Formula TR 2000 Pro Series

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Formula TR 2000 Pro Series
Category Formula Renault 2.0
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
Inaugural season2002
Folded2007
Constructors Tatuus
Engine suppliers Renault
Last Drivers' champion Flag of the United States.svg Bill Goshen
Official website formulatr.com

The Formula TR 2000 Pro Series was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship held in North America. This series was created in 2004 and was part of the Formula TR Pro Series that also included the Formula Renault 1.6 (FTR 1600 class) and 2.0 (FTR 2000 class).

Contents

The final championship in 2007 occurred between March 10 to November 10 and consisted of 20 rounds in United States (California, Utah and Nevada). [1]

History

The North American Formula Renault 2.0 series started in 2002 as North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship and took place in Canada and United States.

In 2003 an off-season championship was held in 5 race, all in Florida (Sebring, Miami-Homestead and St. Petersburg) between January 24 and February 22, 2003. The World Championship Fran Am 2000 Winter Series 2003, Florida was won by British driver Charles Hall. [2] Then, in 2004 the winter series was named Formula Renault 2000 USA Winter Invitational [3] and won by Dutch driver Junior Strous.

Formula TR 2000 Pro Series replaced the Fram Am series in 2004. The series was managed by the National Auto Sport Association and Paladin Motorsports and had races primarily on American west coast. [4]

Regulations

The cars used were Tatuus chassis and the 2.0 L Renault Clio engines like other Formula Renault 2.0 series. TR 2000 Pro Series used Yokohama tyres.

Points were allotted during the later seasons as following:

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In each race, 1 bonus point was given for fast lap and for pole position. 1 point was also given for timely event registration.

Complete sporting [5] and technical [6] regulations.

Champions

SeasonSeries NameChampionTeam Champion
2002 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler Flag placeholder.svg ??
2003 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Hall 		Flag placeholder.svg ??
2004 North American Formula Renault 2000 Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Ponte [7] Flag placeholder.svg ??
Formula TR 2000 Pro Series Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun [8] Flag placeholder.svg ??
2005 Formula TR 2000 Pro Series Flag of the United States.svg Seth Ingham
2006 Formula TR 2000 Pro Series Flag of the United States.svg Carl Skerlong
2007 Formula TR 2000 Pro Series Flag of the United States.svg Bill Goshen

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