Category: | Formula Renault 2.0 |
Inaugural: | 2002 |
Constructors: | Tatuus |
Engines: | Renault |
Country/Region: | United States |
Folded: | 2007 |
Champion Driver: | Bill Goshen |
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).
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]
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]
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:
Pos. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
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Points | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Complete sporting[5] and technical [6] regulations.
Season | Series Name | Champion | Team Champion | |
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2002 | North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship | Bruno Spengler | ?? | |
2003 | North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship | Andrew Ranger Charles Hall | ?? | |
2004 | North American Formula Renault 2000 | Martín Ponte[7] | ?? | |
Formula TR 2000 Pro Series | Colin Braun[8] | ?? | ||
2005 | Formula TR 2000 Pro Series | Seth Ingham | ||
2006 | Formula TR 2000 Pro Series | Carl Skerlong | ||
2007 | Formula TR 2000 Pro Series | Bill Goshen |