2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship is a season 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. It is the third full season of the series since its revival in 2010. Rookie Australian/American driver Matthew Brabham, son of Geoff Brabham, captured the title over is Cape Motosports teammate, second-year American Spencer Pigot by seven points in the final pair of races at Virginia International Raceway. Even though Pigot won the final two races of the season, Brabham's lead was large enough and his finishes in the final two races were high enough to capture the championship. Brabham only won four races compared to Pigot's eight wins. However, Brabham only failed to finish in the top-10 once with a single DNF while Pigot finished outside the top-10 three times in what would ultimately decide the championship. The only other driver to capture a race win during the season was Belardi Auto Racing's Scott Anderson.

2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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Norwegian Henrik Furuseth captured the National Class championship over American R. C. Enerson in the final race of the season when Enerson was involved in an incident in the first lap of the race after passing Furuseth. The crash dropped Enerson to third in points as Mark Eaton finished second in class in the race and edged out Enerson for second place in National Class by four points.

One notable driver to compete in the championship was Michael Johnson of Flint, Michigan who is a paraplegic, having lost use of his legs in a motorcycle racing accident.[1] Johnson finished 15th in points with a best finish of tenth at Road America.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Notes
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 Spencer Pigot[3]
3 Trent Hindman[4]
13 Henrik Furuseth[5] National Class
83 Matthew Brabham[6]
Belardi Auto Racing 4 Roman Lagudi[7]
9 Luca Forgeois[8] Skipped Baltimore and VIR
Wayne Boyd Baltimore and VIR only
11 Colin Thompson[9]
14 Scott Anderson[10]
Pabst Racing Services 5 Dalton Kellett[11]
6 J. R. Smart[11] National Class; skipped Sebring
18 Shannon McIntosh[12]
Andretti Autosport 7 Thomas McGregor[13]
8 Shelby Blackstock[14]
ZSports Midwest w/ Team E Racing 10 R. C. Enerson[15] National Class
Robinson Motor Sports 12 Eric Filgueiras[16] National Class; Sebring only
25 Joel Janco National Class; skipped Sebring
92 Mark Eaton National Class
97 Paul Alspach[17] National Class; Sebring and Mid-Ohio only
Genoa Racing/Primus Racing 13 Isaac Lyons Sebring only
ArmsUp Motorsports 15 Luigi Biangardi[18]
16 James Dayson National Class; Road America, Baltimore and VIR
59 Bobby Kelley National Class; Sebring only
Afterburner Autosport 17 Timmy Megenbier[19] Sebring through Indianapolis
Brian Tomasi Mid-Ohio and Road America
21 Heamin Choi[20] Skipped Baltimore and VIR
JDC Motorsports 19 Neil Alberico[21]
38 Scott Hargrove[22] Skipped Indianapolis and Mid-Ohio
54 Michael Johnson[23]
85 Chris Miller Sebring through Mid-Ohio
Luca Forgeois VIR only
93 Zac Silver[24] Sebring and St. Pete only
JAY Motorsports 23 Jason Wolfe[25]
91 Patrick Gallagher[26] National Class
65 Michael Geldart National Class; Sebring only
98 Jim Libecco National Class; skipped Road America
AcceleRace Motorsports 28 Ardie Greenamyer National Class; St. Pete only
Special Addition Racing 41 Wally Osinga National Class; Sebring and St. Pete only
PRL Motorsports 48 Patryk Tararuj National Class; Baltimore only
Patrick Linn National Class; skipped Baltimore
99 National Class; Baltimore only
MDL Racing 56 Matthew Di Leo
Alliance Autosport 71 Scott Rettich[27] National Class; Sebring, St. Pete and Mid-Ohio only
One Formula Racing 77 Colette Davis National Class; Sebring and St. Pete only
Cruzinc Racing 86 Eric Cruz National Class

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on January 11, 2012. Fourteen races were announced, all at venues that hosted the series in 2011.[28] The final race weekend's location and date were announced on January 17, 2012.[29]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 15 Luigi Biangardi Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Cape Motorsports ALMS
2 March 16 Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports
3 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 24 Spencer Pigot Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports IndyCar Series
4 March 25 Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports
5 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 26 Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports USAC Midgets
6 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 4 Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports IndyCar Series
7 August 5 Roman Lagudi Scott Anderson Scott Anderson Belardi Auto Racing
8 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 17 Scott Anderson Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot
Matthew Brabham		 Matthew Brabham Cape Motorsports ALMS
9 Scott Anderson Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Cape Motorsports
10 August 18 Spencer Pigot Scott Anderson Scott Anderson Belardi Auto Racing
11 Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland September 1 Qualifying abandoned Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports IndyCar Series
12 September 2 Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Cape Motorsports
13 Virginia International Raceway Danville, Virginia September 14 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports ALMS
14 September 15 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports

