Misplaced Pages

The 2010 F2000 Championship Series season marked the fifth season of competition in the series. It comprised 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 10 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding September 5 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

With six victories during the season, Victor Carbone finished it as the champion, 74 points clear of closest rival Cole Morgan, who took two wins. Daniel Erickson finished the season in third place, despite missing two early-season rounds at Road Atlanta and Mosport, taking a double win at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio. Jonathan Scarallo, Chris Livengood and Remy Audette took the other race wins as they all finished inside the top ten in the championship standings.

Drivers and teams

The series released a 33-car entry list on March 29, 2010.

Team	No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Notes
K-Hill Motorsports	1	Cole Morgan	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	In partnership with Greisiger Motorsports
	12	Bob Reid	Van Diemen RF04	Zetec	Road America only
	20	Matthew Inge	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America
	42	James Winslow	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	Watkins Glen race 1 only
Primus Racing	02	Daniel Erickson	Van Diemen	Zetec	Skipped Mosport
Z-Sports	03	Tim Walsh	Van Diemen	Zetec	VIR & Road Atlanta only
GTP Motorsports	3	Phil Lombardi	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
	14	Blake Teeter	Van Diemen	Zetec	VIR to Mosport only
	16	Peter González	Van Diemen RF05	Zetec	Skipped Watkins Glen & Road America
	17	Félix Serrallés	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	Lime Rock only
	69	Paul Farmer	Mygale SJ05	Zetec	Skipped Road America
	70	Tom Fatur	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	Skipped Mosport & Road America
	86	Jim Hanrahan	Van Diemen	Zetec	Lime Rock only
ArmsUp Motorsports	4	Rich Balsley	Van Diemen RF07	Zetec	Road America only
R-Sport	5	Keith McCrone	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
	22	Jonathan Scarallo	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
SMR Motorsports	06	Timothy Paul	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport
	14	Stevan McAleer	Van Diemen	Zetec	Watkins Glen onwards
Lap 2 Racing 8000Inc Racing	7	Brent Gilkes	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	Skipped Road America
St. Clair Motorsports	8	Mark Defer	Van Diemen	Zetec	Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
	42	Bill Jordan	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock
	51	Dan Denison	Van Diemen RF05	Zetec	Skipped Road America
	97	Chris Gumprecht	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport
Dole Fuels Racing	08	John Dole	Van Diemen RF99	Zetec	Lime Rock only
JDC MotorSports	10	Mikhail Goikhberg	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
	55	Gerry Kraut	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec	VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
Company Motorsports	11	Jesse Yorio	Piper DF-5	Zetec	Skipped Road Atlanta & Road America
	25	Jeff McCusker	Piper DF-5 Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	Skipped Road America
John LaRue	17	John LaRue	Citation	Zetec	VIR only
Audette Racing	21	Remy Audette	Van Diemen RF08	Zetec	VIR to Mosport only
Alegra Motorsports	23	Victor Carbone	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec
	26	Fabio Orsolon	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec
Clawson Motorsports	27	Craig Clawson	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec
AcceleRace Motorsports	28	Ardie Greenamyer	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Road America
	4	Chris Camadella	Van Diemen	Zetec	Watkins Glen only
Len Amato	33	Len Amato	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, Road America
Liberty Motorsports	36	Tim Kautz	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	VIR & Road Atlanta only
	41	Brian Belardi	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	VIR, Road Atlanta, & Road America only
	80	Bobby Caldwell	Van Diemen RF00	Zetec	In partnership with Caldwell Racing
	85	Zach Craigo	Van Diemen	Zetec	Joined at Mosport, skipped Lime Rock
Work Racing	37	Chris Livengood	Van Diemen RF00	Pinto
McLaughlin Motorsports	57	Billy McLaughlin	Van Diemen RF06	Zetec	VIR & Road Atlanta only
Weitzenhof Racing	67	Dave Weitzenhof	Citation	Zetec	VIR to Mosport only
Vaughn Horvath	73	Vaughn Horvath	Van Diemen RF97	Pinto	Skipped Lime Rock
Fat Boy Racing	83	Charles Finelli	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock race 2, & Road America
		Brendan Puderbach			Lime Rock race 2 only
Ski Motorsports	88	Tim Minor	Van Diemen RF98	Zetec	Skipped Road America
K-FAST	89	Rob Nicholas	Van Diemen RF01	Zetec	Skipped Mosport, Lime Rock, & Road America
ADSA/Wright Racing	90	Robert Wright	Van Diemen RF03	Zetec
	94	Al Guibord, Sr.	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Lime Rock and Road America
	95	Al Guibord, Jr.	Van Diemen RF02	Zetec	Skipped Mosport and Lime Rock

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 10	Daniel Erickson	Cole Morgan	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
2			April 11	Daniel Erickson	Jonathan Scarallo	Cole Morgan	K-Hill Motorsports
3	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 7	Victor Carbone	Rob Nicholas	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
4			May 8	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
5	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, Ontario	June 12	Remy Audette	Remy Audette	Remy Audette	Audette Racing
6			June 13	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
7	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	July 3	Chris Livengood	Cole Morgan	Daniel Erickson	Primus Racing
8			July 4	Daniel Erickson	Victor Carbone	Daniel Erickson	Primus Racing
9	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	July 23	Keith McCrone	Daniel Erickson	Cole Morgan	K-Hill Motorsports
10			July 24	Victor Carbone	Daniel Erickson	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
11	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 7	Daniel Erickson	Victor Carbone	Victor Carbone	Alegra Motorsports
12			August 8	Jonathan Scarallo	Jonathan Scarallo	Jonathan Scarallo	R-Sport
13	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 4	Victor Carbone	Chris Livengood	Chris Livengood	Work Racing
14			September 5	Victor Carbone	Chris Livengood	Daniel Erickson	Primus Racing

