2018 U.S. F2000 National Championship


The 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda was the ninth season – since its revival in 2010 – 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, operated by Andersen Promotions. A 14-race schedule was announced on October 17, 2017.
American Kyle Kirkwood driving for Cape Motorsports in a single-car effort dominated the championship, winning twelve of the fourteen races. The only other driver to win was two consecutive races won by former Indy Lights competitor Alexandre Baron for Swan-RJB Motorsports early in the season. Baron left the series after seven races. Swede Rasmus Lindh finished well back in second place driving for Pabst Racing who won the team championship in a close battle. Lindh didn't capture a second place finish until the final race of the season. Just behind Lindh were Brazilians Lucas Kohl and Igor Fraga. Fourteen drivers competed in all fourteen races.

Drivers and teams

TeamDriversRounds
Abel Motorsports79 Jacob Abel6–7, 10–12
ArmsUp Motorsports9 Dakota Dickerson6–14
ArmsUp Motorsports14 Max Peichel3–4, 6–9, 13–14
ArmsUp Motorsports30 Keith Donegan1–5
BN Racing28 Jamie Caroline1–4
BN Racing28 Keith Donegan6–12
BN Racing29 Russell McDonoughAll
Cape Motorsports8 Kyle KirkwoodAll
DEForce Racing7 James Raven10–12
DEForce Racing10 Zach Holden1–5
DEForce Racing11 Kory EndersAll
DEForce Racing12 José SierraAll
DEForce Racing27 Colin KaminskyAll
Exclusive Autosport90 Manuel Cabrera1–7
Exclusive Autosport90 Yuven Sundaramoorthy10–12
Exclusive Autosport90 Kellen Ritter13–14
Exclusive Autosport91 Igor FragaAll
Exclusive Autosport92 Danial Frost6–12
Exclusive Autosport93 Jayson Clunie1–2
Newman Wachs Racing36 Darren Keane1–12
Newman Wachs Racing37 David Osborne1–7, 10–12
Newman Wachs Racing38 Oscar DeLuzuriagaAll
Newman Wachs Racing41 Braden Eves13–14
Pabst Racing Services21 Calvin MingAll
Pabst Racing Services22 Lucas KohlAll
Pabst Racing Services23 Rasmus LindhAll
Pabst Racing Services24 Kaylen FrederickAll
Sol.O Racing5 Mathias Soler-Obel1–7
Swan-RJB Motorsports19 Alexandre Baron1–7
Swan-RJB Motorsports20 James Roe3–4
Team Benik31 Sabré Cook1–4, 6–7, 10–12
Team Benik51 Michael d'Orlando1–4, 6–7, 10–12
Team Pelfrey80 Julian van der WattAll
Team Pelfrey81 Kyle DupellAll
Team Pelfrey82 Bruna TomaselliAll

Schedule

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 10 Honda Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
2March 11 Honda Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida
3May 11 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana
4May 12 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana
5May 25 Dave Steele Carb Night ClassicLucas Oil RacewayClermont, Indiana
6June 23 Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
7June 24 Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8July 14 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
9July 15 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada
10July 27 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
11July 28 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
12July 29 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio
13September 1 Grand Prix of PortlandPortland International RacewayPortland, Oregon
14September 2 Grand Prix of PortlandPortland International RacewayPortland, Oregon

Race results

Championship standings

;Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th+
Points 3025221917151413121110987654321
Points 4538332926232120181715141211986542

Teams' championship

;Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th+
Points221815121086421

PosTeamPoints
1Pabst Racing349
2Cape Motorsports334
3DEForce Racing181
4Exclusive Autosport166
5Swan-RJB Motorsports104
6ArmsUp Motorsports102
7BN Racing101
8Team Pelfrey101
9Newman Wachs Racing69
10Team BENIK33
11Sol.O Racing28
12Abel Motorsports22