2022 F1600 Championship Series

2022 F1600 season
Season
Races21
Start dateApril 1
End dateOctober 16
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Thomas Schrage
Manufacturers' CupFrance Mygale

The 2022 F1600 Championship Series season was the eleventh season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season began on April 1 at Carolina Motorsports Park, and finished on October 17 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex.[1]

Last year's champion, Nicholas d'Orlando of Team Pelfrey, moved up to the USF Juniors on the Road to Indy ladder.[2] Thomas Schrage won the championship with Rice Race Prep.[3] Schrage was chosen for the Team USA Scholarship.[4]

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine
United States AntiSpeed 26 United States Charles Anti 7–9; 13–15 Van Diemen Honda
Canada Britain West Motorsports 65 Canada Callum Baxter[5] R 1–3 Mygale Honda
United States Chillout Motorsports 12 United States Porter Aiken[5] 1–3 Spectrum Honda
99 4–12 Piper
Canada Exclusive Autosport[6] 92 United States Joey Brienza II[5][7] 1–18 Spectrum Honda
93 United States Lindsay Brewer R 7–9
United States Lavender Racing 96 United States Brandon Lavender R 13–15; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
United StatesCanada Lee Racing w/ Rice Race Prep 3 United States Jonathan Lee[5] 1–3 Swift Honda
United States Lee Racing 4–6; 10–12 Ford
16–18 Honda
United States Raceworks 70 United States Sam Lockwood[6] M 1–12; 19–21 Spectrum Honda
United States Christopher Kierce 16–18
Canada Rice Race Prep[6] 01 United States Thomas Schrage[8][6] All Mygale Honda
13 United States Gordon Scully[9] R All
18 United States Elliott Budzinski[10] R 13–15
United States Anthony Cerciello R 16–18
32 United States Mateo Naranjo R 19–21
43 United States Will Holtz[5] 1–9
United States Sullivan Racing 19 United States Jack Sullivan[11] R 4–9; 13–15; 19–21 Piper Honda
United States Team Pelfrey[6] 80 United States Hugh Esterson[6][12] All Mygale Honda
81 United States Nolan Allaer[6] R All
82 United States Ayrton Houk[6] All
84 United States David Adorno[6] 7–21
United States Drivers Services 2 United States Mike Scanlan[6] M 10–21 Spectrum Honda
18 United States Gary Gecelter R M 19–21
Dole Racing 4 United States John Dole[5] M 1–3 Spectrum Honda
United States Auriana Racing 5 United States Joe Colasacco[6] M 1–3 Van Diemen Honda
Dchultz 7 United States Timothy Steele[13] R 4–15; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
SteveSchultzBldr 71 1–3
United States Steve Roux Racing 19 United States Steve Roux M 16–18 Wyvern Honda
Kelly-Moss Road & Race 8 United States Theodore Burns[14] 19–21 Piper Honda
Aero Metals 9 United States Robert Stowell[10] R M 4–15; 19–21 Spectrum Honda
ATC Technologies Inc. 11 United States Christopher Kierce 1–6; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
Weiss 12 United States Bob Reid[6] M 4–6; 10–21 Citation Honda
Shady Hill Clayworks 21 United States Dave Petzko[15] M All Spectrum Honda
Steelfiber 24 United States Chris Horan[14] 10–12; 19–21 Van Diemen Honda
United States K-Hill Motorsports 27 United States Theo Peppes[13] M 10–12; 16–18 Mygale Honda
Practical Precision Engineering 30 United States Will Velkoff[6] 7–12; 16–21 Van Diemen Honda
Morgan's Collision Center 31 United States Scott Rubenzer[6] M 1–6; 10–21 Spectrum Honda
G-Force Motoersports 37 United States Garrett Dettman G 1–3 Crossle Honda
Home Tech Bldg. Consultants 41 United States Robert Albani[6] M 1–6; 10–12; 16–21 Mygale Honda
Kingham Racing 47 United States Phil Kingham[10] R M 4-6; 10–15 Spectrum Honda
Averill Racing Stuff 62 United States Robert Gross G M 19-21 Piper
Pit Lane Services 69 United States John Schimenti R M 1–3 Spectrum Honda
Bell Helmets / BP Motorsports[5] 73 United States Robert Perona[6] M 1–9; 19–21 Piper Honda
Messenger Racing 77 United States Jay Messenger[15] M 4–9 Van Diemen Honda
ThermaMasters 85 United States David Livingston Jr.[6] M 4–12; 19–21 Spectrum Honda
AdvAutomotive 93 United States Michael Bulzacchelli 4–6; 16–21 Piper Honda
Icon Class
M Masters
R Rookie
G Guest

