2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship

The 2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship was the sixth 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. It was the second season featuring a single class of competition. The schedule expanded to 16 races from 14 in 2014 with the addition of a pair of races at NOLA Motorsports Park and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where the series previously raced in 2013. Nearby Sonoma Raceway was dropped from the schedule.

French second year driver Nico Jamin captured the championship driving for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. Jamin won ten of the sixteen rounds and finished on the podium of every race except one. American Jake Eidson of Pabst Racing finished on the podium in every race but two, however, he only won four races and Jamin soundly exceeded him for the championship by 72 points. Cape's Aaron Telitz captured one victory among his ten podium finishes and captured third in the championship. Brazilian Victor Franzoni captured a win in the fourth round of the championship, but his team was suspended for repeated equipment rules violations and Franzoni moved to the Pro Mazda Championship.[1] Australian Anthony Martin finished on the podium five times and captured rookie of the year honors.

Drivers and teams

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All teams were American-registered.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Abel Motorsports 51 United States Bill Abel 7–9
Afterburner Autosport[N 1] 17 Brazil Victor Franzoni 1–6
United Kingdom Sennan Fielding 12–14
18 United States Jack Mitchell 12–16
ArmsUp Motorsports 5 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori All
6 United States Max Hanratty All
7 United States Peter Portante 15–16
16 Canada James Dayson All
Cape Motorsports with WTR 2 France Nico Jamin All
3 United States Aaron Telitz All
D2D Motorsports 61 United States Andrew List[N 2] 1–2, 12–14
JAY Motorsports 12 United States Augie Lerch 1–9
JDC Motorsports 19 United States Sam Chastain 7–8
United States Robert Alon 15–16
80 Canada Parker Thompson All
John Cummiskey Racing 33 Australia Anthony Martin All
94 Australia Jordan Lloyd 1–4
Pabst Racing 22 United States Jake Eidson All
23 China Luo Yufeng All
RJB Motorsports 9 United States Alex Mayer 12–14
10 United States Clint McMahan 12–14
Swan Motorsports 9 United States Tyler Hunter 7–8
Team Pelfrey 81 Norway Ayla Ågren All
82 Australia Luke Gabin All
83 United States Garth Rickards All
84 Russia Nikita Lastochkin All

Race calendar and results

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Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 28 United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson Pabst Racing
2 March 29 United States Aaron Telitz United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson Pabst Racing
3 NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana April 11 France Nico Jamin United States Aaron Telitz France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
4 April 12 Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni Afterburner Autosport
5 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 25 France Nico Jamin Brazil Victor Franzoni Brazil Victor Franzoni United States Aaron Telitz Cape Motorsports with WTR
6 April 26 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
7 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana May 8 France Nico Jamin United States Aaron Telitz United States Aaron Telitz France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
8 May 9 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
9 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 23 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson Pabst Racing
10 Streets of Toronto Toronto June 13 France Nico Jamin United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson United States Jake Eidson Pabst Racing
11 June 14 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 1 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
13 August 2 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
14 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
15 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 12 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR
16 September 13 France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver STP NOL BAR IMS LOR TOR MOH LAG Points
1 France Nico Jamin 3 3 1* 2 14 1* 1 1* 2 2 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 457
2 United States Jake Eidson 1* 1* 3 3 3 3 2 12 1* 1* 2 4 2 3 3 3 385
3 United States Aaron Telitz 2 2 2 16 1 4 3* 2 3 6 5 3 3 2 4 2 348
4 Australia Anthony Martin 4 4 16 5 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 2 14 4 2 4 300
5 Canada Parker Thompson 15 6 7 4 5 5 14 6 6 11 12 5 4 5 5 14 221
6 Australia Luke Gabin 17 9 8 14 15 14 5 4 8 4 3 7 7 6 15 15 194
7 China Luo Yufeng 5 14 15 9 8 6 17 5 5 12 7 6 8 12 8 9 193
8 Russia Nikita Lastochkin 10 8 10 12 10 8 8 7 12 8 8 11 10 10 7 5 193
9 United States Garth Rickards 7 15 11 8 6 11 7 17 9 5 6 18 5 8 9 10 186
10 Norway Ayla Ågren 9 10 9 11 9 10 6 14 11 7 9 10 6 11 11 7 186
11 Germany Keyvan Andres Soori 16 7 6 7 7 7 15 10 7 13 13 8 11 18 6 8 177
12 United States Max Hanratty 11 11 12 13 11 9 16 9 10 9 10 14 13 13 13 11 151
13 Canada James Dayson 14 13 14 15 13 13 12 15 15 10 11 16 16 16 14 13 116
14 Brazil Victor Franzoni 6 16 4 1* 2* DSQ 98
15 United States Augie Lerch 13 DNS 13 10 12 12 10 16 13 69
16 Australia Jordan Lloyd 8 5 5 6 62
17 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding 9 9 7 38
18 United States Andrew List 12 12 17 17 15 32
19 United States Jack Mitchell 12 12 9 30
20 United States Peter Portante 10 6 26
21 United States Sam Chastain 9 8 25
22 United States Bill Abel 13 13 14 23
23 United States Tyler Hunter 11 11 20
24 United States Alex Mayer 15 15 14 19
25 United States Robert Alon 12 12 18
26 United States Clint McMahan 13 18 17 15
Pos Driver STP NOL BAR IMS LOR 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 not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps
Rookie

Teams' Championship

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Pos Team Points
1 Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 538
2 Pabst Racing 335
3 John Cummiskey Racing 260
4 Team Pelfrey 188
5 JDC Motorsports 158
6 ArmsUp Motorsports 99
7 Afterburner Autosport 92
8 JAY Motorsports 35
9 D2D Motorsports 20
10 Abel Motorsports 12
11 Swan Racing 9
12 RJB Motorsports 6

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Skipped Indianapolis, LOR & Toronto due to team sanctions
  2. ^ Missed NOLA to Mid-Ohio due to practice crash during testing

References

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  1. ^ Wittich, Steve (May 1, 2015). "Mazda Road To Indy update – Friday May 1st – Wrapping up Barber (video and penalties) and other news". TrackSideOnline.com. TrackSide Online. Retrieved October 25, 2015. The team has been fined $10,000 and suspended from competition for the next two USF2000 events.
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