Formula Enterprises
Scott Rettich celebrates his Formula Enterprises victory at the 2013 SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Motor racing formula
CategoryFormula racing
Country or regionUnited States United States
ChampionshipsSCCA Club Racing (2002-present)
Formula SCCA (2004)
IMSA Lites L3 (2007-2009)
SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises (2010-2011)
USF2000 National Class (2012-2013)
Inaugural season2002
StatusActive

Formula Enterprises or Formula SCCA is a class of open wheel race car sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America. A spec racing class, all chassis are produced by SCCA Enterprises in association with Van Diemen and include a sealed Mazda MZR powerplant. The chassis can also be fitted with closed-wheel bodywork and converted into a sportscar to race in C Sports Racer or the L3 class of IMSA Prototype Lites. For the 2012 season, the car was also accepted into the U.S. F2000 National Championship's National Class. According to the manufacturer's website, as of March 2010, 120 of the cars have been sold.

SCCA Enterprises also produces the Spec Racer Ford chassis.

History

The SCCA Enterprises introduced the formula and sports racer in 2002. The formula car was allowed in the Formula Atlantic club racing class. In 2003 SCCA Pro Racing created Sports Racing Pro Series for the formula (FS) and sports racer (SRP) cars.[1] For the 2004 racing season the class was merged with the U.S. F2000 National Championship. Elivan Goulart won the Formula SCCA championship and Neil Tilbor won the SCCA Sportscar Championship. Due to the lack of entries for the 2005 season the series was canceled.

The sports racer was allowed in the IMSA Lites L3 class for the 2007 season. The first season was a reasonable success with 8 drivers competing of which 4 raced the full season. Richard Spicer won the championship with 7 wins out of 12 races. 2008 and 2009 saw a significant downfall in drivers with resp. 2 and 3 drivers competing. Therefore, the IMSA decided to drop the L3 class for 2010.

In 2010 SCCA Pro Racing launched the SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises together with the SCCA Pro Spec Racer class. The Formula Enterprises class raced with moderate success. At the end of the 2011 season it was announced that it would merge with the U.S. F2000 National Championship National Class. The national class also allowed Formula Continental cars. Sixteen-year-old Norwegian driver Henrik Furuseth took the championship for Cape Motorsports. For 2013 the National class only allowed Formula Enterprises cars.[2] However, National class saw poor car counts and the class was discontinued for 2014, again leaving no professional series using the formula.

In 2018 an updated Mazda 2.0L engine and Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox were introduced to replace the aging 2.3L and 5-speed Elite. The new Formula Enterprises 2 (FE2) spec ran alongside original FE cars in national competition, with champions in each class crowned at the club’s yearly National Championship Runoffs in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, only the new FE2 spec was legal for SCCA National competition relegating original FE spec cars to regional-only competition.

Specifications

A Formula Enterprise 2 racing at Mid-Ohio
Van Diemen DP06 'Formula Enterprises'
Engine2.0L Mazda MZR
ValvetrainTwin cam, 16 Valves
Torque160 ft-lbs at 4700rpm
Horsepower185 hp at 5800rpm
Ignition systemelectronic fuel ignition
Transmission6-speed sequential
SuspensionPush rod
Chassistubular steel spaceframe
TiresHoosier
WeightFormula: 1270 lbs
Sports Racer: 1350 lbs

Notable champions

The Formula SCCA is raced in various SCCA national and regional events in the Formula Enterprises and C Sports Racer class. Below is an overview of the most important races and championships.

YearSCCA National Championship RunoffsSCCA June SprintsFormula SCCAIMSA Lites L3
2004United States Elivan Goulart
2005-6No national class Formula SCCA/Enterprises
2007United States Rusty MitchellUnited States Richard Spicer
2008United States Mark EatonUnited States Mark EatonUnited States Chris Funk
2009United States Nicholas EvansUnited States Scott RettichSCCA Pro Formula EnterprisesUnited States Chris Doyle
2010United States Scott RettichUnited States Scott RettichUnited States Sean Rayhall
2011United States Scott RettichUnited States Matthew MaiUnited States Scott Rettich
2012United States Patrick GallagherUnited States Patrick GallagherUSF2000 National Class
Norway Henrik Furuseth
2013United States Scott RettichUnited States Scott RettichUnited States Scott Rettich
2014United States Scott RettichUnited States Scott Rettich
2015United States Scott RettichUnited States Scott Rettich
2016United States Scott RettichUnited States Scott Rettich
2017United States Elliot FinlaysonUnited States Dean Oppermann / United States Elliot Finlayson
2018FE:United States Mark Snyder
FE2: United States Flinn Lazier		FE:United States Scott Rettich (both races)
FE2: United States Paul Schneider / Colombia Mathias Soler-Obel
2019FE:United States James Libecco
FE2: United States Rhett Barkau		FE:United States Mark Snyder (both races)
FE2: United States Liam Snyder / United States Scott Rettich
2020FE2: United States Liam SnyderFE2: United States Kenton Koch / United States Max Grau
2021FE2: United States Scott RettichFE2: United States Scott Rettich / United States Bailey Monette
2022FE2: United States Bailey MonetteFE2: United States Bailey Monette (both races)
2023FE2: United States Charles Russell TurnerFE2: United States Caleb Shrader (both races)

References

  1. ↑ "SCCA Pro Racing announces Sports Racing Pro Series". Archived from the original on August 11, 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "USF2000 Makes National Class Changes for 2013". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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