2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship


The 2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship was 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 was the fifth full season of the series since its revival in 2010. The National Class merged with the Championship class in 2014, resulting in just one class of competition.
Frenchman Florian Latorre, driving for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, won the championship by winning the final race of the season over Team E's R. C. Enerson. Enerson started the season on a hot streak, winning three of the first four races, before a cold streak ensued. Meanwhile Latorre had a steadily competitive season, only suffering one DNF in the penultimate race when he could have clinched the championship. Enerson won five races and finished on the podium in nine of the fourteen races. Meanwhile Latorre only won three times and only scored eight podium finishes, his comparative lack of poor finishes gave him the championship. Latorre's championship gives him a Mazda Road to Indy scholarship to participate in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2015.
Latorre's team mate Jake Eidson finished third in the championship, ten points back from Enerson in a season where he scored two wins. ArmsUp Motorsports' Aaron Telitz scored a single win and finished in fourth place. Afterburner Autosport's Victor Franzoni of Brazil captured the season opener but struggled thereafter, and ultimately fell to fifth in points. The series' first trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course resulted in two drivers scoring their first and only wins of the season. Will Owen employed an aggressive tire strategy to win the first race on a drying racetrack after a rainstorm and JAY Motorsports' highly touted rookie Adrian Starrantino won the second race in what was otherwise a lackluster season.
Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing captured their third straight teams' championship, mainly in part, to the performances of Latorre and Eidson.

Drivers and teams

All teams were American-registered.
TeamDriversRounds
Afterburner Autosport15 Gustavo MyasavaAll
Afterburner Autosport17 Victor FranzoniAll
Afterburner Autosport18 Jeroen Slaghekke1-7
ArmsUp Motorsports5 Aaron TelitzAll
ArmsUp Motorsports16 James Dayson8-14
ArmsUp Motorsports24 Peter PortanteAll
Belardi Auto Racing4 Daniel BurkettAll
Belardi Auto Racing14 Florian Latorre1-7
Belardi Auto Racing44 Jeroen Slaghekke8-14
Belardi Auto Racing41 Nico Jamin1-7
Pabst Racing Services21 Nico Jamin8-14
Pabst Racing Services23 Will OwenAll
Pabst Racing Services77 Austin CindricAll
Team E7 R. C. EnersonAll
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
2 Jake EidsonAll
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
3 Keyvan Andres SooriAll
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
10 Florian Latorre8-14
D2D Motorsports61 Andrew ListAll
GBI Racing12 Tim Hollowell5-6
GBI Racing12 Kyle O'Gara7
JAY Motorsports91 Adrian StarrantinoAll
JAY Motorsports96 Henrik FurusethAll
JAY Motorsports98 Colton Herta3-14
JDC Motorsports93 Garth Rickards8-9
JDC Motorsports97 Clark ToppeAll
John Cummiskey Racing33 Nathan Blok5-6, 8-9
M2 Autosport13 Juan MaldonadoAll
M2 Autosport79 Santiago LozanoAll

Team changes

The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series, was announced on October 24, 2013. Unlike previous seasons, all races are in support of the IndyCar Series except the race at Lucas Oil Raceway. All road and street course race weekends are double-headers. The series will race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Barber Motorsports Park, and Sonoma Raceway for the first time in its history. 2014 will be the first season since its revival that will not begin at Sebring Raceway.
RndCircuitLocationDatePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledWinning driverWinning team
1Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, FloridaMarch 29 Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor Franzoni Victor FranzoniAfterburner Autosport
2Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, FloridaMarch 30 R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson R. C. EnersonTeam E
3Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, AlabamaApril 26 Florian Latorre R. C. Enerson R. C. Enerson R. C. EnersonTeam E
4Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, AlabamaApril 26 Aaron Telitz R. C. Enerson R. C. EnersonTeam E
5Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, IndianaMay 9 Florian Latorre Adrian Starrantino Jake Eidson Will OwenPabst Racing Services
6Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, IndianaMay 10 Colton Herta Victor Franzoni Adrian StarrantinoJAY Motorsports
7Lucas Oil Raceway at IndianapolisClermont, IndianaMay 24 Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Aaron Telitz Aaron TelitzArmsUp Motorsports
8Streets of TorontoTorontoJuly 20 Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Jake Eidson
9Streets of TorontoTorontoJuly 20 Victor Franzoni R. C. Enerson Florian Latorre
10Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, OhioAugust 1 Florian Latorre Florian Latorre R. C. Enerson R. C. EnersonTeam E
11Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, OhioAugust 2 Jake Eidson R. C. Enerson Jake Eidson
12Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, OhioAugust 3 Florian Latorre Florian Latorre Florian Latorre
13Sonoma RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaAugust 22 Florian Latorre Peter Portante R. C. Enerson R. C. EnersonTeam E
14Sonoma RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaAugust 23 Florian Latorre R. C. Enerson Florian Latorre

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Teams' Championship