Schedule

Rd. Date Track Location
1 April 1–3 Carolina Motorsport Park South Carolina Kershaw, South Carolina
2
3
4 April 29–May 1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7 May 20–22 Barber Motorsports Park Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
8
9
10 June 3–5 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Pennsylvania Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13 July 8–10 Autobahn Country Club Illinois Joliet, Illinois
14
15
16 August 19–21 Summit Point Motorsports Park West Virginia Summit Point, West Virginia
17
18
19 October 14–16 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Pennsylvania Wampum, Pennsylvania
20
21
References: Formula Race Promotions Set for Exciting 2022 Race Season[16]

Results & performance summaries

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1 Carolina Motorsports Park South Carolina Kershaw, South Carolina April 2 United States Thomas Schrage United States Jonathan Lee United States Ayrton Houk
2 April 3 United States Hugh Esterson United States Thomas Schrage
3 United States Ayrton Houk United States Thomas Schrage
4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio Lexington, Ohio April 30 United States Thomas Schrage United States Ayrton Houk United States Thomas Schrage
5 May 1 United States Nolan Allaer United States Ayrton Houk
6 United States Nolan Allaer United States Thomas Schrage
7 Barber Motorsports Park Alabama Birmingham, Alabama May 21 United States Hugh Esterson United States Jack Sullivan United States Hugh Esterson
8 May 22 United States Jack Sullivan United States Ayrton Houk
9 United States Nolan Allaer United States Jack Sullivan
10 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Pennsylvania Wampum, Pennsylvania June 4 United States Hugh Esterson United States Ayrton Houk United States Hugh Esterson
11 June 5 United States Thomas Schrage United States Ayrton Houk
12 United States Nolan Allaer United States Nolan Allaer
13 Autobahn Country Club Illinois Joliet, Illinois July 9 United States Ayrton Houk United States Jack Sullivan United States Elliott Budzinksi
14 July 10 United States Ayrton Houk United States Thomas Schrage
15 United States Jack Sullivan United States Thomas Schrage
16 Summit Point Motorsports Park West Virginia Summit Point, West Virginia August 20 United States Jonathan Lee United States Ayrton Houk United States Nolan Allaer
17 August 21 United States Jonathan Lee United States Hugh Esterson
18 United States Ayrton Houk United States Ayrton Houk
19 Pittsburgh International Race Complex Pennsylvania Wampum, Pennsylvania October 15 United States Thomas Schrage United States Thomas Schrage United States Thomas Schrage
20 October 16 United States Thomas Schrage United States Thomas Schrage
21 United States Thomas Schrage United States Thomas Schrage
References:[17]
Team Performance Summary
Team Wins Poles Podiums Fast Laps
Canada Rice Race Prep 10 3 21 4
United States Team Pelfrey 10 3 32 11
United States Sullivan Racing 1 0 2 4
Canada Exclusive Autosport 0 0 3 0
United States Lee Racing 0 1 3 2
Driver Performance Summary
Driver Wins Poles Podiums Fast Laps
United States Thomas Schrage 9 3 16 4
United States Ayrton Houk 5 1 11 6
United States Hugh Esterson 3 2 12 1
United States Nolan Allaer 2 0 9 4
United States Elliott Budzinski 1 0 3 0
United States Jack Sullivan 1 0 2 4
United States Joey Brienza II 0 0 3 0
United States Robert Perona 0 0 2 0
United States Will Holtz 0 0 2 0
United States Jonathan Lee 0 1 3 2
Chassis Performance Summary
Team Wins Poles Podiums Fast Laps
France Mygale 20 6 53 15
United States Piper 1 0 4 4
Australia Spectrum 0 0 3 0
United States Swift 0 1 3 2

