2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship
# 2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2019 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship was the tenth season – since its revival in 2010 – 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, operated by Andersen Promotions. A 15-race schedule was announced on September 25, 2018, consisting of five permanent road courses and two street circuits on the NTT IndyCar Series schedule each hosting doubleheaders, and a single race at the Dave Steele Classic on a short oval.

American Braden Eves of Cape Motorsports won the championship in a tightly contested points race by winning the final race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca over New Zealander Hunter McElrea of Pabst Racing. Eves won six times with two other podium finishes while McElrea, who had won the Road to Indy Shootout to earn his place on the U.S. F2000 grid, won four times with eight other podiums. Danish driver Christian Rasmussen won three races and finished tied for the third most points with American Colin Kaminsky. Rasmussen won third by virtue of Kaminsky not capturing any race wins. Darren Keane won one race and finished fifth in the championship. Australian Cameron Shields, who ended his championship campaign after the Toronto round, was the sole other race winner on the season.

Pabst Racing won its third straight team championship despite their top driver McElrea losing out on the drivers' championship.

## Drivers and teams

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| BN Racing | 27 | Zach Holden | 1–4 |
| BN Racing | 27 | Matthew Round-Garrido | 6–11 |
| BN Racing | 28 | Anthony Famularo | 1–7 |
| Cape Motorsports | 2 | Darren Keane | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 3 | Reece Gold | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 4 | Jak Crawford | 10–15 |
| Cape Motorsports | 8 | Braden Eves | All |
| DEForce Racing | 12 | Manuel Sulaimán | All |
| DEForce Racing | 52 | Jak Crawford | 3–9 |
| DEForce Racing | 91 | Eduardo Barrichello | 12–15 |
| Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Manuel Cabrera | 1–5 |
| Jay Howard Driver Development | 5 | Matthew Round-Garrido | 1–5 |
| Jay Howard Driver Development | 5 | Josh Green | 12–13 |
| Jay Howard Driver Development | 5 | Wyatt Brichacek | 14–15 |
| Jay Howard Driver Development | 6 | Christian Rasmussen | All |
| Jay Howard Driver Development | 7 | Christian Bogle | All |
| Legacy Autosport | 14 | Alex Baron | 1–7 |
| Legacy Autosport | 14 | Zach Holden | 8–15 |
| Legacy Autosport | 77 | José Sierra | 1–2 |
| Legacy Autosport | 77 | Dakota Dickerson | 3–4 |
| Legacy Autosport | 77 | Timmy Pagliuso | 10–11 |
| Legacy Autosport | 77 | Ayrton Ori | 12–15 |
| Miller Vinatieri Motorsports | 40 | Jack William Miller | All |
| Miller Vinatieri Motorsports | 41 | Eduardo Barrichello | 1–11 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 36 | Nolan Siegel | All |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 73 | Cameron Shields | 1–9 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 73 | Kyle Dupell | 12–15 |
| Pabst Racing Services | 21 | Yuven Sundaramoorthy | All |
| Pabst Racing Services | 22 | Hunter McElrea | All |
| Pabst Racing Services | 23 | Colin Kaminsky | All |
| Pabst Racing Services | 24 | Bruna Tomaselli | All |
| Team E-JAY Racing | 69 | Nate Aranda | 1–2 |

## Schedule

| Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | March 9 | St. Petersburg 100 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2 | March 10 | St. Petersburg 100 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 3 | May 10 | Grand Prix of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 4 | May 11 | Grand Prix of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 5 | May 24 | Dave Steele Carb Night Classic | Lucas Oil Raceway oval | Clermont, Indiana |
| 6 | June 22 | Mazda Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 7 | June 23 | Mazda Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 8 | July 13 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 9 | July 14 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 10 | July 27 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 11 | July 28 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 12 | August 31 | Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 13 | September 1 | Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 14 | September 21 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California |
| 15 | September 22 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California |

