Hoosier Racing Tires presents the Pacific F2000 Championship is an American open-wheel racing series designed for the entry-level and veteran-level drivers. The Pacific F2000 Racing Series offers 12 racing opportunities over six weekends at leading West Coast venues such as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Sonoma Raceway, Buttonwillow Raceway Park and Thunderhill Raceway Park. The Pacific F2000 Racing series is designed to be the next step up for F1600 drivers with the introduction of wings, increased power, and larger racing tires. The suspension geometry of a modern F2000 car is as sophisticated as those in many more well known races and offers great training for drivers, engineers and mechanics. Because formula and not spec cars are used there are numerous chassis designs, multiple motors allowed, and as a result there is also great opportunity to test new designs.. At the same time, there are enough restrictions to keep costs in check. F2000 originated in England in 1974 and has helped spawn the careers of many of the sport’s top names. In North America, its alumni include Sam Hornish Jr., Buddy Rice, Paul Tracy, Jimmy Vasser, and Dan Wheldon. Graduates of PacificF2000 Racing since its inception in 2004 include J.R. Hildebrand, who won the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Championship and drove the No. 4 National Guard car in the IZOD IndyCar Series; two-time IMSA prototype champion (2014 & 2016) Dane Cameron; Jason Bowles, who won the 2011 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway; and

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, 2022 Trans-Am TA2 Champion.

Format

Each race weekend consists of free practice on Friday, qualifying and race #1 on Saturday, qualifying and race #2 on Sunday. Each race is between 25-30 minutes.

Road to Indy Shootout

On August 1, 2015 it was announced that Pacific F2000 would be an official partner in the

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series along with 9 other entry-level race series. Starting in the 2016 season, the champion of the series will gain entry to a shootout against the champions from competing series for the chance to win a $200,000 scholarship and entry in the

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Current Racetracks

Buttonwillow Raceway Park Buttonwillow Raceway Park is a motorsports park in Kern County, California, north of Buttonwillow, California, the town of Buttonwillow and northwest of Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield. Opened in 1995, it is owned and operated by the Ca ...

* Thunderhill Raceway Park *

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for sponsorship reasons) is a paved road racing track in central California used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, built in 1957 ...

Sonoma Raceway

Past Racetracks

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway (track complex formerly known as Las Vegas Speedway Park from 1993 to 1996, Las Vegas Speedway in 1992, Las Vegas International Speedway from 1990 to 1992, as the Las Vegas International Speedrome from 1972 to 1990) is a ...

* Utah Motorsports Park *

Portland International Raceway Portland International Raceway (PIR) is a motorsport facility in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is part of the Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It lies west of the Delta Park/Van ...

Willow Springs International Raceway Willow Springs International Motorsports Park (commonly referred to as Willow Springs) is located in Willow Springs near Rosamond, California, about north of Los Angeles. It is the oldest permanent road course in the United States. Constructi ...

Auto Club Speedway Auto Club Speedway (known as California Speedway before and after the 2008–2023 corporate sponsorship by the Automobile Club of Southern California) was a , D-shaped oval superspeedway in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California, ne ...

Alumni

Graduates of Pacific F2000 Racing include J.R. Hildebrand who won the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Championship and drove the No. 4 National Guard car in the IZOD IndyCar Series; seven-time Indy Car winner Colton Herta, son of Champ Car driver Bryan Herta and the youngest driver to win an IndyCar event; two-time IMSA prototype champion (2014 & 2016) Dane Cameron; David Chang, co-owner of Jackie Chan racing; 2018 Indy Lights Champion Patricio (Pato) O'Ward; Jason Bowles, who won the 2011 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway; and

, 2022 Trans-Am TA2 Champion. Other notables who've raced with the series include tech luminary Bill Kincaid, creator of Apple's I-Tunes; current manager of Buttonwillow Raceway Park Les Phillips, and previous "Best Shoes" winner Peter West.

Past Drivers Champions

* 2004 - Brad Jaeger * 2005 - Mike Forest * 2006 - Robert Podlesni * 2007 - Patrick Barrett * 2008 - Jeff Westphal * 2009 - Robert Podlesni * 2010 - Scott Rarick * 2011 - Conner Ford * 2012 - Bobby Kelley * 2013 - Bob Negron * 2014 - Andrew Evans * 2015 - Tom Hope * 2016 - Tim de Silva * 2017 - Mitch Egner * 2018 - Jason Reichert * 2019 - Jason Reichert * 2020 - Tom Hope * 2021 - Robert Armington * 2022 - Troy Shooter * 2023 - Troy Shooter

References

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External links

Official website
Auto racing series in the United States