The 2023 Formula Pro USA Winter Series was the third season of the winter series for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars held as counterpart to the Formula Pro USA Western Championships. As is the main series, the winter championship is promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions. The championship was run 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 Racing | 2 | ![]() | All |
Doran Motorsports Group | 12 | ![]() | All |
All drivers competed with Honda-powered Ligier JS-F4 cars on Avon tires. [1]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Doran Motorsports Group | 24 | ![]() | All |
68 | ![]() | All | |
Atlantic Racing Team | 177 | ![]() | All |
The 2023 winter series calendar consisted of two rounds with two races each. [5] Compared to 2022, Auto Club Speedway did not return to the schedule, with Thunderhill Raceway Park replacing it.
Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | |
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1 | R1 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | February 25 | Formula Car Challenge San Francisco Region SCCA Series |
R2 | February 26 | |||
2 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | March 4 | SVRA Sprint Series Trans-Am Series Pacific F2000 Championship Ultimate Street Car Association |
R2 | March 5 |
Rnd. | Circuit | FPUSA-3 | FPUSA-4 | |||||||
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Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |||
1 | R1 | Sonoma Raceway | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group |
R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group | ||
2 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens Racing | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group |
R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Valley Kitchens Racing | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Doran Motorsports Group |
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 | SON | THU | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | DNS | DNS | 54 |
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
SON | THU |
Pos | Driver | SON | THU | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 68 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 66 |
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pts |
SON | THU |
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