# 2012 F1600 Championship Series

The 2012 F1600 Championship Series season was the second season of the F1600 Championship Series. Matias Köykkä won the championship in the last race of the season.

## Drivers and teams

| Team | No. | Driver | Car | Engine | Notes |
| Andy LLC | 86 | Kevin Brumbaugh | Crosslé 35F | Honda Fit | |
| Andy LLC | 86 | Andy Brumbaugh | Crosslé 35F | Honda Fit | |
| Dotworks Racing | 01 | John McCusker | Van Diemen RF01 | Honda Fit | |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 98 | Brandon Newey | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 97 | Garett Grist | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 97 | Adrian Starrantino | Mygale SJ12 | Honda Fit | |
| Quantum Racing Services | 17 | Roberto Lorena | Van Diemen RF98 | Honda Fit | |
| Quantum Racing Services | 7 | Haruaki Tanaka | Van Diemen RF98 | Honda Fit | Summit Point only |
| BGR Team Grote | 6 | Jesse Lazare | Piper DF5 | Honda Fit | |
| Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 10 | Matias Köykkä | Spectrum 011 | Honda Fit | |
| Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 9 | Shae Davies | Spectrum 011 | Honda Fit | |
| Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 9 | Neil Alberico | Spectrum 011 | Honda Fit | |
| Ski Motorsports | 12 | Jeremy Grenier | Citation 95FF | Honda Fit | |
| DBM Racing | 72 | Stephen Oseth | Citation | Honda Fit | |
| Art Foster Racing | 21 | Arthur Foster | Van Diemen RF00 | Ford Kent | |
| TTO Motorsports | 5 | Colin Thompson | Swift DB6 | Honda Fit | |
| ONP Racing | 2 | Mike Scanlan | Swift DB6 | Honda Fit | |
| Auriana Racing | 4 | Joe Colasacco | Van Diemen RF04 | Honda Fit | |
| Rice Race Prep | 07 | Steve Bamford | Mygale | Honda Fit | |
| Rice Race Prep | 13 | Keenan Harris | Van Diemen RF97 | Honda Fit | |
| Rice Race Prep | 13 | Greg Rice | Mygale | Honda Fit | |
| Red Racing | 14 | Ross Devoe | Van Diemen RF93 | Ford Kent | |
| Maisey Racing | 99 | Sean Maisey | Citation | Honda Fit | |
| Maisey Racing | 43 | Bill Maisey | Piper DF5 | Honda Fit | |
| RECON Racing | 44 | Ed Callo | Bowman BC5 | Ford Kent | |
| Valet Racing | 83 | Bill Valet | Swift DB6 | Ford Kent | |
| | 88 | Tim Kautz | Piper DF3 | Honda Fit | |
| Black Watch Racing Group | 7 | Jim Goughary, Jr. | ??? | ??? | |
| | 55 | Ray Phillips | Van Diemen RF97 | Honda Fit | |
| Raceworks | 68 | Steve Jenks | Van Diemen RF00 | Honda Fit | |
| Pennon | 18 | Dan Pyanowski | Swift DB1 | Ford Kent | |
| Polestar Racing Group | 0 | Lewis Cooper, III | Van Diemen | ??? | |
| Parsons Racing | 42 | Joe Parsons | Swift DB6 | Honda Fit | |
| Front Range Motorsports | 11 | Doug Stout | Swift DB1 | Ford Kent | |
| Front Range Motorsports | 23 | John Butkovich | Swift DB1 | Ford Kent | |
| Britain West | 23 | Sergio Pasian | Van Diemen RF?? | Ford Kent | |
| Britain West | 5 | David Clubine | Van Diemen RF?? | Ford Kent | |
| R-Sport | 19 | Tim Dunn | Swift DB1 | Honda Fit | |
| Leading Edge Racing | 4 | Bob Detrick | Van Diemen RF98 | Ford Kent | |
| K-FAST | 50 | John Nesbitt | Swift DB1 | Ford Kent | |
| | 77 | Michael Kolthoff | Swift DB6 | Ford Kent | |
| Pricepoint Racing | 73 | Ralph Zuponcic | Van Diemen RF98 | Ford Kent | |
| Jim Lee Racing | 76 | Jim Lee | ??? | ??? | |
| | 15 | Jim Oseth | Van Diemen RF98 | Ford Kent | |
| | 35 | Russ McBride | Swift DB3 | Honda Fit | |
| | 73 | Bob Perona | Piper DF3 | Ford Kent | |
| | 41 | Steve Roux | Wyvern | Ford Kent | |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
| 1 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | April 14 | Matias Köykkä | Colin Thompson | Matias Köykkä |
| 2 | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | April 15 | Matias Köykkä | Jeremy Grenier | Brandon Newey |
| 3 | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | May 26 | Matias Köykkä | Matias Köykkä | Matias Köykkä |
| 4 | Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, Connecticut | May 26 | No qualifying | Brandon Newey | Brandon Newey |
| 5 | New Jersey Motorsports Park | Millville, New Jersey | June 30 | Matias Köykkä | Shae Davies | Shae Davies |
| 6 | New Jersey Motorsports Park | Millville, New Jersey | July 1 | Shae Davies | Matias Köykkä | Shae Davies |
| 7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 28 | Colin Thompson | Matias Köykkä | Colin Thompson |
| 8 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 29 | Shae Davies | Colin Thompson | Shae Davies |
| 9 | Summit Point Motorsports Park | Summit Point, West Virginia | August 25 | Brandon Newey | Matias Köykkä | Matias Köykkä |
