Formula Continental

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Formula Continental winner at 2010 SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Formula Continental is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsport. It replaced Formula C as an SCCA racing class.

Most Formula Continental's are Formula Ford 2000 (FF2000) models, which is a flat bottomed, steel tube frame open wheel car with smaller wings and a 2-litre engine derived from the steel blocked Ford Pinto, Ford Zetec, or Mazda MZR engines.

Formula Continental at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearDriverCar
1979 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Pomeroy Argo JM2
1980 Flag of the United States.svg Curtis Farley Argo JM2
1981 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hickman Ralt RT5
1982 Flag of the United States.svg Terry McKenna Ralt RT5
1983 Flag of the United States.svg Terry McKenna Ralt RT5
1984 Flag of the United States.svg Terry McKenna Ralt RT5
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Louis Rettenmeier Ralt RT5
1986 Flag of the United States.svg Louis Rettenmeier Ralt RT5
1987 Flag of the United States.svg Louis Rettenmeier Ralt RT5
1988 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Bourbonnais Reynard 87SF
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Carville Reynard
1990 Flag of the United States.svg Craig Taylor Swift DB6
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Schwietz Jr. Swift DB6
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Weitzenhof Citation 88SF
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Schmidt Van Diemen RF93
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Allen May Van Diemen RF94
1995 Flag of the United States.svg David Pook Van Diemen
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Pritchard Van Diemen
1997 Flag of the United States.svg B.J. Zacharias Van Diemen
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Weitzenhof Citation 88SF
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Andersen Van Diemen RF97
2000 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Kasemets Mygale SJ99
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Andersen Van Diemen RF00
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Prendeville Van Diemen RF01
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Andersen Van Diemen RF00
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Tomasi Van Diemen RF01
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Niki Coello Van Diemen RF01
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Niki Coello Van Diemen RF01
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Shaffer Van Diemen RF00
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Niki Coello Van Diemen RF01
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Niki Coello Van Diemen RF01
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Tomasi Van Diemen DP08
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Revere Greist Van Diemen DP07
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Gerry Szykulski Van Diemen DP08
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Portante Van Diemen RF01
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Allaer Van Diemen RF02
2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Luo Yufeng Van Diemen DP08
2016 Flag of the United States.svg John LaRue Citation Snipe FC
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Austin McCusker Van Diemen RF02
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Reichert Van Diemen RF03
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Tim MinorCitation US2000
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Allaer Van Diemen RF02
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Simon Sikes Citation US2000
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer Van Diemen RF02
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer Van Diemen RF02


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