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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 competed in three classes, Formula Mazda, Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda. [1]
No. | Driver | Car | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Formula Mazda entries | |||
7 | ![]() | 2001 Mazda Formula | 3–4, 7–8, 11–14 |
12 | ![]() | 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda | 9–10 |
20 | ![]() | Formula Mazda Star Formula Mazda | 1–2, 7–8, 13–14 |
28 | ![]() | 1993 Mazda Formula | 7–14 |
29 | ![]() | 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda | 3–6, 9–14 |
63 | ![]() | 1997 Star Formula Mazda | 3–14 |
67 | ![]() | 1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda | 7–14 |
75 | ![]() | 1998 Mazda Star Formula | 3–14 |
77 | ![]() | 1996 Formula Mazda FM | 3–4, 7–14 |
78 | ![]() | 1997 Mazda Formula | 3–4, 7–14 |
88 | ![]() | 1997 Mazda Star Formula Mazda | 5–6, 9–10 |
91 | ![]() | 1995 Mazda Formula Mazda | 7–8, 13–14 |
92 | ![]() | 1988 Mazda Formula | 13–14 |
120 | ![]() | 1994 Mazda Formula Star | 11–12 |
Formula Speed entries | |||
27 | ![]() | 2015 Formula Speed F S 2.0 | 3–4, 7–14 |
46 | ![]() | 2012 Formula Speed 2.0 | 9–14 |
51 | ![]() | 1986 Ralt RT-5 | 3–4 |
Pro Formula Mazda entries | |||
0 | ![]() | 2004 Mazda Pro Mazda | 1–2, 9–10 |
9 | ![]() | 2004 Mazda Pro Formula Mazda | 1–4, 9–12 |
10 | ![]() | Pro Formula Mazda | 9–10 |
37 | ![]() | 2019 Mazda Pro Formula | 3–4, 9–10 |
41 | ![]() | Pro Formula Mazda | 9–10 |
42 | ![]() | Star Mazda | 9–12 |
51 | ![]() | 1986 Ralt RT-5 | 13–14 |
123 | ![]() | Pro Formula Mazda | 9–10 |
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
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 | ![]() | 25 February | Formula Pro USA Winter Series San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
2 | 26 February | |||
3 | ![]() | 15 April | Formula Pro USA Western Championship San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
4 | 16 April | |||
5 | ![]() | 29 April | Formula Pro USA Western Championship California Sports Car Club | |
6 | 30 April | |||
7 | ![]() | 3 June | Formula Pro USA Western Championship San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
8 | 4 June | |||
9 | ![]() | 29 July | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Pacific F2000 Championship | |
10 | 30 July | |||
11 | ![]() | 2 September | Formula Pro USA Western Championship San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
12 | 3 September | |||
13 | ![]() | 28 October | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Pacific Northwest Spec Miata Tour | |
14 | 29 October |
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Formula Mazda winner | Formula Speed winner | Pro Formula Mazda winner |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | no entries | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | no entries | no entries |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
9 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules
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 |
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.
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 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 255 | ||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 247 | ||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | (7) | 4 | 3 | (9) | 7 | 2 | 226 | ||
4 | ![]() | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 198 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | (8) | 5 | DNS | 194 | ||
6 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | DNS | 5 | 4 | 8 | 174 | ||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 150 | ||||||
8 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 149 | ||||||
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1‡ | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 88 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 66 | ||||||||||
11 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 34 | ||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 32 | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | 11 | 9 | 28 | ||||||||||||
Formula Speed Standings | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 246 | ||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 2 | 2 | 88 | ||||||||
— | ![]() | DNS | DNS | — | ||||||||||||
Pro Formula Mazda Standings | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 250 | ||||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 81 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | DNS | 2 | 3 | 60 | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 42 | ||||||||||||
=5 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 33 | ||||||||||||
=5 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 33 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 2 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 21 | ||||||||||
— | ![]() | 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
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