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2017 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2017 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the second season of the United States Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations and sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America. It began on 8 April at Homestead-Miami Speedway and finished on 22 October at the Circuit of the Americas, after seven triple header rounds.[1][2]

Teams and drivers edit

All teams were American-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Group A Racing 1   Konrad Czaczyk[3] 1
29   Jonathan Scarallo[4] All
30   Flinn Lazier 2
  Russ McDonough IV[5] 6–7
Momentum Motorsports 2   Skylar Robinson[6] All
16   Kent Vaccaro[7] All
Indy Motorsport Group[8] 3   Vincent Khristov 1–6
10   Davis Durrett 1–6
  Chandler Horton 7
35   Chris Archinaco 1–5
  Nick Andries 6
62   Raphael Forcier All
Primus Racing Team 4   James "Jim" Goughary Jr[4] All
5   Austin McCusker[4] All
Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development[9] 6   Parker Locke All
11   Colin Mullan 4
  Tyler O'Connor 5
14   Max Peichel 1–4
  Elliot Finlayson 5
  Dalton Peak 6–7
26   Sam Paley 1, 3, 7
41   Braden Eves 2, 6–7
61   John Paul Southern Jr[3] All
Cape Motorsports[10] 07   Steve Bamford All
8   Kyle Kirkwood[4] All
9   Mathias Soler[11] All
51   Jett Noland[12] 1
JDX Racing 7   Blake Mount[13] All
19   Timo Reger[4] 1–6
28   Ben Waddell[4] All
DEForce Racing[14] 12   Moisés de la Vara 5–6
77   Kory Enders 5–7
HellHound Motorsports
Abel Motorsports[15] 		21   John Andrew Entwistle 1–2, 7
22   Jacob Abel All
Global Racing Group 24   Benjamin Pedersen[3] All
N/A   Pierre Thiriet 6
25   Frederik Vesti 7
39   Justin Sirgany[16] All
68   Jacob Loomis[17] 1–6
Austin Kaszuba Racing 27   Austin Kaszuba 1–2
Crosslink Racing 27   Austin Kaszuba 4–7
37   Jordan Sherratt[4] All
Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports[18] 40   Jack William Miller 1, 3–7
45   Baltazar Leguizamón All
65   Alan Miller 1–2
  Chandler Horton 4
96   Lawson Nagel All
Kiwi Motorsport LTD 85   Dakota Dickerson[19] 3, 5–7
86   Brendon Leitch[20] All
C.G. Racing 97   Christopher Gumprecht 2, 4–5

Race calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1   Homestead-Miami Speedway
(Homestead, Florida) 		8 April   Benjamin Pedersen   Raphael Forcier   Timo Reger JDX Racing Trans-Am Series
R2 9 April   Kyle Kirkwood   Raphael Forcier Indy Motorsport Group
R3   Sam Paley   Timo Reger JDX Racing
2 R1   Indianapolis Motor Speedway
(Speedway, Indiana) 		10 June   Kyle Kirkwood   Timo Reger   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports Sportscar Vintage Racing Association
Atlantic Championship
R2 11 June   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
R3   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
3 R1   Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
(Bowmanville, Ontario) 		8 July   Dakota Dickerson   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports Weathertech Sportscar Championship
R2 9 July   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
R3   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
4 R1   Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
(Lexington, Ohio) 		11 August   Kyle Kirkwood   Brendon Leitch   Brendon Leitch Kiwi Motorsport Trans-Am Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series
R2   Kyle Kirkwood   Skylar Robinson Momentum Motorsports
R3 12 August   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
5 R1   Virginia International Raceway
(Alton, Virginia) 		26 August   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood   Baltazar Leguizamón Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports Weathertech Sportscar Championship
R2   Tyler O'Connor   Jordan Sherratt Crosslink Racing
R3 27 August   Kyle Kirkwood   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports
6 R1   Circuit of the Americas
(Austin, Texas) 		15 September   Benjamin Pedersen   Benjamin Pedersen   Benjamin Pedersen Global Racing Group FIA World Endurance Championship
R2   Dakota Dickerson   Benjamin Pedersen Global Racing Group
R3 16 September   Braden Eves   Braden Eves Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development
7 R1   Circuit of the Americas
(Austin, Texas) 		21 October   Kyle Kirkwood   Benjamin Pedersen   Benjamin Pedersen Global Racing Group Formula One
R2 22 October   Austin Kaszuba   Kyle Kirkwood Cape Motorsports

