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]
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 |
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 |
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Bold – Pole |
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 |
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