The 2024 Formula Pro USA Western Series is the fifth season of the championship for Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars established in the West Coast of the United States. The championship is promoted and organized by Exclusive Racing and Exclusive Auctions, and will run under the same sporting regulations as the FIA-sanctioned Formula Regional Americas Championship and Formula 4 United States Championship.
It began in March, with the championship spanning six weekends until November.
Drivers are able to enter either the FPUSA-3 or the FPUSA-4 class, with the former using a Ligier JS F3 car and the latter a Ligier JS-F4 car. All cars are powered by Honda and use Avon tires. [1]
New for 2024 is the addition of the Formula Pro Women's Racing Series, a female-only class running alongside the main championship, also using the Ligier JS-F4. [2]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries | |||
Atlantic Racing Team | 8 | ![]() | 1 |
World Speed Motorsports | 13 | ![]() | 1–2, 4 |
37 | ![]() | 1–4 | |
Kiwi Motorsports | 02 | ![]() | 2 |
30 | ![]() | 1–4 | |
55 | ![]() | 3–4 | |
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries | |||
World Motorsports | 00 | ![]() | 2–4 |
Jensen Global Advisors | 1 | ![]() | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | |
World Speed Motorsports | 14 | ![]() | 1–4 |
Kiwi Motorsports | 74 | ![]() | 1 |
95 | ![]() | 1–2, 4 | |
Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] |
The 2024 calendar is held over twelve races spanning across six weekends. [7] The series races at the same four circuits as the previous year. A one-round winter series was scheduled to be held at the beginning of March, but it was instead converted into two days of open testing. [8]
Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations | |
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1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | March 23 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | |
R2 | March 24 | ||||
2 | R3 | April 20 | SCCA Majors Championship Formula Car Challenge | ||
R4 | April 21 | ||||
3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | June 8 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | |
R6 | June 9 | ||||
4 | R7 | July 6 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | ||
R8 | July 7 | ||||
5 | R9 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | August 30 – September 1 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series | |
R10 | |||||
6 | R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | November 15–17 | ||
R12 |
Round | Circuit | Pole position | FPUSA-3 | FPUSA-4 | FPUSA-WRS | ||||
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Fastest lap | Winning driver | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Fastest lap | Winning driver | ||||
1 | R1 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | no entries | |
R2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
2 | R3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
R6 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
4 | R7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
R8 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
5 | R9 | Sonoma Raceway | |||||||
R10 | |||||||||
6 | R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | |||||||
R12 |
Points are 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 |
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
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