2014 F1600 Championship Series
The 2014 F1600 Championship Series season was the fourth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season commenced on April 12 at Road Atlanta, and ended on October 12 at Watkins Glen International after 14 races held at 7 meetings.
No fewer than eleven drivers won races during the season, but it was Norway's Ayla Ågren who won the title for Team Pelfrey. Ågren had trailed her team-mate Garth Rickards by nine points going into the final round, but her last-lap victory in the final race of the season; her third win of 2014 – passing Sam Chastain to do so – allowed her to take the championship title, ahead of Rickards by a total of thirteen points. Team Pelfrey swept the top three placings in the final championship standings, as Augie Lerch managed to surpass Jack Mitchell, Jr. by eleven points, again with results in the final race of the season. The only other driver to win multiple races during the season was James Goughary, who won races at the first Watkins Glen meeting as well as Road Atlanta, en route to finishing fifth overall in the championship and as the best placed Masters class driver. Rickards, Chastain, Lerch and Mitchell all won a race each, while other drivers to win were Franklin Futrelle at Road Atlanta, Mikhail Goikhberg at the first Watkins Glen meeting, Brandon Newey and Steve Bamford at Virginia International Raceway, as well as Evan Mehan at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.
Drivers and teams
| Team | No. | Driver | Car | Engine | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polestar Racing Group | 0 |  Lewis Cooper III
|
Van Diemen | Ford Kent | Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only |
| ONP Racing | 2 | Mike Scanlan
|
Spectrum | Honda Fit | Masters class |
| Auriana Racing | 3 | Joe Colasacco
|
Van Diemen RF05 | Honda Fit | Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only |
| Bjerke Motorsports | 4 | Ryan Bjerke
|
Van Diemen | Ford Kent | Thompson only |
| Dotworks Racing | 06 | Austin McCusker
|
Van Diemen VD01 | Honda Fit | |
| Rice Race Prep. | 07 |  Steve Bamford
|
Mygale SJ11 | Honda Fit | Masters class |
| Ski Motorsports | 7 | James Goughary
|
Van Diemen RF00 | Honda Fit | Masters class |
| Raceworks | 9 | Brandon Angel
|
Spectrum | Honda Fit | |
| 70 | Sam Lockwood
|
Spectrum 014 | Watkins Glen 2 only | ||
| 97 | Franklin Futrelle
|
||||
| Swan Motorsports | 10 | Max Mällinen
|
Spectrum 014 | Honda Fit | |
| WISKO Racing | 13 |  Nikita Lastochkin
|
Mygale SJ | Honda Fit | Road Atlanta only |
| Andrew Hobbs
|
Watkins Glen 1 onwards | ||||
| 24 | Will Harvey
|
||||
| Buffalo Motorsports | 18 | Dan Pyanowski
|
Van Diemen RF00 | Honda Fit | Masters class; Watkins Glen & Mid-Ohio only |
| Art Foster Racing | 21 | Arthur Foster
|
Spectrum 014 | Honda Fit | Masters class |
| Front Range MotorSports | 23 | Reid Hazelton
|
Van Diemen | Honda Fit | Watkins Glen 1 only |
| 66 | Bob Melvin
|
Ford Kent | Masters class | ||
| Chastain Motorsports LLC | 27 | Sam Chastain
|
Mygale SJ13 | Honda Fit | |
| 28 | Andrew Lewis
|
Mygale | Watkins Glen 2 only | ||
| 29 | Evan Mehan
|
Mygale | Skipped VIR | ||
| Brandon Newey
|
VIR only | ||||
| GRT Racing | 31 | Scott Rubenzer
|
Spectrum | Honda Fit | Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh |
| 36 | Steve Roux
|
Wyvern | Honda Fit | Watkins Glen 1 & Thompson only | |
| Kenneth Boquillion | 45 | Kenneth Boquillion
|
Mygale | Honda Fit | Masters class; Thompson only |
| 505A Racing | 46 | Douglas Voss
|
Spectrum 012B | Honda Fit | Masters class |
| Trimark Racing | 50 | Keith Joslyn
|
Van Diemen RF98 | Honda Fit | Masters class; Watkins Glen 1 only |
| Andrew Lewis | 73 | Andrew Lewis
|
Piper DF-3 | Road Atlanta only | |
| FF75 | 75 | Donald Baggett
|
Swift DB6 | Ford Kent | Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh |
| Team Pelfrey[1] | 80 |  Esteban Garzón
|
Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | Road Atlanta only |
| Nikita Lastochkin
|
Watkins Glen 1 onwards | ||||
| 81 |  Ayla Ågren
|
||||
| 82 | Augie Lerch
|
||||
| 83 | Garth Rickards
|
||||
| Drivers Services | 88 | Bill Valet
|
Swift DB6 | Ford Kent | Watkins Glen 1 only |
| Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Jayson Clunie
|
Spectrum 014 | Honda Fit | Masters class; Road Atlanta only |
| 91 | Max Hanratty
|
Road Atlanta only | |||
| 92 | Jeff Kingsley
|
Road Atlanta only | |||
| 93 | Jack Mitchell, Jr.
