2023 F1600 Championship Series

2023 F1600 season
Season
Races	21
Start date	March 23
End date	August 20
Awards
Drivers' champion	Porter Aiken
Manufacturers' Cup	2009 Piper DF05
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The 2023 F1600 Championship Series season was the twelfth season of the F1600 Championship Series. The season began on March 23 at Road Atlanta, and ended on August 20 at Summit Point Motorsports Park.

The previous year's champion, Thomas Schrage of Rice Race Prep, moved up to the USF2000 Championship on the Road to Indy ladder. The championship was won by Porter Aiken. Ayrton Houk and Jack Sullivan went on to be Team USA scholars and raced in the Formula Ford Festival as well as the Walter Hayes Trophy in the United Kingdom.

Drivers and teams

Pro Division
Team/Sponsor	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Chassis	Engine
Arrive Drive Motorsports	91	BJ Shaw (R)	1-6, 13-15	Spectrum	Honda
	93	Austin Holtgraewe (R)	1-6, 10-15, 19-21
Raceworks	11	Christopher Kierce	1-6, 10-15, 19-21	Spectrum	Honda
	48	John Kierce	13-15
	70	Sam Lockwood (M)	1-6, 13-15
Rice Race Prep	01	Ely Navarro (R)	1-12	Mygale	Honda
		Ayrton Houk	13-15
		Michael Bulzacchelli	19-21
	02	Ayrton Houk	4-12, 16-21
		Misha Goikhberg	1-3
	03	Steve Jenks (M)	1-3
		Misha Goikhberg	7-9
		Jason Pribyl	13-18
Team Pelfrey	80	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	All	Mygale	Honda
	81	Dillon Defonce (R)	1-9
		Connor Willis	16-18
	82	Karsten Defonce (R)	1-9
	83	Ken Bouquillon (M)	1-3, 7-18
	84	David Adorno	1-18
	88	Hugh Esterson	10-12
		Dexter Czuba	7-9
Dietz Racing	18	Robert Dietz	4-6, 10-12	Van Diemen	Honda
	22	James Dietz (M)	4-6, 10-12
Drivers Services	2	Mike Scanlan (M)	1-15, 19-21	Spectrum	Honda
	18	Gary Gecelter (M)	7-9, 16-18	Spectrum
	21	Dave Petzko (M)	All	Spectrum
	22	Wes Allen	7-9	Swift
Steele Carreras	7	Timothy Steele	1-9, 13-15, 19-21	Van Diemen	Honda
	75		10-12
Lee Racing	0	Jonathan Lee	1-3	Swift	Honda
	00		4-6
	00	James Morgan (M)	1-3
Tovo Motorsports	031	Jackson Tovo	19-21	Mygale
	13	Ethan Tovo	19-21
Borland Racing Developements	2	Mike Scanlan (M)	16-18	Spectrum
	23	Eddie Beswick	13-18
Auriana Racing	3	Joe Colasacco (M)	1-12, 16-18	Van Diemen	Ford / Honda
	4	Michael Siracusano	16-18
Dole Racing	4	John Dole	19-21	Mygale
Kelly Moss Inc.	8	Theodore Burns	1-6, 10-15, 19-21	Piper
Aero Metals	9	Robert Stowell (M)	10-15, 19-21	Spectrum
PT&T Motorsports	12	Bob Reid (M)	1-18	Citation
			19-21	Spectrum
IronRock Motorsports	09	Camryn Reed	13-15	Piper
	14	Cooper Shipman	1-3, 7-9, 19-21
Steve Roux Racing	16	Steve Roux (M)	7-9	Wyvern
Wyvern	16	Steve Roux (M)	1-3, 16-21	Wyvern
Sullivan Racing	19	Jack Sullivan	1-18	Piper	Honda
	22	Kenneth Suied	16-18
AntiSpeed	26	Charles Anti	1-3, 10-12	Van Diemen	Honda
Practical Precision Engineering	30	Will Velkoff	7-12, 16-21	Van Diemen
MAJ Performance	31	Scott Rubenzer (M)	1-6, 10-15, 19-21	Spectrum	Honda
Red Arrow Racing	32	Trevor Russell	13-21	Ray FF	Honda
Home Tech Consultants	41	Robert Albani (M)	1-3, 7-12	Mygale
Cordova Racing	42	Joe Parsons	16-21	Spectrum
CT Motorsports	45	Karsten Defonce (R)	16-18	Piper
Kingham Racing	47	Phil Kingham (M)	4-6, 10-15, 19-21	Spectrum
Britain West Motorsports	65	Callum Baxter	1-9	Mygale	Honda
DBM Racing	72	Steve Oseth	10-12, 16-21	Citation
BPMS	73	Robert Perona (M)	1-3, 7-9	Piper
ThermaMasters	85	David Livingston Jr. (M)	1-6, 10-15	Spectrum	Honda
Brumbaugh Racing	86	Kevin Brumbaugh (M)	1-3	Van Diemen
Lavender Competition	96	Brandon Lavender	13-15	Van Diemen
Bulzacchelli Racing	98	Michael Bulzacchelli	1-9	Piper	Honda
Chillout Motorsports	99	Porter Aiken	1-15	Piper	Honda
Aiken Racing	99	Porter Aiken	16-21	Piper	Honda
Tatman Motorsports	122	Hunter Tatman	13-15	Van Diemen
References: [1]

