2026 F2000 Championship Series

2026 F2000 Championship Series season
Season
Races	14
Start date	March 12
End date	October 18
Awards

The 2026 F2000 Championship Series season is the fifteenth season of the F2000 Championship Series. It is scheduled to be held over twenty-one races across seven race weekends. The season began on March 12 at Road Atlanta and will finish on October 18 at Barber Motorsports Park.

Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Rounds
Arrive Drive Motorsport	11	Gary Laughlin	Ligier JS F4	5
	96	Nick Gilkes	2012 Van Diemen	1
	97	Dustin Hodges	2012 Elan DP08 F2000	5
Wright Racing	90	Robert Wright	2012 Elan DP08	1–5
	95	Arshia Akhtar	2002 Van Diemen RF02	1
Auriana Racing	2	Joe Colasacco	Van Diemen FC	4
Layke MotorSports	03	Carter Sheets	2003 Van Diemen F2000	1–5
BBR Racing	4	David Otte	2001 Van Diemen RF01	3
USNG Racing	11	Zain Khan	Ligier JS F4	2
Palm Rat Golf	38	Ethan Alexander	1999 Van Diemen RF99	3
Fahan Paving	39	Chris Fahan	2002 Van Diemen RF02	5
privateer	47	Chris Monteleone	2010 Carbir DS3	4
Weitzenhof Racing	67	Dave Weitzenhof	1995 Citation 95SFZ	1–4
Audien Hearing	68	Steve Jenks	Metrik ZF2	1
Personal Wealth Solutions	72	Jeremy Swank	2005 Van Diemen RF05	2
privateer	95	Thomas Fatur	2002 Van Diemen F2000	4
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Schedule

The race schedule was announced on November 25, 2025. Pittsburgh International Race Complex dropped off the schedule after the track was closed down, and New Jersey Motorsports Park was also not featured, with the series instead returning to Carolina Motorsports Park and to Barber Motorsports Park for the first time since 2022.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	H1	Road Atlanta, Braselton	March 14	SVRA Sprint Series Trans-Am Series Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA	Road Atlanta Mid-Ohio Road America Watkins Glen Summit Point Kershaw Barber
	H2		March 15
	FR
2	H1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	April 25	FRP race weekend Formula Ford Challenge Series Formula Vee Challenge Cup Series Vintage Sports 2000 North America
	H2		April 26
	FR
3	H1	Road America, Elkhart Lake	June 27	Trans-Am Series Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA
	H2		June 28
	FR
4	H1	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	July 18	Trans-Am Series Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy USA Formula Continental Challenge Series
	H2		July 19
	FR
5	H1	Summit Point Motorsports Park, Summit Point	August 8	FRP race weekend
	H2		August 9
	FR
6	H1	Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw	August 29	FRP race weekend
	H2		August 30
	FR
7	H1	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham	October 16–18	SVRA Sprint Series Formula Regional Americas Championship
	H2
	FR

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	H1	Road Atlanta	Dave Weitzenhof	Nick Gilkes	Nick Gilkes	Arrive Drive Motorsport
	H2			Nick Gilkes	Robert Wright	Wright Racing
	FR			Nick Gilkes	Nick Gilkes	Arrive Drive Motorsport
2	H1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Jeremy Swank	Carter Sheets	Carter Sheets	Layke MotorSports
	H2			Jeremy Swank	Carter Sheets	Layke MotorSports
	FR			Jeremy Swank	Jeremy Swank	Personal Wealth Solutions
3	H1	Road America	David Otte	David Otte	David Otte	BBR Racing
	H2			David Otte	David Otte	BBR Racing
	FR			David Otte	Carter Sheets	Layke MotorSports
4	H1	Watkins Glen International	Carter Sheets	Joe Colasacco	Robert Wright	Wright Racing
	H2			declared non-race after delay due to a crash
	FR			Joe Colasacco	Joe Colasacco	Auriana Racing
5	H1	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Robert Wright	race cancelled due to inclement weather
	H2			Chris Fahan	Chris Fahan	Fahan Paving
	FR			Chris Fahan	Chris Fahan	Fahan Paving
6	H1	Carolina Motorsports Park
	H2
	FR
7	H1	Barber Motorsports Park
	H2
	FR

Season report

The 2026 F2000 Championship Series started in March at Road Atlanta with Arrive Drive Motorsport driver Nick Gilkes taking pole position in qualifying. Five cars started the first heat race, in which Gilkes converted his pole position into a victory ahead of Layke MotorSports driver Carter Sheets and Wright Racing's Robert Wright. The latter of these was then able to beat the three-car field in a damp heat race two, consigning Gilkes to second place, with third taken by Wright's teammate Arshia Akhtar. Only Gilkes and Wright started the feature race, and it was Gilkes who took victory to leave Road Atlanta leading Wright by 19 points in the championship standings.

