2020 F1600 Championship Series

2020 F1600 season
Season
Races18
Start dateJune 19
End dateOctober 31
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Simon Sikes
Manufacturers' CupFrance Mygale

The 2020 F1600 Championship Series season was the ninth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The previous year's champion was Jonathan Kotyk of K-Hill Motorsports.

Simon Sikes’ performances in the F1600 Championship Series helped him earn a spot as a Team USA scholar and allowed him to make his debut in the USF2000 before the year ended. During his short time in the Road to Indy, he achieved his best finish in fourth place.

In the end, he easily won the F1600 title, beating karting graduate Dylan Christie and Dexter Czuba. He also took home the SCCA National Runoff title in Formula F.

Jackson Lee won two races in the F1600 series but missed a third of the season. He finished fourth in the points standings. His status as a Team USA scholar allowed him to travel to England to compete in the National FF1600 finale and other important races at the end of the year. His best finish was 10th place in the final race of the FFord Festival.

Maxwell Esterson joined him on the flight across the ocean. Esterson won one F1600 race and finished 14th in the WHT.[1][2]

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine
Canada Rice Race Prep 6 United States Simon Sikes[3][4] All Mygale Honda
13 United States Burton August[5] 4–6; 10–12
United States Steve Oseth M 7–9
United States Jason Pribyl[6][7] 13–15
52 United States Jackson Lee[8][9] 1–12
United States Trey Burke[10][7] 13–18
United States Drivers Services 2 United States Mike Scanlan[11] M 1–3; 7–18 Spectrum Honda
United States Brad Hayes Racing[12] 74 United States Jonathan Kotyk[13][4] 1–6 Piper Honda
United States Team Pelfrey 23 Baylor Griffin[1] 16–18 Mygale Honda
80 United States Maxwell Esterson[14][4] 1–15
81 United States Dylan Christie[15][9] 1–3
United States Dexter Czuba 4–15
United States David Adorno 16–18
82 United States Dexter Czuba[16][17] 1–3
United States Dylan Christie 4–18
United States Raceworks[18] 42 United States Ryan Bjerke[11] 7–12 Spectrum Honda
70 United States Sam Lockwood M 1–6
76 United States Ax Kametches[19] 1–6
Dole Fuels 4 United States John Dole M 1–3 Spectrum Honda
United States Glen Cordova[7] M 13–15
United States Auriana Racing 3 United States Joe Colasacco[11] M 13–15 Van Diemen Honda
5 7–12
ATC Technologies Inc. 11 United States Christopher Kierce 10–12; 16–18 Spectrum Honda
Weiss 12 United States Bob Reid[9] M 1–15 Citation Honda
United States K-Hill Motorsports 12 United States Ax Kametches 16–18 Mygale Honda
27 Bryson Morris 16–18
90 United States Omar Khan[20][7] All
Polestar 18 United States Robert Dietz[5] 4–6 Van Diemen Honda
Shady Hill Clayworks 21 United States David Petzko M 1–6; 10–15 Spectrum Honda
Aiken Racing 21 United States Porter Aiken[1] 16–18 Piper Honda
Steelfiber 24 United States Christopher Horan[17] 1–3 Van Diemen Honda
ThursdayPools 27 United States Zachary Rivard[5] 1–6 Van Diemen Honda
Practical Precision Engineering 30 United States Will Velkoff[5] 1–6; 10–15 Van Diemen Honda
Morgan's Collision Center 31 United States Scott Rubenzer[4] M 1–6; 10–18 Spectrum Honda
United States Pure Energy Racing 33 United States Jeffrey Bartz 4–6 Van Diemen Honda
Aero Services Winchester 36 United States Steve Oseth M 1–3; 10–15 Citation Honda
Home Tech Bldg. Consultants 41 United States Robert Albani[11] M 1–3; 7–15 Mygale Honda
Spectrum 47 United States Austin Kimberly 1–3; 13–18 Spectrum Ford
48 United States Peter Portante[5] G 4–6
Creative Dynamics 57 United States Chris Smith[11] M 7–9 Van Diemen Honda
Steel Services 72 United States Tom Schwietz[11] M 1–3; 7–12 Citation Honda
Bell Helmets 73 United States Robert Perona[9] M 1–3 Piper Honda
Primus 75 United States Jay Messenger M 16–18 Van Diemen Honda
Brumbaugh Racing 86 Kevin Brumbaugh G 16–18 Van Diemen Honda
Exclusive Autosport / lovation 91 United States Josh Pierson[17] 1–3 Spectrum Honda
92 13–15
United States Lee Racing 177 United States Jonathan Lee 16–18 Swift Ford
Icon Class
M Masters
R Rookie
G Guest

