2014 F1600 Championship Series

The 2014 F1600 Championship Series season was the fourth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season commenced on April 12 at Road Atlanta, and ended on October 12 at Watkins Glen International after 14 races held at 7 meetings.

No fewer than eleven drivers won races during the season, but it was Norway's Ayla Ågren who won the title for Team Pelfrey. Ågren had trailed her team-mate Garth Rickards by nine points going into the final round, but her last-lap victory in the final race of the season; her third win of 2014 – passing Sam Chastain to do so – allowed her to take the championship title, ahead of Rickards by a total of thirteen points. Team Pelfrey swept the top three placings in the final championship standings, as Augie Lerch managed to surpass Jack Mitchell, Jr. by eleven points, again with results in the final race of the season. The only other driver to win multiple races during the season was James Goughary, who won races at the first Watkins Glen meeting as well as Road Atlanta, en route to finishing fifth overall in the championship and as the best placed Masters class driver. Rickards, Chastain, Lerch and Mitchell all won a race each, while other drivers to win were Franklin Futrelle at Road Atlanta, Mikhail Goikhberg at the first Watkins Glen meeting, Brandon Newey and Steve Bamford at Virginia International Raceway, as well as Evan Mehan at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Notes
Polestar Racing Group	0	Lewis Cooper III	Van Diemen	Ford Kent	Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only
ONP Racing	2	Mike Scanlan	Spectrum	Honda Fit	Masters class
Auriana Racing	3	Joe Colasacco	Van Diemen RF05	Honda Fit	Masters class; Road Atlanta & Mid-Ohio only
Bjerke Motorsports	4	Ryan Bjerke	Van Diemen	Ford Kent	Thompson only
Dotworks Racing	06	Austin McCusker	Van Diemen VD01	Honda Fit
Rice Race Prep.	07	Steve Bamford	Mygale SJ11	Honda Fit	Masters class
Ski Motorsports	7	James Goughary	Van Diemen RF00	Honda Fit	Masters class
Raceworks	9	Brandon Angel	Spectrum	Honda Fit
	70	Sam Lockwood	Spectrum 014		Watkins Glen 2 only
	97	Franklin Futrelle
Swan Motorsports	10	Max Mällinen	Spectrum 014	Honda Fit
WISKO Racing	13	Nikita Lastochkin	Mygale SJ	Honda Fit	Road Atlanta only
		Andrew Hobbs			Watkins Glen 1 onwards
	24	Will Harvey
Buffalo Motorsports	18	Dan Pyanowski	Van Diemen RF00	Honda Fit	Masters class; Watkins Glen & Mid-Ohio only
Art Foster Racing	21	Arthur Foster	Spectrum 014	Honda Fit	Masters class
Front Range MotorSports	23	Reid Hazelton	Van Diemen	Honda Fit	Watkins Glen 1 only
	66	Bob Melvin		Ford Kent	Masters class
Chastain Motorsports LLC	27	Sam Chastain	Mygale SJ13	Honda Fit
	28	Andrew Lewis	Mygale		Watkins Glen 2 only
	29	Evan Mehan	Mygale		Skipped VIR
		Brandon Newey			VIR only
GRT Racing	31	Scott Rubenzer	Spectrum	Honda Fit	Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh
	36	Steve Roux	Wyvern	Honda Fit	Watkins Glen 1 & Thompson only
Kenneth Boquillion	45	Kenneth Boquillion	Mygale	Honda Fit	Masters class; Thompson only
505A Racing	46	Douglas Voss	Spectrum 012B	Honda Fit	Masters class
Trimark Racing	50	Keith Joslyn	Van Diemen RF98	Honda Fit	Masters class; Watkins Glen 1 only
Andrew Lewis	73	Andrew Lewis	Piper DF-3		Road Atlanta only
FF75	75	Donald Baggett	Swift DB6	Ford Kent	Masters class; skipped Watkins Glen & Pittsburgh
Team Pelfrey[1]	80	Esteban Garzón	Mygale SJ12	Honda Fit	Road Atlanta only
		Nikita Lastochkin			Watkins Glen 1 onwards
	81	Ayla Ågren
	82	Augie Lerch
	83	Garth Rickards
Drivers Services	88	Bill Valet	Swift DB6	Ford Kent	Watkins Glen 1 only
Exclusive Autosport	90	Jayson Clunie	Spectrum 014	Honda Fit	Masters class; Road Atlanta only
	91	Max Hanratty			Road Atlanta only
	92	Jeff Kingsley			Road Atlanta only
	93	Jack Mitchell, Jr.
K-Hill Motorsports	98	Mikhail Goikhberg	Mygale	Honda Fit	Watkins Glen 1 only
Dexter Czuba	99	Dexter Czuba	Van Diemen	Ford Kent	Thompson only

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	April 12	Garth Rickards	Steve Bamford	Franklin Futrelle
2			April 13	James Goughary	James Goughary	James Goughary
3	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	May 17	James Goughary	Augie Lerch	James Goughary
4			May 18	Garth Rickards	Garth Rickards	Mikhail Goikhberg
5	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	June 7	Brandon Newey	Ayla Ågren	Brandon Newey
6			June 8	Brandon Newey	Ayla Ågren	Steve Bamford
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 5	Garth Rickards	Garth Rickards	Ayla Ågren
8			July 6	Sam Chastain	Ayla Ågren	Augie Lerch
9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	August 2	Jack Mitchell, Jr.	Garth Rickards	Ayla Ågren
10			August 3	Jack Mitchell, Jr.	Evan Mehan	Jack Mitchell, Jr.
11	Thompson Speedway Road Course	Thompson, Connecticut	August 30	Evan Mehan	Evan Mehan	Evan Mehan
12			August 31	Evan Mehan	Ayla Ågren	Sam Chastain
13	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	October 11	Nikita Lastochkin	Garth Rickards	Garth Rickards
14			October 12	Ayla Ågren	Augie Lerch	Ayla Ågren

Final points standings

Place	Driver	Starts	Points
1	Ayla Ågren	12	492
2	Garth Rickards	12	479
3	Augie Lerch	12	413
4	Jack Mitchell, Jr.	12	408
5	James Goughary (M)	12	381
6	Nikita Lastochkin	12	360
7	Sam Chastain	12	358
8	Steve Bamford (M)	12	326
9	Arthur Foster (M)	12	300
10	Will Harvey	12	264
11	Andrew Hobbs	10	226
12	Mike Scanlan (M)	12	160
13	Evan Mehan	6	155
14	Austin McCusker	10	109
15	Brandon Angel	6	98
15	Brandon Newey	2	98
17	Douglas Voss	8	97
18	Scott Rubenzer (M)	6	88
19	Mikhail Goikhberg	2	77
20	Lewis Cooper III (M)	4	72
20	Joe Colasacco (M)	4	72
22	Franklin Futrelle	5	66
23	Max Mallinen	6	61
24	Bob Melvin	6	44
25	Jayson Clunie	2	36
25	Reid Hazleton	2	36
27	Esteban Garzón	2	34
27	Andrew Lewis	2	34
29	Donald Baggett	4	29
29	Steve Roux (M)	3	29
31	Bill Valet	2	28
32	Sam Lockwood (M)	2	26
33	Jeff Kingsley	2	24
34	Ryan Bjerke	2	18
34	Dexter Czuba	2	18
36	Keith Joslyn	2	17
37	Max Hanratty	2	14
38	Dan Pyanowski	2	11

• (M) Indicates Masters class driver

References

External links

• Official website