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.

Drivers and teams

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

Race calendar and results

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

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
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)

Teams' Championship
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

See also
  • 2012 IndyCar Series season

References
  1. Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship – Entry List as of February 2, 2012, U. S. F2000, February 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-02-03
  2. USF2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest Schedule Confirmed Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, US F2000, November 2, 2011, Retrieved 2011-11-02
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