U.S. Formula 3 Championship

Category	Formula Three
Country	United States,Canada
Inaugural season	2000
Folded	2001
Constructors	Dallara,Ralt
Engine suppliers	Volkswagen
Tyre suppliers	Avon
Last Drivers' champion	Luciano Gomide
Last Teams' champion	EuroInternational

TheUnited States Formula Three Championship was a short-livedFormula Three championship contested in theUnited States andCanada. Sanctioned by theSports Car Club of America,^[1] the series lasted for two seasons, 2000 and 2001. All teams usedVolkswagen 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 byFormula Ford,Formula Continental, and evenSports 2000 and historicFormula 5000 cars, as no race had more than 3 Formula Three cars on the grid. 14 of the series' 19 races were won byBrazilian driverLuciano Gomide. A 2002 season was planned with 13 races, including a doubleheader supporting the2002 United States Grand Prix, but was ultimately cancelled.^[3]

The 2000 season was contested over 11 races at 6 race meetings. The schedule initially included twooval races atIndianapolis Raceway Park andIrwindale Speedway, but these were later cancelled.^[4][5] The round at San Diego was a joint race with theMexican Formula Three Championship, although the Mexican series ran with older, slower machinery.^[6]Stuart Crow won the championship by 5 points overLuciano Gomide. Gomide joined the series after the first 4 rounds, and won pole and the race at the final 7 events on the calendar.

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			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			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			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			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			Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
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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
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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 inCanada.^[11] With low car counts eminent, the series considered usingFormula Super Vee cars as a "Class B",^[12] but insteadFormula Ford andFormula 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 theEuroInternational teammates Luciano Gomide and John C. Antonio. Gomide won all but one race and took the championship title.

Date	Track
April 22	Phoenix International Raceway,Avondale, Arizona
May 20	Mosport Park,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 Motor Speedway,Las Vegas, Nevada
November	Streets of San Diego,San Diego, California
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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
5	September 1	Mosport Park	Bowmanville, Ontario	John C. Antonio	Race abandoned
6	September 2			?	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
—	September 16	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Race cancelled due to theSeptember 11 attacks
7	September 22	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant,Quebec	Luciano Gomide	Luciano Gomide	EuroInternational
8	September 23			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
—	November 3	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	Race cancelled
—	November 4
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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
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