# 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

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Abel Motorsports | 79 | Jacob Abel | 6–7, 10–12 |
| ArmsUp Motorsports | 9 | Dakota Dickerson | 6–14 |
| ArmsUp Motorsports | 14 | Max Peichel | 3–4, 6–9, 13–14 |
| ArmsUp Motorsports | 30 | Keith Donegan | 1–5 |
| BN Racing | 28 | Jamie Caroline | 1–4 |
| BN Racing | 28 | Keith Donegan | 6–12 |
| BN Racing | 29 | Russell McDonough | All |
| Cape Motorsports | 8 | Kyle Kirkwood | All |
| DEForce Racing | 7 | James Raven | 10–12 |
| DEForce Racing | 10 | Zach Holden | 1–5 |
| DEForce Racing | 11 | Kory Enders | All |
| DEForce Racing | 12 | José Sierra | All |
| DEForce Racing | 27 | Colin Kaminsky | All |
| Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Manuel Cabrera | 1–7 |
| Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Yuven Sundaramoorthy | 10–12 |
| Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Kellen Ritter | 13–14 |
| Exclusive Autosport | 91 | Igor Fraga | All |
| Exclusive Autosport | 92 | Danial Frost | 6–12 |
| Exclusive Autosport | 93 | Jayson Clunie | 1–2 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 36 | Darren Keane | 1–12 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 37 | David Osborne | 1–7, 10–12 |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 38 | Oscar DeLuzuriaga | All |
| Newman Wachs Racing | 41 | Braden Eves | 13–14 |
| Pabst Racing Services | 21 | Calvin Ming | All |
| Pabst Racing Services | 22 | Lucas Kohl | All |
| Pabst Racing Services | 23 | Rasmus Lindh | All |
| Pabst Racing Services | 24 | Kaylen Frederick | All |
| Sol.O Racing | 5 | Mathias Soler-Obel | 1–7 |
| Swan-RJB Motorsports | 19 | Alexandre Baron | 1–7 |
| Swan-RJB Motorsports | 20 | James Roe | 3–4 |
| Team Benik | 31 | Sabré Cook | 1–4, 6–7, 10–12 |
| Team Benik | 51 | Michael d'Orlando | 1–4, 6–7, 10–12 |
| Team Pelfrey | 80 | Julian van der Watt | All |
| Team Pelfrey | 81 | Kyle Dupell | All |
| Team Pelfrey | 82 | Bruna Tomaselli | All |

## Schedule

| Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
| 1 | March 10 | Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2 | March 11 | Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 3 | May 11 | Grand Prix of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 4 | May 12 | Grand Prix of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 5 | May 25 | Dave Steele Carb Night Classic | Lucas Oil Raceway | Clermont, Indiana |
| 6 | June 23 | Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 7 | June 24 | Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 8 | July 14 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 9 | July 15 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 10 | July 27 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 11 | July 28 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 12 | July 29 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 13 | September 1 | Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 14 | September 2 | Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |

## Race results

| Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race Winner | Race Winner |
| Round | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Driver | Team |
| 1 | St. Petersburg 1 | José Sierra | Alexandre Baron | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 2 | St. Petersburg 2 | Alexandre Baron | Alexandre Baron | Alexandre Baron | Alexandre Baron | Swan-RJB Motorsports |
| 3 | Indianapolis GP 1 | Kyle Kirkwood | Alexandre Baron | Alexandre Baron | Alexandre Baron | Swan-RJB Motorsports |
| 4 | Indianapolis GP 2 | Kyle Kirkwood | Alexandre Baron | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 5 | Indianapolis | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 6 | Road America 1 | Rasmus Lindh | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 7 | Road America 2 | Rasmus Lindh | Kyle Kirkwood | Lucas Kohl | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 8 | Toronto 1 | Dakota Dickerson | Rasmus Lindh | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 9 | Toronto 2 | Kaylen Frederick | Rasmus Lindh | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 10 | Mid-Ohio 1 | Kyle Kirkwood | Rasmus Lindh | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 11 | Mid-Ohio 2 | Kaylen Frederick | James Raven | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 12 | Mid-Ohio 3 | James Raven | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 13 | Portland 1 | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |
| 14 | Portland 2 | Rasmus Lindh | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Kyle Kirkwood | Cape Motorsports |

