2025 F1600 Championship Series

2025 F1600 season
Season
Races	21
Start date	March 21
End date	August 17
Awards
Drivers' champion	Ayrton Cahan
Manufacturers' Cup	Piper
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Ayrton Cahan won the 2025 championship driving for Eric Langbein Racing.

The 2025 F1600 Championship Series season was the fourteenth season of the F1600 Championship Series.

The prior year's winner was Mateo Naranjo from Team Pelfrey.

The 2025 F1600 Championship had the tightest title race to date as Ayrton Cahan narrowly surpassed his brother and teammate, Gabriel Cahan, and Wesley Gundler by only 2 points. ^[1]

David Adorno dominated the F1600 Masters class to claim the season title; his fifth-place finish in the general standings marked the highest rank for a Masters competitor in over ten years. ^{[1] [2]}

Drivers and teams

Pro Division Team/Sponsor No. Drivers Class Rounds Chassis Engine Brian Graham Racing 0 Calum Dunbar R 13–15 Piper Honda 2 10–12 4 4–6 Parker Gill [3] R 10–12 1 Michael Dowden [3] 13–15 5 10–12 Dietz Motorsports 02 James Dietz M 4–6 Van Diemen 18 Robert Dietz 4–6 Honda Rehm Racing 03 Greg Peluso [3] M 1–3, 18–20 Van Diemen 9 7–9 Spectrum 83 10–12 Van Diemen 9 Robert Stowell [1] M 13–15, 18–20 Spectrum 12 Bob Reid [4] M All 75 Brian Farnham R 7–9 Citation Eric Langbein Racing 3 Ayrton Cahan [5] [4] 10–12 Van Diemen 22 1–9, 13–20 Piper 5 John Thompson [6] M 4–9, 13–20 11 Gabriel Cahan [5] [4] R All K-Hill Motorsports 4 Taisei Murakami R 16–17 Mygale 23 Harbir Dass [6] R 4–6 46 Wesley Gundler [7] [8] [4] R All 98 Juan Pablo Garcia R 1–9 414 Abigail Froehlich [9] [10] R 1–9, 16–20 John Dole Racing 8 John Dole [11] GM 13–15 Ray FF 91 John P Dole 1–6, 13–15 Mygale Raceworks 10 John Kierce [4] 1–3, 7–9, 13–15, 18–20 Van Diemen 111 Christopher Kierce [4] 1–3, 7–9, 13–15, 18–20 Spectrum Wright Racing 10 James Hankin GM 4–6 Ray FF 94 Robert Wright GM 7–9 Drivers Services 18 Gary Gecelter [4] M 1–3, 7–15 Spectrum 21 Dave Petzko M 7–9, 13–20 CT Motorsports 41 Karsten Defonce [4] 1–9 Piper 45 Dillion Defonce [4] 1–9 Bob Perona Motorsport 73 Roman McCurdy R 1–3 Piper 113 Robert Perona [3] M 10–12 Mygale DBM Racing 1 Steve Oseth [4] GM 1–3 Citation Steel Services 72 18–20 Piper Tom Schwietz GM 4–9 Partstop Spectrum [12] 2 Mike Scanlan [11] M 1–9, 13–20 Spectrum Auriana Racing 3 Joe Colasacco [4] M 1–6, 13–18 Van Diemen Jah autosports 6 Jack Haydu R 4–10 Van Diemen 94 11-12 Ray FF Steele Carreras 7 Timothy Steele [11] 13–15 Van Diemen Citation Engineering 8 Miles Crabbe R 1–3, 7–9 Citation Iron Rock Motorsports 15 Chace Supplee [13] R 1–12, 16–20 Piper New Method Motorsport 17 Cooper Travis [13] R All Spectrum Flex-Ten Motorsports 24 Chris Horan [13] 4–9 Van Diemen Honda AntiSpeed 26 Charles Anti 7–9 Van Diemen Practical Precision Engineering 30 Will Velkoff 7–9, 13–20 Van Diemen Morgan's Collision Center 31 Scott Rubenzer [4] M 1–12, 18–20 Spectrum DMVSTOP RACING 33 David Adorno [4] M All Mygale Home Tech Consultants 41 Robert Albani [14] M 16–17 Mygale Cordova Racing 42 Joe Parsons M 13–20 Spectrum Kingham Racing 47 Phil Kingham [4] M 1–15 Spectrum Bob Gross Racing / Averill Racing Stuff 62 Robert Gross [3] M 4–6, 10–15 Piper ThermaMasters 85 David Livingston Jr. [4] M 1–15 Spectrum FRP F1600 Championship Series 2025 [15]

