2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship is a season 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. It is the third full season of the series since its revival in 2010. Rookie Australian/American driver Matthew Brabham, son of Geoff Brabham, captured the title over is Cape Motosports teammate, second-year American Spencer Pigot by seven points in the final pair of races at Virginia International Raceway. Even though Pigot won the final two races of the season, Brabham's lead was large enough and his finishes in the final two races were high enough to capture the championship. Brabham only won four races compared to Pigot's eight wins. However, Brabham only failed to finish in the top-10 once with a single DNF while Pigot finished outside the top-10 three times in what would ultimately decide the championship. The only other driver to capture a race win during the season was Belardi Auto Racing's Scott Anderson.

Norwegian Henrik Furuseth captured the National Class championship over American R. C. Enerson in the final race of the season when Enerson was involved in an incident in the first lap of the race after passing Furuseth. The crash dropped Enerson to third in points as Mark Eaton finished second in class in the race and edged out Enerson for second place in National Class by four points.

One notable driver to compete in the championship was Michael Johnson of Flint, Michigan who is a paraplegic, having lost use of his legs in a motorcycle racing accident.^[1] Johnson finished 15th in points with a best finish of tenth at Road America.

Drivers and teams

In line with U.S. F2000 regulations, National Class cars were ineligible to compete at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.^[2]

Team	No.	Drivers	Notes
Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	2	Spencer Pigot^[3]
	3	Trent Hindman^[4]
	13	Henrik Furuseth^[5]	National Class
	83	Matthew Brabham^[6]
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Roman Lagudi^[7]
	9	Luca Forgeois^[8]	Skipped Baltimore and VIR
	9	Wayne Boyd	Baltimore and VIR only
	11	Colin Thompson^[9]
	14	Scott Anderson^[10]
Pabst Racing Services	5	Dalton Kellett^[11]
	6	J. R. Smart^[11]	National Class; skipped Sebring
	18	Shannon McIntosh^[12]
Andretti Autosport	7	Thomas McGregor^[13]
Andretti Autosport	8	Shelby Blackstock^[14]
ZSports Midwest w/ Team E Racing	10	R. C. Enerson^[15]	National Class
Robinson Motor Sports	12	Eric Filgueiras^[16]	National Class; Sebring only
	25	Joel Janco	National Class; skipped Sebring
	92	Mark Eaton	National Class
	97	Paul Alspach^[17]	National Class; Sebring and Mid-Ohio only
Genoa Racing/Primus Racing	13	Isaac Lyons	Sebring only
ArmsUp Motorsports	15	Luigi Biangardi^[18]
	16	James Dayson	National Class; Road America, Baltimore and VIR
	59	Bobby Kelley	National Class; Sebring only
Afterburner Autosport	17	Timmy Megenbier^[19]	Sebring through Indianapolis
	17	Brian Tomasi	Mid-Ohio and Road America
	21	Heamin Choi^[20]	Skipped Baltimore and VIR
JDC Motorsports	19	Neil Alberico^[21]
	38	Scott Hargrove^[22]	Skipped Indianapolis and Mid-Ohio
	54	Michael Johnson^[23]
	85	Chris Miller	Sebring through Mid-Ohio
	85	Luca Forgeois	VIR only
	93	Zac Silver^[24]	Sebring and St. Pete only
JAY Motorsports	23	Jason Wolfe^[25]
	91	Patrick Gallagher^[26]	National Class
	65	Michael Geldart	National Class; Sebring only
	98	Jim Libecco	National Class; skipped Road America
AcceleRace Motorsports	28	Ardie Greenamyer	National Class; St. Pete only
Special Addition Racing	41	Wally Osinga	National Class; Sebring and St. Pete only
PRL Motorsports	48	Patryk Tararuj	National Class; Baltimore only
	48	Patrick Linn	National Class; skipped Baltimore
	99	Patrick Linn	National Class; Baltimore only
MDL Racing	56	Matthew Di Leo
Alliance Autosport	71	Scott Rettich^[27]	National Class; Sebring, St. Pete and Mid-Ohio only
One Formula Racing	77	Colette Davis	National Class; Sebring and St. Pete only
Cruzinc Racing	86	Eric Cruz	National Class

