2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda will be the eighth 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, operated by Andersen Promotions. A 14-race schedule was announced on September 14, 2016.[1]

2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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The 2017 season will see the introduction of the Tatuus USF-17 car for the Championship class.[2] SCCA Formula Continental chassis (including the previous Van Diemen\Elan DP08) were slated to compete in National Class, but after the first weekend there were no race entries in that class and it was abandoned.

2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout champion Oliver Askew of Cape Motorsports came out strong, winning five of the first six races. However, he faltered at the Road America round and Dutch driver Rinus Veekay won both races there, opening the door to a tighter championship fight. Askew won two more races down the stretch while Veekay won only one more, the final race at Watkins Glen International, where Askew finished second, good enough to claim the championship. Canadian Parker Thompson won three races in the second half of the season and finished third in points. Robert Megennis won the season's first race at St. Petersburg and was the only other driver to win a race. He finished sixth in points, as he did not finish on the podium again the rest of the season.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Rounds
ArmsUp Motorsports 4 Alexandre Baron 9–11, 14
7 Devin Wojcik[3] All
8 Bruna Tomaselli[4] (N) 1–2
97 Bruna Tomaselli[4] 3–8, 12–14
BN Racing 72 Zach Holden[5] 14
79 David Malukas 5–8, 10–14
Cape Motorsports 2 Ricky Donison[6] 1–8, 10–11
3 Oliver Askew[7] All
DEForce Racing[8] 10 José Sierra 10–11
Andrés Gutiérrez 12–14
11 Kory Enders All
12 Moisés de la Vara 1–13
Exclusive Autosport[9] 90 Parker Thompson[10] All
91 Luke Gabin[11] 1–6
92 Dev Gore[12] All
93 Jayson Clunie 5–8, 10–14
John Cummiskey Racing[13] 27 Colin Kaminsky 3–8, 12–13
33 Bayley Mickler[14] 3–4
34 Kris Wright[15] 1–6
Kaminsky Racing 27 Colin Kaminsky[15] 1–2
Newman Wachs Racing[16] 36 Dakota Dickerson[17] 1–6
Darren Keane 7–8, 10–14
37 Andre Castro[18] 1–4
Jacob Abel 12–13
Niall Murray 14
38 Cameron Das[19] 1–2
Flinn Lazier 3–4
Pabst Racing Services[20] 21 Rinus VeeKay[21] All
22 Calvin Ming[22] All
23 Lucas Kohl[23] All
RJB Motorsports[24] 20 Chandler Horton[25] 1–8
Team BENIK 31 Toby Sowery 3–4
Callan O'Keeffe 5–6, 14
32 Darren Keane 3–6
Team Pelfrey[26] 80 Robert Megennis[27] All
81 Kaylen Frederick[15] All
82 Ayla Ågren[28] 1–6, 9
Jacob Loomis 7–8
Phillippe Denes 12–14
Icon Class
(N) National Class

Race calendar and results
Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 11 Robert Megennis Oliver Askew Robert Megennis Robert Megennis Team Pelfrey
2 March 12 Parker Thompson Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
3 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama April 21 Oliver Askew Kaylen Frederick Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
4 April 22 Oliver Askew Kaylen Frederick Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana May 12 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
6 May 13 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
7 Grand Prix of Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 23 David Malukas Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Pabst Racing Services
8 June 24 Rinus VeeKay Calvin Ming Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Pabst Racing Services
9 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa July 9 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
10 Grand Prix of Toronto Toronto, Canada July 16 Parker Thompson Rinus VeeKay Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
11 July 17 Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 28 Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
13 July 29 Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
14 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York September 2 Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Pabst Racing Services

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS ROA IOW TOR MOH WGL Points
Championship class
1 Oliver Askew 2 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 17 3 1* 2 12 1* 4 2 351
2 Rinus VeeKay 3 2 3 4 6 2 1* 1* 2 3 2 3 2 1* 344
3 Parker Thompson 5 3 5 3 19 4 5 5 12 1* 1* 2 1* 16 269
4 Kaylen Frederick 4 5 2 2 DSQ 3 6 4 6 17 3 7 3 4 240
5 Calvin Ming 7 10 7 21 2 19 4 2 3 14 11 5 5 3 207
6 Robert Megennis 1* 19 4 6 DSQ 7 7 15 5 13 5 17 7 10 173
7 Lucas Kohl 12 11 23 16 16 9 3 6 7 5 15 4 8 9 160
8 Devin Wojcik 19 7 12 24 11 13 8 9 9 7 6 11 10 14 140
9 Kory Enders 15 8 17 7 20 5 16 7 11 11 7 8 19 7 138
10 David Malukas 9 18 2 14 15 14 6 6 5 108
11 Darren Keane 16 11 17 11 10 18 10 4 9 16 8 104
12 Moisés de la Vara 9 18 15 9 8 14 13 13 10 8 DNS DSQ DSQ 98
13 Dev Gore 17 16 18 17 18 23 12 11 13 12 10 10 12 17 94
14 Dakota Dickerson 6 6 6 10 4 10 86
15 Ricky Donison 13 17 21 23 3 8 15 10 16 DNS 75
16 Luke Gabin 11 4 10 13 10 6 74
17 Ayla Ågren 21 12 8 8 7 12 8 72
18 Colin Kaminsky 16 14 19 15 12 22 9 8 13 17 68
19 Jayson Clunie 15 16 14 16 9 9 14 15 18 64
20 Alexandre Baron 4 6 13 11 52
21 Bruna Tomaselli 15 18 14 20 19 12 15 14 15 49
22 Chandler Horton 20 13 20 14 13 15 18 17 39
23 Andres Gutierrez 12 11 6 35
24 José Sierra 4 8 32
25 Kris Wright 14 15 13 19 21 17 28
26 Toby Sowery 11 5 27
27 Callan O'Keeffe 5 21 12 27
28 Cameron Das 8 9 25
29 Andre Castro 10 20 9 22 25
30 Phillippe Denes 18 18 13 15
31 Jacob Abel 16 13 14
32 Jacob Loomis 11 19 13
33 Flinn Lazier 22 12 10
34 Niall Murray 19 2
35 Bayley Mickler 24 20 2
36 Zach Holden 20 1
National class
1 Bruna Tomaselli 18 21 44
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS ROA IOW TOR MOH WGL 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
Pos Team Points
1 Pabst Racing 369
2 Cape Motorsports 277
3 Team Pelfrey 258
4 Exclusive Autosport 215
5 DEForce Racing 110
6 Newman Wachs Racing 102
7 ArmsUp Motorsports 85
8 John Cummiskey Racing 42
9 RJB Motorsports 32
10 Team BENIK 30

References
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  28. http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c7db2f6409216d122eb094fcd&id=a3a4a564d0
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