The Ignite Autosport/Raceway Gives/Tierpoint sponsored #5 of Spike Kohlbecker (Cape Motorsports) during USF2000 spring training at Barber Motorsports Park – Photo credit: Gavin Baker Photography/Road to Indy

By Steve Wittich

The combination of limited weekend sets of Cooper Tires, and the recent five hours of spring training at the same track, meant that running during the first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship test session at Barber Motorsports Park was relatively lightly subscribed.

Only 15 of the 26 drivers entered in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama made their way onto the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course, and only seven of them turned laps at speed.

The seven rookies that turned laps at speed were led by Cape Motorsports’ Spike Kohlbecker, with a lap time of 83.2333 seconds. Peter Vodanovich (Jay Howard Driver Development), Thomas Nepveu (Cape Motorsports), Evan Stamer (Cape Motorsports), Jackson Lee (Jay Howard Driver Development), Kent Vaccaro (Miller Vinatieri Motorsports), and Trey Burke (Joe Dooling Autosports) also turned laps at speed.

The field completed 121 laps, with Cape Motorsports rookie Nepveu completing 20 circuits, the most of any driver.

USF2000 test session #1 at Barber Motorsports Park – April 15, 2021

RANK CAR NO. DRIVER TEAM QUICK LAP DIFFERENCE TOTAL LAPS
1 5 Spike Kohlbecker Cape Motorsports 1:23.2333 0.000 19
2 9 Peter Vodanovich Jay Howard Driver Development 1:23.3891 0.1558 10
3 2 Thomas Nepveu Cape Motorsports 1:23.6429 0.4096 20
4 3 Evan Stamer Cape Motorsports 1:24.1258 0.8925 18
5 8 Jackson Lee Jay Howard Driver Development 1:24.2082 0.9749 9
6 16 Kent Vaccaro Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 1:24.2882 1.0549 8
7 63 Trey Burke Joe Dooling Autosports 1:25.0315 1.7982 11
8 12 Kiko Porto DEForce Racing 1:28.5806 5.3473 3
9 10 Nolan Siegel DEForce Racing 1:30.2222 6.9889 3
10 20 Simon Sikes Legacy Autosport 1:30.5358 7.3025 5
11 1 Ely Navarro DEForce Racing 1:33.3339 10.1006 3
12 19 Andre Castro Legacy Autosport 1:33.4057 10.1724 5
13 99 Myles Rowe Force Indy 1:37.9973 14.7640 1
14 11 Prescott Campbell DEForce Racing 1:40.0659 16.8326 3
15 4 Michael d’Orlando Cape Motorsports 1:45.7778 22.5445 3