The 2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship was the seventh 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, and is owned by Andersen Promotions. A 16-race schedule was announced on October 27, 2015. The National class was re-introduced, for SCCA Formula Continental cars.National Class Reintroduced in USF2000. (2016, February 10). Champion to Receive "Ticket" to $200K Scholarship Shootout. https://www.usf2000.com/news/national-class-reintroduced-in-usf2000.

Australian Anthony Martin and his Cape Motorsports teammate Canadian Parker Thompson were neck and neck throughout the season. Ultimately Martin captured the championship on the back of seven wins compared to Thompson's four. Thompson finished on the podium in twelve of the sixteen races, one more than Martin. Brazilian Victor Franzoni won three races and was running at the finish of every race and finished third in points, fourteen points behind Thompson. Jordan Lloyd and Luo Yufeng also captured race victories.

Cape Motorsports won the team championship by a comfortable margin.

Eric Filgueiras won the National Class championship, largely unopposed.

2016 was the final year for the Van Diemen-designed Formula Continental derived cars in Championship Class. In 2017 it will be replaced by a new bespoke design from Tatuus. The old cars will remain eligible for National Class.

Drivers and teams Team Driver(s)Status Round(s) Afterburner Autosport 17 Felipe OrtizAfterburner Confirms Felipe Ortiz for Rookie Champaign. (2016, February 15). USF2000. https://www.usf2000.com/news/afterburner-autosport-confirms-felipe-ortiz-for-rookie-usf2000-campaign. 1–2 Christian Muñoz 12–14 18 Dakota Dickerson All ArmsUp Motorsports 6 Max Hanratty 1–6, 8–9 7 Dale VandenBush 5–6, 8–9 9 Victor Franzoni All 16 Devin Wojcik 8–9 Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Parker Thompson All 3 Nikita Lastochkinhttp://www.motorsport.com/usf2000/news/lastochkin-switches-to-cape-for-sophomore-usf2000-season-66469/ 1–6, 8–16 4 Jordan Cane 8–14 8 Anthony Martin AllChastain Motorsports 5 Austin McCusker 1–14 77 Sam Chastain 1–6, 8–14 FatBoy Racing 15 Brendan Puderbach 1–2, 5–6, 8–11 44 Charles Finelli 1–2, 5–6 JAY Motorsports 91 Luke Gabin All 92 Cameron Das 3–6, 8–16 JDC Motorsports 52 Robert Allaer 1–2 72 Tazio Ottis All John Cummiskey Racing 33 Ayla Ågren 1–9, 12–14 Michael Scott 15–16 34 Lucas Kohl All Pabst Racing Services 21 Jordan Lloyd All 22 Garth Rickards All 23 Luo Yufeng All RJB Motorsports 19 Michai Stephens 1–6, 8–14 20 Clint McMahan 1–6, 8–14 Spencer Racing 12 Eric Filgueiras 1–6, 8–14 Team Pelfrey 80 Robert Megennis All 81 Jordan Cane 1–6 Kaylen Frederick 15–16 82 TJ Fischer 1–6 Phillippe Denes 15–16 83 James Munro 1–4 Tomasi Motorsports 11 Robert Armington 5–6, 15–16 Icon Class RookieNational Class

Schedule The schedule for the 2016 season was announced on October 27, 2016. The championship continued to feature 16 races. The visit at NOLA Motorsports Park was discontinued along with the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana after just one year. It was replaced by Road America, which was returning to the IndyCar Series calendar, and had last been visited by U.S. F2000 in the 2012 season. IconLegendOval/SpeedwayRoad courseStreet circuit Rd. DateRace name Track Location 1 March 12Priority Marine Construction Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2Hi-Tide Boat Lifts Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 3 April 22–23Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 4 5 May 13–14Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana 6 7 May 27Mazda Freedom 75 Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Indiana 8 June 25Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 9 10 July 16–17Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Canada 11 12 July 29–31Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 13 14 15 September 10–11Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Monterey WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Salinas, California 16

