2024 Formula Car Challenge

The 2024 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 20th season of the Formula Car Challenge. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across the American west coast. The series was sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America.

Christian Okpysh defended his Drivers' Championship title, clinching it at the penultimate race of the season.

Drivers

No.	Driver	Car	Rounds
4	Melvin Kemper Jr.	Star Formula Mazda	5
7	Rodney A. Simmons	Mazda Formula Mazda	2, 7
8	Timothy Carel	2024 Tatuus AP T-021	8
9	Ritchie Hollingsworth	1995 Mazda Formula Mazda	7
11	Ken Boatright	Formula Mazda	6–7
12	Marcus Brodie	1997 Mazda Formula Mazda	1, 3
17	John Ertel	1994 Mazda Formula Star	3
19	Brian Anderson	Formula Mazda	5
22	Michael Morgan	Mazda Formula Mazda	5
25	Bret Imhoff	Mazda Formula Mazda	3
28	Stew Tabak	1993 Mazda Formula	2–8
29	Christian Okpysh	1997 Mazda Formula Mazda	1–6, 8
63	Lars Jensen	1997 Star Formula Mazda	1–4, 7–8
67	Bill Weaver	1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda	1, 3–5, 7–8
72	Taylor Carmona	Formula Mazda	2–3, 8
73	Gokul Manean	Formula Mazda	8
74	Steve Martin	2003 Formula Mazda	8
75	C.J. Ray	1998 Mazda Star Formula	1, 3, 6, 8
77	Derry O'Donovan	1996 Formula Mazda FM	3–4
78	Brad Drew	1997 Mazda Formula	1–6, 8
83	Cameron Parsons	2012 Fast Forward Formula	8
92	Rick Bostrom	1988 Mazda Formula	5
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Race calendar

The 2024 schedule was announced on 2 December 2023.^[9] The season was to open with a one-round winter series at the Attesa Podium Club, but that event attracted no entries in the FCC's class. The eight-round main season saw the return of Portland International Raceway.^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
FCC Winter Series					~~Attesa~~ Portland Sonoma Thunderhill Buttonwillow Laguna Seca
NC	R1	~~Podium Club Attesa, Casa Grande~~	~~2–3 March~~	SCCA Majors Championship Saguaro Series
NC	R2	~~Podium Club Attesa, Casa Grande~~	~~2–3 March~~	SCCA Majors Championship Saguaro Series
Formula Car Challenge
1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	23 March	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
1	R2		24 March
2	R3		20 April	SCCA Majors Championship Formula Pro USA Western Championship
2	R4		21 April
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	8 June	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
3	R6		9 June
4	R7		6 July	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
4	R8		7 July
5	R9	Portland International Raceway, Portland	10 August	Cascade Sports Car Club Series International Conference of Sports Car Clubs Championship
5	R10	Portland International Raceway, Portland	11 August
6	R11	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	31 August	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship
6	R12	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	1 September
7	R13	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	25 October	San Francisco Region SCCA Series
7	R14	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	26 October	San Francisco Region SCCA Series
8	R15	Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow	16 November	California Sports Car Club Formula Pro USA Western Championship
8	R16	Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow	17 November

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park	Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver
1	R2		Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver	Bill Weaver
2	R3		Stew Tabak	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
2	R4		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
3	R6		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
4	R7		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
4	R8		Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
5	R9	Portland International Raceway	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
5	R10	Portland International Raceway	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
6	R11	Sonoma Raceway	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
6	R12	Sonoma Raceway	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh	Christian Okpysh
7	R13	Thunderhill Raceway Park	Bill Weaver	Lars Jensen	Bill Weaver
7	R14	Thunderhill Raceway Park	Bill Weaver	Stew Tabak	Bill Weaver
8	R15	Buttonwillow Raceway Park	Timothy Carel	Timothy Carel	Timothy Carel
8	R16	Buttonwillow Raceway Park	Christian Okpysh	Timothy Carel	Timothy Carel

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top twenty drivers taking the green flag.^[11]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	29	25	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4

Each driver's three worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	THU1		THU2		LAG1		LAG2		POR		SON		THU3		BUT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Pts
1	Christian Okpysh	6	DNS	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			2	2	366
2	Brad Drew	2	4	2	2	2	(9)	3	2	2	2	5	2			10	7	304
3	Bill Weaver	1	1			3	2	2	DNS	3	4			1	1	3	4	277
4	Stew Tabak			4	3	9	DNS	4	3	8	3	3	4	2	2	6	6	271
5	Lars Jensen	5	5	3	4	DNS	6	5	4					3	3	8	9	214
6	C.J. Ray	3	3			4	3					2	3			4	5	175
7	Taylor Carmona			5	5	8	4									9	10	105
8	Rodney A. Simmons			6	6									4	4			76
9	Ken Boatright											4	5	6	6			75
10	Derry O'Donovan					5	5	6	5									74
11	Marcus Brodie	4	2			DNS	DNS											45
12	Cameron Parsons															5	3	45
13	Ritchie Hollingsworth													5	5			38
14	Bret Imhoff					6	7											35
15	Gokul Manean															7	8	35
16	John Ertel					7	8											33
17	Steve Martin															11	11	28
Drivers ineligible to score points as they did not meet all FCC rules
—	Timothy Carel															1	1	—
—	Melvin Kemper Jr.									4	5							—
—	Brian Anderson									5	6							—
—	Rick Bostrom									6	7							—
—	Michael Morgan									7	8							—
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Pts
Pos	Driver	THU1		THU2		LAG1		LAG2		POR		SON		THU3		BUT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ "SFR Championship Series Regional 3 & 4 - Qualifying results for Group 1". racehero.io. March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "SFRSCCA Majors Restricted Regional 5&6 - Qualifying results for Group 4~FA,FA2,FA3,FM,F4".
^ "SFR Championship Series Regionals 7&8 - Qualifying results for Group 1".
^ "SFR Championship Series Regionals 9 & 10 - Group 1 - Qualifying 1".
^ "The Dash XL - GROUP 6/3 Sat Qualifying - Official results".
^ "SFR Regional Races - Qualifying results for Group 1".
^ "SFR Championship Series Regionals 15-16 - Group 1/2 ~ Qualifying 1 ~ Official".
^ "California Sports Car Club Meeting 16 November 2024 - Group 2 FX,FA,F3,F4,P1,P2 Qualifying Saturday".
^ "2024 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced". formulacarchallenge.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ "Schedules | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-12-04.
^ "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-02-19.

External links

Official Website: Formula Car Challenge

[1] "SFR Championship Series Regional 3 & 4 - Qualifying results for Group 1". racehero.io. March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

[2] "SFRSCCA Majors Restricted Regional 5&6 - Qualifying results for Group 4~FA,FA2,FA3,FM,F4".

[3] "SFR Championship Series Regionals 7&8 - Qualifying results for Group 1".

[4] "SFR Championship Series Regionals 9 & 10 - Group 1 - Qualifying 1".

[5] "The Dash XL - GROUP 6/3 Sat Qualifying - Official results".

[6] "SFR Regional Races - Qualifying results for Group 1".

[7] "SFR Championship Series Regionals 15-16 - Group 1/2 ~ Qualifying 1 ~ Official".

[8] "California Sports Car Club Meeting 16 November 2024 - Group 2 FX,FA,F3,F4,P1,P2 Qualifying Saturday".

[9] "2024 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced". formulacarchallenge.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.

[10] "Schedules | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-12-04.

[11] "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-02-19.

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