Stuart Crow (born August 21, 1959) is an American former racing driver. Crow won the 1990 United States Formula Super Vee Championship and the 2000 United States Formula 3 Championship.

Career 1983-1986: Formula Ford, Formula 2000

Crow’s introduction to motorsports began with dirt bikes and, later, IKF and WKA Karting. He subsequently graduated to racing cars, starting with Formula Ford and Formula 2000. He quickly showed his mettle, winning the Formula 2000 class at the SCCA National Run-offs at Road Atlanta in 1985. The following season Crow graduated to the Canadian Formula 2000 Championship and scored his first professional victory at Quebec’s Sanair Super Speedway en route to sixth place in the series. In October 1986, Crow finished third at the CASC F2000 Grand National Canadian Run-off.

1987-2000: Formula Super Vee, Formula Atlantic, Formula Three

In the late 1980's, Crow took the next step on the professional racing ladder, by competing in the Bosch VW Formula Super Vee Series, a national championship that propelled Michael Andretti, Al Unser Jr. and Arie Luyendyk into North America's premiere racing series' (Cart, IndyCar and IMSA). After contesting several races with smaller teams, Crow joined Ralt America in mid-1988 with immediate results, reeling-off a string of top ten finishes including a fifth place in the season finale that helped him secure eighth place in the season standings. Crow became a regular contender in the 1989 Super Vee series with eight top five finishes in a season that culminated with a win at St. Petersburg, the final event of a season that saw him finish third in the overall standings.

Crow began the 1990 Formula Super Vee season with back-to-back victories at Phoenix International Raceway and the Milwaukee Mile before posting a string of podium finishes at Cleveland, Road Atlanta, Mid-Ohio and Road America. Crow scored a third win at Nazareth Speedway before the season final at St.Petersburg where he drove a measured race, finished fourth and clinched the 1990 Bosch VW Super Vee Championship.

In 1991, Crow drove for BDJS/Ralt America in the United States Formula Atlantic Championship. Crow earned podium finishes on the streets of Des Moines and Watkins Glen, as well as a fourth place in the series’ most iconic race on the streets of Trois Rivieres in Quebec. The highlight of the season came in Canada where Crow scored his first Formula Atlantic win at the Grand Prix of Toronto, a result that helped him secure fourth place overall in his first season of Formula Atlantic.

The following 16 months were perhaps the most productive of Crow’s racing career, although he fell just short of two championships. He stayed with BDJS/Ralt America for the 1992 Formula Atlantic Championship. Crow scored a dominant win at Mid-Ohio to compliment runner-up finishes at Mosport and Vancouver, a third place at Miami and a fourth place at Long Beach en route to third place in the overall standings. BDJS/Ralt America spent the first half of the 1992 season developing the new Ralt RT-40, likely missing out on several potential wins because of inevitable new car “teething” problems. Crow won three pole positions in 1992. He converted pole into a win at Mid-Ohio but mechanical retirements while leading at Circuit Trois-Rivières and at Nazareth ultimately cost him a chance at the championship.

At the end of the 1992 Formula Atlantic season, Crow teamed up with Dave McMillan Racing and journeyed Down Under to contest the 1993 New Zealand Formula Pacific Series. Crow scored wins at Timaru and the historic Pukekohe circuit, along with four runner-up finishes at Timaru, Wigram and Manfeild. A misunderstanding about the starting procedure in the final race of the series cost him a realistic chance at the championship and he was forced to settle for second place, three points adrift of veteran Kiwi Craig Baird and twenty five points ahead of Jos Verstappen.

Crow returned to the Northern Hemisphere that spring for another Formula Atlantic campaign with BDJS/Ralt America. Crow won the 1993 season opener at Phoenix but crashed heavily in round three at Road Atlanta and subsequently had to withdraw from the championship after five rounds.

