| Formula Enterprises | |
|---|---|
 Scott Rettich celebrates his Formula Enterprises victory at the 2013SCCA National Championship Runoffs | |
| Motor racing formula | |
| Category | Formula racing |
| Country or region |  United States |
| Championships | SCCA Club Racing (2002-present) Formula SCCA (2004) IMSA Lites L3 (2007-2009) SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises (2010-2011) USF2000 National Class (2012-2013) |
| Inaugural season | 2002 |
| Status | Active |
Formula Enterprises orFormula SCCA is a class ofopen wheel race car sanctioned by theSports Car Club of America. Aspec racing class, all chassis are produced bySCCA Enterprises in association withVan Diemen and include a sealedMazda MZR powerplant. The chassis can also be fitted with closed-wheel bodywork and converted into asportscar to race inC Sports Racer or the L3 class ofIMSA Prototype Lites. For the 2012 season, the car was also accepted into theU.S. F2000 National Championship's National Class. According to the manufacturer's website, as of March 2010, 120 of the cars have been sold.
SCCA Enterprises also produces theSpec Racer Ford chassis.
The SCCA Enterprises introduced the formula and sports racer in 2002. The formula car was allowed in theFormula Atlantic club racing class. In 2003SCCA Pro Racing createdSports Racing Pro Series for the formula (FS) and sports racer (SRP) cars.[1] For the 2004 racing season the class was merged with theU.S. F2000 National Championship.Elivan Goulart won the Formula SCCA championship andNeil Tilbor won the SCCA Sportscar Championship. Due to the lack of entries for the 2005 season the series was canceled.
The sports racer was allowed in theIMSA Lites L3 class for the 2007 season. The first season was a reasonable success with 8 drivers competing of which 4 raced the full season.Richard Spicer won the championship with 7 wins out of 12 races. 2008 and 2009 saw a significant downfall in drivers with resp. 2 and 3 drivers competing. Therefore, theIMSA decided to drop the L3 class for 2010.
In 2010 SCCA Pro Racing launched theSCCA Pro Formula Enterprises together with theSCCA Pro Spec Racer class. The Formula Enterprises class raced with moderate success. At the end of the 2011 season it was announced that it would merge with the U.S. F2000 National Championship National Class. The national class also allowedFormula Continental cars. Sixteen-year-old Norwegian driverHenrik Furuseth took the championship forCape Motorsports. For 2013 the National class only allowed Formula Enterprises cars.[2] However, National class saw poor car counts and the class was discontinued for 2014, again leaving no professional series using the formula.
In 2018 an updated Mazda 2.0L engine and Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox were introduced to replace the aging 2.3L and 5-speed Elite. The new Formula Enterprises 2 (FE2) spec ran alongside original FE cars in national competition, with champions in each class crowned at the club’s yearly National Championship Runoffs in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, only the new FE2 spec was legal forSCCA National competition relegating original FE spec cars to regional-only competition.
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| Van Diemen DP06 'Formula Enterprises' | |
|---|---|
| Engine | 2.0LMazda MZR |
| Valvetrain | Twin cam, 16Valves |
| Torque | 160 ft-lbs at 4700rpm |
| Horsepower | 185 hp at 5800rpm |
| Ignition system | electronic fuel ignition |
| Transmission | 6-speedsequential |
| Suspension | Push rod |
| Chassis | tubular steelspaceframe |
| Tires | Hoosier |
| Weight | Formula: 1270 lbs |
| Sports Racer: 1350 lbs | |
The Formula SCCA is raced in various SCCA national and regional events in the Formula Enterprises andC Sports Racer class. Below is an overview of the most important races and championships.
| Year | SCCA National Championship Runoffs | SCCA June Sprints | Formula SCCA | IMSA Lites L3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Elivan Goulart | |||
| 2005-6 | No national class Formula SCCA/Enterprises | |||
| 2007 | Rusty Mitchell | Richard Spicer | ||
| 2008 | Mark Eaton | Mark Eaton | Chris Funk | |
| 2009 | Nicholas Evans | Scott Rettich | SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises | Chris Doyle |
| 2010 | Scott Rettich | Scott Rettich | Sean Rayhall | |
| 2011 | Scott Rettich | Matthew Mai | Scott Rettich | |
| 2012 | Patrick Gallagher | Patrick Gallagher | USF2000 National Class | |
 Henrik Furuseth | ||||
| 2013 | Scott Rettich | Scott Rettich | Scott Rettich | |
| 2014 | Scott Rettich | Scott Rettich | ||
| 2015 | Scott Rettich | Scott Rettich | ||
| 2016 | Scott Rettich | Scott Rettich | ||
| 2017 | Elliot Finlayson | Dean Oppermann / Elliot Finlayson | ||
| 2018 | FE: Mark Snyder FE2: Flinn Lazier | FE:Scott Rettich (both races) FE2: Paul Schneider / Mathias Soler-Obel | ||
| 2019 | FE: James Libecco FE2: Rhett Barkau | FE: Mark Snyder (both races) FE2: Liam Snyder /Scott Rettich | ||
| 2020 | FE2: Liam Snyder | FE2:Kenton Koch / Max Grau | ||
| 2021 | FE2:Scott Rettich | FE2:Scott Rettich / Bailey Monette | ||
| 2022 | FE2: Bailey Monette | FE2: Bailey Monette (both races) | ||
| 2023 | FE2: Charles Russell Turner | FE2: Caleb Shrader (both races) | ||
| 2024 | FE2: Adam Jennerjahn | FE2: Adam Jennerjahn / Caleb Shrader | ||