The 2023 Formula Pro USA Western Series was the fourth season of the championship for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars established in the West Coast of the United States. The championship was promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions, and ran under the same sporting regulations as the FIA-sanctioned Formula Regional Americas Championship and Formula 4 United States Championship.
All drivers competed with Honda-powered Ligier JS-F3 cars on Avon tires. [1]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Valley Kitchens | 2 | ![]() | All |
Kiwi Motorsports | 02 | ![]() | 11–12 |
20 | ![]() | 9–10 | |
World Speed Motorsports | 3 | ![]() | 3–6, 11–12 |
37 | ![]() | 1–6, 9–12 |
All drivers competed with Honda-powered Ligier JS-F4 cars on Avon tires. [1]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
World Motorsports | 00 | ![]() | 1–6, 11–12 |
17 | ![]() | 5–8, 11–12 | |
Jensen Motorsports | 1 | ![]() | 11–12 |
Kiwi Motorsports | 02 | ![]() | 7–10 |
Doran Motorsports Group | 24 | ![]() | 7–8 |
![]() | 11–12 | ||
33 | ![]() | All | |
Atlantic Racing Team | 177 | ![]() | 1–6 |
The 2023 calendar was planned to be held over twelve races spanning across six weekends. [8] Compared to 2022, Buttonwillow Raceway Park joined the schedule, replacing one of the three rounds at Thunderhill Raceway Park. The weekend at Laguna Seca was cancelled mid-weekend due to issues with the newly-resurfaced track, meaning only ten races were held. [9]
Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations |
---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | April 15 | Formula Car Challenge San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
R2 | April 16 | |||
R3 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | April 29 | Formula Car Challenge California Sports Car Club | |
R4 | April 30 | |||
R5 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | June 3 | Formula Car Challenge San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
R6 | June 4 | |||
R7 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | July 1 | Formula Car Challenge San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
R8 | July 2 | |||
R9 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | September 2 | Formula Car Challenge San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
R10 | September 3 | |||
R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | October 14 | California Sports Car Club | |
R12 | October 15 |
Rnd. | Circuit | FPUSA-3 | FPUSA-4 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | ||
R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group |
R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group | |
R3 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group |
R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group | |
R5 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group |
R6 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Atlantic Racing Team | |
R7 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | race weekend cancelled due to damage to surface | |||||||
R8 | |||||||||
R9 | Sonoma Raceway | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | World Speed Motorsports | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsports |
R10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsports | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Kiwi Motorsports | |
R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | World Speed Motorsports | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | World Motorsports |
R12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | World Motorsports |
Points were awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pos | Driver | THU1 | BUT1 | THU2 | LAG | SON | BUT2 | Pts | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | |||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | C | DNS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 215 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 199 | ||
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 96 | ||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 4 | DNS | 12 | ||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Pts |
THU1 | BUT1 | THU2 | LAG | SON | BUT2 |
Pos | Driver | THU1 | BUT1 | THU2 | LAG | SON | BUT2 | Pts | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | |||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | C | C | 2 | DNS | 2 | 2 | 207 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 123 | ||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 109 | ||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | C | C | 1 | 1 | 82 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | C | C | 1 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 5 | DSQ | 10 | ||||||||||
— | ![]() | C | C | — | ||||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Pts |
THU1 | BUT1 | THU2 | LAG | SON | BUT2 |
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