Within the 30-car grid of the event, each of the major Formula Three series were represented by their respective champion.

The 2012 season did not award a national champion, however the respective regional champions were honored at the USAC Night of Champions.

The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland series of games.

The championship has always been played on a regional basis, whereby the respective champions from the Mid, North, South and West championships contest the county series of games.

The All-Ireland final was, for the first time, contested by two teams, neither of which were their respective provincial champions.

In total Crenshaw took 1,140 strokes, only 12 more than the sum total of the four respective champions' scores of 1,128.

The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Most provincial associations now automatically qualify their respective champions for the provincial championship, but until recently that was often not the case.

The respective champions were allowed to get promoted directly to the top level.

Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams were the respective defending champion and runner-up, and they met in the final again.