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 United States Larry Schnur 1–3
88 Canada James Lawley 1
Crosslink Motorsports 13 United States Barrett Wolfe 3
World Speed Motorsports 63 United States Charles Duncan 2
177 Australia Nicolas Stati 1
Kiwi Motorsport 01 Brazil Bruno Ribero 3
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4) entries
Jensen Global Advisors 1 United States Marco Martin 3
South Africa Zach Fourie 1
15 3
2 United States Ana Palestro 1–3
3 United States Aiden Zelaya 3
7 United States Max Parker 3
World Speed Motorsports 14 United States Ridgeley Welsh 1–3
15 United States Christopher DeFreitas 1–2
16 United States Yashom Kapoor 1–3
Kiwi Motorsport 26 United States Ayden Kohut 3
123 United States Carolyn Fitzgerald 1–3
Crosslink Motorsports 134 United States 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
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 Canada James Lawley Australia Nicolas Stati Canada James Lawley South Africa Zach Fourie South Africa Zach Fourie
R2 Canada James Lawley Australia Nicolas Stati Canada James Lawley South Africa Zach Fourie South Africa Zach Fourie
2 R3 Thunderhill Raceway Park United States Larry Schnur United States Larry Schnur United States Larry Schnur United States Yashom Kapoor United States Yashom Kapoor
R4 United States Larry Schnur United States Larry Schnur United States Larry Schnur United States Ridgeley Welsh United States Yashom Kapoor
3 R5 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Brazil Bruno Ribero Brazil Bruno Ribero Brazil Bruno Ribero South Africa Zach Fourie South Africa Zach Fourie
R6 Brazil Bruno Ribero Brazil Bruno Ribero Brazil Bruno Ribero South Africa Zach Fourie South Africa 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

Pos Driver SON1 THU1 LAG SON2 THU2 BUT Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
Formula Pro USA 3 (FPUSA-3)
1 United States Larry Schnur 3 3 1 1 3 3 114
2 Brazil Bruno Ribero 1 1 54
3 Canada James Lawley 1 1 50
4 Australia Nicolas Stati 2 2 40
=5 United States Charles Duncan 2 2 36
=5 United States Barrett Wolfe 2 2 36
Formula Pro USA 4 (FPUSA-4)
1 United States Yashom Kapoor 4 3 1 1 2 4 109
2 South Africa Zach Fourie 1 1 1 1 108
3 United States Ridgeley Welsh 2 2 2 2 5 3 99
4 United States Carolyn Fitzgerald 5 4 3 3 8 7 62
5 United States Ana Palestro 6† 6 4 4† 7 6 54
6 United States Christopher DeFreitas 3 5 Ret Ret 25
7 United States Ayden Kohut 4 5 22
8 United States Aiden Zelaya 9 2 20
9 United States Joshua Griffith 3 9 17
10 United States Max Parker 6 8 12
— United States Marco Martin DNS Ret 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Pts
SON1 THU1 LAG SON2 THU2 BUT
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. ^ a b "Formula Pro USA Western Championship presented by Exclusive Racing confirms 2025 schedule". RTD Media. November 25, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  2. ^ BDM_FPU, Admin. "About FPUSA". Formula Pro USA. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sonoma Regional 1-2 - Group 1 & 2 - Qualify - Speedhive live timing". speedhive.mylaps.com. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  4. ^ "SFR SCCA Major Regional/National @ Thunderhill Raceway Park - Qualify 1 - Race Monitor". Race Monitor. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  5. ^ "SFR SCCA Regional 7/8 Laguna Seca Results" (PDF). San Francisco Region SCCA. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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