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

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
Andretti Autosport	77	Austin Cindric
JAY Motorsports	9	Felipe Donato	Sebring only
JAY Motorsports	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
ArmsUp Motorsports	51	Felipe Donato	Palm Beach only
Afterburner Autosport	17	Wyatt Gooden	Sebring only
Afterburner Autosport	18	Jake Eidson	Sebring only
Pabst Racing Services	21	Jesse Lazare
Pabst Racing Services	23	Jason Wolfe
MDL Racing	56	Matthew Di Leo

Race calendar and results

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			February 6	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			February 10	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Neil Alberico	Cape Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

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'

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

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

External links

U.S. F2000 National Championship official website

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

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