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The 2011 U.S. F2000 National Championship is a season 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. It is the second full season of the series since its revival in 2010. It follows the first 2011 U.S. F2000 Winterfest winter championship. It consists of 12 races held over 7 race weekends on seven different tracks – two street circuits , two ovals , and three permanent road courses .
Finnish driver Petri Suvanto , in his first season racing in North America, won the championship with five wins and five second-place finishes by 47 points over American Spencer Pigot, the 2010 Skip Barber National Championship winner. British driver Wayne Boyd won two races and finished third while Zach Veach won the season opener but struggled during the second half of the season to wind up fourth in points. Sixteen-year-old New Yorker Luca Forgeois won the National Class over his only full-time National Class rival J. R. Smart.
Race calendar and results [ edit ]
The race schedule was announced on October 12, 2010.[ 17]
Championship standings [ edit ]
Pos
Driver
SEB
STP
ORP
MIL
MDO
RA
BAL
Points
Championship Class
1
Petri Suvanto
2
3*
2
1*
1*
5
1*
1*
2
1
2
2
328
2
Spencer Pigot
3
2
1*
2
4
6
3
4
1*
2*
11
1*
281
3
Wayne Boyd
11
6
7
3
5
1*
2
2
10*
3*
1*
15
229
4
Zach Veach
1*
8
3
4
2
2
5
7
3
5
12
16
223
5
Matthew Di Leo
9
11
4
7
6
8
6
5
7
6
3
13
174
6
Timmy Megenbier
7
14
15
6
7
7
4
3
5
4
17
7
151
7
Juan Piedrahita
6
5
12
9
3
3
7
8
6
15
16
14
145
8
Shannon McIntosh
14
12
8
13
11
9
13
12
17
17
8
11
101
9
Luke Ellery
4
1*
14
8
13
4
92
10
Luigi Biangardi
8
6
11
8
4
12
78
11
Vincent Beltoise
8
13
6
5
9
58
12
Cole Morgan
5
4
5
15
54
National Class
1
Luca Forgeois
10
9
9
10
10
10
12
14
16
9
9
5
220
2
J. R. Smart
13
10
10
12
12
11
15
16
12
10
18
10
166
3
Ardie Greenamyer
12
7
11
11
DNS
16
13
96
4
Rodin Younessi
14
14
15
15
12
19
17
68
unregistered drivers
Roman Lagudi
8
9
9
8
13
5
3
Joe Colasacco
10
10
6
4
Chris Miller
4
7
Eric Langbein
7
6
Ryan Tveter
10
8
Revere Greist
9
14
Joe Woodward
9
14
Jonathan Scarallo
11
11
Jim Victor
13
11
Tõnis Kasemets
13
14
Joe Blacker
13
DNS
Rick Balsley
14
16
Bruce Hamilton
15
18
Pos
Driver
SEB
STP
ORP
MIL
MDO
RA
BAL
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 (DNP)
Not competing
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
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20+
Points
30
25
22
19
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
^ Cavin, Curt. Feb. 11: Pit Pass on Schmidt, Cunningham Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine , Indianapolis Star , February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
^ Suvanto Joins Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing for USF2000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine , Cape Motorpsorts , February 7, 2011, retrieved 2011-02-12
^ Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing Ready for Start of USF2000 Season with Three-Car Assault Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine , US F2000 , March 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-11
^ Milwaukee Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , US F2000 , Retrieved 2011-06-15
^ a b Wayne Boyd and Cole Morgan join Belardi in the US F2000 cars , Belardi Auto Racing , March 8, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-08
^ a b c Mid-Ohio entry list Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , US F2000 , Retrieved 2011-08-02
^ a b c Talented Contenders From Around the World Set for USF2000 Season Opener Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine , U.S. F2000 , March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014
^ a b Lucas Oil Raceway Entry List Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , U.S. F2000 , May 26, 2011, Retrieved 2011-05-26
^ "Andretti Autosport re-signs Zach Veech for USF2000" . Racer . Haymarket Publications . December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
^ "Spencer Pigot joins Andretti Autosport for USF2000" . Racer . Haymarket Publications . December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010 .
^ EJDC MotorSports Signs Piedrahita as part of Title Charge Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine , eFormulaCarNews , March 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-02
^ Ellery Rejoins JDC MotorSports in 2011 Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine , eFormulaCarNews , February 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-28
^ a b c d Road America entry list Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine , U.S. F2000 , August 16, 2011, Retrieved 2011-08-17
^ a b c d e f g Baltimore Entry List Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine , USF2000 , Retrieved 2011-08-31
^ Sick Tea Racing Joins USF2000 National Championship Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine , U.S. F2000 , March 14, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-014
^ USF2000: Stevenson Motorsports Joins Series with Forgeois Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine , eFormulaCarNews , February 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-02-11
^ USF2000 Announces 2011 Schedule Consisting of 14 Races from March to Sept. [permanent dead link ] , U.S. F2000 PR , October 12, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-20
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