United States Formula Three Championship

U.S. Formula 3 Championship
Category	Avon
Last Drivers' champion	Luciano Gomide
Last Teams' champion	EuroInternational

The United States Formula Three Championship was a short-lived Formula Three championship contested in the United States and Canada. Sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America,^[1] the series lasted for two seasons, 2000 and 2001. All teams used Volkswagen engines tuned by Bertils Racing Engines.^[2]

The series was plagued by low car counts; no more than 6 cars contested races in the inaugural season. In 2001, fields were bolstered by Formula Ford, Formula Continental, and even Sports 2000 and historic Formula 5000 cars, as no race had more than 3 Formula Three cars on the grid. 14 of the series' 19 races were won by Brazilian driver Luciano Gomide. A 2002 season was planned with 13 races, including a doubleheader supporting the 2002 United States Grand Prix, but was ultimately cancelled.^[3]

2000 season

The 2000 season was contested over 11 races at 6 race meetings. The schedule initially included two

Irwindale Speedway, but these were later cancelled.^[4]^[5] The round at San Diego was a joint race with the Mexican Formula Three Championship, although the Mexican series ran with older, slower machinery.^[6] Stuart Crow won the championship by 5 points over Luciano Gomide

. Gomide joined the series after the first 4 rounds, and won pole and the race at the final 7 events on the calendar.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Track	Location	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Race winner	Winning team
1	June 24	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	Hallett, Oklahoma	Stuart Crow	Stuart Crow	Adam Andretti	Duesenberg Racing
2	June 25	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	Hallett, Oklahoma	Adam Andretti	Stuart Crow	Stuart Crow	Dave McMillan Racing
3	July 7	Memphis Motorsports Park	Millington, Tennessee	Stuart Crow	Stuart Crow	Stuart Crow	Dave McMillan Racing
4	July 8	Memphis Motorsports Park	Millington, Tennessee	Stuart Crow	Stuart Crow	Stuart Crow	Dave McMillan Racing
5	August 19	Circuit Ste-Croix	Sainte-Croix, Quebec	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
6	August 20	Circuit Ste-Croix	Sainte-Croix, Quebec	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
7	August 27	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
—	September 22	Indianapolis Raceway Park	Clermont, Indiana	Race cancelled
8	October 14	Sears Point Raceway	Sonoma, California	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
9	October 15	Sears Point Raceway	Sonoma, California	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
—	October 28	Irwindale Speedway	Irwindale, California	Race cancelled
10	November 4	Streets of San Diego	San Diego, California	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
11	November 5	Streets of San Diego	San Diego, California	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
^[7]

Points standings

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

One bonus point was also awarded to the driver completing the fastest lap during the race.

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	HAL		MEM		STC		WGL	SPT		SDG		Pts
1	Stuart Crow	Dave McMillan Racing	Ralt F3/2000	5	1	1	1	3	5	2	3	5	2	4	152
2	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational	Dallara F399					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	147
3	Adam Andretti	Duesenberg Racing	Dallara F399	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	6	DNS	129
4	George Frazier	EuroInternational	Dallara F399	3	4	5	2	2	2	4	5	3	4	2	122
5	Skip Weld	Weldsports	Dallara F399	2	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	DNS	5	3	99
6	Paul Jenkins	Pilette Speed Tradition	Dallara F399	4	3					DNS	6	4			38
7	Robert Skollenskog	Pilette Speed Tradition	Dallara F399			2	5								15
8	Marcelo Gaffoglio	Pilette Speed Tradition	Dallara F399										3	DNS	12
9	David Rosenblum	Weldsports	Dallara F399					6	6						6
^[8]

2001 season

An initial 13-race calendar was announced for the 2001 season,[9] however after losing their financial backing,^[10] the series was re-arranged to a 15-race schedule with the addition of more rounds in Canada.^[11] With low car counts eminent, the series considered using Formula Super Vee cars as a "Class B",^[12] but instead Formula Ford and Formula Continental cars filled out fields. No more than three Formula 3 cars participated in any race; five of the nine races were contested only by the EuroInternational teammates Luciano Gomide and John C. Antonio. Gomide won all but one race and took the championship title.

