2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2019 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship was the tenth 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 15-race schedule was announced on September 25, 2018, consisting of five permanent road courses and two street circuits on the NTT IndyCar Series schedule each hosting doubleheaders, and a single race at the Dave Steele Classic on a short oval.[1]

2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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American Braden Eves of Cape Motorsports won the championship in a tightly contested points race by winning the final race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca over New Zealander Hunter McElrea of Pabst Racing. Eves won six times with two other podium finishes while McElrea, who had won the Road to Indy Shootout to earn his place on the U.S. F2000 grid, won four times with eight other podiums. Danish driver Christian Rasmussen won three races and finished tied for the third most points with American Colin Kaminsky. Rasmussen won third by virtue of Kaminsky not capturing any race wins. Darren Keane won one race and finished fifth in the championship. Australian Cameron Shields, who ended his championship campaign after the Toronto round, was the sole other race winner on the season.

Pabst Racing won its third straight team championship despite their top driver McElrea losing out on the drivers' championship.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Rounds
BN Racing 27 Zach Holden[2] 1–4
Matt Round-Garrido 6–11
28 Anthony Famularo[3] 1–7
Cape Motorsports 2 Darren Keane[4] All
3 Reece Gold[5] All
4 Jak Crawford 10–15
8 Braden Eves[6] All
DEForce Racing 12 Manuel Sulaimán[7] All
52 Jak Crawford[8] 3–9
91 Eduardo Barrichello 12–15
Exclusive Autosport 90 Manuel Cabrera[9] 1–5
Jay Howard Driver Development 5 Matt Round-Garrido[10] 1–5
Josh Green 12–13
Wyatt Brichacek 14–15
6 Christian Rasmussen[11] All
7 Christian Bogle[12] All
Legacy Autosport[13] 14 Alex Baron[14] 1–7
Zach Holden 8–15
77 José Sierra[15] 1–2
Dakota Dickerson[16] 3–4
Timmy Pagliuso 10–11
Ayrton Ori 12–15
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports[17] 40 Jack William Miller[17] All
41 Eduardo Barrichello[18] 1–11
Newman Wachs Racing 36 Nolan Siegel[19] All
73 Cameron Shields[20] 1–9
Kyle Dupell 12–15
Pabst Racing Services[13] 21 Yuven Sundaramoorthy[21] All
22 Hunter McElrea[22][23] All
23 Colin Kaminsky[24] All
24 Bruna Tomaselli[25] All
Team E-JAY Racing 69 Nate Aranda[26] 1–2

Schedule
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 9 St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 10
3 May 10 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
4 May 11
5 May 24 Dave Steele Carb Night Classic Lucas Oil Raceway oval Clermont, Indiana
6 June 22 Mazda Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
7 June 23
8 July 13 Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9 July 14
10 July 27 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11 July 28
12 August 31 Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13 September 1
14 September 21 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
15 September 22

Race results
Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 St. Petersburg 1 Braden Eves Darren Keane Braden Eves Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
2 St. Petersburg 2 Darren Keane Christian Rasmussen Darren Keane Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
3 Indianapolis GP 1 Braden Eves Darren Keane Braden Eves Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
4 Indianapolis GP 2 Braden Eves Braden Eves Braden Eves Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
5 Indianapolis Colin Kaminsky Cameron Shields Cameron Shields Cameron Shields Newman Wachs Racing
6 Road America 1 Colin Kaminsky Braden Eves Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
7 Road America 2 Hunter McElrea Darren Keane Braden Eves Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
8 Toronto 1 Christian Rasmussen Darren Keane Darren Keane
Christian Rasmussen		 Darren Keane Cape Motorsports
9 Toronto 2 Darren Keane Darren Keane Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
10 Mid-Ohio 1 Hunter McElrea Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
11 Mid-Ohio 2 Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
12 Portland 1 Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
13 Portland 2 Hunter McElrea Christian Rasmussen Hunter McElrea Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
14 Laguna Seca 1 Braden Eves Hunter McElrea Christian Rasmussen Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
15 Laguna Seca 2 Colin Kaminsky Christian Rasmussen Braden Eves Braden Eves Cape Motorsports

Championship standings
Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th+ 
Points (R) 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Points (O) 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4 2
  • One point is awarded to the driver who qualifies on pole position.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver STP IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH POR LAG Points
1 Braden Eves 1* 1 1* 1* 5 4 1* 4 11 8 7 2 2 4 1* 361
2 Hunter McElrea 3 2 2 3 11 1* 3 3 14 2 1* 1* 1* 2 7 356
3 Christian Rasmussen 4 15 20 8 6 17 5 2* 1* 1* 2 3 17 1* 2 282
4 Colin Kaminsky 16 5 4 10 3 2 4 6 12 3 3 4 4 3 3 282
5 Darren Keane 7 14* 6 2 7 12 2 1* 2 9 6 5 5 7 6 270
6 Manuel Sulaimán 2 6 3 18 9 5 16 7 4 11 8 7 7 9 11 211
7 Jak Crawford 18 4 4 14 6 12 5 7 5 6 6 5 15 183
8 Bruna Tomaselli 6 7 10 11 19 6 11 11 7 5 10 9 9 12 10 174
9 Zach Holden 5 3 7 21 5 15 10 4 10 3 10 4 170
10 Reece Gold 10 8 14 12 8 8 10 13 9 12 9 12 11 11 8 167
11 Eduardo Barrichello 13 20 19 5 13 9 7 15 17 14 11 8 8 6 5 151
12 Yuven Sundaramoorthy 8 11 12 13 12 7 12 14 8 6 14 15 14 15 9 150
13 Cameron Shields 11 16 5 16 1* 3 9 17 6 137
14 Matt Round-Garrido 12 9 13 17 16 15 8 8 3 4 13 122
15 Nolan Siegel 14 12 15 14 10 10 14 16 10 16 17 17 12 14 17 113
16 Jack William Miller 18 17 17 19 17 13 13 9 16 13 12 13 13 17 13 97
17 Christian Bogle 15 19 16 15 15 11 15 10 13 15 15 16 18 18 14 93
18 Alex Baron 21 4 9 6 2 18 17 92
19 Anthony Famularo 9 10 8 9 14 16 18 67
20 Kyle Dupell 14 15 13 12 30
21 Josh Green 11 10 21
22 Manuel Cabrera 19 18 11 20 18 21
23 Ayrton Ori 18 16 16 16 18
24 Wyatt Brichacek 8 18 16
25 Dakota Dickerson 21 7 15
26 José Sierra 17 13 12
27 Timmy Pagliuso 17 16 9
28 Nate Aranda 20 DNS 2
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
(DNF)
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
Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
Pos Team Points
1 Pabst Racing 405
2 Cape Motorsports 400
3 Jay Howard Driver Development 201
4 DEForce Racing 196
5 Legacy Autosport 135
6 BN Racing 99
7 Newman Wachs Racing 93
8 Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 63
9 Exclusive Autosport 20
10 Team E-JAY 6

See also

References
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