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 18 of 21 race results including all bonus points earned.[18]

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.

Driver Standings

Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT-1 ABCC SP PITT-2 Pts Drop Pts
1 United States Thomas Schrage DNF 1 1 1 2 1 15 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 5[a][b] 7 2 1 1 1 839 818
2 United States Ayrton Houk 1 2 2 3 1 13 4 1 5 10 1 3 7 3 16 17 2 1 9 4 4 740 704
3 United States Hugh Esterson DNF[c] 3 14 4 6 2 1 3 3 1 2 16 4 9 3 4 1 18 2 2 3 682 678
4 United States Nolan Allaer 2 19 4 DNF 9 6 3 4[d] 7 3 4 1 6 4 5 1 3 12 3 3 2 672 647
5 United States Joey Brienza II 3 5 5 7 5 8 2 15 4 7 19 6 5 6 4 2 4 6 531 531
6 United States Jonathan Lee 18 8 10 9 12 21 12 3 4 3 4 3 5 6 5 390 390
7 United States Gordon Scully 9 10 8 10 8 18 DNF 9 17 19 8 8 10 8 7 18 7 16 10 9 7 402 386
8 United States Scott Rubenzer 7 12 12 11 13 9 11 14 9 11 11 9 6 8 8 12 12 9 370 370
9 United States Jack Sullivan 5 7 7 6 10 1 3 15 14 8 7 6 335 335
10 United States Porter Aiken 6 7 11 8 4 5 7 5 12[e] 4 6 5 319 319
11 United States Robert Perona 4 4 3 6 10 3 8 6[f] 6 4 DNF DNS 300 300
12 United States Timothy Steele 11 13 9 13 15 20 10 11 13 5 DNF DNS DNF 5 15 7 DNF 11 266 266
13 United States Bob Reid 14 11 12 9 11 18 12 12 10 11 13 10 13 15 14 248 248
14 United States David Adorno 12 14 8 DNS 20 20 8 10 8 7 9 5 21 11 22 247 247
15 United States Robert Albani 8[g] 11 13 21 DNF DNS 8 9 7 10 16 4 DNF 13 10 227 227
16 United States Dave Petzko 14 17 17 18 19 17 18 18 15 17 17 11 16 DNF 13 19 19 14 23 21 18 188 179
17 United States David Livingston Jr. 12 16 10 9 7 18[h] 14 10 14 22 14 13 170 177
18 United States Will Velkoff 16 16 DNF 15 13 10 12 12 13 16 16 17 146 146
19 United States Mike Scanlan 18 15 15 14 13 11 13 15 9 18 20 20 146 146
20 United States Will Holtz 17[i] DNS DNS 2 3 4 5 DNF DNF 140 146
21 United States Christopher Kierce 16 20 20 15 14 11 16 11 11 14 17 16 145 145
22 United States Sam Lockwood 13 15 19 17 18 15 17 17 14 16 16 12 19 23 23 142 142
23 United States Charles Anti 11 13 9 9 7 6 136 136
24 United States Elliott Budzinksi 1 2 2 134 134
25 United States Chris Horan 6 7 21 25 5 8 118 118
26 United States Robert Stowell 20 DNF 19 19 19 16 20 18 13 17 16 DNF 20 18 24 103 103
27 United States Michael Bulzacchelli 19 DNF 16 9 14 7 17 19 DNF 98 98
28 Canada Callum Baxter 5 6 7 87 87
29 United States Jay Messenger 16 17 14 14 12 11 81 81
30 United States Theo Peppes 13 12 19 14 10 DNF 74 74
31 United States Theodore Burns 6 8 15 65 65
32 United States Lindsay Brewer 13 8 10 61 61
33 United States Mateo Naranjo 11 10 12 57 57
34 United States Phil Kingham DNS Wth Wth 21 DNF 17 15 14 12 56 56
35 United States Joe Colasacco DNF 9 6 53 53
36 United States Anthony Cerciello 8 17 15 45 45
37 United States John Dole 10 16 15 42 42
38 United States Brandon Lavender 13 DNS DNS 15 22 19 37 37
39 United States Steve Roux 15 18 17 28 28
40 United States John Schimenti 15 18 18 27 27
41 United States Gary Gecelter 24 24 21 9 9
Drivers ineligible for points
United States Garrett Dettman 12 14 16
United States Robert Gross DNS Wth Wth
Pos Driver CMP MO BAR PITT-1 ABCC SP PITT-2 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

