The 2024 Formula Pro USA Western Series is the fifth season of the championship for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars established in the West Coast of the United States. The championship is promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions, and will run under the same sporting regulations as the FIA-sanctioned Formula Regional Americas Championship and Formula 4 United States Championship.
It began in March, with the championship spanning six weekends until November. In the FPUSA-4 class for F4 cars, World Speed Motorsports driver Valentino Garbarino won the championship with two races to spare.
Teams and drivers
editDrivers are able to enter either the FPUSA-3 or the FPUSA-4 class, with the former using a Ligier JS F3 car and the latter a Ligier JS-F4 car. All cars are powered by Honda and use Avon tires.[1]
New for 2024 is the addition of the Formula Pro Women's Racing Series, a female-only class running alongside the main championship, also using the Ligier JS-F4.[2]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries | |||
Jensen Global Advisors | 1 | Jake Pollack | 5 |
Atlantic Racing Team | 8 | James Lawley | 1 |
World Speed Motorsports | Frank Vezer | 5 | |
13 | Larry Schnur | 1–2, 4 | |
37 | Jay Horak | 1–5 | |
Kiwi Motorsports | 02 | Jett Bowling | 2 |
30 | Landan Matriano Lim | 1–4 | |
55 | Jonathan Collins | 3–4 | |
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries | |||
World Motorsports | 00 | Alexander Cornfeld | 2–4 |
Jensen Global Advisors | 1 | Athan Sterling | 4–5 |
2 | Ethan Brobston | 4 | |
World Speed Motorsports | 14 | Valentino Garbarino | 1–5 |
Kiwi Motorsports | 74 | Drew Szuch | 1 |
95 | Brad Majman | 1–2, 4 | |
Sources: [3][4][5][6][7] |
Race calendar
editThe 2024 calendar is held over twelve races spanning across six weekends.[8] The series races at the same four circuits as the previous year. A one-round winter series was scheduled to be held at the beginning of March, but it was instead converted into two days of open testing.[9]
Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations | |
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1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | March 23 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge |
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R2 | March 24 | ||||
2 | R3 | April 20 | SCCA Majors Championship Formula Car Challenge | ||
R4 | April 21 | ||||
3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | June 8 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | |
R6 | June 9 | ||||
4 | R7 | July 6 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | ||
R8 | July 7 | ||||
5 | R9 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | August 30 – September 1 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
R10 | |||||
6 | R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | November 15–17 | ||
R12 |
Race results
editRound | Circuit | Pole position | FPUSA-3 | FPUSA-4 | FPUSA-WRS | ||||
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Fastest lap | Winning driver | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Fastest lap | Winning driver | ||||
1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Valentino Garbarino | Brad Majman | no entries | |
R2 | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Brad Majman | Valentino Garbarino | ||||
2 | R3 | Landan Matriano Lim | Jett Bowling | Landan Matriano Lim | Valentino Garbarino | Brad Majman | |||
R4 | Jett Bowling | Jett Bowling | Jett Bowling | Brad Majman | Valentino Garbarino | ||||
3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Valentino Garbarino | Alexander Cornfeld | ||
R6 | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Valentino Garbarino | Valentino Garbarino | ||||
4 | R7 | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Valentino Garbarino | Valentino Garbarino | |||
R8 | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Landan Matriano Lim | Valentino Garbarino | Valentino Garbarino | ||||
5 | R9 | Sonoma Raceway | Jake Pollack | Jay Horak | Jake Pollack | Valentino Garbarino | Valentino Garbarino | ||
R10 | Jake Pollack | Jake Pollack | Jake Pollack | Valentino Garbarino | Valentino Garbarino | ||||
6 | R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | |||||||
R12 |
Championship standings
editPoints are awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Drivers' standings
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
References
edit- ^ BDM_FPU, Admin. "About FPUSA". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ Maurini, Elena (2023-12-20). "Exclusive Racing Announces a New Female Only Racing Series for the West Coast". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "SFR Championship Series Regional 3&4 - Group 1 qualifying results".
- ^ "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".
- ^ "SFR Regional Races - Qualifying results for Group 1".
- ^ Maurini, Elena (2023-11-09). "Tentative Schedules for Formula Pro USA Winter Series and Western Championships". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "FPU 2024 Winter Series Schedule" (PDF).
External links
edit- Official website: Formula Pro USA
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