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Formula Continental is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsports. [1] It replaced Formula C as a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) racing class.
Most Formula Continental cars are Formula Ford 2000 (FF2000) models, which is a flat bottomed, steel tube frame open wheel car with smaller wings and a 2-liter engine derived from the steel blocked Ford Pinto, Ford Zetec, or Mazda MZR engines.
| Year | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  Thomas Pomeroy | Argo JM2 |
| 1980 | Curtis Farley | Argo JM2 |
| 1981 | Jim Hickman | Ralt RT5 |
| 1982 | Terry McKenna | Ralt RT5 |
| 1983 | Terry McKenna | Ralt RT5 |
| 1984 | Terry McKenna | Ralt RT5 |
| 1985 | Louis Rettenmeier | Ralt RT5 |
| 1986 | Louis Rettenmeier | Ralt RT5 |
| 1987 | Louis Rettenmeier | Ralt RT5 |
| 1988 |  Claude Bourbonnais | Reynard 87SF |
| 1989 | Bobby Carville | Reynard |
| 1990 | Craig Taylor | Swift DB6 |
| 1991 | Thomas Schwietz Jr. | Swift DB6 |
| 1992 | Dave Weitzenhof | Citation 88SF |
| 1993 | Sam Schmidt | Van Diemen RF93 |
| 1994 | Allen May | Van Diemen RF94 |
| 1995 | David Pook | Van Diemen |
| 1996 | Justin Pritchard | Van Diemen |
| 1997 | B.J. Zacharias | Van Diemen |
| 1998 | Dave Weitzenhof | Citation 88SF |
| 1999 | Mike Andersen | Van Diemen RF97 |
| 2000 |  Tõnis Kasemets | Mygale SJ99 |
| 2001 | Mike Andersen | Van Diemen RF00 |
| 2002 | Andrew Prendeville | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2003 | Mike Andersen | Van Diemen RF00 |
| 2004 | Brian Tomasi | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2005 | Niki Coello | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2006 | Niki Coello | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2007 | Charles Shaffer | Van Diemen RF00 |
| 2008 | Niki Coello | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2009 | Niki Coello | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2010 | Brian Tomasi | Van Diemen DP08 |
| 2011 | Revere Greist | Van Diemen DP07 |
| 2012 | Gerry Szykulski | Van Diemen DP08 |
| 2013 | Peter Portante | Van Diemen RF01 |
| 2014 | Robert Allaer | Van Diemen RF02 |
| 2015 |  Luo Yufeng | Van Diemen DP08 |
| 2016 | John LaRue | Citation Snipe FC |
| 2017 | Austin McCusker | Van Diemen RF02 |
| 2018 | Jason Reichert | Van Diemen RF03 |
| 2019 | Tim Minor | Citation US2000 |
| 2020 | Robert Allaer | Van Diemen RF02 |
| 2021 | Simon Sikes | Citation US2000 |
| 2022 | Nolan Allaer | Van Diemen RF02 |
| 2023 | Nolan Allaer | Van Diemen RF02 |
| 2024 | Michael Varacins | Van Diemen RF02 |
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