|
||||
| K-Hill Motorsports | 98 | Mikhail Goikhberg
|
Mygale | Honda Fit | Watkins Glen 1 only |
| Dexter Czuba | 99 | Dexter Czuba
|
Van Diemen | Ford Kent | Thompson only |
Race calendar and results
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia
|
April 12 | Garth Rickards
|
Steve Bamford
|
Franklin Futrelle
|
| 2 | April 13 | James Goughary
|
James Goughary
|
James Goughary
| ||
| 3 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York
|
May 17 | James Goughary
|
Augie Lerch
|
James Goughary
|
| 4 | May 18 | Garth Rickards
|
Garth Rickards
|
Mikhail Goikhberg
| ||
| 5 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia
|
June 7 | Brandon Newey
|
Ayla Ågren
|
Brandon Newey
|
| 6 | June 8 | Brandon Newey
|
Ayla Ågren
|
Steve Bamford
| ||
| 7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio
|
July 5 | Garth Rickards
|
Garth Rickards
|
Ayla Ågren
|
| 8 | July 6 | Sam Chastain
|
Ayla Ågren
|
Augie Lerch
| ||
| 9 | Pittsburgh International Race Complex | Wampum, Pennsylvania
|
August 2 | Jack Mitchell, Jr.
|
Garth Rickards
|
Ayla Ågren
|
| 10 | August 3 | Jack Mitchell, Jr.
|
Evan Mehan
|
Jack Mitchell, Jr.
| ||
| 11 | Thompson Speedway Road Course | Thompson, Connecticut
|
August 30 | Evan Mehan
|
Evan Mehan
|
Evan Mehan
|
| 12 | August 31 | Evan Mehan
|
Ayla Ågren
|
Sam Chastain
| ||
| 13 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York
|
October 11 | Nikita Lastochkin
|
Garth Rickards
|
Garth Rickards
|
| 14 | October 12 | Ayla Ågren
|
Augie Lerch
|
Ayla Ågren
|
Final points standings
| Place | Driver | Starts | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayla Ågren
|
12 | 492 |
| 2 | Garth Rickards
|
12 | 479 |
| 3 | Augie Lerch
|
12 | 413 |
| 4 | Jack Mitchell, Jr.
|
12 | 408 |
| 5 | James Goughary (M)
|
12 | 381 |
| 6 | Nikita Lastochkin
|
12 | 360 |
| 7 | Sam Chastain
|
12 | 358 |
| 8 | Steve Bamford (M)
|
12 | 326 |
| 9 | Arthur Foster (M)
|
12 | 300 |
| 10 | Will Harvey
|
12 | 264 |
| 11 | Andrew Hobbs
|
10 | 226 |
| 12 | Mike Scanlan (M)
|
12 | 160 |
| 13 | Evan Mehan
|
6 | 155 |
| 14 | Austin McCusker
|
10 | 109 |
| 15 | Brandon Angel
|
6 | 98 |
| 15 | Brandon Newey
|
2 | 98 |
| 17 | Douglas Voss
|
8 | 97 |
| 18 | Scott Rubenzer (M)
|
6 | 88 |
| 19 | Mikhail Goikhberg
|
2 | 77 |
| 20 | Lewis Cooper III (M)
|
4 | 72 |
| 20 | Joe Colasacco (M)
|
4 | 72 |
| 22 | Franklin Futrelle
|
5 | 66 |
| 23 | Max Mallinen
|
6 | 61 |
| 24 | Bob Melvin
|
6 | 44 |
| 25 | Jayson Clunie
|
2 | 36 |
| 25 | Reid Hazleton
|
2 | 36 |
| 27 | Esteban Garzón
|
2 | 34 |
| 27 | Andrew Lewis
|
2 | 34 |
| 29 | Donald Baggett
|
4 | 29 |
| 29 | Steve Roux (M)
|
3 | 29 |
| 31 | Bill Valet
|
2 | 28 |
| 32 | Sam Lockwood (M)
|
2 | 26 |
| 33 | Jeff Kingsley
|
2 | 24 |
| 34 | Ryan Bjerke
|
2 | 18 |
| 34 | Dexter Czuba
|
2 | 18 |
| 36 | Keith Joslyn
|
2 | 17 |
| 37 | Max Hanratty
|
2 | 14 |
| 38 | Dan Pyanowski
|
2 | 11 |
- (M) Indicates Masters class driver
References
- ^ "Three Car Program for Pelfrey Announced". F1600 Championship Series. Retrieved February 6, 2014.