| 10 | Summit Point Motorsports Park | Summit Point, West Virginia | August 26 | No qualifying | Garett Grist | Brandon Newey |
| 11 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | October 13 | Brandon Newey | Neil Alberico | Matias Köykkä |
| 12 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | October 14 | Matias Köykkä | Neil Alberico | Brandon Newey |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | VIR | VIR | LRP | LRP | NJ | NJ | MDO | MDO | SUM | SUM | WAT | WAT | Points |
| Drivers' championship |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Matias Köykkä | 1 | DNF | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 444 |
| 2 | Brandon Newey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 437 |
| 3 | Jeremy Grenier | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 341 |
| 4 | Garett Grist | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | DNS | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | 295 |
| 5 | Stephen Oseth | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 295 |
| 6 | Arthur Foster | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 266 |
| 7 | Roberto Lorena | 15 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | DNF | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 253 |
| 8 | Colin Thompson | 2 | 3 | | | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | 236 |
| 9 | Shae Davies | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | | | 221 |
| 10 | Mike Scanlan | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 11 | | | 182 |
| 11 | John McCusker | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 | | | 9 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 167 |
| 12 | Joe Colasacco | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | | | 16 | 10 | | | | | 135 |
| 13 | Steve Bamford | 14 | 6 | | | | | 8 | 12 | | | 12 | 8 | 126 |
| 14 | Sean Maisey | 7 | 9 | 15 | 13 | | | | | 14 | 13 | | | 104 |
| 15 | Ross Devoe | | | 10 | 15 | 8 | 9 | | | | | 19 | 12 | 104 |
| 16 | Ed Callo | | | 14 | 12 | | | | | 17 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 80 |
| 17 | Neil Alberico | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 78 |
| 18 | Bill Valet | | | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 63 |
| 19 | Tim Kautz | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | | | | | 60 |
| 20 | Jim Goughary, Jr. | | | | | | | 13 | 19 | | | 4 | DNF | 57 |
| 21 | Ray Phillips | | | | | | | | | 11 | 9 | 14 | DNF | 56 |
| 22 | Keenan Harris | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 50 |
| 23 | Jesse Lazare | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | | | | | 48 |
| 24 | Steve Jenks | | | | | | | 12 | DNF | | | 18 | 10 | 47 |
| 25 | Dan Pyanowski | 17 | 17 | | | | | 17 | 17 | | | 16 | DNF | 47 |
| 26 | Lewis Cooper, III | | | | | | | 11 | 7 | | | | | 46 |
| 27 | Joe Parsons | | | | | | | | | 8 | 10 | | | 48 |
| 28 | Adrian Starrantino | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 2 | 43 |
| 29 | Haruaki Tanaka | | | | | | | | | 12 | 8 | | | 42 |
| 30 | Doug Stout | | | 13 | 14 | | | 14 | DNF | | | | | 42 |
| 31 | Sergio Pasian | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 14 | 38 |
| 32 | Andy Brumbaugh | 9 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 33 | Tim Dunn | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 34 |
| 34 | Bob Detrick | | | 9 | 16 | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 35 | John Nesbitt | | | | | | | | | 16 | DNF | | | 33 |
| 36 | David Clubine | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | 11 | | 30 |
| 37 | John Butkovich | 16 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 38 | Michael Kolthoff | | | | | | | 20 | 16 | | | | | 16 |
| 39 | Ralph Zuponcic | | | | | | | 19 | 18 | | | | | 15 |
| 40 | Bill Maisey | | | | | | | | | 15 | DNF | | | 12 |
| 41 | Jim Oseth | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | DNF | 12 |
| 42 | Jim Lee | DNF | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 43 | Kevin Brumbaugh | | | | | | | 18 | DNF | | | | | 9 |
| 43 | Russ McBride | DNF | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 45 | Bob Perona | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | DNF | 6 |
| 46 | Greg Rice | | | | | | | 22 | DNF | | | | | 5 |
| 47 | Steve Roux | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| Color | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Other finishers |
| Purple | Did not finish |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
| Blank | Not competing |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (3 points) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap (2 points) |