2024 F1600 Championship Series

2024 F1600 season
Season
Races	21
Start date	March 21
End date	August 18
Awards
Drivers' champion	Mateo Naranjo
Manufacturers' Cup	Mygale
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Sebastian Mateo Naranjo won the 2024 championship driving for Team Pelfrey.

The 2024 F1600 Championship Series season was the thirteenth season of the F1600 Championship Series.

Last year's winner was Porter Aiken from Chillout Motorsports.

The national F1600 Championship Series doesn't have the second 'F' because it uses Honda engines instead of Ford engines. In 2024, the series took place over seven rounds. Naranjo from Team Pelfrey won the championship in one of the latest cars on the track, even though it is already ten years old. Timothy Steele came in second place. Naranjo didn't lose any races in the season opener at Road Atlanta and the three races in Pittsburgh. In contrast, Steele managed to win only once during the 19-race season at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Thomas Schrage, who finished on the podium in USF2000, won all three races at Mid-Ohio. After that, Cooper Shipman, a second-year driver from Iron Rock Motorsports, won a race. Then, Naranjo celebrated two victories at Lime Rock. He increased his total wins to eight by winning once at Road America and once at NJMP. The other two races at Road America were won by USF2000 driver Ayrton Houk.

Jack Sullivan, a fellow scholar from Team USA in 2023, won the first race of the Summit Point finale, while Shipman took first place in the second race. ^[1]

Drivers and teams

Pro Division Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine Rice Race Prep 01 Michael Dowden [2] R 1–15 Mygale Honda 02 Ayush Pasricha R 1–3 Thomas Schrage [3] 4–6 Scott Oliver R 10–12 Ayrton Houk [4] 13–15 03 Simon Sikes 1–3 Rehm Racing 03 Greg Peluso M 10–12, 19–21 Van Diemen 08 1–3 12 Bob Reid [5] M All Spectrum CT Motorsports 41 Karsten Defonce [5] 1–21 Ray FF Honda [6] 45 Dillion Defonce [5] 1–12 Jack Sullivan [7] 19–21 Lee Racing 0 Jonathan Lee [5] 1–3 Swift Honda 1 4–6 Ford Raceworks 11 Christopher Kierce [5] 1–3, 10–12 Spectrum Honda 48 John Kierce 10–12 Piper K-Hill Motorsports 031 Jackson Tovo [8] All Mygale 13 Ethan Tovo [8] [5] 16–18 Spectrum 1–15, 19–21 Mygale 76 Ava Hanssen [9] [10] [5] R All Mygale Honda 113 Joseph Tovo GM 13–15 Spectrum Dole Racing 4 John P Dole [11] R 16–18 Mygale 8 John Dole [11] GM 16–18 Ray FF Team Pelfrey 7 Timothy Steele [12] [5] 1–3 Van Diemen Honda 80 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo [13] [5] All Mygale Honda Partstop 2 Mike Scanlan [14] M 4–12, 16–18 Spectrum Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco [5] M 1–9, 16–18 Van Diemen TTO Motorsports 5 John Thompson [14] RM 1–3, 7–9 Piper Steele Carreras 7 Timothy Steele [5] 4–21 Van Diemen Honda Aero Metals 9 Robert Stowell M 4–9, 13–21 Spectrum Steel Services 11 Tom Schwietz GM 16–21 Piper 18 Gary Gecelter [14] M 7–9 Spectrum Drivers Services 10–12, 16–18 Spectrum Shady Hill Clayworks 21 Dave Petzko M 1–9, 13–15, 19–21 Spectrum Cahan Racing Team [15] 22 Ayrton Cahan R All Van Diemen Honda AntiSpeed 26 Charles Anti 10–12 Van Diemen Honda Practical Precision Engineering 30 Will Velkoff 7–12, 16–21 Van Diemen AJMoto 31 Scott Rubenzer [5] M 1–6, 10–15, 19–21 Spectrum Honda Red Arrow Racing 32 Trevor Russell [5] 4–6, 13–15 Ray FF Honda Cordova Racing 42 Joe Parsons M 19–21 Spectrum Kingham Racing 47 Phil Kingham [5] M 1–6, 10–15, 19–21 Spectrum Bob Gross Racing 62 Robert Gross M 4–6 Piper IronRock Motorsports 14 Cooper Shipman [3] 4–12, 16–21 Piper 70 1–3 DBM Racing 72 Steve Oseth [11] M 16–21 Citation RaceDog 75 Jay Messenger [4] M 13–15 Van Diemen Honda Kelly Moss Inc. 81 Theodore Burns [4] 13–15 Piper ThermaMasters 85 David Livingston Jr. [5] M 1–6, 10–15 Spectrum Honda Bulzacchelli Racing 98 Michael Bulzacchelli 10–12 Piper Honda FRP F1600 Championship Series 2024 [16]

Icon Class M Masters R Rookie G Guest

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Track	Location
1	March 21–24	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia
2
3
4	April 26–28	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7	May 24–27	Lime Rock Park	Salisbury, Connecticut
8
9
10	June 7–9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania
11
12
13	June 28–30	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin
14
15
16	July 26–28	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey
17
18
19	August 16–18	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia
20
21
References: Formula Race Promotions Confirms 2024 Dates and Locations [17] [18]