Icon Class M Masters R Rookie G Guest

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Track	Location
1	March 21–23	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia
2
3
4	April 25–27	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
5
6
7	May 30 – June 1	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania
8
9
10	June 27–29	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin
11
12
13	July 11–13	Watkins Glen International	Dix, New York
14
15
16	August 1–3	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey
17
18	August 15–17	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia
19
20
References: Formula Race Promotions Announces 2025 Schedule [16] [17]

Results and performance summaries

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Masters class winner	Supporting
1	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	March 22	Karsten Defonce	Ayrton Cahan	Ayrton Cahan	Joe Colasacco	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series Trans-Am Series International GT Prototype Sprint Series Association Ginetta Challenge Race Series
2			March 22		Roman McCurdy	Karsten Defonce	David Livingston Jr.
3			March 23		Dillion Defonce	Dillion Defonce	David Livingston Jr.
4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	April 26	Dillion Defonce	Dillion Defonce	Ayrton Cahan	Scott Rubenzer	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship Formula Vee Challenge Cup Series Formula Ford Challenge Series FE2 Challenge
5			April 27		Ayrton Cahan	Ayrton Cahan	Joe Colasacco
6			April 27		Karsten Defonce	Gabriel Cahan	John Thompson
7	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	May 31	Gabriel Cahan	Wesley Gundler	Gabriel Cahan	John Thompson	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series Formula Vee Challenge Cup Series Optima Challenge
8			June 1		Cooper Travis	Wesley Gundler	David Adorno
9			June 1		Chris Horan	Chris Horan	David Adorno
10	Road America	Plymouth, Wisconsin	June 28	Wesley Gundler	Phil Kingham	Gabriel Cahan	Robert Perona	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship Ultimate Street Car Association Trans-Am Series Prototype Sprint Series Association
11			June 29		Parker Gill	Wesley Gundler	David Adorno
12			June 29		Cooper Travis	Gabriel Cahan	Robert Perona
13	Watkins Glen International	Dix, New York	July 12	Wesley Gundler	Timothy Steele	Ayrton Cahan	Joe Colasacco	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series Trans-Am Series Skip Barber Formula Race Series Ginetta Challenge Race Series
14			July 13		Ayrton Cahan	Gabriel Cahan	David Adorno
15			July 13		Ayrton Cahan	Timothy Steele	David Adorno
16	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	August 2	Ayrton Cahan	Ayrton Cahan	Gabriel Cahan	Joe Colasacco	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship Formula Regional Americas Championship Ligier Junior Formula Championship Formula 4 United States Championship SVRA Sprint Series
17			August 3		Wesley Gundler	Gabriel Cahan	Joe Colasacco
18	Summit Point Motorsports Park	Summit Point, West Virginia	August 16	Ayrton Cahan	Ayrton Cahan	Wesley Gundler	John Thompson	F2000 Championship Series Atlantic Championship SVRA Sprint Series Formula Vee Challenge Cup Series
19			August 17		Cooper Travis	Wesley Gundler	David Adorno
20			August 17		Wesley Gundler	Wesley Gundler	David Adorno
References: [18]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top twenty-five classified drivers, and the top drivers who are able to achieve the Pole Position or the Fastest Lap during the qualify session are awarded with corresponding +3 and +2 bonus points.

The Season Championship will recognize only each driver's best 18 of 21 race results including all bonus points earned. ^[19]

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. Thus, if three guest drivers place fourth, fifth and sixth, the seventh-placed finisher will receive 34 points and so forth – until the twenty-eighth-placed finisher receives the final point.

