2014 F1600 Championship Series

The 2014 F1600 Championship Series season was the fourth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season commenced on April 12 at Road Atlanta, and ended on October 12 at Watkins Glen International after 14 races held at 7 meetings.

2014 F1600 Championship season
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No fewer than eleven drivers won races during the season, but it was Norway's Ayla Ågren who won the title for Team Pelfrey. Ågren had trailed her team-mate Garth Rickards by nine points going into the final round, but her last-lap victory in the final race of the season; her third win of 2014 – passing Sam Chastain to do so – allowed her to take the championship title, ahead of Rickards by a total of thirteen points. Team Pelfrey swept the top three placings in the final championship standings, as Augie Lerch managed to surpass Jack Mitchell, Jr. by eleven points, again with results in the final race of the season. The only other driver to win multiple races during the season was James Goughary, who won races at the first Watkins Glen meeting as well as Road Atlanta, en route to finishing fifth overall in the championship and as the best placed Masters class driver. Rickards, Chastain, Lerch and Mitchell all won a race each, while other drivers to win were Franklin Futrelle at Road Atlanta, Mikhail Goikhberg at the first Watkins Glen meeting, Brandon Newey and Steve Bamford at Virginia International Raceway, as well as Evan Mehan at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Driver Car Engine Notes
Polestar Racing Group 0 Lewis Cooper III Van Diemen Ford Kent Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only
ONP Racing 2 Mike Scanlan Spectrum Honda Fit Masters class
Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco Van Diemen RF05 Honda Fit Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only
Bjerke Motorsports 4 Ryan Bjerke Van Diemen Ford Kent Thompson only
Dotworks Racing 06 Austin McCusker Van Diemen VD01 Honda Fit
Rice Race Prep. 07 Steve Bamford Mygale SJ11 Honda Fit Masters class
Ski Motorsports 7 James Goughary Van Diemen RF00 Honda Fit Masters class
Raceworks 9 Brandon Angel Spectrum Honda Fit
70 Sam Lockwood Spectrum 014 Watkins Glen 2 only
97 Franklin Futrelle
Swan Motorsports 10 Max Mällinen Spectrum 014 Honda Fit
WISKO Racing 13 Nikita Lastochkin Mygale SJ Honda Fit Road Atlanta only
Andrew Hobbs Watkins Glen 1 onwards
24 Will Harvey
Buffalo Motorsports 18 Dan Pyanowski Van Diemen RF00 Honda Fit Masters class; Watkins Glen & Mid-Ohio only
Art Foster Racing 21 Arthur Foster Spectrum 014 Honda Fit Masters class
Front Range MotorSports 23 Reid Hazelton Van Diemen Honda Fit Watkins Glen 1 only
66 Bob Melvin Ford Kent Masters class
Chastain Motorsports LLC 27 Sam Chastain Mygale SJ13 Honda Fit
28 Andrew Lewis Mygale Watkins Glen 2 only
29 Evan Mehan Mygale Skipped VIR
Brandon Newey VIR only
GRT Racing 31 Scott Rubenzer Spectrum Honda Fit Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh
36 Steve Roux Wyvern Honda Fit Watkins Glen 1 & Thompson only
Kenneth Boquillion 45 Kenneth Boquillion Mygale Honda Fit Masters class; Thompson only
505A Racing 46 Douglas Voss Spectrum 012B Honda Fit Masters class
Trimark Racing 50 Keith Joslyn Van Diemen RF98 Honda Fit Masters class; Watkins Glen 1 only
Andrew Lewis 73 Andrew Lewis Piper DF-3 Road Atlanta only
FF75 75 Donald Baggett Swift DB6 Ford Kent Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh
Team Pelfrey[1] 80 Esteban Garzón Mygale SJ12 Honda Fit Road Atlanta only
Nikita Lastochkin Watkins Glen 1 onwards
81 Ayla Ågren
82 Augie Lerch
83 Garth Rickards
Drivers Services 88 Bill Valet Swift DB6 Ford Kent Watkins Glen 1 only
Exclusive Autosport 90 Jayson Clunie Spectrum 014 Honda Fit Masters class; Road Atlanta only
91 Max Hanratty Road Atlanta only
92 Jeff Kingsley Road Atlanta only
93 Jack Mitchell, Jr.
K-Hill Motorsports 98 Mikhail Goikhberg Mygale Honda Fit Watkins Glen 1 only
Dexter Czuba 99 Dexter Czuba Van Diemen Ford Kent Thompson only

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia April 12 Garth Rickards Steve Bamford Franklin Futrelle
2 April 13 James Goughary James Goughary James Goughary
3 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York May 17 James Goughary Augie Lerch James Goughary
4 May 18 Garth Rickards Garth Rickards Mikhail Goikhberg
5 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia June 7 Brandon Newey Ayla Ågren Brandon Newey
6 June 8 Brandon Newey Ayla Ågren Steve Bamford
7 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 5 Garth Rickards Garth Rickards Ayla Ågren
8 July 6 Sam Chastain Ayla Ågren Augie Lerch
9 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania August 2 Jack Mitchell, Jr. Garth Rickards Ayla Ågren
10 August 3 Jack Mitchell, Jr. Evan Mehan Jack Mitchell, Jr.
11 Thompson Speedway Road Course Thompson, Connecticut August 30 Evan Mehan Evan Mehan Evan Mehan
12 August 31 Evan Mehan Ayla Ågren Sam Chastain
13 Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York October 11 Nikita Lastochkin Garth Rickards Garth Rickards
14 October 12 Ayla Ågren Augie Lerch Ayla Ågren

Final points standings
Place Driver Starts Points
1 Ayla Ågren 12 492
2 Garth Rickards 12 479
3 Augie Lerch 12 413
4 Jack Mitchell, Jr. 12 408
5 James Goughary (M) 12 381
6 Nikita Lastochkin 12 360
7 Sam Chastain 12 358
8 Steve Bamford (M) 12 326
9 Arthur Foster (M) 12 300
10 Will Harvey 12 264
11 Andrew Hobbs 10 226
12 Mike Scanlan (M) 12 160
13 Evan Mehan 6 155
14 Austin McCusker 10 109
15 Brandon Angel 6 98
15 Brandon Newey 2 98
17 Douglas Voss 8 97
18 Scott Rubenzer (M) 6 88
19 Mikhail Goikhberg 2 77
20 Lewis Cooper III (M) 4 72
20 Joe Colasacco (M) 4 72
22 Franklin Futrelle 5 66
23 Max Mallinen 6 61
24 Bob Melvin 6 44
25 Jayson Clunie 2 36
25 Reid Hazleton 2 36
27 Esteban Garzón 2 34
27 Andrew Lewis 2 34
29 Donald Baggett 4 29
29 Steve Roux (M) 3 29
31 Bill Valet 2 28
32 Sam Lockwood (M) 2 26
33 Jeff Kingsley 2 24
34 Ryan Bjerke 2 18
34 Dexter Czuba 2 18
36 Keith Joslyn 2 17
37 Max Hanratty 2 14
38 Dan Pyanowski 2 11
  • (M) Indicates Masters class driver

References
  1. "Three Car Program for Pelfrey Announced". F1600 Championship Series. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
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