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

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

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver HMS IMS MSP MDO VIR COTA1 COTA2 Points
1   Kyle Kirkwood Ret 8 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 1 8 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 345
2   Raphael Forcier 9 1 3 4 5 5 2 15 16 3 4 5 7 3 5 11 11 Ret 9 28 162
3   Dakota Dickerson 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 6 4 3 2 152
4   Benjamin Pedersen 2 11 Ret 18 15 3 25 16 14 16 8 10 5 9 7 1 1 3 1 10 147
5   Jordan Sherratt 7 DNS 15 13 20 7 7 5 4 2 27 7 2 1 3 7 28 14 8 11 132
6   Braden Eves 2 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 130
7   Timo Reger 1 2 1 23 2 6 5 4 6 14 14 15 14 21 20 19 Ret 13 124
8   Brendon Leitch 12 12 12 12 26 14 6 6 15 1 3 2 4 8 Ret 16 9 11 5 4 113
9   Baltazar Leguizamón 6 Ret Ret 8 7 11 9 13 3 19 11 Ret 1 5 8 Ret 8 5 7 5 104
10   Skylar Robinson 26 17 11 9 11 28 Ret 21 18 6 1 4 6 6 2 5 29 7 14 8 101
11   Jacob Loomis 3 6 DNS 20 4 2 3 3 7 10 16 Ret 23 Ret 18 10 14 26 91
12   Mathias Soler 10 4 5 6 13 10 10 7 5 Ret 21 6 9 13 10 6 7 6 25 7 88
13   Ben Waddell 15 3 9 3 Ret 9 15 12 26 4 12 11 13 16 14 8 5 Ret 19 6 68
14   Jim Goughary Jr 4 5 8 15 Ret 15 17 25 23 17 5 8 Ret 22 16 27 22 Ret Ret 20 40
15   Austin Kaszuba 8 7 2 25 8 12 21 26 Ret 11 10 Ret 14 13 18 11 26 33
16   Justin Sirgany DNS 15 19 7 23 13 12 Ret DNS 15 6 3 25 18 11 12 Ret DNS 17 15 29
17   Kory Enders 19 11 15 15 4 8 6 14 28
18   Jack William Miller 5 Ret 6 11 10 9 Ret 20 14 30 17 12 EX 18 19 27 9 23
19   John Paul Southern Jr DNS 21 22 19 15 Ret 13 8 8 11 24 Ret 10 7 9 13 10 9 13 18 20
20   Jonathan Scarallo 11 9 4 DSQ 9 25 Ret 18 17 Ret 18 9 17 12 Ret 18 16 Ret 20 31 18
21   Flinn Lazier 5 6 Ret 18
22   Colin Mullan 5 7 13 16
23   Austin McCusker 22 20 16 17 12 20 8 9 13 8 13 NC 28 Ret 19 9 20 17 15 27 12
24   Jacob Abel 24 Ret DNS 10 25 8 14 17 12 9 10 12 15 14 13 20 15 10 12 29 9
25   Tyler O'Connor 24 29 6 8
26   Sam Paley 13 10 7 19 14 10 16 13 8
27   Davis Durrett 18 19 13 24 19 16 18 20 19 22 9 17 DNS 20 23 DNS 23 22 2
28   Max Peichel Ret 13 20 11 10 23 16 11 11 Ret DNS DNS 1
29   Frederik Vesti 10 12 1
30   Blake Mount 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 21 22 Ret 24 12 25 18 21 23 25 17 12 25 29 24 0
31   Moisés de la Vara 29 15 Ret 29 30 12 0
32   Elliot Finlayson 12 24 17 0
33   Steve Bamford 16 16 18 Ret 21 22 23 22 22 13 17 21 18 19 22 25 21 24 23 23 0
34   Lawson Nagel Ret 24 14 16 18 17 20 19 25 24 Ret 19 16 25 26 24 24 21 18 21 0
35   John Andrew Entwistle 25 14 17 Ret DNS DNS 28 25 0
36   Chris Archinaco Ret Ret 21 14 22 18 21 23 Ret Ret Ret 20 DNS DNS DNS 0
37   Jett Noland 14 22 Ret 0
38   Dalton Peak 28 19 15 21 18 0
39   Chandler Horton Ret 15 Ret 22 30 0
40   Kent Vaccaro 19 23 DNS 21 28 27 Ret Ret Ret 18 22 16 22 30 Ret 22 EX 20 24 17 0
41   Parker Locke 20 Ret DNS 26 24 26 24 24 21 23 19 24 20 26 21 21 25 16 26 19 0
42   Vincent Khristov 23 18 Ret 27 17 19 Ret Ret 20 20 23 22 26 27 24 23 17 Ret 0
43   Alan Miller 21 Ret Ret 22 27 24 0
44   Russ McDonough IV 26 26 Ret Ret 22 0
45   Christopher Gumprecht DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 23 27 28 27 0
46   Nick Andries Ret 27 23 0
–   Konrad Czaczyk DNS DNS DNS –
–   Pierre Thiriet WD WD WD –
Pos Driver HMS IMS MSP MDO VIR COTA1 COTA2 Points
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship edit