## 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 (R) | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Points (O) | 45 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
* One point is awarded to the driver who qualifies on pole position.
* One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.
* One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | STP | STP | IMS | IMS | LOR | ROA | ROA | TOR | TOR | MOH | MOH | MOH | POR | POR | Points |
| 1 | Kyle Kirkwood | 1* | 5 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 440 |
| 2 | Rasmus Lindh | 10 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 238 |
| 3 | Lucas Kohl | 13 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 3* | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 215 |
| 4 | Igor Fraga | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 213 |
| 5 | Calvin Ming | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 206 |
| 6 | Kaylen Frederick | 11 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 173 |
| 7 | Julian van der Watt | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 162 |
| 8 | Kory Enders | 19 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 143 |
| 9 | Keith Donegan | 14 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | | | 139 |
| 10 | Colin Kaminsky | 6 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 134 |
| 11 | José Sierra | 2 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 128 |
| 12 | Alexandre Baron | 22 | 1* | 1* | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | 123 |
| 13 | Dakota Dickerson | | | | | | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 120 |
| 14 | Darren Keane | 3 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 17 | | | 105 |
| 15 | Kyle Dupell | 9 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 100 |
| 16 | Bruna Tomaselli | 7 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 87 |
| 17 | Danial Frost | | | | | | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | 77 |
| 18 | Oscar DeLuzuriaga | 20 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 69 |
| 19 | Russell McDonough | 23 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 60 |
| 20 | Michael d'Orlando | 16 | 23 | 25 | 15 | | 22 | 6 | | | 8 | 20 | 8 | | | 56 |
| 21 | Mathias Soler-Obel | 12 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | | 56 |
| 22 | Manuel Cabrera | 25 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 8 | | | | | | | | 55 |
| 23 | Jacob Abel | | | | | | 15 | 10 | | | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | 47 |
| 24 | David Osborne | 18 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 22 | | | 13 | 15 | 15 | | | 46 |
| 25 | Jamie Caroline | 24 | 4 | 4 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 26 | Max Peichel | | | 17 | 10 | | 20 | 24 | DNS | DNS | | | | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| 27 | James Raven | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 2 | | | 33 |
| 28 | Zach Holden | 21 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 29 | Yuven Sundaramoorthy | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 10 | 10 | | | 29 |
| 30 | Sabré Cook | 15 | 17 | 21 | 14 | | 25 | 25 | | | 16 | 22 | 20 | | | 27 |
| 31 | James Roe | | | 12 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 32 | Braden Eves | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 18 | 18 |
| 33 | Kellen Ritter | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 13 | 18 |
| 34 | Jayson Clunie | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Pos | Driver | STP | STP | IMS | IMS | LOR | ROA | ROA | TOR | TOR | MOH | MOH | MOH | POR | POR | 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 (DNF) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (1 point) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap (1 point) |
| * | Led most race laps (1 point) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps |
| Rookie ||

### Teams' championship
#### Scoring system

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th+ |
| Points | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
* Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
* Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Pabst Racing | 349 |
| 2 | Cape Motorsports | 334 |
| 3 | DEForce Racing | 181 |
| 4 | Exclusive Autosport | 166 |
| 5 | Swan-RJB Motorsports | 104 |
| 6 | ArmsUp Motorsports | 102 |
| 7 | BN Racing | 101 |
| 8 | Team Pelfrey | 101 |
| 9 | Newman Wachs Racing | 69 |
| 10 | Team BENIK | 33 |
| 11 | Sol.O Racing | 28 |
| 12 | Abel Motorsports | 22 |