Driver standings

Pos Driver RAT MOH PITT RA WGI NJMP SP Pts Drop Points 1 Ayrton Cahan 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 7 3 2 12 1 4 17 3 3 [a] 2 3 3 764 709 2 Gabriel Cahan 3 3 5 3 2 1 [b] 1 4 3 1 4 1 4 1 18 1 1 4 4 4 781 708 3 Wesley Gundler 8 10 10 4 5 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 [c] 7 1 1 1 774 707 4 Chace Supple 9 22 20 [d] 9 7 13 4 5 4 6 8 8 4 2 3 2 2 464 468 5 David Adorno 10 9 17 16 9 DNF 7 7 5 8 6 4 10 7 3 10 6 7 6 6 480 460 6 Cooper Travis DNF 15 7 13 17 22 5 2 DNF 7 5 10 6 3 7 14 5 5 5 5 458 452 7 Joe Colasacco 4 6 9 8 8 5 7 9 4 5 4 316 316 8 David Livingston Jr. 7 5 4 11 15 7 8 17 10 DNS 13 6 14 12 8 303 303 9 John Thompson 10 10 4 6 11 15 23 14 11 6 9 6 8 9 300 300 10 Bob Reid 16 16 12 17 16 11 13 12 12 9 12 11 16 16 13 7 10 17 10 11 317 289 11 Phil Kingham 11 23 [e] Wth 15 DNF 10 10 8 6 13 7 5 8 8 6 270 281 12 Scott Rubenzer 13 7 DNF 7 12 24 11 9 9 DNF 11 15 8 9 7 262 262 13 Will Velkoff 12 10 11 15 15 10 9 8 9 7 8 223 223 14 Karsten Defonce 5 1 2 2 3 20 DNS DNS DNS 213 213 15 Dillion Defonce 2 4 1 5 4 21 DNS DNS DNS 203 203 16 Christopher Kierce 15 13 13 14 19 14 11 10 20 10 18 10 174 174 17 Mike Scanlan 18 17 DNF 21 19 15 18 20 19 18 [f] 18 15 11 11 15 14 14 158 160 18 John Kierce 21 19 14 21 18 20 12 11 12 12 11 12 153 153 19 Chris Horan 12 6 6 25 13 1 144 144 20 Calum Dunbar 14 13 8 DNF 10 7 13 24 9 143 143 21 John P Dole 14 11 8 19 DNF 19 5 6 19 141 141 22 Michael Dowden 5 DNF 9 9 13 5 124 124 23 Timothy Steele 3 5 1 120 120 24 Dave Petzko 20 15 18 22 19 16 12 DNS 13 12 13 112 112 25 Juan Pablo Garcia 17 14 11 18 20 18 15 14 13 106 106 26 Robert Perona 4 9 2 99 99 27 Roman McCurdy 6 8 6 85 85 28 Abigail Froehlich 23 21 19 25 24 16 23 25 23 16 DNS 14 15 15 85 85 29 Gary Gecelter 19 24 15 16 22 DNF 10 16 Wth 19 20 DNF 83 83 30 Greg Peluso 20 20 18 19 16 17 11 15 DNF DNS DNS DNS 82 82 31 Charles Anti 9 6 8 77 77 32 Robert Stowell 17 17 14 11 13 17 74 74 33 Harbir Dass 6 11 9 71 71 34 Joe Parsons 20 23 22 15 14 16 16 16 69 69 35 Robert Gross 24 22 17 12 DNF 14 DNF 22 DNF 54 54 36 Jack Haydu 23 23 12 24 24 22 14 14 DNF Wth Wth 47 47 37 Parker Gill DNF 3 [g] 13 45 45 38 Robert Albani 8 12 42 42 39 Miles Crabbe 22 18 16 22 21 21 39 39 40 Taisei Murakami 13 13 30 30 41 James Dietz 22 21 14 23 23 42 Robert Dietz 20 14 23 22 22 43 Brian Farnham DNF 27 16 12 12 Drivers ineligible for points Steve Oseth 12 12 Wth 18 17 18 Tom Schwietz DNF 18 DNF 17 26 DNF John Dole 21 21 21 Robert Wright DNS 23 DNF James Hankin Wth 25 25 Pos Driver RAT MOH PITT RA WGI NJMP SP Pts Drop Points References: FRP Official Points Standings [20] & Championship Series Central [21] & Race Monitor [22]

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) Pink Unqualified Car (CNQ) 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 Atlanta 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report – REVISED ^{[23] [e] [d]}
• Mid-Ohio 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report ^{[24] [b]}
• PIRC 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report ^[25]
• Road America 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report ^{[26] [g]}
• WGI 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report ^{[27] [f]}
• NJ 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report Revised – 8/15/25 ^{[28] [c] [a]}

