that scored points at their respective SCCA races could count those points toward the season-long Formula 1000 National championship. It used points earned in those events to determine an overall champion. Glenn Cooper won the first Formula 1000 National Championship in 2009.

In 2010, the West Coast-based F1000 Pro Series was formed with the participation of several F1000 manufacturers to help promote F1000 racing in the Western US. It was run in a similar manner to the F1000 National Championship as a series within a series,