The 2019 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship was the tenth 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 15-race schedule was announced on September 25, 2018, consisting of five permanent road courses and two street circuits on the NTT IndyCar Series schedule each hosting doubleheaders, and a single race at the Dave Steele Classic on a short oval.[1]
American Braden Eves of Cape Motorsports won the championship in a tightly contested points race by winning the final race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca over New Zealander Hunter McElrea of Pabst Racing. Eves won six times with two other podium finishes while McElrea, who had won the Road to Indy Shootout to earn his place on the U.S. F2000 grid, won four times with eight other podiums. Danish driver Christian Rasmussen won three races and finished tied for the third most points with American Colin Kaminsky. Rasmussen won third by virtue of Kaminsky not capturing any race wins. Darren Keane won one race and finished fifth in the championship. Australian Cameron Shields, who ended his championship campaign after the Toronto round, was the sole other race winner on the season.
Pabst Racing won its third straight team championship despite their top driver McElrea losing out on the drivers' championship.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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BN Racing | 27 | Zach Holden[2] | 1–4 |
Matthew Round-Garrido | 6–11 | ||
28 | Anthony Famularo[3] | 1–7 | |
Cape Motorsports | 2 | Darren Keane[4] | All |
3 | Reece Gold[5] | All | |
4 | Jak Crawford | 10–15 | |
8 | Braden Eves[6] | All | |
DEForce Racing | 12 | Manuel Sulaimán[7] | All |
52 | Jak Crawford[8] | 3–9 | |
91 | Eduardo Barrichello | 12–15 | |
Exclusive Autosport | 90 | Manuel Cabrera[9] | 1–5 |
Jay Howard Driver Development | 5 | Matthew Round-Garrido[10] | 1–5 |
Josh Green | 12–13 | ||
Wyatt Brichacek | 14–15 | ||
6 | Christian Rasmussen[11] | All | |
7 | Christian Bogle[12] | All | |
Legacy Autosport[13] | 14 | Alex Baron[14] | 1–7 |
Zach Holden | 8–15 | ||
77 | José Sierra[15] | 1–2 | |
Dakota Dickerson[16] | 3–4 | ||
Timmy Pagliuso | 10–11 | ||
Ayrton Ori | 12–15 | ||
Miller Vinatieri Motorsports[17] | 40 | Jack William Miller[17] | All |
41 | Eduardo Barrichello[18] | 1–11 | |
Newman Wachs Racing | 36 | Nolan Siegel[19] | All |
73 | Cameron Shields[20] | 1–9 | |
Kyle Dupell | 12–15 | ||
Pabst Racing Services[13] | 21 | Yuven Sundaramoorthy[21] | All |
22 | Hunter McElrea[22][23] | All | |
23 | Colin Kaminsky[24] | All | |
24 | Bruna Tomaselli[25] | All | |
Team E-JAY Racing | 69 | Nate Aranda[26] | 1–2 |
Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
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1 | March 9 | St. Petersburg 100 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
2 | March 10 | |||
3 | May 10 | Grand Prix of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
4 | May 11 | |||
5 | May 24 | Dave Steele Carb Night Classic | Lucas Oil Raceway oval | Clermont, Indiana |
6 | June 22 | Mazda Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
7 | June 23 | |||
8 | July 13 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
9 | July 14 | |||
10 | July 27 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
11 | July 28 | |||
12 | August 31 | Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
13 | September 1 | |||
14 | September 21 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California |
15 | September 22 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th+ |
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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 |
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th+ |
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Points | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Pabst Racing Services | 405 |
2 | Cape Motorsports | 400 |
3 | Jay Howard Driver Development | 201 |
4 | DEForce Racing | 196 |
5 | Legacy Autosport | 135 |
6 | BN Racing | 99 |
7 | Newman Wachs Racing | 93 |
8 | Miller Vinatieri Motorsports | 63 |
9 | Exclusive Autosport | 20 |
10 | Team E-JAY | 6 |