## Race results

| Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race Winner | Race Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Driver | Team |
| 1 | St. Petersburg 1 | Braden Eves | Darren Keane | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Cape Motorsports |
| 2 | St. Petersburg 2 | Darren Keane | Christian Rasmussen | Darren Keane | Braden Eves | Cape Motorsports |
| 3 | Indianapolis GP 1 | Braden Eves | Darren Keane | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Cape Motorsports |
| 4 | Indianapolis GP 2 | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Cape Motorsports |
| 5 | Indianapolis | Colin Kaminsky | Cameron Shields | Cameron Shields | Cameron Shields | Newman Wachs Racing |
| 6 | Road America 1 | Colin Kaminsky | Braden Eves | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Pabst Racing Services |
| 7 | Road America 2 | Hunter McElrea | Darren Keane | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Cape Motorsports |
| 8 | Toronto 1 | Christian Rasmussen | Darren Keane | Darren Keane Christian Rasmussen | Darren Keane | Cape Motorsports |
| 9 | Toronto 2 | Darren Keane | Darren Keane | Christian Rasmussen | Christian Rasmussen | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 10 | Mid-Ohio 1 | Hunter McElrea | Christian Rasmussen | Christian Rasmussen | Christian Rasmussen | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 11 | Mid-Ohio 2 | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Pabst Racing Services |
| 12 | Portland 1 | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Pabst Racing Services |
| 13 | Portland 2 | Hunter McElrea | Christian Rasmussen | Hunter McElrea | Hunter McElrea | Pabst Racing Services |
| 14 | Laguna Seca 1 | Braden Eves | Hunter McElrea | Christian Rasmussen | Christian Rasmussen | Jay Howard Driver Development |
| 15 | Laguna Seca 2 | Colin Kaminsky | Christian Rasmussen | Braden Eves | Braden Eves | Cape Motorsports |

## Championship standings

### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th+ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points (R) | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Points (O) | 45 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |

* One point is awarded to the driver who qualifies on pole position.
* One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
* One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | STP | STP | IMS | IMS | LOR | ROA | ROA | TOR | TOR | MOH | MOH | POR | POR | LAG | LAG | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Braden Eves | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 5 | 4 | 1* | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1* | 361 |
| 2 | Hunter McElrea | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 2 | 7 | 356 |
| 3 | Christian Rasmussen | 4 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2* | 1* | 1* | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1* | 2 | 282 |
| 4 | Colin Kaminsky | 16 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 282 |
| 5 | Darren Keane | 7 | 14* | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 270 |
| 6 | Manuel Sulaimán | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 211 |
| 7 | Jak Crawford | | | 18 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 183 |
| 8 | Bruna Tomaselli | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 174 |
| 9 | Zach Holden | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | | | | 5 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 170 |
| 10 | Reece Gold | 10 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 167 |
| 11 | Eduardo Barrichello | 13 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 151 |
| 12 | Yuven Sundaramoorthy | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 150 |
| 13 | Cameron Shields | 11 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 1* | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6 | | | | | | | 137 |
| 14 | Matthew Round-Garrido | 12 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 | | | | | 122 |
| 15 | Nolan Siegel | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 113 |
| 16 | Jack William Miller | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 97 |
| 17 | Christian Bogle | 15 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 93 |
| 18 | Alex Baron | 21 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 92 |
| 19 | Anthony Famularo | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 67 |
| 20 | Kyle Dupell | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 30 |
| 21 | Josh Green | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 10 | | | 21 |
| 22 | Manuel Cabrera | 19 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 23 | Ayrton Ori | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| 24 | Wyatt Brichacek | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 18 | 16 |
| 25 | Dakota Dickerson | | | 21 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 26 | José Sierra | 17 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 27 | Timmy Pagliuso | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 16 | | | | | 9 |
| 28 | Nate Aranda | 20 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 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 (DNF) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate |

In-line notation :

| 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 |
| Rookie ||

### Teams' championship

**Scoring system**

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th+ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |

* Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
* Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Pabst Racing Services | 405 |
| 2 | Cape Motorsports | 400 |
| 3 | Jay Howard Driver Development | 201 |
| 4 | DEForce Racing | 196 |
| 5 | Legacy Autosport | 135 |
| 6 | BN Racing | 99 |
| 7 | Newman Wachs Racing | 93 |
| 8 | Miller Vinatieri Motorsports | 63 |
| 9 | Exclusive Autosport | 20 |
| 10 | Team E-JAY | 6 |
