For Immediate Release:
The Formula 1000 National Championship and the F1000 Pro Series have joined forces to form a new nationwide F1000 championship. Beginning in 2013, the combined series will be called The US Formula 1000 Championship. The US Formula 1000 Championship will consist of two independently run championships that will be called the US Formula 1000 Championship East and US Formula 1000 Championship West, respectively. Together they will combine to form the US Formula 1000 Championship.
The format for the US Formula 1000 championship calls for each of the championship series (East and West) to run an equal number of events independently of each other as part of the SCCA SafeRacer national racing program, with points to be awarded based on in-class finishing positions at each event. Each series will crown a separate US Formula 1000 East and US Formula 1000 West Champion with an overall US Formula 1000 Champion decided at the SCCA National Runoffs in September at Road America.
The schedules for the East and West Championship are currently being finalized but both championship series will kick off the new Championship with an East vs. West Shootout race at the SCCA national event at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas on March 7-9, 2013.
About US Formula 1000 Championship-East:
The F1000 National Championship was founded in 2007 and has run continuously since then, crowning six national champions, most recently the 2012 Champion Brandon Dixon. The first three champions were crowned at the American Road Race of Champions in November at Road Atlanta before the Championship became a nationwide points race with the finale taking place at the SCCA Runoffs at Road America. For more information on the US Formula 1000 Championship series go to: http://www.formula1000.com/
About US Formula 1000 Championship-West:
The F1000 Pro Series was founded in 2009 and has organized more than 30 races in its three year history. Its first race was in January 2010 at Phoenix International Raceway, won by Phil DeLaO in a Phoenix Raceworks F1000. There have been three F1000 Pro Series Driver Champions with the most recent being Lucian Pancea of Bellevue, Washington. For more information on the F1000 Pro Series go to: http://www.f1000proseries.com.
A new website (USf1000.com) is under construction for the 2013 nationwide joint US Formula 1000 championship that will host information for both the US Formula 1000 East and US Formula 1000 West Championship series.
www.USF1000.com should be fully live by no later than December 2012.
To contact the respective series management :
US Formula 1000 East : Mike Beauchamp east@USF1000.com
US Formula 1000 West : Thomas Copeland / Nicholas Belling west@USF1000.com