Race results Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner Driver Team 1 Streets of St. Petersburg Jordan Lloyd Anthony Martin Jordan Lloyd Jordan Lloyd Pabst Racing 2 Jordan Lloyd Luo Yufeng Jordan Lloyd Luo Yufeng Pabst Racing 3 Barber Motorsports Park 4 Anthony Martin Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Anthony Martin Parker Thompson Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 6 Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR 7 Lucas Oil Raceway Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 8 Road America Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 9 Anthony Martin Jordan Lloyd Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 10 Streets of Toronto Anthony Martin Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni ArmsUp Motorsports 11 Anthony Martin Jordan Lloyd Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Cape Motorsports with WTR 12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 13 Anthony Martin Parker Thompson Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 14 Anthony Martin Parker Thompson Anthony Martin Anthony Martin Cape Motorsports with WTR 15 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni ArmsUp Motorsports 16 Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni ArmsUp Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG Points Championship class 1 Anthony Martin 5 10 3 4 1* 4 1 1* 1* 16 2 1* 1* 1* 3 2394 2 Parker Thompson 15 4 1* 1* 2 1* 2* 5 3 3 1* 17 2 2 2 3374 3 Victor Franzoni 6 12 2 9 3 2 3 4 2 1* 3 2 3 4 1* 1*360 4 Jordan Lloyd 1* 2* 5 20 4 5 4 2 21 2 8 4 16 5 5 4276 5 Luke Gabin 4 5 4 2 20 3 11 3 7 4 10 3 11 16 4 5252 6 Robert Megennis 3 8 12 3 8 10 6 7 11 5 5 19 4 7 8 8224 7 Luo Yufeng 2 1 14 11 5 6 5 24 9 6 7 18 17 9 6 7212 8 Nikita Lastochkin 9 7 7 5 23 11 6 8 17 6 6 7 8 11 6183 9 Dakota Dickerson 8 22 17 13 11 20 9 12 10 7 4 5 5 6 10 10176 10 Garth Rickards 24 6 9 7 15 7 7 23 5 15 17 7 6 3 12 15172 11 Ayla Ågren 10 13 8 6 7 12 8 8 4 10 21 11137 12 Lucas Kohl 23 14 21 21 6 8 10 11 13 10 12 9 18 12 9 9136 13 Jordan Cane 25 3 6 19 10 21 21 6 9 16 8 9 14121 14 Austin McCusker 20 DNS 10 8 14 23 12 10 15 11 11 11 8 10118 15 Tazio Ottis 12 15 15 17 16 14 DNS 17 17 12 14 15 12 15 15 16102 16 Cameron Das 20 12 17 24 9 14 8 15 DNS 10 20 14 1283 17 Michai Stephens 11 DNS 19 15 18 15 13 20 13 9 12 14 1382 18 Sam Chastain 13 16 18 22 12 13 20 23 DNS 16 13 1862 19 TJ Fischer 22 9 13 10 9 958 20 Clint McMahan 7 23 23 14 19 16 16 19 DNS 13 19 1752 21 Max Hanratty 26 20 16 16 13 19 15 1242 22 Phillippe Denes 7 1124 23 James Munro 18 21 11 2320 24 Kaylen Frederick 13 1316 25 Christian Muñoz 14 15 1915 26 Felipe Ortiz 21 1114 27 Devin Wojcik 14 1612 28 Michael Scott 17 1412 National class 1 Eric Filgueiras 14 17 22 18 21 25 22 24 14 13 20 20 DNS262 2 Brendan Puderbach 19 18 25 22 19 22 18111 3 Robert Armington 22 18 16 1780 4 Dale VandenBush 26 17 18 1876 5 Charles Finelli 17 24 2442 6 Robert Allaer 16 1933 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG 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 notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)Not awarded if more thanone driver leads most lapsRookie

Teams' Championship PosTeamPoints 1Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing525 2Pabst Racing338 3ArmsUp Motorsports271 4JAY Motorsports186 5Team Pelfrey180 6John Cummiskey Racing110 7Chastain Motorsports52 8RJB Motorsports34

References

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