The 2020 F1600 Championship Series season was the ninth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The previous year's champion was Jonathan Kotyk of K-Hill Motorsports.
Simon Sikes’ performances in the F1600 Championship Series helped him earn a spot as a Team USA scholar and allowed him to make his debut in the USF2000 before the year ended. During his short time in the Road to Indy, he achieved his best finish in fourth place.
In the end, he easily won the F1600 title, beating karting graduate Dylan Christie and Dexter Czuba. He also took home the SCCA National Runoff title in Formula F.
Jackson Lee won two races in the F1600 series but missed a third of the season. He finished fourth in the points standings. His status as a Team USA scholar allowed him to travel to England to compete in the National FF1600 finale and other important races at the end of the year. His best finish was 10th place in the final race of the FFord Festival.
Maxwell Esterson joined him on the flight across the ocean. Esterson won one F1600 race and finished 14th in the WHT.
Drivers and teams Pro Division Team/Sponsor Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine Rice Race Prep6 Simon SikesAllMygaleHonda13 Burton August4–6; 10–12 Steve Oseth M7–9 Jason Pribyl13–1552 Jackson Lee1–12 Trey Burke13–18 Drivers Services2 Mike Scanlan M1–3; 7–18SpectrumHonda Brad Hayes Racing74 Jonathan Kotyk1–6PiperHonda Team Pelfrey23Baylor Griffin16–18MygaleHonda80 Maxwell Esterson1–1581 Dylan Christie1–3 Dexter Czuba4–15 David Adorno16–1882 Dexter Czuba1–3 Dylan Christie4–18 Raceworks42 Ryan Bjerke7–12SpectrumHonda70 Sam Lockwood M1–676 Ax Kametches1–6Dole Fuels4 John Dole M1–3SpectrumHonda Glen Cordova M13–15 Auriana Racing3 Joe Colasacco M13–15Van DiemenHonda57–12ATC Technologies Inc.11 Christopher Kierce10–12; 16–18SpectrumHondaWeiss12 Bob Reid M1–15CitationHonda K-Hill Motorsports12 Ax Kametches16–18MygaleHonda27Bryson Morris16–1890 Omar KhanAllPolestar18 Robert Dietz4–6Van DiemenHondaShady Hill Clayworks21 David Petzko M1–6; 10–15SpectrumHondaAiken Racing21 Porter Aiken16–18PiperHondaSteelfiber24 Christopher Horan1–3Van DiemenHondaThursdayPools27 Zachary Rivard1–6Van DiemenHondaPractical Precision Engineering30 Will Velkoff1–6; 10–15Van DiemenHondaMorgan's Collision Center31 Scott Rubenzer M1–6; 10–18SpectrumHonda Pure Energy Racing33 Jeffrey Bartz4–6Van DiemenHondaAero Services Winchester36 Steve Oseth M1–3; 10–15CitationHondaHome Tech Bldg. Consultants41 Robert Albani M1–3; 7–15MygaleHondaSpectrum47 Austin Kimberly1–3; 13–18SpectrumFord48 Peter Portante G4–6Creative Dynamics57 Chris Smith M7–9Van DiemenHondaSteel Services72 Tom Schwietz M1–3; 7–12CitationHondaBell Helmets73 Robert Perona M1–3 PiperHondaPrimus75 Jay Messenger M16–18Van DiemenHondaBrumbaugh Racing86Kevin Brumbaugh G16–18Van DiemenHondaExclusive Autosport / lovation91 Josh Pierson1–3SpectrumHonda9213–15 Lee Racing177 Jonathan Lee16–18SwiftFord Icon Class M Rookie G Guest
Schedule
Rd. Date Track Location 1 June 19–21 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania 2 3 4 July 3–5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 5 6 7 July 17–19 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia 8 9 10 August 21–23 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia 11 12 13 October 16–18 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania 14 15 16 October 30–31 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 17 18Cancelled Events –31 Jul – 2 Aug Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama References: Formula Race Promotions Postpones May Event; Season Expected to Commence in June
Results & performance summaries
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 1 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, PennsylvaniaJune 20 Simon Sikes Simon Sikes Simon Sikes 2June 21 Simon Sikes Simon Sikes 3 Dexter Czuba Simon Sikes 4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OhioJuly 5 Maxwell Esterson Dylan Christie Simon Sikes 5 Jackson Lee Dexter Czuba 6 Jeffrey Bartz Jackson Lee 7 Virginia International Raceway Alton, VirginiaJuly 18 Maxwell Esterson Joe Colasacco Simon Sikes 8July 19 Dexter Czuba Maxwell Esterson 9 Maxwell Esterson Jackson Lee 10 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West VirginiaAugust 22 Simon Sikes Jackson Lee Simon Sikes 11 Burton August Dylan Christie 12August 23 Maxwell Esterson Dylan Christie 13 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, PennsylvaniaOctober 17 Maxwell Esterson Dylan Christie Simon Sikes 14October 18 Maxwell Esterson Dylan Christie 15 Dexter Czuba Simon Sikes 16 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, GeorgiaOctober 31 Simon Sikes Dylan Christie Dylan Christie 17 Simon Sikes Simon Sikes 18 Jonathan Lee Trey BurkeReferences:
Scoring System
Points are awarded to the top twentyfive classified drivers, and the top drivers who enables to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with the corrispective bonus points +3 and +2 points.
