/John Walko Racing
13 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York October 16 Remy Audette Remy Audette Kyle Connery CC Motorsport
14 Remy Audette Remy Audette Kyle Connery CC Motorsport

Championship standings
Pos Driver VIR ATL WG1 MDO MOS LRP WG2 Points
Drivers' championship
1 Remy Audette 4 1 2 4 1 1 5 7 3 1 1 2 3 3 601
2 Chris Livengood 3 10 22 3 5 2 1 25 2 2 20 1 4 7 429
3 Kyle Connery DNS 2 1 1 2 26 25 1 1 15 23 DNS 1 1 409
4 Tim Minor (M) 16 3 3 2 31 3 7 2 5 16 2 6 2 33 383
5 Roberto La Rocca 2 5 4 6 30 6 3 4 4 14 19 21 6 4 336
6 Tim Paul 20 9 12 19 4 28 17 15 8 6 12 3 7 18 251
7 Angel Benitez 15 4 DNS 10 26 4 15 13 9 4 3 20 33 8 248
8 Nathan Morcom 1 8 5 23 DNS 7 8 6 7 7 25 29 246
9 Craig Clawson (M) 8 15 12 9 DNS 20 12 7 4 8 14 12 217
10 Thomas Schwietz (M) 7 12 24 5 13 5 17 8 5 186
11 Joe Colasacco 10 25 9 8 4 9 10 11 167
12 Jonathan Scarallo 26 11 6 5 7 30 6 8 165
13 Robert Wright (M) 17 20 10 18 14 24 19 17 20 10 18 4 16 13 157
14 Gustavo Rizzo 9 12 8 7 11 16 12 16 19 155
15 Brian Tomasi 22 27 21 14 2 3 11 6 150
16 Bill Jordan (M) 11 19 13 16 17 15 18 18 17 8 19 16 138
17 Dave Weitzenhof (M) 7 22 16 20 19 17 14 14 16 5 130
18 Mark Defer (M) 27 14 24 13 29 12 11 12 12 9 124
19 John LaRue 16 13 9 5 9 10 123
20 Dan Denison (M) 19 18 15 15 20 18 16 19 10 18 13 15 116
21 Rob Nicholas (M) 21 7 5 2 105
22 Ardie Greenamyer (M) 5 21 23 22 9 11 26 10 32 DNS 103
23 Dwight Rider (M) 14 21 8 31 11 3 100
24 Charles Finelli (M) 13 14 20 26 6 10 15 31 99
25 Fred Bross 18 20 13 9 10 12 23 32 96
26 Ethan Ringel 10 8 10 24 75
27 Brendan Puderbach 22 27 22 27 9 9 21 20 69
28 Giancarlo Potolicchio 12 26 14 11 22 14 36 25 68
29 Enzo Potolicchio (M) 17 DNS 6 23 DNS 11 60
30 Steele Guiliana 6 6 58
30 Niki Coello 3 10 58
30 Brent Gilkes (M) 24 16 19 DNS 15 25 7 13 58
33 Chris Monteleone 21 22 8 11 55
34 Zach Craigo 25 11 25 29 6 17 52
35 Jeff McCusker (M) 13 17 21 21 17 19 50
36 Fabio Orsolon 11 6 28 DNS 43
37 Al Guibord, Sr. (M) 23 DNS 11 16 33
38 Eric Presbrey 13 15 28
39 Matt McDonough 18 12 25
40 Tom Drake (M) 23 21 15 DNS 28 24 22
41 Peter LeSueur 18 14 21
42 Francis Kenette (M) 18 23 23 22 DNS DNS 29 27 20
42 Blake Teeter 16 13 27 26 20
44 Tom Fatur (M) 25 12 27 DNS DNS 28 DNS DNS 18
44 Aaron Pettipas 14 18 35 23 18
46 Jose Gerardo 18 17 17
47 Mark Felsen 14 24 15
48 Dean Baker 22 17 13
49 Peter Gonzalez 17 5 37 DNS 11
49 Jim Hanrahan (M) DNS 19 21 19 24 DNS 11
49 John Brumder 20 21 11
52 Rodin Younessi 24 23 5
52 Vaughn Horvath 31 22 5
54 Tim Walsh 26 30 2
54 Greg Strelzoff 30 28 2
56 Eric Langbein 34 DNS 1
56 Chris Gumprecht 15 DNS 1
Pos Driver VIR ATL WG1 MDO MOS LRP WG2 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)

This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.
(M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.

References
  1. "F2000 Announces 2010 Schedule". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. November 2, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  2. International Motorsports: Rémy Audette, Only Quebec Driver Crowned 2011 US Champion!, Inside Track, October 26, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-26
  3. Watkins Glen – Schedule Adjusted Following Saturday Races, F2000 Championship Series, October 15, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-16
  4. "Ringel Signs with McLaughlin Motorsports". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  5. 2011 VIR Entry List Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, F2000 Championship Series, Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  6. "February Off-Season Blog: Tim Paul". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  7. "HP-Tech Announces 2011 F2000 Effort with RFR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. December 27, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  8. F2000 Championship: Alegra Motorsports Signs Rookies Rizzo and Benitez Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-01
  9. "Work Racing Brings Back Livengood for 2011". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. January 26, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  10. F2000 Championship: Afterburner Adds Coello to 2011 Driver Line-up Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
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