The 2012 U.S. F2000 National Championship is 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 is the third full season of the series since its revival in 2010. Rookie Australian/American driver Matthew Brabham, son of Geoff Brabham, captured the title over is Cape Motosports teammate, second-year American Spencer Pigot by seven points in the final pair of races at Virginia International Raceway. Even though Pigot won the final two races of the season, Brabham's lead was large enough and his finishes in the final two races were high enough to capture the championship. Brabham only won four races compared to Pigot's eight wins. However, Brabham only failed to finish in the top-10 once with a single DNF while Pigot finished outside the top-10 three times in what would ultimately decide the championship. The only other driver to capture a race win during the season was Belardi Auto Racing's Scott Anderson.

Norwegian Henrik Furuseth captured the National Class championship over American R. C. Enerson in the final race of the season when Enerson was involved in an incident in the first lap of the race after passing Furuseth. The crash dropped Enerson to third in points as Mark Eaton finished second in class in the race and edged out Enerson for second place in National Class by four points.

One notable driver to compete in the championship was Michael Johnson of Flint, Michigan who is a paraplegic, having lost use of his legs in a motorcycle racing accident.^[1] Johnson finished 15th in points with a best finish of tenth at Road America.

Drivers and teams

• In line with U.S. F2000 regulations, National Class cars were ineligible to compete at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.^[2]

Team	No.	Drivers	Notes
Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	2	Spencer Pigot[3]
	3	Trent Hindman[4]
	13	Henrik Furuseth[5]	National Class
	83	Matthew Brabham[6]
Belardi Auto Racing	4	Roman Lagudi[7]
	9	Luca Forgeois[8]	Skipped Baltimore and VIR
		Wayne Boyd	Baltimore and VIR only
	11	Colin Thompson[9]
	14	Scott Anderson[10]
Pabst Racing Services	5	Dalton Kellett[11]
	6	J. R. Smart[11]	National Class; skipped Sebring
	18	Shannon McIntosh[12]
Andretti Autosport	7	Thomas McGregor[13]
	8	Shelby Blackstock[14]
ZSports Midwest w/ Team E Racing	10	R. C. Enerson[15]	National Class
Robinson Motor Sports	12	Eric Filgueiras[16]	National Class; Sebring only
	25	Joel Janco	National Class; skipped Sebring
	92	Mark Eaton	National Class
	97	Paul Alspach[17]	National Class; Sebring and Mid-Ohio only
Genoa Racing/Primus Racing	13	Isaac Lyons	Sebring only
ArmsUp Motorsports	15	Luigi Biangardi[18]
	16	James Dayson	National Class; Road America, Baltimore and VIR
	59	Bobby Kelley	National Class; Sebring only
Afterburner Autosport	17	Timmy Megenbier[19]	Sebring through Indianapolis
		Brian Tomasi	Mid-Ohio and Road America
	21	Heamin Choi[20]	Skipped Baltimore and VIR
JDC Motorsports	19	Neil Alberico[21]
	38	Scott Hargrove[22]	Skipped Indianapolis and Mid-Ohio
	54	Michael Johnson[23]
	85	Chris Miller	Sebring through Mid-Ohio
		Luca Forgeois	VIR only
	93	Zac Silver[24]	Sebring and St. Pete only
JAY Motorsports	23	Jason Wolfe[25]
	91	Patrick Gallagher[26]	National Class
	65	Michael Geldart	National Class; Sebring only
	98	Jim Libecco	National Class; skipped Road America
AcceleRace Motorsports	28	Ardie Greenamyer	National Class; St. Pete only
Special Addition Racing	41	Wally Osinga	National Class; Sebring and St. Pete only
PRL Motorsports	48	Patryk Tararuj	National Class; Baltimore only
		Patrick Linn	National Class; skipped Baltimore
	99		National Class; Baltimore only
MDL Racing	56	Matthew Di Leo
Alliance Autosport	71	Scott Rettich[27]	National Class; Sebring, St. Pete and Mid-Ohio only
One Formula Racing	77	Colette Davis	National Class; Sebring and St. Pete only
Cruzinc Racing	86	Eric Cruz	National Class

Race calendar and results

The race schedule was announced on January 11, 2012. Fourteen races were announced, all at venues that hosted the series in 2011.^[28] The final race weekend's location and date were announced on January 17, 2012.^[29]