The Season Championship will recognize only driver’s best 15 of 18 race results including all bonus points earned.
Points are awarded using the following system:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th+ DNF Points504237343129272523211917151311109876543211
Guest drivers are ineligible to score points.
If a guest driver finishes in first position, the second-placed finisher will receive 50 points. The same goes for every other points scoring position. So if three guest drivers end up placed fourth, fifth and sixth, the seventh-placed finisher will receive thirtyfourth points and so forth - until the twentyeighth-placed finisher receives the final point.
Driver Standings
PosDriverPITT-1MOVIRSPPITT-2RAPtsDrop Pts1 Simon Sikes11112DNS1612211012127246892 Dylan Christie28239DNF72311151246485993 Dexter Czuba65531333446543105155154 Jackson Lee12865412212334404405 Maxwell Esterson44345212131758 DSQ4234236 Scott Rubenzer79981177966527564124127 Bob Reid11131810131281311161514107122532538 Mike Scanlan161620789141317151291410142362369 Omar Khan212019131514101212DNF1616149812111224723510 Rob Albani202113610138171196323323311 Ax Kametches10121112810107319519512 Steve Oseth131917DNS1114127121181118718713 Christopher Horan53766817817814 Dave Petzko1415151114111310131313DNS16716715 Trey Burke463116616616 Josh Pierson176432DNF15215217 Burton AugustDNF9554714914918 Joe Colasacco555101218DNSDNSDNS14114119 Ryan Bjerke44101118913913920 Will Velkoff151416DNSWthWth1514151211713213221 Tom SchwietzDNFDNSDNS9DNS7681012612622 Jonathan Kotyk372DNSWthWth10610623Baylor Griffin34510210224 Jonathan Lee567898925 Jeffrey Bartz776858526 Christopher Kierce9118DNFDNS838327 Robert Dietz9104787828 Austin KimberlyDNFDNSDNFDNSDNSDNS889757529 Porter Aiken4148747430 Jason Pribyl7164717131 Chris Smith1198676732Bryson Morris9910676733 Zachary Rivard91110DNSWthWth636334 Sam Lockwood181814DNF1213626235 David Adorno131211515136 Glen Cordova16156505037 Robert Perona810DNF474738 Jey Messenger1115DNS323239 John Dole19171616Drivers ineligible for pointsKevin Brumbaugh1513DNF Peter PortanteDNSWthWthPosDriverPITT-1MOVIRSPPITT-2RAPtsDrop Pts References: FRP Official Points Standings & Results Archive F1600 & Race MonitorColorResultGoldWinnerSilver2nd-place finishBronze3rd-place finishGreenTop 5 finishLight BlueTop 10 finishDark BlueOther flagged positionPurpleDid not finish (DNF)BrownWithdrew (Wth)BlackDisqualified (DSQ)WhiteDid Not Start (DNS)Race abandoned (C)BlankDid not participate
In-line notationBoldPole position(3 points)ItalicsFastest lap of the race(2 points) Master of the YearMasters
Incident Reports PIRC-1 — Penalty Report
See also F1600 Championship Series 2020 F2000 Championship Series
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