The 2024 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear is the 20th season of the Formula Car Challenge. It is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across the American west coast. The series is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America.
Drivers
edit| No. | Driver | Car | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Rodney A. Simmons
|
Mazda Formula Mazda | 2 |
| 12 |  Marcus Brodie
|
1997 Mazda Formula Mazda | 1, 3 |
| 17 | John Ertel
|
1994 Mazda Formula Star | 3 |
| 25 | Bret Imhoff
|
Mazda Formula Mazda | 3 |
| 28 | Stew Tabak
|
1993 Mazda Formula | 2–3 |
| 29 | Christian Okpysh
|
1997 Mazda Formula Mazda | 1–3 |
| 63 |  Lars Jensen
|
1997 Star Formula Mazda | 1–3 |
| 67 | Bill Weaver
|
1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda | 1, 3 |
| 72 | Taylor Carmona
|
Formula Mazda | 2–3 |
| 75 | C.J. Ray
|
1998 Mazda Star Formula | 1, 3 |
| 77 | Derry O'Donovan
|
1996 Formula Mazda FM | 3 |
| 78 | Brad Drew
|
1997 Mazda Formula | 1–3 |
| Sources: [1][2][3] | |||
Race calendar
editThe 2024 schedule was announced on 2 December 2023.[4] The season was to open with a one-round winter series at the Attesa Podium Club, but that event attracted no entries in the FCC's class. The eight-round main season will see the return of Portland International Raceway.[5]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCC Winter Series | |||||
| NC | R1 | |
SCCA Majors Championship Saguaro Series | ||
| R2 | |||||
| Formula Car Challenge | |||||
| 1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows
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23 March | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | |
| R2 | 24 March | ||||
| 2 | R3 | 20 April | SCCA Majors Championship Formula Pro USA Western Championship | ||
| R4 | 21 April | ||||
| 3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey
|
8 June | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | |
| R6 | 9 June | ||||
| 4 | R7 | 5–7 July | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | ||
| R8 | |||||
| 5 | R9 | Portland International Raceway, Portland
|
10–11 August | International Conference of Sports Car Clubs Championship | |
| R10 | |||||
| 6 | R11 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma
|
30 August–1 September | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Pro USA Western Championship | |
| R12 | |||||
| 7 | R13 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows
|
25–27 October | San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
| R14 | |||||
| 8 | R15 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow
|
15–16 November | Formula Pro USA Western Championship | |
| R16 | |||||
Race results
edit| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park
|
Bill Weaver
|
Bill Weaver
|
Bill Weaver
|
| R2 | Bill Weaver
|
Bill Weaver
|
Bill Weaver
| ||
| 2 | R3 | Stew Tabak
|
Christian Okpysh
|
Christian Okpysh
| |
| R4 | Christian Okpysh
|
Christian Okpysh
|
Christian Okpysh
| ||
| 3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
|
Christian Okpysh
|
Christian Okpysh
|
Christian Okpysh
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| R6 | Christian Okpysh
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Christian Okpysh
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Christian Okpysh
| ||
| 4 | R7 | ||||
| R8 | |||||
| 5 | R9 | Portland International Raceway
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| R10 | |||||
| 6 | R11 | Sonoma Raceway
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| R12 | |||||
| 7 | R13 | Thunderhill Raceway Park
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| R14 | |||||
| 8 | R15 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park
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| R16 | |||||
Championship standings
editScoring system
editPoints are awarded to the top twenty drivers taking the green flag.[6]
| 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 |
Each driver's two worst results will be dropped.
Drivers' standings
edit| Pos | Driver | THU1 | THU2 | LAG1 | LAG2 | POR | SON | THU3 | BUT | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | |||
| 1 | Brad Drew
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2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 135 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Christian Okpysh
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6 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 134 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Bill Weaver
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1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 105 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Lars Jensen
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5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | DNS | 6 | 98 | ||||||||||
| 5 | C.J. Ray
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3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Taylor Carmona
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5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Stew Tabak
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4 | 3 | 9 | DNS | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Marcus Brodie
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4 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Derry O'Donovan
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5 | 5 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Rodney A. Simmons
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6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Bret Imhoff
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6 | 7 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | John Ertel
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7 | 8 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | Pts |
| THU1 | THU2 | LAG1 | LAG2 | POR | SON | THU3 | BUT | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "SFR Championship Series Regional 3 & 4 - Qualifying results for Group 1". racehero.io. March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "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".
- ^ Newsroom, F. C. C. "2024 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "Schedules | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-02-19.