Initial schedule

Date	Track
April 22	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona
May 20	Bowmanville, Ontario
June 10	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
June 30/July 1	Quebec City Street Course, Quebec City, Quebec
July 8	TBA
September 23	TBA
October 27/28	Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, California
November 3/4	Las Vegas, Nevada
November	San Diego, California
^[9]

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Track	Location	Pole position	Race winner	Winning team
1	May 20	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
2	June 24	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
3	July 29	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
—	August 5	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Race cancelled
4	August 19	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
—	September 1	Circuit Ste-Croix	Sainte-Croix, Quebec	Race cancelled
—	September 2	Circuit Ste-Croix	Sainte-Croix, Quebec	Race cancelled
5	September 1	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	John C. Antonio	Race abandoned
6	September 2	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	?	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
—	September 16	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Race cancelled due to the September 11 attacks
7	September 22	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
8	September 23	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec	John C. Antonio	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
9	October 21	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	John C. Antonio	John C. Antonio	EuroInternational
—	October 27	Sears Point Raceway	Sonoma, California	Race cancelled
—	October 28	Sears Point Raceway	Sonoma, California	Race cancelled
—	November 3	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	Race cancelled
—	November 4	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	Race cancelled
^[13]

Points standings

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	MOS	MOS	WGL	MOS	MOS		MTB		WGL	Pts
1	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational	Dallara F399	1	1	1	1	NC	1	1	1	8	70
2	John C. Antonio	EuroInternational	Dallara F399	2	2	2	DNS	NC	2	2	2	1	46
3	Paul Dana	Bertils Racing Engines	Dallara F399				2						6
4=	B. J. Zacharias	Olsson Engineering	Dallara F399		3								4
4=	Jacek Mucha	Orion	Ralt F3/2000					NC	3				4
^[14]

References

^ "SCCA Pro Racing to sanction U.S. Formula Three". Press release. 18 August 1999. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ Örnerdal, Stefan, ed. (11 August 2010). "Formula 3 2000 Championship Tables". Formula2.net. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "2002 USF3 tentative schedule". Press release. 5 December 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "US-F3 Schedule Announced". Press release. 10 December 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Irwindale event cancelled". Press release. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Largest filed heads to San Diego GP". Press release. 31 October 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Race Calendar: US Formula 3 - Season 2000". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Complete quali- and race-results: US Formula 3 - Season 2000". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b "US-F3 2001 race schedule". Press release. 4 December 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Series looses backing". 8 February 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "United States Formula Three 2001 schedule". Press release. 21 June 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "USF3 to consider Super Vee as 'Group B'". 11 January 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Race Calendar: US Formula 3 - Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Complete quali- and race-results: US Formula 3 - Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[1] "SCCA Pro Racing to sanction U.S. Formula Three". Press release. 18 August 1999. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[2] Örnerdal, Stefan, ed. (11 August 2010). "Formula 3 2000 Championship Tables". Formula2.net. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[3] "2002 USF3 tentative schedule". Press release. 5 December 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[4] "US-F3 Schedule Announced". Press release. 10 December 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[5] "Irwindale event cancelled". Press release. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[6] "Largest filed heads to San Diego GP". Press release. 31 October 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[7] Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Race Calendar: US Formula 3 - Season 2000". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[8] Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Complete quali- and race-results: US Formula 3 - Season 2000". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[Initial_2001_calendar-9] "US-F3 2001 race schedule". Press release. 4 December 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[10] "Series looses backing". 8 February 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[11] "United States Formula Three 2001 schedule". Press release. 21 June 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[12] "USF3 to consider Super Vee as 'Group B'". 11 January 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[13] Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Race Calendar: US Formula 3 - Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[14] Zenger, Michael (ed.). "Complete quali- and race-results: US Formula 3 - Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

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