The 2006 Cooper Tires Formula Ford 2000 Championship Series was the sixth and final season of the USF2000 Ford Zetec championship. It proved to be the ultimate USF2000 championship until the relaunch in 2010. J.R. Hildebrand won the championship in a Cape Motorsports entered Van Diemen RF05.
Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 13 Dane Cameron J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 2 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 13 J.R. Hildebrand Dominik Jackson J.R. Hildebrand 3 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 20 J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio May 21 no pole awarded J.R. Hildebrand 5 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 17 J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 6 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 18 J.R. Hildebrand Andy Knight J.R. Hildebrand 7 Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio June 24 Dane Cameron J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 8 Grand Prix of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio June 25 J.R. Hildebrand Dane Cameron Dane Cameron 9 Honda Indy Toronto Toronto July 8 J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 10 Honda Indy Toronto Toronto July 9 J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 11 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 16 J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand 12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio September 17 Dane Cameron Dane Cameron J.R. Hildebrand 13 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 23 J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand Dane Cameron 14 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin September 24 Dane Cameron J.R. Hildebrand J.R. Hildebrand
Final standings
Rank Driver ATL1 ATL2 MOH1 MOH2 PIR1 PIR2 CLE1 CLE2 TOR1 TOR1 MOH3 MOH4 ROA1 ROA2 Points 1 J.R. Hildebrand 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 13 1 381 2 Dane Cameron 2 2 26 3 8 9 2 1 2 2 2 17 1 11 272 3 Ricardo Vassmer 3 7 6 13 5 22 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 233 4 Jason Byers 16 6 2 2 7 3 5 5 15 5 5 6 4 2 228 5 Chris Meredith 5 17 3 21 21 7 3 11 5 8 4 3 23 6 176 6 Noah Bystrom 15 26 7 6 17 13 10 7 4 4 8 9 6 4 165 7 Slade Miller 7 24 27 11 6 6 8 8 7 2 5 8 150 8 Andy Knight 4 4 8 4 2 12 6 4 138 9 Philip Metzger 24 28 11 7 11 10 12 10 6 14 6 5 21 25 121 10 Juliana Gonzalez 9 25 14 26 16 18 18 15 14 7 14 8 8 10 101 11 Scott Rubenzer 25 8 12 14 11 12 9 7 16 9 92 12 Nick Haye 4 5 4 4 74 13 Clark Cambern 8 5 17 8 9 6 18 20 74 14 Jim Hallman 14 19 25 28 17 16 7 9 12 13 15 22 69 15 Olivier Comeau 22 16 7 8 16 6 9 27 62 16 Gerald Kraut 6 15 13 9 20 8 26 30 24 24 58 17 Alexis Sabet 13 14 23 16 19 11 13 14 13 18 27 DNS 52 18 Doug Kniffin 28 12 28 27 30 26 8 10 15 12 52 19 Chuck Lessick 23 20 19 19 15 18 10 12 11 14 52 20 Dwight Rider 11 9 24 24 23 16 29 19 18 18 10 17 50 21 Robert Podlesni 3 2 47 22 Steve Welk 2 3 47 23 Dominik Jackson 20 3 5 25 41 24 Wladimir Genovesi, Jr. 21 27 9 10 12 26 21 25 37 25 Chris Hundley 10 10 9 20 35 26 Manuel Gutierrez 25 24 25 13 13 16 18 10 34 27 Dan Denison 17 22 18 17 19 24 12 11 34 28 Ira Fierberg 27 11 26 17 16 20 17 15 29 29 Shaun Modisette 10 5 28 30 Steve Thomson 7 7 28 31 John Lombardo 13 15 31 31 14 32 Chris Spreitzer 14 14 14 33 Patrick Barrett 17 12 13 34 Fiorenzo Tirinnanzi 27 25 19 19 30 15 9 35 Todd McNaughton 15 21 7 36 Scott Foutch 18 27 4 37 Charles Finelli 22 22 22 28 4 38 Andrew King 22 23 2 Mike Beauchamp 25 23 Mark Defer 19 18 15 23 20 29 Brent Gilkes 18 21 21 20 27 21 11 17 Bill Jordan 26 23 20 18 24 22 18 26 Cole Morgan 12 13 10 12 24 19 14 17 10 11 11 29 Seth Ravndal 16 15 28 23 9 13 16 15 Mike Wettstein 28 28
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