Live streaming on YouTube

Race 3 of Road Atlanta: Vintage Racing from the Mission Foods Road Atlanta SpeedTour 2025 (Sunday) ^[29]
Race 2 and 3 of Road America: LIVE: Road America SpeedTour (Sunday) ^[30]
Race 2 of Watkins Glen International: LIVE: Watkins Glen SpeedTour (Sunday) ^[31]

See also

• 2025 F2000 Championship Series

Notes

1. Contact between #22 & #46, Final Lap, Turn 12. #22 found in violation. Loss of 10 Race Points
2. 1. 11 & 41 found in violation of: 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT & 1.6.17.4: RACING ROOM. #11 - Loss of 5 Race points & purse.
3. 1. 46 found in violation of 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 10 Race Points
4. 1. 15 found in violation of: 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 10 Race points.
5. 1. 47 found in violation of: 1.6.17.5: SAFE PASS. Loss of 15 Race points.
6. 1. 2 found in violation of 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. Loss of 10 Race Points
7. 1. 4 found in violation of 1.6.17.3: AVOIDABLE CONTACT. #4 brought in for Stewards Impound. Penalized 10 Race points and purse.

References

1. "FRP Crowns Champions in Season Finale at Summit Point". Formula Race Promotions. August 19, 2025.
2. "Sunday Recap: Ayrton Cahan wins F1600 title by one point as FRP wraps up 2025 season". US Open Wheel Nation. August 17, 2025.
3. "FRP Features Multiple Close Finishes and First-Time Podium Finishers at Road America". Formula Race Promotions. July 2, 2025.
4. "Formula Race Promotions Season Opener Concludes with First Time Winners". Formula Race Promotions. March 27, 2025.
5. "Gabriel Cahan and Ayrton Cahan Lock in Race Plans for 2025 with Eric Langbein Racing". Formula Race Promotions. December 10, 2024.
6. "FRP's Mid-Ohio Formula Speedfest a Huge Success". Formula Race Promotions. May 1, 2025.
7. "Driver Announcements, Formula Race Promotions 2025 FRP F1600 Championship Driver Wesley Gundler". October 21, 2024.
8. "Wesley Gundler is Ready to Take on the 2025 F1600 FRP Season". Formula Race Promotions. October 22, 2024.
9. "Driver Announcements, Formula Race Promotions 2025 FRP F1600 Championship Driver Abigail Froehlich". January 25, 2025.
10. "Abigail Froehlich to Make Full FRP F1600 Debut in 2025 with K-Hill Motorsports". Formula Race Promotions. February 3, 2025.
11. "FRP Weekend at Watkins Glen Filled with Last-Lap Passes and Close Racing". Formula Race Promotions. July 17, 2025.
12. "Partstop Spectrum will again be providing trackside support this season". Formula Race Promotions. March 12, 2025.
13. "Formula Race Promotions Crowns Multiple First-Time Podium Finishers in Exciting Pitt Race Weekend". Formula Race Promotions. June 4, 2025.
14. "FRP Championship Battles Continue to Forge at New Jersey Motorsports Park". Formula Race Promotions. August 7, 2025.
15. "FRP F1600 Championship Series 2025". Driver Database. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
16. "Formula Race Promotions Announces 2025 Schedule". Formula Race Promotions.
17. "2025 F1600 Championship Series". racingcalendar.net.
18. "F1600 2025 Season Points Overall Standings - Final" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. 2025.
19. "2025 Points & Purse Distribution Table" (PDF). Retrieved March 6, 2025.
20. "Standings". Formula Race Promotions.
21. "2025 F1600 Championship Series Central". the Third Turn.
22. "Race Results". Race Monitor.
23. "Road Atlanta 2025 – Incident Review/Penalty Report – REVISED" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 6, 2026– via website-files.com.
24. "Mid-Ohio 2025 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
25. "PIRC 2025 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
26. "Road America 2025 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
27. "WGI 2025 - Incident Review/Penalty Report" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
28. "NJ 2025 - Incident Review/Penalty Report Revised - 8/15/25" (PDF). Formula Race Promotions. August 15, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
29. "Vintage Racing from the Mission Foods Road Atlanta SpeedTour 2025 (Sunday)". YouTube . March 23, 2025.
30. "LIVE: Road America SpeedTour (Sunday)". YouTube . June 29, 2025.
31. "LIVE: Watkins Glen SpeedTour (Sunday) - July 2025". YouTube . July 13, 2025.