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 15	Luigi Biangardi	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports	ALMS
2			March 16		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports
3	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	March 24	Spencer Pigot	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports	IndyCar Series
4			March 25		Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports
5	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	Clermont, Indiana	May 26	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports	USAC Midgets
6	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 4	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports	IndyCar Series
7			August 5		Roman Lagudi	Scott Anderson	Scott Anderson	Belardi Auto Racing
8	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 17	Scott Anderson	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports	ALMS
9					Scott Anderson	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports
10			August 18		Spencer Pigot	Scott Anderson	Scott Anderson	Belardi Auto Racing
11	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	September 1	Qualifying abandoned	Matthew Brabham	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports	IndyCar Series
12			September 2		Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Matthew Brabham	Cape Motorsports
13	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	September 14	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports	ALMS
14			September 15		Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Spencer Pigot	Cape Motorsports

Championship standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver SEB STP LOR MOH RAM BAL VIR Points 1 Matthew Brabham 1* 2* 2 2 2 3 25 1* 1* 3 2 1* 4 8 339 2 Spencer Pigot 3 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 23 16* 3 2 1 24 1* 1* 332 3 Scott Anderson 5 8 28 10 4 2 1* 3 2 1* 5 2 26 6 256 4 Matthew Di Leo 12 4 18 3 8 7 2 2 4 5 3 6 7 21 220 5 Trent Hindman 36 30 5 4 5 4 3 4 6 8 25 12 8 3 189 6 Roman Lagudi 2 3 3 5 3 5 16 7 9 28 7 27 173 7 Neil Alberico 9 5 17 34 16 19 6 5 5 6 13 5 2 5 170 8 Shelby Blackstock 7 32 6 8 18 6 5 21 8 4 21 8 6 7 153 9 Thomas McGregor 4 7 7 7 12 27 10 23 28 21 9 9 9 9 134 10 Luigi Biangardi 35 9 4 33 11 29 4 6 7 7 4 27 24 22 129 11 Scott Hargrove 11 11 30 32 8 13 9 6 3 5 4 128 12 Colin Thompson 8 10 31 13 14 8 28 9 10 20 12 4 10 10 103 13 Jason Wolfe 14 34 19 9 10 12 29 26 14 23 10 10 25 13 84 14 Dalton Kellett 10 19 33 14 20 9 7 10 16 22 26 21 11 26 78 15 Michael Johnson 18 27 13 25 17 13 24 11 29 10 14 26 12 11 72 16 Luca Forgeois 33 26 26 6 6 10 22 24 12 27 23 12 66 17 Heamin Choi 16 18 10 12 15 26 15 12 27 12 55 18 Shannon McIntosh 15 23 11 24 13 21 18 25 21 14 24 15 16 20 54 19 Timmy Megenbier 6 6 32 11 9 53 20 Chris Miller 26 15 8 26 19 11 13 22 11 25 52 21 Zac Silver 13 12 34 19 20 22 Isaac Lyons 31 35 2 Guest entries Wayne Boyd 26 11 3 2 R. C. Enerson 7 Brian Tomasi 17 DNS 13 15 DNS J. R. Smart 21 Pos Driver SEB STP LOR MOH RAM BAL VIR 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 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) Not awarded if more than one driver leads most laps

National Class

Pos Driver SEB STP MOH RAM BAL VIR Points 1 Henrik Furuseth 21 13 12 23 16 8 27 17 11 8 23 13 14 205 2 Mark Eaton 17 14 29 16 30 14 15 19 15 15 7 15 15 191 3 RC Enerson 29 17 9 15 14 11 14 18 13 11 28 14 25 187 4 Jim Libecco 28 22 20 20 20 9 22 13 18 16 98 5 Patrick Gallagher 22 33 15 17 18 26 17 20 24 27 14 95 6 Patrick Linn 23 31 21 22 23 17 DNS 23 17 17 16 17 19 95 7 J. R. Smart 22 21 24 20 28 22 16 16 17 19 17 85 8 Scott Rettich 19 16 14 18 15 27 79 9 Eric Cruz 32 25 25 28 25 21 18 24 18 19 18 20 24 56 10 Joel Janco 23 27 28 19 19 26 26 18 22 22 23 42 11 James Dayson 20 19 21 18 24 12 Ardie Greenamyer 16 30 11 Guest drivers ineligible for points Paul Alspach 30 21 22 12 James Dayson 20 25 19 Bobby Kelley 20 20 Patryk Tararuj 23 20 Michael Geldart 25 24 Collete Davis 24 29 27 31 Wally Osinga 27 DNS 24 29 Eric Filgueiras 34 28 Pos Driver SEB STP MOH RAM BAL VIR Points

Teams'

Pos	Team	Points
1	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing	491
2	Belardi Auto Racing	310
3	JDC Motorsports	165
4	Andretti Autosport	144
5	MDL Racing	135
6	ArmsUp Motorsports	77
7	Afterburner Autosport	41
8	Pabst Racing Services	40
9	JAY Motorsports	40
10	ZSports Midwest	26
11	PRL Motorsports	14
12	Alliance Autosport	6
13	AcceleRace Motorsports	2