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on January 11, 2012. Fourteen races were announced, all at venues that hosted the series in 2011.^[28] The final race weekend's location and date were announced on January 17, 2012.^[29]

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 15	Luigi Biangardi	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR	ALMS
2	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 16		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	ALMS
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 24	Spencer Pigot	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	IndyCar Series
4	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 25		Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	IndyCar Series
5	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Clermont, Indiana	May 26	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	USAC Midgets
6	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 4	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	IndyCar Series
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 5		Roman Lagudi	Scott Anderson	Scott Anderson	Belardi Auto Racing	IndyCar Series
8	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 17	Scott Anderson	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR	ALMS
9			August 17		Scott Anderson	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR
10			August 18		Spencer Pigot	Scott Anderson	Scott Anderson	Belardi Auto Racing
11	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	September 1	Qualifying abandoned	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	IndyCar Series
12	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	September 2		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports with WTR	IndyCar Series
13	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	September 14	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	ALMS
14	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	September 15		Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports with WTR	ALMS

Championship standings

Championship Class

Pos	Driver	SEB		STP		LOR	MOH		RAM			BAL		VIR		Points
1	Matthew Brabham	1*	2*	2	2	2	3	25	1*	1*	3	2	1*	4	8	339
2	Spencer Pigot	3	1	1*	1*	1*	1*	23	16*	3	2	1	24	1*	1*	332
3	Scott Anderson	5	8	28	10	4	2	1*	3	2	1*	5	2	26	6	256
4	Matthew Di Leo	12	4	18	3	8	7	2	2	4	5	3	6	7	21	220
5	Trent Hindman	36	30	5	4	5	4	3	4	6	8	25	12	8	3	189
6	Roman Lagudi	2	3	3	5	3	5	16	7	9	28	7	27			173
7	Neil Alberico	9	5	17	34	16	19	6	5	5	6	13	5	2	5	170
8	Shelby Blackstock	7	32	6	8	18	6	5	21	8	4	21	8	6	7	153
9	Thomas McGregor	4	7	7	7	12	27	10	23	28	21	9	9	9	9	134
10	Luigi Biangardi	35	9	4	33	11	29	4	6	7	7	4	27	24	22	129
11	Scott Hargrove	11	11	30	32				8	13	9	6	3	5	4	128
12	Colin Thompson	8	10	31	13	14	8	28	9	10	20	12	4	10	10	103
13	Jason Wolfe	14	34	19	9	10	12	29	26	14	23	10	10	25	13	84
14	Dalton Kellett	10	19	33	14	20	9	7	10	16	22	26	21	11	26	78
15	Michael Johnson	18	27	13	25	17	13	24	11	29	10	14	26	12	11	72
16	Luca Forgeois	33	26	26	6	6	10	22	24	12	27			23	12	66
17	Heamin Choi	16	18	10	12	15	26	15	12	27	12					55
18	Shannon McIntosh	15	23	11	24	13	21	18	25	21	14	24	15	16	20	54
19	Timmy Megenbier	6	6	32	11	9										53
20	Chris Miller	26	15	8	26	19	11	13	22	11	25					52
21	Zac Silver	13	12	34	19											20
22	Isaac Lyons	31	35													2
Guest entries
	Wayne Boyd											26	11	3	2
	R. C. Enerson					7
	Brian Tomasi						17	DNS	13	15	DNS
	J. R. Smart					21
Pos	Driver	SEB		STP		LOR	MOH		RAM			BAL		VIR		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

In-line notation Championship Class only
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

