The 2013 U.S. F2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest was the third 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 Florida during February 2013 and served as preparation for the 2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship.
American Neil Alberico, in his second year in the series and first with Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing won five of the six races and captured the championship. His Cape teammate, Canadian Scott Hargrove, won one race and finished second in the other five and was runner-up in the championship. Their teammate James Fletcher had three podium finishes and finished third in points. Canadian James Dayson was the only National class entrant and only contested the first three rounds of the championship. There were no lead changes during any of the six races and the first three races at Sebring International Raceway were run without a caution period.
Drivers and teams
TeamDriversNotes Cape Motorsportsw/ Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Neil Alberico 3 James Fletcher 32 Jeroen Slaghekke 38 Scott Hargrove Belardi Auto Racing 4 Daniel Burkett Sebring only 11 Danilo Estrela Sebring only 14 Matt McMurry Palm Beach only 41 Peter Portante Andretti Autosport 7 Garett Grist 77 Austin Cindric JAY Motorsports 9 Felipe Donato Sebring only 91 Florian Latorre ZSports w/ Team E Racing 10 R. C. Enerson Sebring only JDC Motorsports 12 Arthur Oliveira 19 Clarke Toppe 54 Michael Johnson 93 Stefan Rzadzinski ArmsUp Motorsports 16 James Dayson National class, Sebring only 51 Felipe Donato Palm Beach only Afterburner Autosport 17 Wyatt Gooden Sebring only 18 Jake Eidson Sebring only Pabst Racing Services 21 Jesse Lazare 23 Jason Wolfe MDL Racing 56 Matthew Di Leo
Race calendar and results The race schedule was announced on October 23, 2012.USF2000 Unveils 2013 Schedule , US F2000, October 23, 2012, Retrieved 2012-12-05
Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida February 5 Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico 2 February 6 Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico 3 Neil Alberico Garett Grist Neil Alberico Neil Alberico 4 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, Florida February 9 Scott Hargrove Neil Alberico Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove 5 February 10 Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico 6 Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico Neil Alberico
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver SEB PBI Points Championship Class 1 Neil Alberico 1* 1* 1* 2 1* 1* 186 2 Scott Hargrove 2 2 2 1* 2 2 157 3 James Fletcher 19 3 4 3 3 4 107 4 Garett Grist 17 4 3 4 4 5 102 5 Stefan Rzadzinski 4 9 7 11 5 6 87 6 Jesse Lazare 7 6 5 13 6 3 84 7 Jason Wolfe 9 10 12 9 7 11 68 8 Matthew Di Leo 10 14 9 6 13 14 60 9 Peter Portante 8 7 8 DNS 16 8 58 10 Arthur Oliveira 14 15 14 8 12 12 51 11 Felipe Donato DNS 20 15 5 10 10 45 12 Florian Latorre 20 21 11 14 11 7 38 13 Clark Toppe 13 16 DNS 10 14 16 32 14 Austin Cindric 12 DNS DNS 7 DNS 15 29 15 Jeroen Slaghekke DNS 19 16 15 8 13 29 16 Michael Johnson 11 13 18 12 15 17 29 Not classified Jake Eidson 6 8 6 43 Danilo Estrela 3 5 19 40 R. C. Enerson 5 12 10 37 Wyatt Gooden 18 11 17 18 Daniel Burkett 15 17 13 18 Matt McMurry DNS 9 9 National Class 1 James Dayson 16 18 DNS 44 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' PosTeamPoints 1 Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing240 2 Andretti Autosport70 3 Pabst Racing Services59 4 Belardi Auto Racing49 5 JDC Motorsports48 6 Afterburner Autosport23 7 ArmsUp Motorsports14 8 MDL Racing14 9 JAY Motorsports13 10 ZSports w/ Team E Racing12
References
External links U.S. F2000 National Championship official website