Schedule

Rd. Date Track Location
1 June 19–21 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
2
3
4 July 3–5 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7 July 17–19 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia
8
9
10 August 21–23 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia
11
12
13 October 16–18 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania
14
15
16 October 30–31 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia
17
18
Cancelled Events
31 Jul – 2 Aug Barber Motorsports Park[21][22] Birmingham, Alabama
References: Formula Race Promotions Postpones May Event; Season Expected to Commence in June[23]

Results & performance summaries

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania June 20 United States Simon Sikes United States Simon Sikes United States Simon Sikes
2 June 21 United States Simon Sikes United States Simon Sikes
3 United States Dexter Czuba United States Simon Sikes
4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 5 United States Maxwell Esterson United States Dylan Christie United States Simon Sikes
5 United States Jackson Lee United States Dexter Czuba
6 United States Jeffrey Bartz United States Jackson Lee
7 Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia July 18 United States Maxwell Esterson United States Joe Colasacco United States Simon Sikes
8 July 19 United States Dexter Czuba United States Maxwell Esterson
9 United States Maxwell Esterson United States Jackson Lee
10 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, West Virginia August 22 United States Simon Sikes United States Jackson Lee United States Simon Sikes
11 United States Burton August United States Dylan Christie
12 August 23 United States Maxwell Esterson United States Dylan Christie
13 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Wampum, Pennsylvania October 17 United States Maxwell Esterson United States Dylan Christie United States Simon Sikes
14 October 18 United States Maxwell Esterson United States Dylan Christie
15 United States Dexter Czuba United States Simon Sikes
16 Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 31 United States Simon Sikes United States Dylan Christie United States Dylan Christie
17 United States Simon Sikes United States Simon Sikes
18 United States Jonathan Lee United States Trey Burke
References:[24]

Scoring System

Points are awarded to the top twentyfive classified drivers, and the top drivers who enables to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with the corrispective bonus points +3 and +2 points.

The Season Championship will recognize only driver’s best 15 of 18 race results including all bonus points earned.[25]

Points are awarded using the following system:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th+   DNF 
Points 50 42 37 34 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Guest drivers are ineligible to score points.

If a guest driver finishes in first position, the second-placed finisher will receive 50 points. The same goes for every other points scoring position. So if three guest drivers end up placed fourth, fifth and sixth, the seventh-placed finisher will receive thirtyfourth points and so forth - until the twentyeighth-placed finisher receives the final point.

