2011 F2000 Championship Series
# 2011 F2000 Championship Series

The 2011 F2000 Championship Series season was the sixth season of competition in the series, an American professional touring open-wheel racing series using the Formula Ford. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 8 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding October 16 at Watkins Glen International.

Twenty-six-year-old Canadian driver Remy Audette, competing for a family-owned team, won five races and finished on the podium four more times on his way to the championship by an over 100 point margin over his closest challenger, American Chris Livengood who won twice. Twenty-year-old American Kyle Connery won six times, but failed to finish four times and failed to start twice, while Audette finished every race seventh or better. The only other driver to win a race was Australian Nathan Morcom who won the season opener at Virginia International Raceway.

American Tim Minor captured his second Master's Class title for drivers 40 and older. Minor finished on the overall podium six times and finished fourth in the overall championship.

The season finale at Watkins Glen International drew a large 35-car field but at the start of the race Tom Fatur crashed hard into the pit wall separator, forcing the race to be postponed one day due to damage to the wall. Despite the hard impact, Fatur was uninjured.

## Drivers and teams

| Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| McLaughlin Motorsports | 1 | Ethan Ringel | RFR | Zetec | |
| Primus Racing | 2 | Nathan Morcom | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
| Primus Racing | 4 | Jonathan Scarallo | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | |
| Primus Racing | 13 | Steele Guiliana | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
| Auriana Racing | 3 | Joe Colasacco | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
| SMR Motorsports | 6 | Timothy Paul | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Run in conjunction with GTP Motorsports |
| Lap 2 Racing | 7 | Brent Gilkes | Van Diemen RF03 | Zetec | Masters |
| Polestar Racing Group | 8 | Bill Jordan | Van Diemen | Zetec | Masters |
| Polestar Racing Group | 42 | Mark Defer | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | Masters |
| Polestar Racing Group | 51 | Dan Denison | Van Diemen RF05 | Zetec | Masters |
| HP-Tech Motorsport | 10 | Roberto La Rocca | RFR | Zetec | |
| HP-Tech Motorsport | 22 | Giancarlo Potolicchio | RFR | Zetec | Skipped Road Atlanta |
| HP-Tech Motorsport | 22 | Enzo Potolicchio | RFR | Zetec | Road Atlanta only |
| Front Range Motorsports | 14 | Jose Gerardo | Van Diemen RF00 | Pinto | Masters; Road Atlanta only |
| Front Range Motorsports | 14 | Fred Bross | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Masters; Watkins Glen only |
| Front Range Motorsports | 60 | Mark Felsen | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Masters; VIR only |
| Front Range Motorsports | 60 | Dwight Rider | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | Masters; Road Atlanta & Watkins Glen only |
| Audette Racing | 21 | Remy Audette | Van Diemen RF08 | Zetec | |
| Alegra Motorsports | 23 | Gustavo Rizzo | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | |
| Alegra Motorsports | 26 | Angel Benitez | Van Diemen RF03 | Zetec | |
| Company Motorsports | 25 | Jeff McCusker | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | Masters |
| AcceleRace Motorsports | 29 | Ardie Greenamyer | Van Diemen RF02 | Zetec | |
| Fat Boy Racing/John Walko Racing | 31 | Brendan Puderbach | RFR | Zetec | Road Atlanta only |
| Work Racing/John Walko Racing | 37 | Chris Livengood | Van Diemen RF99 | Zetec | |
| Mountain Lion Motorsports | 47 | Chris Moteleone | Van Diemen RF98 | Pinto | Watkins Glen only |
| Alley Cat Racing | 61 | Tom Drake | Van Diemen RF99 | Pinto | Masters; Watkins Glen only |
| Weitzenhof Racing | 67 | Dave Weitzenhof | Citation | Zetec | Masters |
| GTP Motorsports | 70 | Tom Fatur | Van Diemen RF03 | Zetec | Masters |
| GTP Motorsports | 86 | Jim Hanrahan | Van Diemen | Zetec | Masters |
| Afterburner Racing | 71 | Niki Coello | RFR | Zetec | |
| Afterburner Racing | 96 | Brian Tomasi | RFR | Zetec | |