Results and performance summaries

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Masters class winner	Supporting
1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	March 23	Trevor Russell	Race cancelled [a]			F2000 Championship Series North American F1000 Championship Atlantic Championship International GT SVRA Sprint Series Trans-Am Series Prototype Sprint Series Association Ginetta Challenge Race Series
2			March 23		Joe Colasacco	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Scott Rubenzer
3			March 24		Simon Sikes	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	David Livingston Jr.
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	April 27	Cooper Shipman	Thomas Schrage	Thomas Schrage	Joe Colasacco	F2000 Championship Series North American F1000 Championship Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series
5			April 28		Thomas Schrage	Thomas Schrage	Joe Colasacco
6			April 28		Thomas Schrage	Thomas Schrage	Joe Colasacco
7	Lime Rock Park	Salisbury, Connecticut	May 25	Jackson Tovo	Ethan Tovo	Cooper Shipman	Joe Colasacco	F2000 Championship Series SVRA Sprint Series International GT Trans-Am Series Ginetta Challenge Race Series
8			May 27		Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Joe Colasacco
9			May 27		Jackson Tovo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Joe Colasacco
10	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	June 8	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Scott Rubenzer	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series International GT Trans-Am Series
11			June 9		Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Scott Rubenzer
12			June 9		Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Scott Rubenzer
13	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin	June 29	Trevor Russell	Karsten Defonce	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Scott Rubenzer	F2000 Championship Series North American F1000 Championship Atlantic Championship Trans-Am Series International GT Prototype Sprint Series Association SVRA Sprint Series
14			June 30		Ethan Tovo	Ayrton Houk	Scott Rubenzer
15			June 30		Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Ayrton Houk	David Livingston Jr.
16	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	July 27	Karsten Defonce	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Joe Colasacco	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship Formula Regional Americas Championship Ligier JS F4 Series Formula 4 United States Championship SVRA Sprint Series
17			July 28		Sebastian Mateo Naranjo	Timothy Steele	Joe Colasacco
18			July 28		Karsten Defonce	Karsten Defonce	Joe Colasacco
19	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 17	Jack Sullivan	Karsten Defonce	Jack Sullivan	Scott Rubenzer	F2000 Championship Series North American F1000 Championship Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series
20			August 18		Jack Sullivan	Cooper Shipman	Bob Reid
21			August 18		Race cancelled [b]
References: [19]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top twentyfive classified drivers, and the top drivers who enables to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with the corrispective bonus points +3 and +2 points.

The Season Championship will recognize only driver's best 18 of 21 race results including all bonus points earned. ^[20]

Points are awarded using the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th+	DNF
Points	50	42	37	34	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Guest drivers are ineligible to score points.

If a guest driver finishes in first position, the second-placed finisher will receive 50 points. The same goes for every other points scoring position. SoThus, if three guest drivers end up placedplace fourth, fifth and sixth, the seventh-placed finisher will receive thirtyfourth34 points and so forth -– until the twentyeighthtwenty-eighth-placed finisher receives the final point.