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Track	Location
1	March 23–26	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia
2
3
4	April 28–30	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7	May 26–29	Lime Rock Park	Salisbury, Connecticut
8
9
10	June 8–11	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13	July 6–9	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin
14
15
16	July 28–30	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey
17
18
19	August 18–20	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia
20
21
References: [2]

Results & performance summaries

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	March 24	Ely Navarro	Jonathan Lee	Porter Aiken
2			March 25		Joe Colasacco	Robert Perona
3			March 26		Robert Perona	Porter Aiken
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	April 28	Ayrton Houk	Jack Sullivan	Jack Sullivan
5			April 29		Ayrton Houk	Ely Navarro
6			April 30		Jack Sullivan	Jack Sullivan
7	Lime Rock Park	Salisbury, Connecticut	May 27	Ely Navarro	Porter Aiken	Jack Sullivan
8			May 28		Ely Navarro	Ayrton Houk
9			May 29		Jack Sullivan	Porter Aiken
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	June 9	Porter Aiken	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Ayrton Houk
11			June 10		Porter Aiken	Porter Aiken
12			June 11		Jack Sullivan	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo
13	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin	July 7	Jack Sullivan	Theodore Burns	Porter Aiken
14			July 8		Porter Aiken	Eddie Beswick
15			July 9		Timothy Steele	Jack Sullivan
16	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	July 28	Ayrton Houk	Porter Aiken	Jack Sullivan
17			July 29		Jason Pribyl	Porter Aiken
18			July 30		Ayrton Houk	Eddie Beswick
19	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 18	Porter Aiken	Porter Aiken	Theodore Burns
20			August 19		Porter Aiken	Porter Aiken
21			August 20		Scott Rubenzer	Ayrton Houk
References: [3]