CMP 2022 - F1600 R1 Penalty Report[g][c][i]
Mid-Ohio 2022 - F1600 Penalty Report
Barber 2022 - F1600 Penalty Report[d][f][e][h]
PIRC-1 2022 - F1600 Penalty Report
Summit Point 2022 - F1600 Penalty/Incident Report[a][b]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b #01 found in Violation of 1.6.17.5: SAFE PASS - Loss of 15 pts.
  2. ^ a b #01, found in Violation of 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT - Loss of 10 pts.
  3. ^ a b #80 found in violation. 1.6.17.3 Avoidable Contact. Penalty: Loss of 15 Race points.
  4. ^ a b #43 & # 81 are both found to be in violation of 1.6.17.4: RACING ROOM & 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT - #81 Loss of 15 Race Points & Purse.
  5. ^ a b #99 found in violation of 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT - Loss of 15 Race Points.
  6. ^ a b #73 found in violation of 1.6.17.5: SAFE PASS & 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT - Loss of 10 Race Points & Purse.
  7. ^ a b #41 found in violation. 1.6.17.3 Avoidable Contact. Penalty: Loss of 15 Race points and Purse.
  8. ^ a b #85 found in violation of 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT - Loss of 15 Race Points.
  9. ^ a b #43 found in violation. 1.6.17.5 Safe Pass. Penalty: Loss of 15 Race points.

References

  1. ^ "2022 F1600 Race Calendar". February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "NICHOLAS D'ORLANDO JOINS DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS IN USF JUNIORS". February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "FRP Crowns Champions This Past Weekend". October 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Team USA Scholarship Drivers Ready for Formula Ford Festival Action". October 21, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Successful Opening Weekend for Formula Race Promotions at Carolina Motorsports Park". April 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Forecasting the 2022 Formula Race Promotions Season". February 15, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Brienza Continues FRP Championship Quest with Exclusive Autosport". March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Thomas Schrage Rejoins RiceRace For F1600". February 7, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "Gordon Scully Joins RiceRace". February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Autobahn Country Club Review: Formula Race Promotions". July 13, 2022.
  11. ^ "Formula Race Promotions Completes Round Two at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Momentum". May 3, 2022.
  12. ^ "Edition 03: F1600 Round 02 Preview". April 29, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "FRP Speeds Past Pitt Race Event as Series Crosses Over Halfway Mark". June 9, 2022.
  14. ^ a b "FRP Crowns Champions This Past Weekend". October 19, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Solid Formula Race Promotions Event at Barber Motorsports Park". May 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "2022 F1600 Championship Series | RacingCalendar.net". racingcalendar.net.
  17. ^ "F1600 Point Standings 2022 Final" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 Points & Purse Distribution Table" (PDF). February 15, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.