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2013 U.S. F2000 Winterfest

The 2013 U.S. F2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest was the third 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 Florida during February 2013 and served as preparation for the 2013 U.S. F2000 National Championship.

American Neil Alberico, in his second year in the series and first with Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing won five of the six races and captured the championship. His Cape teammate, Canadian Scott Hargrove, won one race and finished second in the other five and was runner-up in the championship. Their teammate James Fletcher had three podium finishes and finished third in points. Canadian James Dayson was the only National class entrant and only contested the first three rounds of the championship. There were no lead changes during any of the six races and the first three races at Sebring International Raceway were run without a caution period.

Drivers and teams edit

Team No. Drivers Notes
  Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 		2   Neil Alberico
3   James Fletcher
32   Jeroen Slaghekke
38   Scott Hargrove
  Belardi Auto Racing 4   Daniel Burkett Sebring only
11   Danilo Estrela Sebring only
14   Matt McMurry Palm Beach only
41   Peter Portante
  Andretti Autosport 7   Garett Grist
77   Austin Cindric
  JAY Motorsports 9   Felipe Donato Sebring only
91   Florian Latorre
  ZSports w/ Team E Racing 10   R. C. Enerson Sebring only
  JDC Motorsports 12   Arthur Oliveira
19   Clarke Toppe
54   Michael Johnson
93   Stefan Rzadzinski
  ArmsUp Motorsports 16   James Dayson National class, Sebring only
51   Felipe Donato Palm Beach only
  Afterburner Autosport 17   Wyatt Gooden Sebring only
18   Jake Eidson Sebring only
  Pabst Racing Services 21   Jesse Lazare
23   Jason Wolfe
  MDL Racing 56   Matthew Di Leo

Race calendar and results edit

The race schedule was announced on October 23, 2012.[1]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida February 5   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Cape Motorsports
2 February 6   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Cape Motorsports
3   Neil Alberico   Garett Grist   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Cape Motorsports
4 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, Florida February 9   Scott Hargrove   Neil Alberico   Scott Hargrove   Scott Hargrove   Cape Motorsports
5 February 10   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Cape Motorsports
6   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Neil Alberico   Cape Motorsports

Championship standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver SEB PBI Points
Championship Class
1   Neil Alberico 1* 1* 1* 2 1* 1* 186
2   Scott Hargrove 2 2 2 1* 2 2 157
3   James Fletcher 19 3 4 3 3 4 107
4   Garett Grist 17 4 3 4 4 5 102
5   Stefan Rzadzinski 4 9 7 11 5 6 87
6   Jesse Lazare 7 6 5 13 6 3 84
7   Jason Wolfe 9 10 12 9 7 11 68
8   Matthew Di Leo 10 14 9 6 13 14 60
9   Peter Portante 8 7 8 DNS 16 8 58
10   Arthur Oliveira 14 15 14 8 12 12 51
11   Felipe Donato DNS 20 15 5 10 10 45
12   Florian Latorre 20 21 11 14 11 7 38
13   Clark Toppe 13 16 DNS 10 14 16 32
14   Austin Cindric 12 DNS DNS 7 DNS 15 29
15   Jeroen Slaghekke DNS 19 16 15 8 13 29
16   Michael Johnson 11 13 18 12 15 17 29
Not classified
  Jake Eidson 6 8 6 43
  Danilo Estrela 3 5 19 40
  R. C. Enerson 5 12 10 37
  Wyatt Gooden 18 11 17 18
  Daniel Burkett 15 17 13 18
  Matt McMurry DNS 9 9
National Class
1   James Dayson 16 18 DNS 44
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' edit

Pos Team Points
1   Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing 240
2   Andretti Autosport 70
3   Pabst Racing Services 59
4   Belardi Auto Racing 49
5   JDC Motorsports 48
6   Afterburner Autosport 23
7   ArmsUp Motorsports 14
8   MDL Racing 14
9   JAY Motorsports 13
10   ZSports w/ Team E Racing 12

References edit

  1. ^ USF2000 Unveils 2013 Schedule Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today, US F2000, October 23, 2012, Retrieved 2012-12-05

External links edit

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