Although 1993 would effectively prove to be Crow's final season of professional racing, on the three occasions when he returned to professional racing he continued to be competitive. In 1994 Crow drove for Florida Sports Cars in the American Continental Championship at the Dallas Grand Prix and won. In 1996 Crow drove for BDJS/Ralt America at the fourth round of the Players's Toyota Atlantic Championship at Nazareth. He won pole and finished second to the eventual championship winner Patrick Carpentier. Years later, in 2000, Crow contested the United States Formula Three Championship with Dave McMillan Racing and won the championship scoring three wins and four additional podiums.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 1985 SCCA National Championship Runoffs Wyndham Racing 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st 1986 Canadian F2000 Championship Florida Sports Cars 9 1 0 0 N/A 138 6th CASC F2000 Grand National Canadian Run-off 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd SCCA Formula Ford Nationals 5 1 1 0 5 N/A N/A 1987 Formula Super Vee Ralt of America 12 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 1988 Formula Super Vee Ralt America 13 0 0 0 0 83 8th 1989 Formula Super Vee Ralt America 11 1 0 0 3 123 3rd 1990 Formula Super Vee Ralt America 9 3 1 4 7 1441st 1991 Formula Atlantic BDJS 13 1 0 N/A 3 103 4th 1992 Formula Atlantic BDJS 14 1 3 0 7 134 3rd 1993 Formula Pacific Dave McMillan RacingBDJS 10 2 2 N/A 7 199 2nd Formula Atlantic 4 1 0 1 1 30 15th 1994 SCCA American Continental Championship Florida Sports Cars 1 1 1 2015th 1996 Formula Atlantic BDJS 2 1 1 2418th 2000 Formula Three Dave McMillan Racing 11 3 3 8 3 1521st

American and International Open Wheel racing results (key)

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year Track Car Engine Class Start Status 1985 Road Atlanta Swift DB-3 Ford Loyning F2000 9 1 13 Running

CASC F2000 Grand National Canadian Run-off Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status 1986 St. Jovite Swift DB-3 Ford Loyning F2000 3 5 Running

Canadian F2000 Canadian F2000 results Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 1986 Florida Sports Cars Swift DB-3 F2000 Ford LoyningMOSMONMOSMNTMOSSANSANMOSMNT 6th138

Formula Super Vee Formula Super Vee results Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 1989 Ralt America Ralt RT5/89 VW BrabhamPHXDALIRPMILCLEDEMATLMOHROANAZSTP 3rd123 1990 Ralt America Ralt RT5/90 VW BrabhamPHXMILCLEDEMATLMOHROANAZIRPSTP1st144

Formula Atlantic Formula Atlantic results Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 1991 BDJS Swift DB-4 Toyota QuicksilverLBHPHXLRPMONWGIDEMTORRCS1RCS2CTRVANMOHNAZLS1LS2 4th103 1992 BDJS Swift DB-4, Ralt RT-40 Toyota LoyningMIAPHXLBHLRPMONWGITORCTRVANMOHMOSNAZLS1LS2 3rd134 1993 BDJS Ralt RT-40 Toyota LoyningPHXLBHATLMILMONMOSHALTORCTRVANMOHNAZLS1LS2 15th30 1996 BDJS Ralt RT-40 Toyota LoyningHMSLBHNAZMILMONTORCTR1CTR2MOHROAVANLS 18th24

Formula Pacific Formula Pacific results Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 1993 Dave McMillan Racing RT-40 Toyota LoyningTIM1TIM2TER1TER2WIG1WIG2MAN1MAN2PUK1PUK2 2nd210

American Continental Championship American Continental Championship results Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 1994 Florida Sports Cars Van Diemen RF-94 FordMOS1WGIDEMCTRMOS2ATLDAL 15th20

US Formula 3 US Formula 3 results Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2000 Dave McMillan Racing Ralt RT-40 Volkswagen BertilsHAL1HAL2MEM1MEM2STC1STC2WGISPR1SPR2SDG1SDG2 1st152

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Champ Car Stats