The 2012 F2000 Championship Series season marked the seventh season of competition in the series. It consisted of 14 rounds (seven double-race weekends), beginning April 12 at Virginia International Raceway and concluding October 14 at Watkins Glen International.^[1]

Venezuelan Roberto La Rocca of HP-Tech won 11 of the 14 races and finished on the podium in 13 of the 14. American Wyatt Gooden, who got his start through winning online video racing tournaments, finished second in points with two wins. American Niki Coello won one race and finished third. Kevin Kopp finished fourth in points and Tim Minor finished fifth, while claiming his second consecutive and third overall Masters Championship title.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	April 12–15	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
2				Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
3	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	May 10–12	Wyatt Gooden	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
4				Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
5	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	May 25–26	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Wyatt Gooden	Quantum Mechanics Racing Services
6				Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
7	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	June 28 – July 1	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
8				Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
9	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 26–29	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
10				Roberto La Rocca	Wyatt Gooden	Wyatt Gooden	Quantum Mechanics Racing Services
11	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 24–26	Wyatt Gooden	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
12				Roberto La Rocca	Chris Livengood	Niki Coello	Coello Racing
13	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	October 12–14	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech
14				Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	Roberto La Rocca	HP-Tech

Championship standings

Pos Driver VIR ATL LRP NJ MDO SUM WGL Points Drivers' championship 1 Roberto La Rocca 1 11 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 28 1 3 1 1 626 2 Wyatt Gooden 32 3 2 3 1 19 5 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 497 3 Niki Coello 3 2 4 5 2 20 21 3 14 3 5 1 2 4 430 4 Kevin Kopp 4 4 12 7 13 5 3 4 4 19 3 5 9 6 366 5 Tim Minor (M) 6 23 5 4 6 2 2 8 9 5 7 20 317 6 Tim Paul 8 5 6 6 8 6 6 6 5 29 11 19 14 12 306 7 Chris Livengood 14 30 DSQ 10 5 3 8 9 7 4 8 4 32 9 296 8 Zach Craigo 18 6 9 8 4 5 12 15 4 16 6 5 282 9 Kyle Connery 7 31 3 2 23 28 31 2 6 17 4 8 250 10 Dave Weitzenhof (M) 5 7 8 9 12 20 10 13 13 DNS 23 15 189 11 Tom Fatur (M) 12 9 4 4 8 7 12 29 178 12 John Brumder 26 20 18 17 11 11 11 13 32 23 23 7 15 17 148 13 Robert Wright (M) 33 33 24 24 9 8 20 12 15 14 17 18 13 14 143 14 Bill Jordan (M) 20 14 15 15 11 8 19 8 17 30 127 15 Cesar LaPoint 6 6 15 6 DNS 7 125 16 Dean Baker (M) 13 15 26 10 13 12 8 16 115 17 José Montiel 19 16 26 14 12 22 14 19 18 21 18 11 29 32 106 17 Peter Gonzalez (M) 11 24 17 16 DNS 17 21 11 21 9 33 21 106 19 Nick Palacio 10 11 9 11 10 DNS 103 20 Craig Clawson (M) 27 17 10 9 29 20 16 14 22 22 92 21 Charles Finelli (M) 17 12 22 23 16 7 22 DNS 20 35 81 22 Fabio Orsolon 2 8 DNS 25 68 22 Rob Nicholas (M) 5 3 68 24 Jeff McCusker (M) 29 19 24 13 19 21 20 10 27 33 62 25 Mark Defer (M) 16 13 10 13 61 26 Paul Alspach 17 7 30 10 58 27 Dan Denison (M) 25 22 21 20 17 18 24 15 19 24 55 27 Doug Rocco 18 15 13 15 33 25 25 19 55 29 Brent Gilkes (M) 9 10 19 26 52 30 Danyel Torres 9 12 16 31 51 31 Gerry Kraut (M) 7 11 46 31 John LaRue (M) 28 29 25 2 32 46 33 Chris Monteleone 17 16 16 14 DNS DNS 42 33 Collin Daley 10 10 42 33 Gustavo Rizzo 12 13 24 18 42 33 Sergio Pasian 10 10 42 38 Keith McCrone 14 DNS 18 11 40 39 Rob Alaer DNS 21 16 9 38 39 Eric Presbrey 20 19 14 21 24 22 DNS 25 38 41 Jason Rabe 7 16 37 42 Thomas Schweitz (M) 22 DNS 13 12 DNS DNS 36 42 Aaron Pettipas 23 25 DNS 12 22 16 36 44 Shaun Miller 21 18 15 24 19 31 33 45 Nathan Morcom 15 32 15 DNS 31 46 Jonathan Scarallo 7 23 30 47 Brendan Puderbach 30 27 23 21 22 14 36 27 47 Tom Drake (M) 21 18 18 17 28 24 31 28 27 49 Jose Gerardo (M) 31 26 14 22 19 49 Matthew Inge 11 DNS 19 51 Steve Coates 16 18 18 52 Vaughn Horvath 24 28 23 17 26 26 17 53 Dennis McCarthy 25 DNS 15 18 25 26 15 54 Jim Hanrahan (M) 19 25 28 37 10 55 Joey Selmants 20 33 7 55 Steve Bamford 35 20 7 57 Fred Bross (M) 20 DNS 6 57 Chris Camadella (M) 21 34 6 59 Matt Machiko 36 23 4 60 Barry Gilbert 26 27 2 60 Al Guibord, Sr. 27 30 2 60 Scott Baroody 34 27 2 63 Will Haney 30 DNS 1 Pos Driver VIR ATL LRP NJ MDO SUM WGL 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 (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (3 points) Italics Ran fastest race lap (2 points)

This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.
(M) indicates driver is participating in Masters Class for drivers over 40 years of age.

¹ Roberto La Rocca was penalized 25 points for failing to leave sufficient racing room for a competitor in Round 2.^[2]

References

External links

• Official Series Website