2022 F2000 Championship Series

2022 F2000 season
Season
Races	14
Start date	April 1
End date	October 16
Awards
Drivers' champion	JC Trahan
Manufacturers' Cup	Van Diemen
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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]

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

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

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
14
References:[6]

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]

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)

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