Driver standings

Pos Driver RAT [a] MOH LRP PITT RA NJMP SP [b] Pts Drop Points 1 Sebastian Mateo Naranjo C 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 [c] 8 1 3 2 [d] 10 6 C 770 721 2 Timothy Steele C 3 5 4 18 5 11 3 2 2 DNF DNS 7 3 [e] 5 2 1 3 4 2 C 567 558 3 Karsten Defonce C 10 11 5 4 2 5 5 17 3 2 3 9 6 17 4 2 1 2 9 C 595 558 4 Ethan Tovo C 8 7 10 6 4 10 2 6 5 4 5 18 4 6 5 5 10 6 18 C 509 496 5 Cooper Shipman C 18 17 2 17 22 1 6 4 7 6 2 3 4 4 3 1 C 478 478 6 Jackson Tovo C 12 12 6 9 13 4 4 3 6 5 6 8 9 9 6 7 8 5 16 C 493 451 7 Ava Hanssen C 11 8 13 14 14 6 7 8 16 20 7 11 8 10 7 6 7 8 4 C 416 387 8 Ayrton Cahan C 15 14 15 10 9 7 10 7 23 9 8 12 7 7 DNF 9 6 7 17 C 365 352 9 Dillion Defonce C 4 9 11 5 6 3 8 5 4 3 4 334 334 10 Scott Rubenzer C 5 4 16 11 11 8 8 10 3 5 4 9 8 C 334 334 11 Joe Colasacco C 7 6 8 3 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 279 279 12 Bob Reid C 14 15 17 15 15 17 12 12 13 15 14 14 11 13 16 12 12 11 5 C 279 250 13 David Livingston Jr. C 6 3 9 12 8 10 22 16 4 16 3 247 247 14 Will Velkoff 9 14 9 9 11 11 10 11 9 12 7 C 227 227 15 Phil Kingham C 13 16 12 13 12 11 13 13 13 10 11 14 12 C 208 208 16 Thomas Schrage 1 1 1 156 156 17 Mike Scanlan 18 19 16 12 15 11 14 14 19 12 15 15 148 148 18 Michael Dowden C 20 20 19 16 17 15 11 15 19 18 15 17 14 12 144 144 19 Ayrton Houk 2 1 1 142 142 20 Jonathan Lee C 2 10 7 8 10 136 136 21 Robert Stowell 20 22 18 16 DNS Wth 10 12 16 15 DNF 16 16 11 C 131 131 22 Dave Petzko C 17 19 21 20 19 14 17 16 16 17 14 18 14 C 120 120 23 Theodore Burns 5 2 2 115 115 24 Gary Gecelter 13 16 14 20 16 22 14 16 17 94 94 25 Jack Sullivan 1 3 C 92 92 26 Christopher Kierce C 9 13 12 12 12 89 89 27 Steve Oseth 11 14 13 13 10 C 85 85 28 John P Dole 8 8 5 81 81 29 Trevor Russell C Wth Wth 14 7 21 6 DNF DNS 81 81 30 Greg Peluso C 19 22 15 17 20 17 13 C 62 62 31 John Thompson C 16 18 18 13 13 56 56 32 Michael Bulzacchelli 17 10 9 53 53 33 Simon Sikes C 22 2 48 48 34 Jay Messenger 15 13 15 37 37 35 Charles Anti 22 7 21 36 36 36 Scott Oliver 18 21 17 22 22 37 John Kierce 21 19 18 20 20 38 Joe Parsons 19 15 C 19 19 39 Robert Gross 22 21 20 15 15 40 Ayush Pasricha C 21 21 10 10 Drivers ineligible for points John Dole 13 13 14 Joseph Tovo 19 Wth Wth Tom Schwietz 17 DNF 18 15 19 C Pos Driver RAT [a] MOH LRP PITT RA NJMP SP [b] Pts Drop Points References: FRP Official Points Standings [21] & Championship Series Central [22] [f] & Race Monitor [23]

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) Master of the Year Masters

Incident reports

Road America 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report ^{[24] [e] [c]}
NJMP 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report ^{[25] [d]}

Live streaming on YouTube

Race 3 of Road Atlanta: Mission Foods Road Atlanta SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage ^[26]
Race 1 of Road America: Road America SpeedTour - Saturday Coverage ^[27]
Race 2 of Road America: Road America SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage ^[28]

See also

• 2024 F2000 Championship Series

Notes

1. Road Atlanta Race 1 - Cancelled, No Points
2. Summit Point Race 3 - Cancelled, No Points
3. Findings: #80 Found in violation of: 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT & 1.6.17.4: RACING ROOM. Loss of 10 racing points
4. Findings: #80 found in violation of: 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 10 racing points and purse.
5. Findings: #7 Found in violation of: 1.6.17.5: SAFE PASS & 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 15 racing points and purse.
6. New Jersey Motorsports Park Race 3 is not listed in this source

References

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4. "Byrd and Minor Double Up on Wins while Ayrton Houk Scores Three Podiums in F1600 Full Race Replays Included". July 2, 2024.
5. "New Teams and New Winners in the Opening Formula Race Promotions Event of 2024". Formula Race Promotions. March 27, 2024.
6. "Karsten Defonce earns the F1600 Pole Position while Joe Colasacco goes quickest in F1600 Masters". July 27, 2024.
7. "Champions Crowned at 2024 Formula Race Promotions Finale". Formula Race Promotions. August 21, 2024.
8. "Tovo Twins Add to 2024 Schedule with Formula Race Promotion". Formula Race Promotions. February 5, 2024.
9. "2024 FRP F1600 Championship Driver Ava Hanssen". December 13, 2023.
10. "K-Hill Motorsports Announces Ava Hanssen as Their Latest Driver in the 2024 F1600 Championship Season". Formula Race Promotions. January 18, 2024.
11. "Championship Battles Take Shape at New Jersey Motorsports Park with One More FRP Event Left". Formula Race Promotions. July 31, 2024.
12. "Mateo Naranjo and NEW teammate Timothy Steele will start Race One nose to tail in 2nd and 4th". Facebook . March 23, 2024.
13. "2023 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour". October 20, 2023.
14. "Sebastian Mateo Naranjo, Joe Colasacco, and Gabriel Cahan Win Big at Lime Rock Park". Formula Race Promotions. May 30, 2024.
15. "Cahan Racing Team Joins Formula Race Promotions Program in 2024". Formula Race Promotions. January 8, 2024.
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18. "2024 F1600 Championship Series". racingcalendar.net.
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20. "2024 Points & Purse Distribution Table" (PDF). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
21. "Standings". Formula Race Promotions.
22. "2024 F1600 Championship Series Central". the Third Turn.
23. "Race Results". Race Monitor.
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25. "NJMP 2024 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
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27. "Road America SpeedTour - Saturday Coverage". Youtube . June 29, 2024.
28. "Road America SpeedTour - Sunday Coverage". Youtube . June 30, 2024.