2015 Formula Lites season

The 2015 Formula Lites season was the inaugural and only season of the Formula Lites series, an open wheel motor racing championship powered by Honda and sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). It began on 30 May at the Thompson Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut and ended on 20 September at the MSR Houston in Angleton, Texas, after six double-header rounds.

After this inaugural season, SCCA Pro Racing ended the series.

Teams and competitors edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
BW Racing 2   Jason Bell 1–10
  John Alfonso 11–12
17   Nick Neri 1–8
Howard Motorsports 4   Spencer Brockman 1–6
  Cameron Das 7–8
Group A Racing 7   José Armida All
86   Jackie Ding All
JDX Racing 28   Vinicius Papareli All
Silver Arrow Racing 44   Robert Boileau 5–6

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1[1] Thompson Speedway RC   Thompson, Connecticut 30 May   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli   Nick Neri
2[2]   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
3[3] New Jersey Motorsports Park   Millville, New Jersey 14 June   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
4[4]   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
5[5] Virginia International Raceway   Alton, Virginia 25 July   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli   Jackie Ding
6[6]   Vinicius Papareli   Nick Neri
7[7] Carolina Motorsports Park   Kershaw, South Carolina 16 August   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
8[8]   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
9[9] Pikes Peak International Raceway   Fountain, Colorado 5 September   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
10[10]   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
11[11] MSR Houston   Angleton, Texas 20 September   José Armida   Vinicius Papareli   Vinicius Papareli
12[12]   Vinicius Papareli   José Armida

Drivers' championship edit

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded two additional points.
  • An additional point is awarded to each driver who leads a lap in a race.
Pos Driver TSMP NJMP VIR CMP PPIR MSRH Pts
1   Vinicius Papareli 2* 1* 1* 1* 7* 5 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 2 272
2   José Armida 4 2 6 4 2 2 3 3 3 3* 2* 1* 194
3   Jackie Ding 3 6 3 2 1* 7 2 2* 2 2 3 3* 192
4   Nick Neri 1* 3 2 5* 4 1* 4 6 128
5   Jason Bell 5 5 5 6 5 4 6 4 4 4* 105
6   Spencer Brockman 6 4 4 3 3 3 77
7   John Alfonso 4 4 24
8   Cameron Das 5 5 20
9   Robert Boileau 6 6 16
Pos Driver TSMP NJMP VIR CMP PPIR MSRH Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
* Led a lap
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(no points)
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

References edit

  1. ^ "Race 1". Race Monitor. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Race 2". Race Monitor. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Race 3". Race Monitor. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Race 4". Race Monitor. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Race 5". Race Monitor. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Race 6". Race Monitor. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Race 7". Race Monitor. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Race 8". Race Monitor. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Race 9". Race Monitor. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Race 10". Race Monitor. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Race 11". Race Monitor. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Race 12". Race Monitor. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

External links edit