Round two, held at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, saw pole position go to Personal Wealth Solutions driver Jeremy Swank. However, he was unable to finish the first heat race, leaving Sheets to take victory ahead of Weitzenhof Racing's Dave Weitzenhof and Wright. Sheets doubled up in heat race two, with Swank bouncing back from his retirement and taking second as Weitzenhof completed the podium. The feature race brought victory for Sheets after all as he narrowly beat Sheets to the win and Weizenhof came third again. Pre-event points leader Gilkes did not enter the round and therefore dropped to third in the standings. Wright was the beneficiary and now led Sheets by 45 points.

‍Road America hosted round three, and it began with remarkable performances for a series rookie as debutant David Otte bested the five-car field in qualifying to take pole position for BBR Racing. He continued his pace by winning the first heat race. Sheets and Wright took second and third on the road, before post-race penalties for both elevated Weitzenhof to second place. The second heat race saw a similar picture as Otte was once again closely shadowed by Sheets, before he took another victory by 0.045 seconds. The feature race then saw Sheets finally able to get past Otte and take victory. With Wright taking third, Sheets was able to close up to 30 points behind him in the standings.

The season reached its halfway point around Watkins Glen International. The weekend was disrupted by thunderstorms and crashes throughout, with the F2000 qualifying session cancelled and its races combined with the Atlantic Championship's field. The F2000 win in the first race went to championship leader Wright, with series returnee Joe Colasacco taking second for Auriana Racing and Weitzenhof taking third. The second race was declared a non-event after a heavy crash between Weitzenhof and privateer Chris Monteleone saw only five laps completed. That meant Colasacco's on-track win was voided, but he bounced back in the feature race to take victory as the sole finisher in his class.

Round five at Summit Point Motorsports Park brought more weather-induced disruptions, as the first heat race was cancelled after Wright took pole position for it in qualifying. When racing got underway on Sunday with the second heat race, Wright was unable to defend his starting position as Fahan Paving's Chris Fahan overtook him to claim a debut victory. Arrive Drive Motorsport's Dustin Hodges completed the podium, also on debut. The feature race saw no change to the top two, with Fahan claiming another victory while Wright in second grew his championship lead to 107 over Sheets after the latter withdrew from the weekend. This time, third went to Arrive Drive Motorsport's Gary Laughlin.

Standings

Scoring system

The weekend format and with it the points system were overhauled for the 2026 season. Each weekend now comprises three races, the first two of which are designated as Heat Races and award points per class according to the following scale.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th+
Points	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The third race of the weekend, called the Feature Race, awards more points:

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+
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

Three points are awarded for pole position in each class, as well as two more points for the fastest lap per race per class. Each driver's three worst results will be dropped.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver ATL MOH ROA WGL SUM CAR BAR Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Robert Wright 3 1 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 1 C DNS C 2 2 332 2 Carter Sheets 2 DNS DNS 1 1 2 4† 2 1 6 C Ret C WD WD 225 3 Dave Weitzenhof 4 DNS WD 2 3 3 2 3 DNS 3 C DNS 165 4 Nick Gilkes 1 2 1 107 5 David Otte 1 1 2 101 6 Jeremy Swank Ret 2 1 81 7 Chris Fahan C 1 1 79 8 Joe Colasacco 2 C 1 77 9 Gary Laughlin C 4 3 56 10 Ethan Alexander Ret 5 4 52 11 Arshia Akhtar 5 3 DNS 38 12 Dustin Hodges C 3 Ret 22 13 Chris Monteleone 4 C DNS 19 14 Thomas Fatur 5 C Ret 18 — Steve Jenks DNS WD WD 0 — Zain Khan DNS WD WD 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts ATL MOH ROA WGL SUM CAR BAR

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap * – Penalty

See also

• 2026 Atlantic Championship
• 2026 F1600 Championship Series

External links

• Official website: Formula Race Promotions