2010 U.S. F2000 National Championship

2010 champion Sage Karam

The 2010 Cooper Tires presents the U.S. F2000 National Championship powered by Mazda is the first U.S. F2000 National Championship season under the new management, sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. All cars will run Mazda MZR engines built by former driver Steve Knapp.

With victory in the first race at the final round at Road Atlanta, Sage Karam won the championship and a fully funded seat in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship.

Drivers and teams

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
United States Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
2 Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna[1] All
3 United Kingdom Josh Fielding[2] 1–3
18 Chile Javier Barrales 11–12
United States JDC MotorSports 5 Australia Luke Ellery[3] U 11–12
10 Russia Mikhail Goikhberg[4] All
11 Brazil Raphael Abbate[4] All
19 Colombia Martin Sala[4] 1–2, 5–8
United States Pabst Racing Services 6 Chile Martin Scuncio[5] 1–2
Estonia Tõnis Kasemets U 7–10
9 United States J. R. Smart[5] N 1–2, 4, 7–12
United States Andretti Autosport 7 United States Zach Veach[6] 3–12
8 United States Sage Karam[7] All
United States Liberty Motorsports[8] 14 Aruba Terrick Mansur[9] 1–4
Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés[10] U 9–12
41 United States Matthew Powers[11] 1–2, 7–12
United States Brian Belardi N 4
Chile Fuerza Chile Motorsports 18 Chile Javier Barrales 3–10
99 Chile Martin Scuncio 3–10
United States ZSports Midwest 20 United States Benjamin Searcy[12] 1–2
China David Cheng U 9–10
21 United States Scott Anderson[13] U 9–10
United States AcceleRace MotorSports 28 United States Ardie Greenamyer[5] N All
United States ArmsUp MotorSports 31 United States Joe Tovo N 3
Canada AIM Autosport 77 Canada Anthony Furfari[14] 1–2
Icon Legend
N National Class
U Unregistered drivers

Schedule

The schedule was announced on November 24, 2009.[15] All championship rounds will be supporting the Star Mazda Championship. An exhibition meeting with two non-championship rounds will also be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca over May 22–23, in support of the American Le Mans Series.[16]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Track Location Supporting
1 March 27–28  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida IndyCar
2
NC May 23  R  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California ALMS
3 May 29  O  O'Reilly Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana USAC Midgets
4 June 19  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa IndyCar
5 June 26–27  R  New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey Star Mazda
6
7 July 31–August 1  R  Autobahn Country Club Joliet, Illinois Star Mazda
8
9 August 21–22  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin ALMS
10
11 September 30–October 1  R  Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia ALMS
12

Race results

Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
2 United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
NC Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca1 United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam Russia Mikhail Goikhberg United States Scott Rarick United States PR1 Motorsports
United States Sage Karam Russia Mikhail Goikhberg United States Sage Karam Russia Mikhail Goikhberg United States JDC Motorsports
3 O'Reilly Raceway Park Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna Russia Mikhail Goikhberg United States Sage Karam Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna United States Cape Motorsports
4 Iowa Speedway United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
5 New Jersey Motorsports Park United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
6 United States Sage Karam Russia Mikhail Goikhberg Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna United States Cape Motorsports
7 Autobahn Country Club United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam Estonia Tõnis Kasemets Estonia Tõnis Kasemets United States Pabst Racing Services
8 United States Sage Karam Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
9 Road America United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
10 United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
11 Road Atlanta United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport
12 United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam United States Andretti Autosport

1Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca round was a non-points event run in conjunction with the Pacific F2000 Championship.

Championship standings

Drivers'

Pos Driver STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL Points
Championship Class
1 United States Sage Karam 1* 1* 2* 1* 1* 9 2 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 351
2 Republic of Ireland Patrick McKenna 2 3 1 6 2 1* 3 2 4 7 3 5 269
3 Russia Mikhail Goikhberg 8 7 3 3 3 2 10 11 2 2 9 11 194
4 Brazil Raphael Abbate 6 11 8 2 7 3 5 8 5 5 8 6 192
5 United States Zach Veach 4 5 4 5 7 6 3 3 2 4 189
6 Chile Martin Scuncio 4 12 5 4 5 6 12 5 13 9 119
7 Chile Javier Barrales 7 8 8 7 8 7 6 14 11 7 112
8 United States Matthew Powers 12 9 4 4 14 6 5 10 97
9 Colombia Martin Sala 5 13 6 4 6 9 DNS DNS 79
10 Aruba Terrick Mansur 3 4 6 10 57
11 United Kingdom Josh Fielding 7 2 11 40
12 Canada Anthony Furfari 9 6 27
13 United States Benjamin Searcy 13 5 18
United States Ardie Greenamyer1 10 8 0
Unregistered drivers ineligible for points
Estonia Tõnis Kasemets 1* 3 7 4 0
Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés 9 8 4 2 0
Australia Luke Ellery 10 3 0
China David Cheng 8 10 0
United States Scott Anderson 10 13 0
National Class
1 United States Ardie Greenamyer 9 7 9 8 9 10 12 12 6 9 208
2 United States J. R. Smart 11 10 9 11 DNS 11 11 7 8 164
3 United States Joe Tovo 10 1
4 United States Brian Belardi 11 1
Pos Driver STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL 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
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)

1Ardie Greenamyer switched from Championship to National class at ORP and was subsequently not shown in Championship class standings published by the league.

Teams'

Pos Team STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL Points
1 United States Andretti Autosport 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 358
4 5 4 9 7 6 3 3 2 4
2 United States JDC MotorSports 5 7 3 2 3 2 5 8 2 2 8 3 245
6 11 8 3 6 3 6 9 5 5 9 6
3 United States Cape Motorsports 2 2 1 6 2 1 3 2 4 7 3 5 235
7 3 11 11 7
4 United States Liberty Motorsports 3 4 6 10 4 4 10 6 4 2 120
12 9 11 14 8 5 10
5 United States Pabst Racing Services 4 12 9 1 3 7 4 7 8 81
11 11 11
6 Chile Fuerza Chile Motorsports 5 4 5 6 8 5 6 9 66
7 8 8 7 12 7 13 14
7 United States AcceleRace Motorsports 10 8 7 9 8 9 10 12 12 6 9 39
8 Canada AIM Autosport 9 6 14
Pos Team STP ORP IOW NJ ACC ROA ATL Points

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