Creating a Pathway to the Top

Why choose to race in the Pacific F2000 Championship Presented by Hankook Tire? Because it offers some of the best value-for-money open-wheel competition in the world, and it has a proven track record of providing a launching pad to those seeking to make a career in the ultra competitive world of auto racing.

Young drivers who have made significant progress since the series’ inception in 2004 include:

Patrick Barrett – 2007 Pacific F2000 champion, also earned a prestigious Team USA Scholarship; currently contesting the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal.
www.patrickbarrettracing.com

Jason Bowles – finished on the podium in each of the first two Pacific F2000 races at California Speedway, and now a race winner in the NASCAR Camping World Series, West.
www.jasonbowles.com

Dane Cameron – earned two Pacific F2000 podium finishes in 2005; won a Team USA Scholarship in 2006 and used it win the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy in England; won the 2007 Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear; now contesting the Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda as a member of the Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development Program.
www.cameronkarting.com/CMM

Mike Forest – won the 2005 Pacific F2000 Championship; now racing in the Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal.
www.mikeforestracing.com

J.R. Hildebrand – runner-up and Rookie of the Year in the 2005 Pacific F2000 series, earning himself a Team USA Scholarship; won the 2006 Cooper Tires Formula Ford Championship; currently a leading contender – and already a race winner – in the 2008 Indy Pro Series.
www.jrhildebrandracing.com

Brad Jaeger – inaugural (2004) Pacific F2000 Series champion, now contesting the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal, co-driving a Daytona Prototype with former Champ Car driver Memo Gidley.
www.bradjaeger.com

Joel Miller – won the first-ever Pacific F2000 race at California Speedway in 2004; won the 2007 BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda and a 2007 Team USA Scholarship; currently a leading contender – and already a race winner – in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear.
www.joelmillerracing.net

Thomas Merrill – placed second and won Rookie of the Year honors in the 2007 Pacific F2000 Championship; currently contesting the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal.
www.thomasmerrillmotorsports.com

Other leading names to have graduated through F2000 in the past include:

Damon Hill – 1996 Formula 1 World Champion
Sam Hornish Jr. – two-time Indy Racing League Champion and 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner
Buddy Rice – 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner
Ayrton Senna – 1992 British FF2000 Champion and three-time Formula 1 World Champion
Paul Tracy – 2003 Champ Car World Series Champion
Jimmy Vasser – 1996 Champ Car World Series champion
Dan Wheldon – 2005 Indianapolis 500 winner.