2022 F2000 Championship Series

The 2022 F2000 Championship Series season was the eleventh season of the F2000 Championship Series. The sixteen round season began on April 1 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and finished on October 16 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.[1]

2022 F2000 season
Season
Races14
Start dateApril 1
End dateOctober 16
Awards
Drivers' championCanada JC Trahan
Manufacturers' CupUnited Kingdom Van Diemen
← 2021
2023 →

Last year's champion, Trent Walko of Global Racing Team, won his first championship. JC Trahan won the championship with Global Racing Team.[2]

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Rounds Chassis Engine
  Arrive Drive Motorsports 95   Tommy Cadwalder 1–2 Elan Mazda
  Ayrton Houk 5–6
  Laura Hayes 7–8
96   Nathan Byrd[3] 1–10, 13–14
  Brumder Racing 56   John Brumder 7–8 Van Diemen Mazda
  Global Racing Team 12   JC Trahan[4] 3–12 Van Diemen Zetec
31   Amandeep Pothani[5] 3–4, 11–12 Mazda
72   Dimitrios Tsesmetzis 3–8, 11–12 Mazda
  Hill Racing 8   Austin Hill All Elan Mazda
  Jasper Racing 66   Gabriele Jasper 11–12 Van Diemen Zetec
  LTD Motorsports 45   Dean Kiriluk 3–4 Van Diemen
52   Robert Allaer 3–4 Zetec
  Madgame Racing 58   Mike Pepitone 7–8, 11–12 RFR Zetec
  MERC Racing 45   Leslie Walker 11–12 Van Diemen Zetec
  Novosielski Racing 33   JT Novosielski 1–4, 9–10 Van Diemen
  Peluso Racing 03   Greg Peluso 7–8 Van Diemen Zetec
  Speed Sport Engineering 65   Michael Varacins 3–4 Van Diemen Zetec
  Tarantula Racing 2   Daniel Galiffa 7–8 Van Diemen Mazda
  Team Pelfrey 84   David Adorno 1–2 Van Diemen Mazda
90   Dexter Czuba 7–8 Elan
  Weitzenhof Racing 67   Dave Weitzenhof 3–4, 7–12 Citation Zetec
  Wright Racing 90   Robert Wright All Elan Mazda
00   Andrew Gamble 7–8 Van Diemen Zetec
27   Hartley MacDonald 3–4 Van Diemen Zetec
41   Glenn Cordova 11–12 Van Diemen Pinto
88   Tim Minor 11–12 Citation Zetec

Schedule

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Rd. Date Track Location
1 April 1–3 Carolina Motorsport Park   Kershaw, South Carolina
2
3 April 29–May 1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Lexington, Ohio
4
5 May 20–22 Barber Motorsports Park   Birmingham, Alabama
6
7 June 3–5 Pittsburgh International Race Complex   Wampum, Pennsylvania
8
9 July 8–10 Autobahn Country Club   Joliet, Illinois
10
11 August 19–21 Summit Point Motorsports Park   Summit Point, West Virginia
12
13 October 14–16 Pittsburgh International Race Complex   Wampum, Pennsylvania
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References:[6]

Results

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Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Carolina Motorsports Park   Kershaw, South Carolina April 2   Austin Hill   Nathan Byrd   Austin Hill
2 April 3   Nathan Byrd   Nathan Byrd   Austin Hill
3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Lexington, Ohio April 30   Nathan Byrd   Michael Varacins   Michael Varacins
4 May 1   Austin Hill   Nathan Byrd   JC Trahan
5 Barber Motorsports Park   Birmingham, Alabama May 21   Nathan Byrd   Ayrton Houk   JC Trahan
6 May 22   Ayrton Houk   Ayrton Houk   Ayrton Houk
7 Pittsburgh International Race Complex   Wampum, Pennsylvania June 4   Nathan Byrd   Austin Hill   Nathan Byrd
8 June 5   JC Trahan   JC Trahan   JC Trahan
9 Autobahn Country Club   Joliet, Illinois July 9   JC Trahan   JC Trahan   JC Trahan
10 July 10   JC Trahan   JC Trahan   JC Trahan
11 Summit Point Motorsports Park   Summit Point, West Virginia August 20   Tim Minor   Tim Minor   Tim Minor
12 August 21   Tim Minor   Tim Minor   Tim Minor
13 Pittsburgh International Race Complex   Wampum, Pennsylvania October 15   JC Trahan   JC Trahan   JC Trahan
14 October 16   JC Trahan   JC Trahan   JC Trahan
References:[7]

Driver Standings

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Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT ABCC SP PITT Pts
1   JC Trahan 3 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 536
2   Austin Hill 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 3 2 Ret 6 5 2 5 477
3   Robert Wright DNS 4 11 7 5 5 6 DNS 4 3 4 6 4 3 376
4   Nathan Byrd 4 DSQ 4 2 3 3 1 4 3 2 360
5   JT Novosielski 2 2 6 6 5 5 DNF 4 241
6   Dave Weitzenhof 10 11 7 7 6 4 7 8 7 DNS 236
7   Dimitrios Tsesmetzis 13 13 6 6 DNS 11 8 7 10 7 209
8   Ayrton Houk 2 1 5 4 164
9   Glen Cordova 11 3 3 2 135
10   Mike Pepitone 8 10 9 12 9 8 134
11   Andrew Gamble 5 6 5 9 114
12   David Adorno 3 3 9 9 114
13   Tim Minor 1 1 110
14   Greg Peluso 8 8 8 6 104
15   Michael Varacins 1 3 89
16   Dexter Czuba 3 2 79
17   Amandeep Pothani 12 10 12 11 74
18   Gabriele Jasper 3 DNF 6 DNF 68
19   Laura Hayes 4 5 65
20   Robert Allaer 5 5 62
21   Dean Kiriluk 7 8 52
22   Hartley MacDonald 8 9 48
23   Leslie Walker 10 9 44
24   John Brumder 10 9 44
25   Tommy Cadwalder 5 Ret 32
26   John Dole DNF 10 22
27   Paul Farmer 10 DNS 21
28   Daniel Galiffa 12 17
Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT ABCC SP PITT Pts
References: FRP Official Points Standings
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Fastest lap of the race
(2 points)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022 Race Calendar F2000 Championship Series". March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "FRP Crowns Champions This Past Weekend". October 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "NATHAN BYRD TO RUN WITH ARRIVE DRIVE MOTORSPORTS IN 2022". January 4, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "GLOBAL HAS SIGNED CANADIAN F1600 VICE CHAMPION JEAN CHRISTOPHE TRAHAN". March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Amandeep Pothani has signed with Global in the FRP F2000 Championship!". April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 F2000 Race Calendar". February 1, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 F2000 results". March 1, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.