Final standings

Pos Driver VIR ATL MOS WGI LRP ROA MID Total Drop Points 1 Victor Carbone 1 4 1 1 4 1 5 2 Ret 1 1 7 5 3 562 27 535 2 Cole Morgan 4 1 3 Ret 3 2 4 3 1 9 10 4 3 2 482 21 461 3 Daniel Erickson 2 10 1 1 12 2 2 2 9 1 395 395 4 Phil Lombardi 7 30 6 3 2 5 10 8 3 3 8 6 7 5 398 21 377 5 Keith McCrone 17 6 11 5 6 6 7 5 4 13 6 3 21 Ret 327 5 322 6 Fabio Orsolon 3 3 2 22 Ret DNS 9 10 Ret 4 7 5 4 9 314 314 7 Jonathan Scarallo 6 7 25 2 DNS DNS 13 12 7 6 21 1 20 4 289 289 8 Chris Livengood 9 21 15 7 Ret 9 2 4 26 DNS 5 21 1 7 286 286 9 Tim Minor 10 Ret 5 4 5 4 3 6 5 5 22 DNS 283 283 10 Remy Audette 5 2 1 3 2 6 236 236 11 Bobby Caldwell 12 9 17 26 17 8 12 9 11 10 Ret 11 13 12 215 1 214 12 Stevan McAleer 11 7 2 7 3 10 153 153 13 Rob Nicholas DNS 5 4 24 6 Ret 6 8 153 153 14 Craig Clawson 20 18 24 14 10 Ret 17 15 13 14 17 14 17 18 138 3 135 15 Dave Weitzenhof 15 11 7 7 8 10 130 130 16 Mark Defer 19 13 14 8 Ret 14 20 18 10 19 116 116 17 Tom Fatur 29 12 18 12 Ret 19 9 Ret 11 11 113 113 18 Robert Wright 21 14 27 16 9 Ret 28 28 18 Ret 13 23 14 14 108 2 106 19 Gerry Kraut 12 6 9 8 94 94 20 Ardie Greenamyer 16 16 10 10 16 DNS 26 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 91 91 21 Jeff McCusker Ret 20 18 20 8 12 15 15 84 84 22 Chris Gumprecht 8 Ret 7 28 19 16 14 Ret DNS DNS 83 83 23 Peter González 18 DNS 16 18 11 10 23 17 78 78 24 Tim Kautz 14 8 13 9 76 76 25 Brent Gilkes 27 17 26 DNS 8 11 16 Ret 16 Ret 76 76 26 Paul Farmer 30 22 DNS 15 18 DNS 20 19 15 15 19 16 76 76 27 Al Guibord, Jr. 13 25 22 11 12 12 73 73 28 Dan Denison 20 11 12 Ret 29 23 22 20 16 DNS 67 67 29 Mikhail Goikhberg 28 21 4 9 62 62 30 Bill Jordan 24 24 19 23 19 17 12 13 62 62 31 Jesse Yorio 11 26 Ret 15 14 13 25 DNS 61 61 32 Zach Craigo 13 12 21 22 18 20 55 55 33 Brian Belardi 8 25 16 13 51 51 34 Blake Teeter 21 13 15 14 44 44 35 Al Guibord, Sr. 25 28 22 20 14 13 25 27 42 42 36 Bob Reid 24 26 17 16 14 19 42 42 37 John Dole 10 11 40 40 38 Matthew Inge 9 19 30 30 39 Tim Paul 22 27 23 17 Ret 25 24 DNS 22 22 29 29 40 Charles Finelli Ret DNS 15 17 Ret DNS 21 21 41 Billy McLaughlin 23 15 14 14 42 Chris Keller DNS 19 7 7 43 Tim Walsh 26 23 4 4 44 Len Amato 28 Ret 1 1 Pos Driver VIR ATL MOS WGI LRP ROA MID Total Drop 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 (3 points) Italics Ran fastest race lap (2 points)

• Full Results
• This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.

References

1. "Series Releases Tentative 33-Car 2010 Entry List". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
2. "2007 F2000 Champion Cole Morgan in for VIR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
3. "Inge Returns to F2000 Championship". junioropenwheeltalent.com. Junior Open Wheel Talent. 2010-05-05. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
4. "Daniel Erickson Plans to Run F2000 Championship Opener at VIR". junioropenwheeltalent.com. Junior Open Wheel Talent. 2010-04-05. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
5. "Series VIR Thursday test notes". motorsport.com. GMM. 2010-04-08. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
6. ^ "GTP Motorsports Announces Five Car Team for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
7. ^ "Scarallo Signs with R-Sport for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
8. "From Ovals to F2000: SMR Announces Two Car Team". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
9. ^ "Battle Brewing as F2000 Races at Road Atlanta". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
10. ^ "Yorio to Campaign New Piper". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
11. "Audette Racing Sets 2010 Program". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
12. "Carbone Back with Alegra Motorsports for 2010". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
13. Liberty Motorsports Signs Kautz for 2010 Title Run Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Liberty PR via eFormulaCarNews, April 1, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-02
14. "Bobby Caldwell Files First 2010 Entry". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
15. "Livengood and Work Racing Join Series in 2010". eformulacarnews.com. eFormulaCarNews. 2010-01-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

External links

• Official Series Website

• F2000 Championship Series seasons
• 2010 in American motorsport