National Class

Pos	Driver	SEB		STP		MOH		RAM			BAL		VIR		Points
1	Henrik Furuseth	21	13	12	23	16	8	27	17	11	8	23	13	14	205
2	Mark Eaton	17	14	29	16	30	14	15	19	15	15	7	15	15	191
3	RC Enerson	29	17	9	15	14	11	14	18	13	11	28	14	25	187
4	Jim Libecco	28	22	20	20	20	9				22	13	18	16	98
5	Patrick Gallagher	22	33	15	17	18	26	17	20	24	27	14			95
6	Patrick Linn	23	31	21	22	23	17	DNS	23	17	17	16	17	19	95
7	J. R. Smart			22	21	24	20	28	22	16	16	17	19	17	85
8	Scott Rettich	19	16	14	18	15	27								79
9	Eric Cruz	32	25	25	28	25	21	18	24	18	19	18	20	24	56
10	Joel Janco			23	27	28	19	19	26	26	18	22	22	23	42
11	James Dayson										20	19	21	18	24
12	Ardie Greenamyer			16	30										11
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Paul Alspach	30	21			22	12
	James Dayson							20	25	19
	Bobby Kelley	20	20
	Patryk Tararuj										23	20
	Michael Geldart	25	24
	Collete Davis	24	29	27	31
	Wally Osinga	27	DNS	24	29
	Eric Filgueiras	34	28
Pos	Driver	SEB		STP		MOH		RAM			BAL		VIR		Points

Teams'

Pos	Team	Points
1	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	491
2	Belardi Auto Racing	310
3	JDC Motorsports	165
4	Andretti Autosport	144
5	MDL Racing	135
6	ArmsUp Motorsports	77
7	Afterburner Autosport	41
8	Pabst Racing Services	40
9	JAY Motorsports	40
10	ZSports Midwest	26
11	PRL Motorsports	14
12	Alliance Autosport	6
13	AcceleRace Motorsports	2

References

^ Patterson, Doug. USF2000 – Former Supermoto rider Michael Johnson Joins JDC MotorSports, Open Paddock, February 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-09-15
^ "USF2000 Heads to Indianapolis". U.S. F2000 National Championship. Andersen Promotions, LLC. May 21, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
^ Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Completes Driver Line-Up with Pigot Signing Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, December 19, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-21
^ Trent Hindman to Drive for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2012 Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, October 10, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-29
^ Stringfield, Ryan. Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing inks Furuseth Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, Junior Open Wheel Talent, February 21, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-21
^ Matthew Brabham to Drive the No. 83 for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2012 Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, December 17, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-17
^ Belardi Auto Racing Announce second USF2000 Driver Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, November 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-08
^ Belardi Auto Racing adds Forgeois to USF2000 lineup^{[permanent dead link]}, IndyCar.com, November 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-06
^ New Addition to Belardi Auto Racing Roster Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Belardi Auto Racing, December 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-05
^ Skip Barber National Champion Signs with Belardi Auto Racing, Belardi Auto Racing, December 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-08
^ ^a ^b Dalton Kellett to Drive for Pabst Racing Services in 2012 Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, December 24, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-27
^ McIntosh and TrueCar Join Pabst Racing Services in 2012, eFormulaCarNews, February 16, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-16
^ "Andretti Autosport Signs Thomas McGregor to Compete with USF2000 Team". US F2000. October 27, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
^ "Shelby Blackstock Joins Andretti Autosport for 2012 USF2000 Season". Andretti Autosport. January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
^ ZSports Signs Enerson for National Class Title Effort in USF2000 Championship Archived 2012-07-27 at archive.today, US F2000, February 24, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-24
^ USF2000: Robinson Motor Sports Signs Filgueiras for Sebring Opener, eFormulaCarNews, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-20
^ Alspach Joins Robinson Motor Sports for Winterfest and National Championship Openers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulacarNews, January 31, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-31
^ Luigi Biangardi first to join Championship Winning F2000 Team ArmsUp Motorsports for 2012 USF2000 Season Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today, U.S. F2000, January 11, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-11
^ Afterburner Autosport Adds Megenbier to Driver Line-Up Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-06
^ Afterburner Autosport Signs Choi for Inaugural Championship Campaign Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 5, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-06
^ Alberico Joins JDC MotorSports for Title Challenge Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, January 4, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-04
^ Hargrove Joins JDC MotorSports for 2012 USF2000 National Championship Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, October 27, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-29
^ Drivers, JDC Motorsports, Retrieved 2012-01-04
^ JDC MotorSports Signs Silver for 2012 USF2000 National Championship Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, October 27, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-29
^ "Wolfe to Drive for JAY Motorsports in USF2000". US F2000. November 10, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
^ Stringfield, Ryan. Patrick Gallagher signs with JAY Motorsports Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Junior Open Wheel Talent, February 13, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-13
^ Scott Rettich Enters USF2000 Series Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today, US F2000, February 24, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-24
^ USF2000 Announces 2012 Schedule and Expansion to 14 Races Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today, USF2000, January 11, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-11
^ USF2000 Completes 2012 Schedule with the Addition of VIR Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today, USF2000, January 17, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-17

