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2023 Formula Car Challenge

The 2023 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 19th 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 took the title in the main Formula Mazda class, while Tao Takaoka and Joe Briggs were victorious in the Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda categories, respectively.

Drivers edit

Drivers competed in three classes, Formula Mazda, Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda.[1]

No. Driver Car Rounds
Formula Mazda entries
7   Woody Yerxa 2001 Mazda Formula 3–4, 7–8, 11–14
12   Marcus Brodie 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda 9–10
20   Ben Booker Formula Mazda Star Formula Mazda 1–2, 7–8, 13–14
28   Stew Tabak 1993 Mazda Formula 7–14
29   Christian Okpysh 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda 3–6, 9–14
63   Lars Jensen 1997 Star Formula Mazda 3–14
67   Bill Weaver 1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda 7–14
75   C.J. Ray 1998 Mazda Star Formula 3–14
77   Derry O'Donovan 1996 Formula Mazda FM 3–4, 7–14
78   Brad Drew 1997 Mazda Formula 3–4, 7–14
88   Randy Sturgeon 1997 Mazda Star Formula Mazda 5–6, 9–10
91   Ritchie Hollingsworth 1995 Mazda Formula Mazda 7–8, 13–14
92   Rick Bostrom 1988 Mazda Formula 13–14
120   John Ertel 1994 Mazda Formula Star 11–12
Formula Speed entries
27   Tao Takaoka 2015 Formula Speed F S 2.0 3–4, 7–14
46   Frank Russell 2012 Formula Speed 2.0 9–14
51   Scott Vreeland 1986 Ralt RT-5 3–4
Pro Formula Mazda entries
0   Edd Ozard 2004 Mazda Pro Mazda 1–2, 9–10
9   Joe Briggs 2004 Mazda Pro Formula Mazda 1–4, 9–12
10   Vincent Tjelmeland Pro Formula Mazda 9–10
37   Nevin Spieker 2019 Mazda Pro Formula 3–4, 9–10
41   Robert Merritt Pro Formula Mazda 9–10
42   Gregory Perrin Star Mazda 9–12
51   Scott Vreeland 1986 Ralt RT-5 13–14
123   JD Stuart Pro Formula Mazda 9–10
Sources: [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Race calendar edit

The 2023 schedule was announced on 1 December 2022.[9] All races were held in California. The series returned to Buttonwillow Raceway Park after not competing there in 2022.

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1   Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma 25 February Formula Pro USA Winter Series
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
2 26 February
3   Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows 15 April Formula Pro USA Western Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
4 16 April
5   Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow 29 April Formula Pro USA Western Championship
California Sports Car Club
6 30 April
7   Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows 3 June Formula Pro USA Western Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
8 4 June
9   WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey 29 July San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Pacific F2000 Championship
10 30 July
11   Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma 2 September Formula Pro USA Western Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
12 3 September
13   Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows 28 October San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Pacific Northwest Spec Miata Tour
14 29 October

Race results edit

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Formula Mazda winner Formula Speed winner Pro Formula Mazda winner
1   Sonoma Raceway   Joe Briggs   Edd Ozard   Ben Booker no entries   Joe Briggs
2   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Ben Booker‡   Joe Briggs
3   Thunderhill Raceway Park   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Christian Okpysh   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs
4   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Brad Drew   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs
5   Buttonwillow Raceway Park   Christian Okpysh   Christian Okpysh   Christian Okpysh no entries no entries
6   C.J. Ray   C.J. Ray   Christian Okpysh
7   Thunderhill Raceway Park   Tao Takaoka   Brad Drew   Bill Weaver   Tao Takaoka
8   Derry O'Donovan   C.J. Ray   C.J. Ray   Tao Takaoka
9   WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Bill Weaver   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs
10   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Bill Weaver   Frank Russell   Joe Briggs
11   Sonoma Raceway   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Christian Okpysh   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs
12   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Bill Weaver   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs
13   Thunderhill Raceway Park   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Bill Weaver   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs
14   Joe Briggs   Joe Briggs   Brad Drew   Tao Takaoka   Joe Briggs

‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules

Championship standings edit

Scoring system edit

Formula Mazda edit

Points were awarded to the top twenty drivers in each class taking the green flag.[10]

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

Pro Formula Mazda and Formula Speed edit

As the Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda classes ran alongside the San Francisco Region SCCA's regional FX and FA3 classes respectively, they used their points system.[11]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 21 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Each driver's four worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver SON1 THU1 BUT THU2 LAG SON2 THU3 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
Formula Mazda Standings
1   Christian Okpysh 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 4 255
2   Brad Drew 2 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 247
3   C.J. Ray 3 5 2 2 3 1 (7) 4 3 (9) 7 2 226
4   Bill Weaver 1 9 1 1 8 1 1 3 198
5   Lars Jensen 4 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 (8) 5 DNS 194
6   Derry O'Donovan 5 6 4 2 4 7 DNS 5 4 8 174
7   Woody Yerxa 6 3 5 3 6 6 9 6 150
8   Stew Tabak 7 5 6 6 4 4 6 5 149
9   Ben Booker 1 1‡ 9 8 10 10 88
10   Ritchie Hollingsworth 8 7 8 7 66
11   Randy Sturgeon 4 3 42
12   John Ertel 7 7 34
13   Marcus Brodie 8 8 32
14   Rick Bostrom 11 9 28
Formula Speed Standings
1   Tao Takaoka 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 246
2   Frank Russell 2 1 Ret DNS 2 2 88
—   Scott Vreeland DNS DNS —
Pro Formula Mazda Standings
1   Joe Briggs 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 250
2   Gregory Perrin 3 2 2 2 81
3   Nevin Spieker 2 DNS 2 3 60
4   Scott Vreeland 2 2 42
=5   Vincent Tjelmeland 5 4 33
=5   Robert Merritt 4 5 33
6   Edd Ozard 2 DNS Ret DNS 21
—   JD Stuart Ret DNS —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
SON1 THU1 BUT THU2 LAG SON2 THU3

‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules

References edit

  1. ^ "Formula Car Challenge | Formula Car Challenge - Based at Sonoma Raceway, California 95476 - Since 2005". Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 1 & 2 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 5 & 6 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  4. ^ "Cal Club Championship Divisional and Track Event - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  5. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 7 & 8 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  6. ^ "Results for Group 1/2~FA,FA3,FM,EM1,P1,P2,ASR,FX,FE2 - Race 2 on RaceHero". RaceHero. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ^ "Results for Group 1~FA,FA2,FA3,FM,FX,F4 - Race 2~Official on RaceHero". RaceHero. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  8. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 15, 16, & 17 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  9. ^ Newsroom, F. C. C. "2023 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  10. ^ "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  11. ^ "2023 SFR Road Racing Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). February 6, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

External links edit

Official Website: Formula Car Challenge

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