The2014 U.S. F2000 National Championship was a season of theU.S. F2000 National Championship, anopen wheelauto racing series that is the first step inIndyCar'sRoad to Indy ladder. It was the fifth full season of the series since its revival in 2010. The National Class merged with the Championship class in 2014, resulting in just one class of competition.[1]
FrenchmanFlorian Latorre, driving for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, won the championship by winning the final race of the season over Team E's R. C. Enerson. Enerson started the season on a hot streak, winning three of the first four races, before a cold streak ensued. Meanwhile, Latorre had a steadily competitive season, only suffering one DNF in the penultimate race when he could have clinched the championship. Enerson won five races and finished on the podium in nine of the fourteen races. Meanwhile, Latorre only won three times and only scored eight podium finishes, his comparative lack of poor finishes gave him the championship. Latorre's championship gives him aMazdaRoad to Indy scholarship to participate in thePro Mazda Championship in 2015.
Latorre's teammate Jake Eidson finished third in the championship, ten points back from Enerson in a season where he scored two wins. ArmsUp Motorsports' Aaron Telitz scored a single win and finished in fourth place. Afterburner Autosport's Victor Franzoni of Brazil captured the season opener but struggled thereafter, and ultimately fell to fifth in points. The series' first trip to theIndianapolis Motor Speedway road course resulted in two drivers scoring their first and only wins of the season.Will Owen employed an aggressive tire strategy to win the first race on a drying racetrack after a rainstorm and JAY Motorsports' highly touted rookie Adrian Starrantino won the second race in what was otherwise a lackluster season.
Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing captured their third straight teams' championship, mainly in part, to the performances of Latorre and Eidson.
The series schedule, along with the otherRoad to Indy series, was announced on October 24, 2013. Unlike previous seasons, all races are in support of theIndyCar Series except the race at Lucas Oil Raceway. All road and street course race weekends are double–headers.[4] The series will race at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway,Barber Motorsports Park, andSonoma Raceway for the first time in its history. 2014 will be the first season since its revival that will not begin atSebring Raceway.