| Kenette Racing | 72 | Francis Kenette | Mygale F2000 | Zetec | Masters; VIR only |
| Josh Starke Racing | 72 | Thomas Schweitz | Piper DF5 | Zetec | Masters; Road Atlanta & Watkins Glen |
| Ski Motorsports | 88 | Tim Minor | Van Diemen RF98 | Zetec | Masters |
| K-Fast | 89 | Rob Nicholas | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | Masters; VIR only |
| ADSA/Wright Racing | 90 | Robert Wright | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | Masters |
| ADSA/Wright Racing | 94 | Al Guibord, Sr. | Van Diemen RF01 | Zetec | VIR only |
| CC Motorsport | 91 | Kyle Connery | Van Diemen RF06 | Zetec | |
| CG Racing | 97 | Chris Gumprecht | RFR | Zetec | |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | April 9 | Kyle Connery | Tim Minor | Nathan Morcom | Primus Racing |
| 2 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | April 10 | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Audette Racing |
| 3 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | May 6 | Jonathan Scarallo | Kyle Connery | Kyle Connery | CC Motorsport |
| 4 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | May 7 | Kyle Connery | Kyle Connery | Kyle Connery | CC Motorsport |
| 5 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | June 4 | Chris Livengood | Kyle Connery | Remy Audette | Audette Racing |
| 6 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | June 5 | Kyle Connery | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Audette Racing |
| 7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 1 | Chris Livengood | Kyle Connery | Chris Livengood | Work Racing/John Walko Racing |
| 8 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 2 | Kyle Connery | Kyle Connery | Kyle Connery | CC Motorsport |
| 9 | Mosport International Raceway | Bowmanville, Ontario | July 22 | Remy Audette | Chris Livengood | Kyle Connery | CC Motorsport |
| 10 | Mosport International Raceway | Bowmanville, Ontario | July 23 | Chris Livengood | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Audette Racing |
| 11 | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | September 17 | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Audette Racing |
| 12 | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | September 17 | Remy Audette | Chris Livengood | Chris Livengood | Work Racing/John Walko Racing |
| 13 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | October 16 | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Kyle Connery | CC Motorsport |
| 14 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | October 16 | Remy Audette | Remy Audette | Kyle Connery | CC Motorsport |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | VIR | VIR | ATL | ATL | WG1 | WG1 | MDO | MDO | MOS | MOS | LRP | LRP | WG2 | WG2 | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drivers' championship |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Remy Audette | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 601 |
| 2 | Chris Livengood | 3 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 429 |
| 3 | Kyle Connery | DNS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 23 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 409 |
| 4 | Tim Minor (M) | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 383 |
| 5 | Roberto La Rocca | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 336 |
| 6 | Tim Paul | 20 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 251 |
| 7 | Angel Benitez | 15 | 4 | DNS | 10 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 248 |
| 8 | Nathan Morcom | 1 | 8 | 5 | 23 | DNS | 7 | 8 | 6 | | | 7 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 246 |
| 9 | Craig Clawson (M) | 8 | 15 | | | 12 | 9 | DNS | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 217 |
| 10 | Thomas Schwietz (M) | | | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 13 | | | | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 186 |
| 11 | Joe Colasacco | 10 | 25 | 9 | 8 | | | 4 | 9 | | | | | 10 | 11 | 167 |
| 12 | Jonathan Scarallo | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | 165 |
| 13 | Robert Wright (M) | 17 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 157 |
| 14 | Gustavo Rizzo | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 19 | | | | | | 155 |
