2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship

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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.

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.

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

Schedule

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.[26]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 9–10 USF2000 St. Petersburg Grand Prix  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3 May 10–11 USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
4
5 May 24 Cooper Tires Freedom 75  O  Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Indiana
6 June 22–23 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
7
8 July 13–14 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
9
10 July 27–28 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11
12 August 31–September 1 Cooper Tires USF2000 Portland Grand Prix  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13
14 September 21–22 Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix at WRLS  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
15

Race results

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg United States Braden Eves United States Darren Keane United States Braden Eves United States Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
2 United States Darren Keane Denmark Christian Rasmussen United States Darren Keane United States Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course United States Braden Eves United States Darren Keane United States Braden Eves United States Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
4 United States Braden Eves United States Braden Eves United States Braden Eves United States Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
5 Lucas Oil Raceway United States Colin Kaminsky Australia Cameron Shields Australia Cameron Shields Australia Cameron Shields Newman Wachs Racing
6 Road America United States Colin Kaminsky United States Braden Eves New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
7 New Zealand Hunter McElrea United States Darren Keane United States Braden Eves United States Braden Eves Cape Motorsports
8 Streets of Toronto Denmark Christian Rasmussen United States Darren Keane United States Darren Keane
Denmark Christian Rasmussen		 United States Darren Keane Cape Motorsports
9 United States Darren Keane United States Darren Keane Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course New Zealand Hunter McElrea Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
11 New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
12 Portland International Raceway New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
13 New Zealand Hunter McElrea Denmark Christian Rasmussen New Zealand Hunter McElrea New Zealand Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing Services
14 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca United States Braden Eves New Zealand Hunter McElrea Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development
15 United States Colin Kaminsky Denmark Christian Rasmussen United States Braden Eves United States 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 United States Braden Eves 1* 1 1* 1* 5 4 1* 4 11 8 7 2 2 4 1* 361
2 New Zealand Hunter McElrea 3 2 2 3 11 1* 3 3 14 2 1* 1* 1* 2 7 356
3 Denmark Christian Rasmussen 4 15 20 8 6 17 5 2* 1* 1* 2 3 17 1* 2 282
4 United States Colin Kaminsky 16 5 4 10 3 2 4 6 12 3 3 4 4 3 3 282
5 United States Darren Keane 7 14* 6 2 7 12 2 1* 2 9 6 5 5 7 6 270
6 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 2 6 3 18 9 5 16 7 4 11 8 7 7 9 11 211
7 United States Jak Crawford 18 4 4 14 6 12 5 7 5 6 6 5 15 183
8 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 6 7 10 11 19 6 11 11 7 5 10 9 9 12 10 174
9 United States Zach Holden 5 3 7 21 5 15 10 4 10 3 10 4 170
10 United States Reece Gold 10 8 14 12 8 8 10 13 9 12 9 12 11 11 8 167
11 Brazil Eduardo Barrichello 13 20 19 5 13 9 7 15 17 14 11 8 8 6 5 151
12 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy 8 11 12 13 12 7 12 14 8 6 14 15 14 15 9 150
13 Australia Cameron Shields 11 16 5 16 1* 3 9 17 6 137
14 United Kingdom Matthew Round-Garrido 12 9 13 17 16 15 8 8 3 4 13 122
15 United States Nolan Siegel 14 12 15 14 10 10 14 16 10 16 17 17 12 14 17 113
16 United States Jack William Miller 18 17 17 19 17 13 13 9 16 13 12 13 13 17 13 97
17 United States Christian Bogle 15 19 16 15 15 11 15 10 13 15 15 16 18 18 14 93
18 France Alex Baron 21 4 9 6 2 18 17 92
19 Venezuela Anthony Famularo 9 10 8 9 14 16 18 67
20 United States Kyle Dupell 14 15 13 12 30
21 United States Josh Green 11 10 21
22 Mexico Manuel Cabrera 19 18 11 20 18 21
23 United States Ayrton Ori 18 16 16 16 18
24 United States Wyatt Brichacek 8 18 16
25 United States Dakota Dickerson 21 7 15
26 Mexico José Sierra 17 13 12
27 United States Timmy Pagliuso 17 16 9
28 United States 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 Services 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

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