External links

U.S. F2000 National Championship official website

[1] Patterson, Doug. USF2000 – Former Supermoto rider Michael Johnson Joins JDC MotorSports, Open Paddock, February 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-09-15

[2] "USF2000 Heads to Indianapolis". U.S. F2000 National Championship. Andersen Promotions, LLC. May 21, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

[3] Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Completes Driver Line-Up with Pigot Signing Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, December 19, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-21

[4] Trent Hindman to Drive for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2012 Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, October 10, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-29

[5] Stringfield, Ryan. Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing inks Furuseth Archived 2015-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, Junior Open Wheel Talent, February 21, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-21

[6] Matthew Brabham to Drive the No. 83 for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2012 Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, December 17, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-17

[7] Belardi Auto Racing Announce second USF2000 Driver Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, November 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-08

[8] Belardi Auto Racing adds Forgeois to USF2000 lineup^{[permanent dead link]}, IndyCar.com, November 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-06

[9] New Addition to Belardi Auto Racing Roster Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Belardi Auto Racing, December 5, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-05

[10] Skip Barber National Champion Signs with Belardi Auto Racing, Belardi Auto Racing, December 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-08

[Pabst-11] Dalton Kellett to Drive for Pabst Racing Services in 2012 Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, December 24, 2011, Retrieved 2011-12-27

[12] McIntosh and TrueCar Join Pabst Racing Services in 2012, eFormulaCarNews, February 16, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-16

[13] "Andretti Autosport Signs Thomas McGregor to Compete with USF2000 Team". US F2000. October 27, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.

[14] "Shelby Blackstock Joins Andretti Autosport for 2012 USF2000 Season". Andretti Autosport. January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.

[15] ZSports Signs Enerson for National Class Title Effort in USF2000 Championship Archived 2012-07-27 at archive.today, US F2000, February 24, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-24

[16] USF2000: Robinson Motor Sports Signs Filgueiras for Sebring Opener, eFormulaCarNews, January 20, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-20

[17] Alspach Joins Robinson Motor Sports for Winterfest and National Championship Openers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulacarNews, January 31, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-31

[ArmsUp_entry-18] Luigi Biangardi first to join Championship Winning F2000 Team ArmsUp Motorsports for 2012 USF2000 Season Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today, U.S. F2000, January 11, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-11

[19] Afterburner Autosport Adds Megenbier to Driver Line-Up Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 6, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-06

[20] Afterburner Autosport Signs Choi for Inaugural Championship Campaign Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 5, 2012, Retrieved 2012-03-06

[21] Alberico Joins JDC MotorSports for Title Challenge Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, January 4, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-04

[22] Hargrove Joins JDC MotorSports for 2012 USF2000 National Championship Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, October 27, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-29

[23] Drivers, JDC Motorsports, Retrieved 2012-01-04

[24] JDC MotorSports Signs Silver for 2012 USF2000 National Championship Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, October 27, 2011, Retrieved 2011-10-29

[25] "Wolfe to Drive for JAY Motorsports in USF2000". US F2000. November 10, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2011.

[26] Stringfield, Ryan. Patrick Gallagher signs with JAY Motorsports Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Junior Open Wheel Talent, February 13, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-13

[27] Scott Rettich Enters USF2000 Series Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today, US F2000, February 24, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-24

[28] USF2000 Announces 2012 Schedule and Expansion to 14 Races Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today, USF2000, January 11, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-11

[29] USF2000 Completes 2012 Schedule with the Addition of VIR Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today, USF2000, January 17, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-17

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