Championship standings

Championship Class
Pos Driver SEB STP LOR MOH RAM BAL VIR Points
1 Matthew Brabham 1* 2* 2 2 2 3 25 1* 1* 3 2 1* 4 8 339
2 Spencer Pigot 3 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 23 16* 3 2 1 24 1* 1* 332
3 Scott Anderson 5 8 28 10 4 2 1* 3 2 1* 5 2 26 6 256
4 Matthew Di Leo 12 4 18 3 8 7 2 2 4 5 3 6 7 21 220
5 Trent Hindman 36 30 5 4 5 4 3 4 6 8 25 12 8 3 189
6 Roman Lagudi 2 3 3 5 3 5 16 7 9 28 7 27 173
7 Neil Alberico 9 5 17 34 16 19 6 5 5 6 13 5 2 5 170
8 Shelby Blackstock 7 32 6 8 18 6 5 21 8 4 21 8 6 7 153
9 Thomas McGregor 4 7 7 7 12 27 10 23 28 21 9 9 9 9 134
10 Luigi Biangardi 35 9 4 33 11 29 4 6 7 7 4 27 24 22 129
11 Scott Hargrove 11 11 30 32 8 13 9 6 3 5 4 128
12 Colin Thompson 8 10 31 13 14 8 28 9 10 20 12 4 10 10 103
13 Jason Wolfe 14 34 19 9 10 12 29 26 14 23 10 10 25 13 84
14 Dalton Kellett 10 19 33 14 20 9 7 10 16 22 26 21 11 26 78
15 Michael Johnson 18 27 13 25 17 13 24 11 29 10 14 26 12 11 72
16 Luca Forgeois 33 26 26 6 6 10 22 24 12 27 23 12 66
17 Heamin Choi 16 18 10 12 15 26 15 12 27 12 55
18 Shannon McIntosh 15 23 11 24 13 21 18 25 21 14 24 15 16 20 54
19 Timmy Megenbier 6 6 32 11 9 53
20 Chris Miller 26 15 8 26 19 11 13 22 11 25 52
21 Zac Silver 13 12 34 19 20
22 Isaac Lyons 31 35 2
Guest entries
Wayne Boyd 26 11 3 2
R. C. Enerson 7
Brian Tomasi 17 DNS 13 15 DNS
J. R. Smart 21
Pos Driver SEB STP LOR MOH RAM BAL VIR 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)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps

National Class
Pos Driver SEB STP MOH RAM BAL VIR Points
1 Henrik Furuseth 21 13 12 23 16 8 27 17 11 8 23 13 14 205
2 Mark Eaton 17 14 29 16 30 14 15 19 15 15 7 15 15 191
3 RC Enerson 29 17 9 15 14 11 14 18 13 11 28 14 25 187
4 Jim Libecco 28 22 20 20 20 9 22 13 18 16 98
5 Patrick Gallagher 22 33 15 17 18 26 17 20 24 27 14 95
6 Patrick Linn 23 31 21 22 23 17 DNS 23 17 17 16 17 19 95
7 J. R. Smart 22 21 24 20 28 22 16 16 17 19 17 85
8 Scott Rettich 19 16 14 18 15 27 79
9 Eric Cruz 32 25 25 28 25 21 18 24 18 19 18 20 24 56
10 Joel Janco 23 27 28 19 19 26 26 18 22 22 23 42
11 James Dayson 20 19 21 18 24
12 Ardie Greenamyer 16 30 11
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Paul Alspach 30 21 22 12
James Dayson 20 25 19
Bobby Kelley 20 20
Patryk Tararuj 23 20
Michael Geldart 25 24
Collete Davis 24 29 27 31
Wally Osinga 27 DNS 24 29
Eric Filgueiras 34 28
Pos Driver SEB STP MOH RAM BAL VIR Points

Teams'
Pos Team Points
1 Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 491
2 Belardi Auto Racing 310
3 JDC Motorsports 165
4 Andretti Autosport 144
5 MDL Racing 135
6 ArmsUp Motorsports 77
7 Afterburner Autosport 41
8 Pabst Racing Services 40
9 JAY Motorsports 40
10 ZSports Midwest 26
11 PRL Motorsports 14
12 Alliance Autosport 6
13 AcceleRace Motorsports 2

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