| 15 | Brian Tomasi | 22 | 27 | 21 | 14 | | | 2 | 3 | | | | | 11 | 6 | 150 |
| 16 | Bill Jordan (M) | 11 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 8 | | | 19 | 16 | 138 |
| 17 | Dave Weitzenhof (M) | 7 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 5 | | | | | 130 |
| 18 | Mark Defer (M) | 27 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 12 | | | | | 12 | 9 | 124 |
| 19 | John LaRue | | | | | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | | | | | 9 | 10 | 123 |
| 20 | Dan Denison (M) | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 18 | | | 13 | 15 | 116 |
| 21 | Rob Nicholas (M) | 21 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 | 105 |
| 22 | Ardie Greenamyer (M) | 5 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | | | | | 32 | DNS | 103 |
| 23 | Dwight Rider (M) | | | 14 | 21 | 8 | 31 | | | 11 | 3 | | | | | 100 |
| 24 | Charles Finelli (M) | | | | | 13 | 14 | 20 | 26 | | | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 99 |
| 25 | Fred Bross | | | | | 18 | 20 | | | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 96 |
| 26 | Ethan Ringel | | | | | 10 | 8 | 10 | 24 | | | | | | | 75 |
| 27 | Brendan Puderbach | | | | | 22 | 27 | 22 | 27 | | | 9 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 69 |
| 28 | Giancarlo Potolicchio | 12 | 26 | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 25 | 68 |
| 29 | Enzo Potolicchio (M) | | | 17 | DNS | 6 | 23 | DNS | 11 | | | | | | | 60 |
| 30 | Steele Guiliana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 30 | Niki Coello | | | | | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 30 | Brent Gilkes (M) | 24 | 16 | 19 | DNS | 15 | 25 | | | 7 | 13 | | | | | 58 |
| 33 | Chris Monteleone | | | | | 21 | 22 | | | | | 8 | 11 | | | 55 |
| 34 | Zach Craigo | | | 25 | 11 | 25 | 29 | | | 6 | 17 | | | | | 52 |
| 35 | Jeff McCusker (M) | 13 | 17 | | | | | 21 | 21 | | | | | 17 | 19 | 50 |
| 36 | Fabio Orsolon | | | 11 | 6 | 28 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 43 |
| 37 | Al Guibord, Sr. (M) | 23 | DNS | | | | | | | | | 11 | 16 | | | 33 |
| 38 | Eric Presbrey | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 15 | | | 28 |
| 39 | Matt McDonough | | | | | | | | | 18 | 12 | | | | | 25 |
| 40 | Tom Drake (M) | | | | | 23 | 21 | | | 15 | DNS | | | 28 | 24 | 22 |
| 41 | Peter LeSueur | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 14 | 21 |
| 42 | Francis Kenette (M) | 18 | 23 | | | | | 23 | 22 | DNS | DNS | | | 29 | 27 | 20 |
| 42 | Blake Teeter | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | 27 | 26 | 20 |
| 44 | Tom Fatur (M) | 25 | 12 | | | 27 | DNS | DNS | 28 | | | | | DNS | DNS | 18 |
| 44 | Aaron Pettipas | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 18 | 35 | 23 | 18 |
| 46 | Jose Gerardo | | | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 17 |
| 47 | Mark Felsen | 14 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 48 | Dean Baker | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 17 | 13 |
| 49 | Peter Gonzalez | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 5 | 37 | DNS | 11 |
| 49 | Jim Hanrahan (M) | | | | | DNS | 19 | | | | | 21 | 19 | 24 | DNS | 11 |
| 49 | John Brumder | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 21 | 11 |
| 52 | Rodin Younessi | | | | | | | 24 | 23 | | | | | | | 5 |
| 52 | Vaughn Horvath | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | 22 | 5 |
| 54 | Tim Walsh | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 30 | 2 |
| 54 | Greg Strelzoff | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | 28 | 2 |
| 56 | Eric Langbein | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34 | DNS | 1 |
| 56 | Chris Gumprecht | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | DNS | | | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | VIR | VIR | ATL | ATL | WG1 | WG1 | MDO | MDO | MOS | MOS | LRP | LRP | WG2 | WG2 | 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) |
| Blank | Not competing |

In-line notation :

| Bold | Pole position (3 points) |
| - | - |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap (2 points) |

This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship. (M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.

