The 2012 U.S. F2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest was the second year of the winter racing series promoted by the U.S. F2000 National Championship. It consisted of six races held during two race meets in February 2012 and served as preparation for the 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship.
American Spencer Pigot won five of the six races on his way to dominating the championship over his closest pursuer, Cape Motorsports teammate Trent Hindman. The third Cape driver, Matthew Brabham, was the only other driver to win a race when he captured third race at Sebring and finished third in the championship. Andretti Autosport's Shelby Blackstock and JDC Motorsports' Scott Hargrove were the only other drivers to finish on the podium, with one third-place finish each as they finished fourth and sixth in the championship respectively. Andretti Autosport's Thomas McGregor finished fifth in the championship.
Canadian James Dayson won the National Class championship by one point over American Paul Alspach.
Drivers and teams
The entry list for the Sebring round was announced on February 2, 2012.Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship – Entry List as of February 2, 2012, U. S. F2000, February 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-03
TeamDriversNotes Cape Motorsportsw/ Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Spencer Pigot 3 Trent Hindman 83 Matthew Brabham Belardi Auto Racing 4 Roman Lagudi 9 Luca Forgeois 11 Colin Thompson 14 Scott Anderson Pabst Racing Services 5 Dalton Kellett 6 J. R. Smart National class Andretti Autosport 7 Thomas McGregor 8 Shelby Blackstock Dayson Racing 12 James Dayson National class ArmsUp Motorsports 15 Luigi Biangardi Sebring only JDC Motorsports 19 Neil Alberico 38 Scott Hargrove 54 Michael Johnson 93 Zac Silver JAY Motorsports 23 Jason Wolfe MDL Racing 33 Matthew Di Leo Robinson Motor Sports 97 Paul Alspach National class; Sebring only
Race calendar and results The race schedule was announced on November 2, 2011.USF2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest Schedule Confirmed , US F2000, November 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-02
Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida February 6 Spencer Pigot Trent Hindman Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports 2 February 7 Trent Hindman Matthew Brabham Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports 3 Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Matthew Brabham Cape Motorsports 4 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, Florida February 11 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports 5 February 12 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports 6 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Cape Motorsports
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver SEB PBI Points Championship Class 1 Spencer Pigot 1* 1* 2 1* 1* 1* 187 2 Trent Hindman 3 3 3 2 2 3 140 3 Matthew Brabham 2 2 1* 4 14 2 135 4 Shelby Blackstock 5 7 5 7 3 4 103 5 Thomas McGregor 17 4 8 6 4 8 83 6 Scott Hargrove 7 9 15 3 9 6 81 7 Neil Alberico 15 11 10 5 5 5 78 8 Scott Anderson 4 14 11 12 7 7 73 9 Matthew Di Leo 6 5 4 14 16 10 70 10 Roman Lagudi 11 8 7 8 6 14 66 11 Dalton Kellett 10 12 14 13 10 11 56 12 Jason Wolfe 13 10 12 11 11 15 49 13 Zac Silver 9 13 13 10 13 DNS 47 14 Luigi Biangardi 8 6 6 43 15 Luca Forgeois 18 DNS DNS 9 8 12 35 16 Colin Thompson 16 15 9 DSQ DNS 9 35 17 Michael Johnson 12 16 16 15 15 13 34 National Class 1 James Dayson 19 DNS DNS 17 12 DNS 45 2 Paul Alspach DNS 17 17 44 3 J. R. Smart 14 18 DNS DNS DNS DNS 40 Pos Driver SEB PBI 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 notparticipateIn-line notationChampionship Class onlyBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)
Teams' Championship PosTeamPoints 1 Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing240 2 Andretti Autosport100 3 JDC Motorsports68 4 Belardi Auto Racing54 5 MDL Racing33 6 ArmsUp Motorsports20 7 Pabst Racing Services8 8 JAY Motorsports6 9 Dayson Racing3
See also 2012 IndyCar Series season
References
External links U.S. F2000 National Championship official website