Driver Standings

Pos Driver RAT MOH LRP PITT RA NJMP SP Pts Drop Points 1 Porter Aiken 1 3 1 2 4 2 2 21 1 2 1 3 1 4 5 2 1 6 2 1 DNS 827 793 2 Ayrton Houk 3 3 3 5 1 3 1 2 2 3 5 3 3 3 2 4 10 1 699 699 3 Jack Sullivan 9 4 5 1 2 1 1 DNS 8 3 22 9 8 3 1 1 4 3 608 608 4 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo 2 7 19 7 6 8 9 11 5 4 3 1 4 2 4 4 5 5 3 20 3 629 597 5 Theodore Burns 8 9 9 6 23 5 8 8 8 5 6 2 1 23 2 408 408 6 Joe Colasacco (M) 12 11 4 10 12 12 6 7 2 11 9 7 7 9 7 371 371 7 Ely Navarro 27 2 3 4 1 4 3 22 4 7 4 5 353 353 8 Timothy Steele 13 10 7 8 24 25 7 24 DNS 5 5 4 17 11 7 10 3 18 338 338 9 Scott Rubenzer (M) 16 12 31 12 15 11 21 10 11 7 7 6 6 2 4 310 310 10 Ken Bouquillon (M) 18 16 24 13 4 11 10 7 6 6 9 9 8 8 20 291 291 11 David Adorno 10 13 13 20 11 14 23 23 22 9 6 10 24 18 13 10 12 9 255 255 12 Callum Baxter 4 6 2 5 26 7 8 5 12 237 237 13 Dillon Defonce 7 8 8 11 7 6 12 3 14 219 219 14 Eddie Beswick 9 1 11 6 2 1 213 213 15 Christopher Kierce 28 18 17 14 8 13 17 17 21 12 10 10 12 25 6 200 200 16 Mike Scanlan (M) 23 22 25 22 19 20 20 15 20 15 16 15 13 15 17 11 18 12 23 12 10 200 193 17 Robert Perona (M) 3 1 6 16 6 6 186 186 18 Will Velkoff 17 14 21 DNS 13 12 12 13 10 11 7 7 185 185 19 Bob Reid (M) 20 19 27 18 14 17 18 16 16 22 19 19 19 17 24 15 16 15 14 15 9 169 180 20 Karsten Defonce 11 23 16 25 9 15 11 8 13 13 10 18 170 170 21 Jonathan Lee 5 5 10 9 5 10 160 160 22 Charles Anti 17 14 12 12 12 13 7 4 16 159 159 23 Jason Pribyl 2 8 8 20 6 4 148 157 24 Dave Petzko (M) 25 24 28 23 21 23 22 19 18 18 18 24 20 20 23 17 15 14 15 13 11 145 141 25 Michael Bulzacchelli 30 DNF 14 17 10 9 14 13 23 25 6 21 122 131 26 David Livingston Jr. (M) 14 15 18 13 17 16 14 11 14 23 DNS 12 129 129 27 Cooper Shipman 22 27 22 25 10 9 8 5 12 127 127 28 Misha Goikhberg 6 31 11 4 2 DNS 125 125 29 Steve Oseth 23 14 17 9 14 11 13 16 22 107 107 30 BJ Shaw 15 21 15 24 13 26 11 13 16 74 87 31 Trevor Russell 10 24 DNS 21 11 19 5 17 20 71 86 32 Connor Willis 5 7 8 83 83 33 Robert Albani (M) 21 20 23 15 12 10 13 24 DNS 79 79 34 Austin Holtgraewe 29 29 26 26 20 24 20 23 23 22 22 20 20 19 8 76 76 35 Phil Kingham (M) 19 16 18 24 25 18 15 19 15 22 24 23 73 73 36 Steve Roux (M) DNS 28 30 24 18 19 18 17 16 19 18 14 73 73 37 Ethan Tovo 9 11 5 73 73 38 Dexter Czuba 10 9 7 71 71 39 Gary Gecelter (M) 19 17 15 14 19 13 62 62 40 Sam Lockwood (M) 24 26 21 21 18 19 18 21 19 48 48 41 Robert Dietz 16 25 22 16 15 16 46 46 42 Jackson Tovo 17 9 15 43 43 43 Joe Parsons 16 20 17 18 22 17 41 41 44 Camryn Reed 14 14 14 39 39 45 John Dole 16 14 13 38 38 46 James Dietz (M) 15 22 21 19 21 22 36 36 47 Gordon Scully 24 8 19 34 34 48 Hugh Esterson 6 26 25 31 31 49 Robert Stowell (M) 25 20 20 DNS DNS 21 21 21 24 29 29 50 Brandon Lavender 16 16 18 28 28 51 Steve Jenks (M) 19 17 20 22 22 52 Wes Allen 21 20 17 20 20 53 Hunter Tatman 25 12 25 19 19 54 John Kierce 21 23 22 12 12 55 Michael Siracusano 19 DNS DNS 7 7 56 James Morgan (M) 26 25 29 3 3 57 Kevin Brumbaugh (M) 31 30 DNS 2 2 Drivers ineligible for points Kenneth Suied DNS Wth Wth References: FRP Official Points Standings & Results Archive F1600

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd-place finish Bronze 3rd-place finish Green Top 5 finish Light Blue Top 10 finish Dark Blue Other flagged position Purple Did not finish (DNF) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did Not Start (DNS) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (3 points) Italics Fastest lap of the race (2 points)

See also

• 2023 F2000 Championship Series

References

1. "F1600 Results". www.racefrp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
2. "Schedule". www.racefrp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
3. "2023 Season Points Standings Lime Rock Park - Pos 1-25" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. 2023. Retrieved 2025-08-01.