2025 Formula Pro USA Western Championship
The 2025 Formula Pro USA Western Series is the sixth 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 is 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.[1]
Teams and drivers
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.[2]
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3) entries | |||
| Atlantic Racing Team | 3 | Larry Schnur | 1–3 |
| 88 | James Lawley | 1 | |
| Crosslink Motorsports | 13 | Barrett Wolfe | 3 |
| World Speed Motorsports | 63 | Charles Duncan | 2 |
| 177 | Nicolas Stati | 1 | |
| Kiwi Motorsport | 01 | Bruno Ribero | 3 |
| Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries | |||
| Jensen Global Advisors | 1 | Marco Martin | 3 |
| Zach Fourie | 1 | ||
| 15 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Ana Palestro | 1–3 | |
| 3 | Aiden Zelaya | 3 | |
| 7 | Max Parker | 3 | |
| World Speed Motorsports | 14 | Ridgeley Welsh | 1–3 |
| 15 | Christopher DeFreitas | 1–2 | |
| 16 | Yashom Kapoor | 1–3 | |
| Kiwi Motorsport | 26 | Ayden Kohut | 3 |
| 123 | Carolyn Fitzgerald | 1–3 | |
| Crosslink Motorsports | 134 | Joshua Griffith | 3 |
| Sources: [3][4][5] | |||
Race calendar
The 2025 calendar will be held over twelve races spanning across six weekends.[1] The series will race at the same four circuits as the previous year.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Support bill | Map of circuit locations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | March 15 | SCCA Majors Championship Formula Car Challenge |
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| R2 | March 16 | ||||
| 2 | R3 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | April 5 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | |
| R4 | April 6 | ||||
| 3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey | June 28 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Pacific F2000 Championship | |
| R6 | June 29 | ||||
| 4 | R7 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | September 12–14 | NASA Northern California Region Formula Car Challenge | |
| R8 | |||||
| 5 | R9 | Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows | October 24–26 | San Francisco Region SCCA Series Formula Car Challenge | |
| R10 | |||||
| 6 | R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow | November 14–16 | California Sports Car Club Formula Car Challenge | |
| R12 | |||||
Race results
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | FPUSA-3 | FPUSA-4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest lap | Winning driver | Fastest lap | Winning driver | ||||
| 1 | R1 | Sonoma Raceway | James Lawley | Nicolas Stati | James Lawley | Zach Fourie | Zach Fourie |
| R2 | James Lawley | Nicolas Stati | James Lawley | Zach Fourie | Zach Fourie | ||
| 2 | R3 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | Larry Schnur | Larry Schnur | Larry Schnur | Yashom Kapoor | Yashom Kapoor |
| R4 | Larry Schnur | Larry Schnur | Larry Schnur | Ridgeley Welsh | Yashom Kapoor | ||
| 3 | R5 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Bruno Ribero | Bruno Ribero | Bruno Ribero | Zach Fourie | Zach Fourie |
| R6 | Bruno Ribero | Bruno Ribero | Bruno Ribero | Zach Fourie | Zach Fourie | ||
| 4 | R7 | Sonoma Raceway | |||||
| R8 | |||||||
| 5 | R9 | Thunderhill Raceway Park | |||||
| R10 | |||||||
| 6 | R11 | Buttonwillow Raceway Park | |||||
| R12 | |||||||
Championship standings
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 |
Drivers' standings
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References
- ^ a b "Formula Pro USA Western Championship presented by Exclusive Racing confirms 2025 schedule". RTD Media. November 25, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
- ^ BDM_FPU, Admin. "About FPUSA". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ "Sonoma Regional 1-2 - Group 1 & 2 - Qualify - Speedhive live timing". speedhive.mylaps.com. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ "SFR SCCA Major Regional/National @ Thunderhill Raceway Park - Qualify 1 - Race Monitor". Race Monitor. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
- ^ "SFR SCCA Regional 7/8 Laguna Seca Results" (PDF). San Francisco Region SCCA. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
External links
- Official website: Formula Pro USA