Pos Team Points
1 Cape Motorsports 433
2 Global Racing Group 268
3 Kiwi Motorsport 266
4 JDX Racing 192
5 Jay Howard's Motorsports Driver Development 183
6 Indy Motorsport Group 164
7 Crosslink Racing 164
8 Miller Vinatieri Leguizamón Motorsports 127
9 Momentum Motorsports 101
10 Primus Racing Team 52
11 Group A Racing 36
12 Austin Kaszuba Racing 32
13 DEForce Racing 24
14 Abel Motorsports 9
15 C.G. Racing 0

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 F4 U.S. Schedule Released at PRI". 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016.
  2. ^ "F4 U.S. to Compete at 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix". 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Last Minute Entries Increase F4 U.S. Grid to More Than 30 Cars". 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "F4 US championship entry list for Homestead-Miami speedway" (PDF). 4 April 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net/user_files/f4/downloads/000/037/960/COTA_wWEC_-_F4_entry_list_with_sponsors.pdf?1505135685[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Momentum Motorsports Signs F4 U.S. Veteran Skylar Robinson". 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Early Season Entries Start Filling Out 2017 F4 U.S. Grid". 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Indy Motorsport Group Announces Stable of Drivers for 2017". Archived from the original on 23 February 2017.
  9. ^ "IndyCar Driver Jay Howard Enters Youngest Team in F4 U.S. Paddock". 16 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Cape Motorsports to enter Formula 4 US Championship". 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Cape signs 14-year-old star for F4 US team". February 25, 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "2017 F4 US Championship Entry List For Homestead-Miami Speedway" (PDF). 6 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2017.
  13. ^ "F4 U.S. Inaugural Champs JDX Racing Return to Lineup with Blake Mount". 28 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017.
  14. ^ "2017 F4 US Championship Entry List For Virginia International Raceway" (PDF). 17 August 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2017.
  15. ^ "IndyCar Connection Runs Deep In New F4 U.S. Championship Team". 24 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Young Driver Marks F4 U.S. Championship 20th Entry". 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
  17. ^ "SCCA Club Racer Jacob Loomis Steps-Up to F4 U.S. Championship". 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Miller Vinatieri Leguizamon Motorsports Returns to F4 U.S. Championship". 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  19. ^ "Larsen Returns to CTMP with Newly Expanded F4 U.S. Team- Dakota Dickerson Joins Roster". 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-03.
  20. ^ "The World Joins F4 U.S." 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.

External links edit

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