2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest

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.

The entry list for the Sebring round was announced on February 2, 2012.^[1]

Team	No.	Drivers	Notes
Cape Motorsports w/ 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

The race schedule was announced on November 2, 2011.^[2]

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

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 not participate In-line notation Championship Class only Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (1 point)

Pos	Team	Points
1	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	240
2	Andretti Autosport	100
3	JDC Motorsports	68
4	Belardi Auto Racing	54
5	MDL Racing	33
6	ArmsUp Motorsports	20
7	Pabst Racing Services	8
8	JAY Motorsports	6
9	Dayson Racing	3

• 2012 IndyCar Series season

• U.S. F2000 National Championship official website