USF2000 Championship
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Official website | usf2000.com |
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The USF2000 Championship Presented by Continental Tire is an American racing series using an American variation of the
History
Andersen/Foschi era
The series was initially founded by Doug Powell in 1990, and regularly fielded over 60 entries per race. In the first seasons the series was mainly based in the western part of the United States sanctioned by the
For 1995 the SCCA series merged with the USAC series, creating one national championship co-sanctioned between the SCCA and USAC. The series ran on the same tracks as high ranking series such as the
Jon Baytos era
In June 2001 the series promoter, Formula Motorsports, Inc. (headed by Andersen and Foschi), was sold to Primus Racing, Inc. (headed by Jon Baytos).
IndyCar era
For
The USF2000 champion receives a scholarship package from Mazda to advance to the USF Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires.
Timeline
1990s | 2000s | 2010s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
USAC West | USAC National | US F2000 National Championship | Formula Ford 2000 Zetec | USF2000 (INDYCAR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USAC East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Continental | USF2000 Winterfest |
Sub-championships
Throughout the years the USF2000 series featured a number of sub-championships competitors could be eligible for.
Oval Crown
In 1996 the series introduced the
American Continental Championship
Named after the former SCCA F2000 series, the American Continental Championship, was introduced in 1999. The second tier class was open for Formula Ford 2000 cars manufactured between 1990 and 1996 and also Van Diemen chassis built in 1997.[7] The class continued until the 2003 season. As only three drivers competed the class in 2003, the class was dropped for 2004.[8]
National class
With the re-introduction of USF2000 in 2010, the National class was introduced. For 2010 and 2011 the national class was open to every
Cars
Ford Pinto | |
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Displacement | 2.000cc |
Valvetrain | SOHC
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Bore | 90.84mm |
Stroke | 76.95mm |
Carburetor | Weber DGV or DGAV
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hp | 150+ |
Ford Zetec ZX3 | |
Displacement | 2.000cc |
Valvetrain | DOHC
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Bore | |
Stroke | |
Carburetor | |
hp | 160+ |
Mazda MZR | |
Displacement | 2.000cc |
Valvetrain | DOHC
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Bore | |
Stroke | |
Carburetor | |
hp | 175 |
pre-2010
The original USF2000 series was not a
Zetec era
For 2002 the Ford Zetec engine was introduced to the series. Quicksilver Racengines and Elite Engines were selected as the only engine builders for the series. The engine came out of the first generation Ford Focus. The engine was strictly regulated and spec.
Van Diemen DP08
For the relaunch in 2010 Van Diemen was selected as the supplier of the spec chassis for the series. Initially the car was named the Van Diemen DP08 the car was renamed Élan DP08 after Van Diemen was fully integrated into the latter. The car was initially designed to compete in the SCCA Formula Continental ranks but was heavily upgraded to run in the USF2000 series. The upgrades included a stronger steel spaceframe, improved side crashboxes and new brakes.[12] Elite Engines was selected as the sole engine builder for the series. The company headed by former driver Steve Knapp builds the engines before shipping them to the Andersen Promotions headquarters.
Tatuus USF-17
In 2016, at the
Champions
Year | USAC West | USAC East | American Continental | |
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1990 West | Vince Puleo, Jr. | |||
1991 West |
Craig Taylor | |||
1992 | West | Greg Moore | Chris Simmons | Greg Ray |
East | ||||
ACC | ||||
1993 | West | David DeSilva | Chris Simmons | Ernest Sikes |
East | ||||
ACC | ||||
1994 | Nat |
Clay Collier | Mike Borkowski | |
ACC |
Unified championship
Constructors championship
Between 1997 and 2002 a constructors championship was contested. Only constructors who were Associate Members of the USF2000 championship were eligible to score points.
Constructor | Years active | 1997[15] | 1998[16] | 1999[17] | 2000[18] | 2001[19] | 2002[20] |
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Van Diemen | 1990-2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tatuus | 1997-2001, 2017– | 2 | 2 | 4 | N.C.1 | N.C.1 | |
Mygale | 1999-2003 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
Bowman | 1998-1999 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Vector | 2000 | 4 | |||||
Carbir |
1999-2001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Nemesis | 1997 | 3 | |||||
Swift | 1997 | 4 | N.C.1 | ||||
Constructors active in USF2000 in years without a constructors championship | |||||||
Fast | 1990 | ||||||
Reynard |
1990-1996; 2010 | ||||||
Élan | 2010–2016 | ||||||
SCCA Enterprises | 2012-2013 |
^1 These manufacturers were not Associate Members of the USF2000 championship and thus were not eligible to score points.
See also
References
- ^ "Series Confirmed for 2010". eformulacarnews. Holbi. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ "Series History". USF2000. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "NA-F2000: Sale of U.S. F2000 finalized". motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History of the Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship". USF2000. Archived from the original on June 5, 2003. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Cooper FF2000: Series Comes to an End". eFormulaCarNews.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship To Be Sanctioned By SCCA Pro Racing". USF2000. Archived from the original on April 20, 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "U.S. F2000 Announces American Continental Championship". USF2000. Archived from the original on May 1, 2001. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "2003 FF2000 Zetec Championship Final Point Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on April 1, 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "USF2000 Announces 2011 Schedule Consisting of 14 Races from March to Sept" (PDF). USF2000. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Official 2000 Competition Rules" (PDF). USFF2000. Archived from the original on 30 September 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "ÉLAN'S VAN DIEMEN AT FOREFRONT OF REBORN USF2000 SERIES" (PDF). USF2000. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Tatuus USF-17 Specifications". USF2000. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "US F2000 Archives". usff2000.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "1997 Manufacturers/Engine Builders Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 13, 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "1998 Manufacturer Points Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on September 8, 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "1999 Final Manufacturer's Point Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on September 8, 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "US F2000 "Chassis Manufacturer of the Year" Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 5, 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "US F2000 "Chassis Manufacturer of the Year" Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on August 23, 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "FF2000 "Chassis Manufacturer of the Year" Standings". USF2000. Archived from the original on May 5, 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2014.