The 1990 USAC FF2000 Championship was the first season of the series. The series was sanctioned by the United States Auto Club and ran races in California and Arizona. Vince Puleo, Jr. won the inaugural championship in a Fast LG-1 entered by Fast Forward Racing.

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Willow Springs Raceway Rosamond, California April 22 Vince Puleo, Jr. Vince Puleo, Jr. 2 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California May 20 Bob Lesnett 3 Willow Springs Raceway Rosamond, California July 1 Vince Puleo, Jr. Vince Puleo, Jr. 4 Cajon Speedway El Cajon, California July 4 Bob Lesnett Bob Lesnett 5 Willow Springs Raceway Rosamond, California July 22 Bob Lesnett 6 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California August 26 Bob Lesnett Vince Puleo, Jr. 7 Firebird International Raceway Chandler, Arizona September 29 Curtis Farley 8 Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California October 21 Tom Nields Tom Nields 9 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 11 Vince Puleo, Jr. Vince Puleo, Jr.

Final standings Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue 11th place or lower Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Injured (Inj) No race held (NH) Rank Driver WSR1 MMR WSR2 CAJ WSR3 SON1 FIR SON2 PIR Points 1 Vince Puleo, Jr. 1 4 1 5 8 1 2 8 1 144 2 Bob Lesnett 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 121 3 Les Phillips 83 4 Randy McDaniel 2 2 4 7 7 67 5 Lars Dirks 8 5 9 13 4 9 7 64 Dennis Ashbury 10 8 Daniel Benjamin 16 15 13 Claudio Burtin 11 7 Steven Campbell 9 12 12 Frank Carlone 11 10 12 15 17 11 13 Curtis Farley 1 Nick Firestone 4 Robbie Flock 5 6 3 18 15 2 Marcelo Gaffoglio 12 Jamie Galles 3 12 10 9 4 Carlos Garza 9 11 8 Gerry Gentry 10 14 Ron Gregory 16 Peter Hastrup 7 5 17 Kara Hendrick 15 7 Tony Hunt 8 Phil Katzakian 5 10 Darren Law 6 16 Jim Levi 13 7 11 Paul McKee 10 9 6 17 15 8 15 Steven Mullins 12 7 11 19 Dave Murvin 14 Tom Nields 1 Andy Paterson 12 17 4 6 5 Dennis Patterson 14 9 6 7 5 14 10 9 Kenneth Rodrigues 6 11 Dale Sexton, Jr. 10 6 Trevor Shaw 18 2 2 6 Bill Stern 5 11 Ed Stout 18 13 16 17 Craig Taylor 3 Gary Teed 13 8 14

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