The2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda will be the eighth season – since its revival in 2010 – of theU.S. F2000 National Championship , anopen wheel auto racing series that is the first step inINDYCAR 'sRoad to Indy ladder, operated by Andersen Promotions.
The 2017 season will see the introduction of theTatuus USF-17 car for the Championship class.[ 1] SCCA Formula Continental chassis (including the previous Van Diemen\Elan DP08) were slated to compete in National Class, but after the first weekend there were no race entries in that class and it was abandoned.
2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout championOliver Askew ofCape Motorsports came out strong, winning five of the first six races. However, he faltered at theRoad America round and Dutch driverRinus Veekay won both races there, opening the door to a tighter championship fight. Askew won two more races down the stretch while Veekay won only one more, the final race atWatkins Glen International , where Askew finished second, good enough to claim the championship. CanadianParker Thompson won three races in the second half of the season and finished third in points.Robert Megennis won the season's first race at St. Petersburg and was the only other driver to win a race. He finished sixth in points, as he did not finish on the podium again the rest of the season.
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A 14-race schedule was announced on September 14, 2016.[ 28]
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Championship standings [ edit ] Drivers' Championship[ edit ] 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Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate
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Teams' Championship[ edit ] ^ "New-for-2017 Tatuus USF-17 Unveiled at Indianapolis Motor Speedway" .^ ArmsUp Motorsports [@ArmsUpAieee] (November 11, 2016)."We're so excited to announce @devinwojcikrac1 as the 1st driver to join us for #USF2000 2017! Welcome him to the te…" (Tweet ) – viaTwitter . ^ "Bruna Tomaselli anuncia que disputará temporada em categoria preliminar da Fórmula Indy" .^ "Zach Holden Joins BN Racing for USF2000 in Watkins Glen" .^ release, Team."Cape Motorsports confirms Donison as first USF2000 driver" .www.racer.com . Archived fromthe original on February 23, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 22, 2017 . ^ Staff, RACER."Rising MRTI stars Martin, Askew to race with Cape Motorsports in 2017" .www.racer.com . RetrievedMarch 2, 2017 . ^ "Home" .deforceracing.com .^ http://www.exclusiveautosport.ca/exclusiveautosport.ca/News/Entries/2016/10/5_Exclusive_Autosport_Announces_Three_USF2000_Drivers_for_Chris_Griffis_Memorial_Test.html [dead link ] ^ "Exclusive Autosport Signs Parker Thompson for USF2000 Title Bid" . Archived fromthe original on February 2, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2017 .^ "EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT ADDS GABIN TO LINEUP" . RetrievedFebruary 24, 2017 .^ "Dev Gore Joins Exclusive Autosport for 2017" .^ "Coming Soon! JCR Unveils Usf-17 Liveries" .^ "Bayley Mickler to Drive for John Cummiskey Racing at Barber" .^a b c "Hi-Tide Boat Lifts Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Race 1)" (PDF) .usf2000.com . RetrievedMarch 19, 2023 .^ "Newman Wachs to return, joins 2017 USF2000 series" .^ "Newman Wachs Racing Announces First Driver" .^ "Newman Wachs Racing signs Castro for 2017" .^ "Newman Wachs Racing Adds Third Driver for GP of St. Pete" .^ "Christmas in September at Pabst Racing" .^ "Rinus VeeKay Signs with Pabst Racing for 2017" .^ "Pabst Racing Announces Calvin Ming for 2017" .^ "Pabst Racing Announces Lucas Kohl for 2017" . February 14, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 15, 2017 .^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on October 23, 2016. RetrievedNovember 17, 2016 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "RJB Motorsports Announces Chandler Horton for 2017 Season" .^ "Team Pelfrey Debuts New Tatuus USF-17 at Indianapolis" .^ "Megennis returns to Pelfrey for 2017" . Archived fromthe original on January 13, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2017 .^ "Team Pelfrey Confirms Ayla Agren for USF2000 Seat in 2017" .^ "Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires Solidifies 2017 Schedule" .
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