2024 Formula Pro USA Western Championship

The 2024 Formula Pro USA Western Series was the fifth season of the championship for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars established in the West Coast of the United States. The championship was promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions, and was 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-3 class for Formula Regional cars, Kiwi Motorsports driver Landan Matriano Lim won the championship at the penultimate race, while World Speed Motorsports driver Valentino Garbarino won the FPUSA-4 class championship with two races to spare.

Teams and drivers

Drivers were 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 were powered by Honda and use Avon tires.^[1] A female-only class called Formula Pro Women's Racing Series was to be introduced, running alongside the main championship and also using the Ligier JS-F4, but it received no entries for any of the events.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries
Jensen Global Advisors	1	Jake Pollack	5
World Speed Motorsports	8	Frank Vezer	5
	13	Larry Schnur	1–2, 4
	37	Jay Horak	All
Kiwi Motorsports	02	Jett Bowling	2
	55	Jonathan Collins	3–4
	73	Landan Matriano Lim	1–4, 6
Atlantic Racing Team	77	James Lawley	1, 6
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports	131	Barrett Wolfe	6
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries
World Motorsports	00	Alexander Cornfeld	2–4, 6
Jensen Global Advisors	1	Athan Sterling	4–6
	2	Ethan Brobston	4
	7	Robert Krayevsky	6
World Speed Motorsports	4	Valentino Garbarino	All
Kiwi Motorsports	74	Drew Szuch	1
Kiwi Motorsports	95	Brad Majman	1–2, 4
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Race calendar

The 2024 calendar was held over twelve races spanning across six weekends.^[9] The series raced 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.^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows	March 23	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge	Sonoma Thunderhill Buttonwillow Laguna Seca
1	R2		March 24	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
2	R3		April 20	SCCA Majors Championship Formula Car Challenge
2	R4		April 21	SCCA Majors Championship Formula Car Challenge
3	R5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	June 8	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
3	R6		June 9	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
4	R7		July 6	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
4	R8		July 7	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
5	R9	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	August 30	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
5	R10	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	August 31	San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge
6	R11	Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow	November 16	California Sports Car Club Formula Car Challenge
6	R12	Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow	November 17	California Sports Car Club Formula Car Challenge

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	FPUSA-3		FPUSA-4
Round		Circuit	Pole position	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
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	R10	Sonoma Raceway	Jake Pollack	Jake Pollack	Jake Pollack	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
6	R11	Buttonwillow Raceway Park	James Lawley	Landan Matriano Lim	Landan Matriano Lim	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino
6	R12	Buttonwillow Raceway Park	James Lawley	James Lawley	James Lawley	Valentino Garbarino	Valentino Garbarino

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	THU1		THU2		LAG1		LAG2		SON		BUT		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3)
1	Landan Matriano Lim	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1			1	DNS	232
2	Jay Horak	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	200
3	Larry Schnur	4	3	4	4			3	2					84
4	James Lawley	2	4									4	1	69
5	Jake Pollack									1	1			52
6	Jett Bowling			2	1									47
7	Jonathan Collins					3	3	4	DNS					42
8	Barrett Wolfe											2	2	36
9	Frank Vezer									3	3			30
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4)
1	Valentino Garbarino	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	299
2	Alexander Cornfeld			3	3	1	2	4	3			3	DNS	115
3	Brad Majman	1	2	1	2			5	5					110
4	Athan Sterling							2	2	2	2	2	2	108
5	Drew Szuch	3	3											30
=7	Ethan Brobston							3	4					27
=7	Robert Krayevsky											4	3	27
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
Pos	Driver	THU1		THU2		LAG1		LAG2		SON		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

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

Official website: Formula Pro USA

[AboutFPUSA-1] BDM_FPU, Admin. "About FPUSA". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved 2022-10-31.

[2] 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.

[:0-3] "SFR Championship Series Regional 3&4 - Group 1 qualifying results".

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

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

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

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

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

[9] Maurini, Elena (2023-11-09). "Tentative Schedules for Formula Pro USA Winter Series and Western Championships". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

[10] "FPU 2024 Winter Series Schedule" (PDF).

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