Driver Standings

Pos Driver PITT-1 MO VIR SP PITT-2 RA Pts Drop Pts
1 United States Simon Sikes 1 1 1 1 2 DNS 1 6 6 1 2 2 1 10 1 2 1 2 724 689
2 United States Dylan Christie 2[a] 2 8 2 3 9 DNF 7 2 3 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 4 648 599
3 United States Dexter Czuba 6 5 5 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 6 5 4 3 10 515 515
4 United States Jackson Lee 12 8 6 5 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 440 440
5 United States Maxwell Esterson 4 4 3 4 5 2 12 1 3 17 5 4 8 14 DSQ 423 423
6 United States Scott Rubenzer 7 9 9 8 11 7 7 9 6 6 5 2 7 5 6 412 412
7 United States Bob Reid 11 13 18 10 13 12 8 13 11 16 15 14 10 7 12 253 253
8 United States Mike Scanlan 16 16 20 7 8 9 14 13 17 15 12 9 14 10 14 236 236
9 United States Omar Khan 21 20 19 13 15 14 10 12 12 DNF 16 16 14 9 8 12 11 12 247 235
10 United States Rob Albani 20 21 13 6 10 13 8 17 11 9 6 3 233 233
11 United States Ax Kametches 10 12 11 12 8 10 10 7 3 195 195
12 United States Steve Oseth 13 19 17 DNS 11 14 12 7 12 11 8 11 187 187
13 United States Christopher Horan 5 3 7 6 6 8 178 178
14 United States Dave Petzko 14 15 15 11 14 11 13 10 13 13 13 DNS 167 167
15 United States Trey Burke 5 4 13 6 3 1 166 166
16 United States Josh Pierson 17 6 4 3 2 DNF 152 152
17 United States Burton August DNF 9 5 5 4 7 149 149
18 United States Joe Colasacco 5 5 5 10 12 18 DNS DNS DNS 141 141
19 United States Ryan Bjerke 4 4 10 11 18 9 139 139
20 United States Will Velkoff 15 14 16 DNS Wth Wth 15 14 15 12 11 7 132 132
21 United States Tom Schwietz DNF DNS DNS 9 DNS 7 6 8 10 126 126
22 United States Jonathan Kotyk 3 7 2 DNS Wth Wth 106 106
23 Baylor Griffin 3 4 5 102 102
24 United States Jonathan Lee 5 6 7 89 89
25 United States Jeffrey Bartz 7 7 6 85 85
26 United States Christopher Kierce 9 11 8 DNF DNS 13 83 83
27 United States Robert Dietz 9 10 4 78 78
28 United States Austin Kimberly DNF DNS DNF DNS DNS DNS 8 8 9 75 75
29 United States Porter Aiken 4 14 8 74 74
30 United States Jason Pribyl 7 16 4 71 71
31 United States Chris Smith 11 9 8 67 67
32 Bryson Morris 9 9 10 67 67
33 United States Zachary Rivard 9 11 10 DNS Wth Wth 63 63
34 United States Sam Lockwood 18 18 14 DNF 12 13 62 62
35 United States David Adorno 13 12 11 51 51
36 United States Glen Cordova 16 15 6 50 50
37 United States Robert Perona 8 10 DNF 47 47
38 United States Jey Messenger 11 15 DNS 32 32
39 United States John Dole 19 17 12[b] 16 16
Drivers ineligible for points
Kevin Brumbaugh 15 13 DNF
United States Peter Portante DNS Wth Wth
Pos Driver PITT-1 MO VIR SP PITT-2 RA Pts Drop Pts
References: FRP Official Points Standings & Results Archive F1600 & Race Monitor
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish (DNF)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(3 points)
Italics Fastest lap of the race
(2 points)
Master of the Year
Masters

Incident Reports

PIRC-1 — Penalty Report[a][b]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Christie was found to be in violation of the PRR section 1.6.17.4 - Penalty: Loss of 10 Points & Purse.
  2. ^ a b John Dole/M Car #4 Underweight - Penalty: Loss of Points & Purse

References

  1. ^ a b c "Formula Race Promotions Crown Champions at Road Atlanta". November 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 International Formula Ford season review". December 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Simon Sikes to RiceRace for FRP F1600". February 19, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Formula Race Promotions is Back on Track This Weekend". June 17, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "FRP Competitors Complete Fourth of July Weekend Event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course". July 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "Enough practice, lets go racing!". December 2, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "Formula Race Promotions Concludes Penultimate Round of 2020 in Pittsburgh". October 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Jackson Lee Joins Rice Race for 2020 FRP F1600 Season". February 24, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d "Round One Complete as Formula Race Promotions Program is Back on Track". June 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Trey Burke to RiceRace for FRP F1600". September 29, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Dixon and Mayer Add to Their Win Totals as F1600 Sees Three Different Winners Over the Weekend". July 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "BHR and Kotyk Take Double Podium in F1600 Debut". June 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Jonathan Kotyk to Join BHR at Pittsburgh". June 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "Max Esterson Confirmed as Championship Contender for Team Pelfrey in 2020". March 18, 2020.
  15. ^ "Team Pelfrey Signs Dylan Christie for 2020 Run". December 19, 2019.
  16. ^ "FRP Hoosier Tire Spotlight – Dexter Czuba". July 15, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "Five Drivers Sweep Formula Race Promotions Weekend at Pittsburgh". June 22, 2020.
  18. ^ "FRP Hoosier Tire Spotlight – Sam Lockwood". August 31, 2020.
  19. ^ "Ax Kametches Joins Raceworks for 2020 FRP F1600 Season". June 15, 2020.
  20. ^ "F1600 Championship Series 2020 standings".
  21. ^ "Formula Race Promotions Reschedules Postponed Event at Barber Motorsports Park". May 18, 2020.
  22. ^ "FRP Forced to Cancel Barber Motorsports Park Event but Adds Road Atlanta". July 10, 2020.
  23. ^ "Race Calendar F1600 Championship Series | RacingCalendar.net". racingcalendar.net.
  24. ^ "F1600 Point Standings 2020 Final" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. 2020.
  25. ^ "2020 Points & Purse Distribution Table - Fixed after Cancel Barber Motorsports Park Event" (PDF). Retrieved August 14, 2020.