The 2023 F2000 Championship Series season was the thirteenth season of the F2000 Championship Series. It was held over fourteen races across seven race weekends. The season began on March 25 at Road Atlanta and finished on August 20 at Summit Point Motorsports Park.^[1]

JT Novosielski won the title, ahead of Robert Wright, the only other driver to contest the full season.

Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Rounds
Hot Dip Racing	00	Andrew Gable	2002 Van Diemen F2000	4, 7
Auriana Racing	2	Joe Colasacco	Van Diemen FC	6
JENSEN	4	Ward Hix	2010 Van Diemen	1
Heritage	3	Greg Peluso	2003 Van Diemen	2
Citation Engineering	5	Brandon Dixon	2015 Citation F2000	1
Radon Sports	6	Matthew McDonough	2010 Radon RN10	5–6
Kevin Kelly Racing	11	Paul Farmer	2010 Radon RN10	5–6
Tarantula Racing	12	D.J. Galiffa	2001 Mazda USF 2000	2, 4
Keaton Van Thof Racing	22	Keaton Van Thof	2003 Van Diemen RF03	3, 6
RMS Motorsports	26	Rick Silver	1998 Van Diemen RF98	7
Florida RV Sales Motorsport	27	Hartley MacDonald	2006 Van Diemen RF06	2–6
Red Arrow Racing	32	Trevor Russell	1999 Van Diemen FC	1, 7
JT Novosielski Racing	33	JT Novosielski	2012 RFR F2000	All
KK Motorsports	35	Eric Presbrey	2000 Van Diemen RF03	3
Cordova Motorsports	41	Glenn Cordova	2004 Van Diemen RF04	2
		Peter Portante	2004 Van Diemen	3
		Theo Peppes	2002 Van Diemen RF02	6–7
	66	Gabriele Jasper	2004 Van Diemen RF44	2–3, 6–7
LTD Motorsports	45	Dean Kiriluk	2001 Van Diemen RF01 2	2, 4
Madgame Racing	58	Mike Pepitone	2000 Van Diemen RF00/01	4, 6–7
Speed Sport Engineering	65	Michael Varacins	2020 Van Diemen F2000	4–5
Weitzenhof Racing	67	Dave Weitzenhof	1995 Citation 95SFZ	1–4, 7
Ski Motorsports	81	Tim Minor	2010 Citation Citation	1, 7
Dole Racing	84	John Dole	2015 Citation F2000	3, 6
ADSA/Wright racing	90	Robert Wright	2008 Elan DP08	All
Arrive Drive Motorsports	95	Nathan Byrd	2008 Elan DP08	2–4
	96	Dane McMahon	2012 Elan DP08 F2000	2
Tatman Motorsports	122	Hunter Tatman	2006 Van Diemen RF06	5
Sources: [2][3][4][5][6]

Schedule

The schedule was announced on October 12, 2022. The championship did not return to Carolina Motorsport Park, Barber Motorsports Park and Autobahn Country Club. Also, only one round was held at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Instead, the championship added rounds at Road Atlanta, Lime Rock Park, Road America and New Jersey Motorsports Park.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Road Atlanta, Braselton	March 25	SVRA Sprint Series & Endurance Trans-Am Series	Road Atlanta Mid-Ohio Lime Rock Pittsburgh Road America New Jersey Summit Point
	R2		March 26
2	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	April 29	FRP race weekend (Atlantic Championship, F1600) Formula Vee Challenge Cup
	R2		April 30
3	R1	Lime Rock Park, Lakeville	May 29	Trans Am Memorial Day Classic SVRA Sprint Series
	R2
4	R1	Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Wampum	June 10	FRP race weekend (Atlantic Championship, F1600) Formula Vee Challenge Cup
	R2		June 11
5	R1	Road America, Elkhart Lake	July 8	Trans-Am Series FRP race weekend (Atlantic Championship, F1600)
	R2		July 9
6	R1	New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville	July 30	SVRA Sprint Series Formula Regional Americas Championship
	R2
7	R1	Summit Point Motorsports Park, Summit Point	August 19	SVRA Sprint Series Formula Vee Challenge Cup
	R2		August 20

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Road Atlanta	Trevor Russell	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
	R2			Trevor Russell	Trevor Russell	Red Arrow Racing
2	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	JT Novosielski	Nathan Byrd	JT Novosielski	JT Novosielski Racing
	R2		Nathan Byrd	Nathan Byrd	JT Novosielski	JT Novosielski Racing
3	R1	Lime Rock Park	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	Peter Portante	Cordova Motorsports
	R2			Peter Portante	Peter Portante	Cordova Motorsports
4	R1	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Nathan Byrd	Michael Varacins	Nathan Byrd	Arrive Drive Motorsports
	R2		Nathan Byrd	Nathan Byrd	Nathan Byrd	Arrive Drive Motorsports
5	R1	Road America	Michael Varacins	Michael Varacins	Michael Varacins	Speed Sport Engineering
	R2		Michael Varacins	Michael Varacins	Michael Varacins	Speed Sport Engineering
6	R1	New Jersey Motorsports Park	JT Novosielski	JT Novosielski	JT Novosielski	JT Novosielski Racing
	R2			Joe Colasacco	Joe Colasacco	Auriana Racing
7	R1	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports
	R2		Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Tim Minor	Ski Motorsports

Standings

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	ATL		MOH		LIM		PIT		ROA		NJM		SUM		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	JT Novosielski	4	3	1	1	2	2	5	Ret	3	7	1	2	DSQ	2	492
2	Robert Wright	6	4	3	6	3	4	7	3	5	4	7	4	3	5	404
3	Nathan Byrd			2	2	4	3	1	1							270
4	Hartley MacDonald			8	9	9	9	6	4	8	5	10	9			257
5	Dave Weitzenhof	5	DNS	6	5	8	6	8	DNS	6	DNS			7	6	255
6	Gabriele Jasper			4	8	5	5					3	Ret	2	3	238
7	Michael Varacins							2	2	1	1					196
8	Tim Minor	1	DNS											1	1	162
9	Matthew McDonough									2	2	11	3			140
10	Andrew Gable							3	5					5	7	126
11	John Dole					10	7					5	5			110
12	Keaton Van Thof					7	8					6	6			110
13	Paul Farmer									7	6	8	7			108
14	Peter Portante					1	1									107
15	Theo Peppes											4	Ret	4	4	103
16	Dean Kiriluk			5	4			4	Ret							100
17	Mike Pepitone							9	6†			9	8	DNS	DNS	100
18	Joe Colasacco											2	1			94
19	Trevor Russell	3	1													92
20	Brandon Dixon	2	2													84
21	Hunter Tatman									4	3					71
22	D.J. Galiffa			10	11			10†	Ret							62
23	Glenn Cordova			9	3											60
24	Ward Hix	7	5													58
25	Eric Presbrey					6	10									50
26	Greg Peluso			7	10											48
27	Rick Silver													6	DNS	29
28	Dane McMahon			DNS	7											27
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
		ATL		MOH		LIM		PIT		ROA		NJM		SUM

See also

• 2023 Atlantic Championship
• 2023 F1600 Championship Series

References

External links

• Official website: Formula Race Promotions