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2023 Formula Car Challenge

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The 2023 Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear was the 19th season of the Formula Car Challenge. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across the American west coast. The series was sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America.

Christian Okpysh took the title in the main Formula Mazda class, while Tao Takaoka and Joe Briggs were victorious in the Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda categories, respectively.

Drivers

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Drivers competed in three classes, Formula Mazda, Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda.[1]

No. Driver Car Rounds
Formula Mazda entries
7 United States Woody Yerxa 2001 Mazda Formula 3–4, 7–8, 11–14
12 Canada Marcus Brodie 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda 9–10
20 United States Ben Booker Formula Mazda Star Formula Mazda 1–2, 7–8, 13–14
28 United States Stew Tabak 1993 Mazda Formula 7–14
29 United States Christian Okpysh 1997 Mazda Formula Mazda 3–6, 9–14
63 Denmark Lars Jensen 1997 Star Formula Mazda 3–14
67 United States Bill Weaver 1997 Star Mazda Formula Mazda 7–14
75 United States C.J. Ray 1998 Mazda Star Formula 3–14
77 United States Derry O'Donovan 1996 Formula Mazda FM 3–4, 7–14
78 United States Brad Drew 1997 Mazda Formula 3–4, 7–14
88 United States Randy Sturgeon 1997 Mazda Star Formula Mazda 5–6, 9–10
91 United States Ritchie Hollingsworth 1995 Mazda Formula Mazda 7–8, 13–14
92 United States Rick Bostrom 1988 Mazda Formula 13–14
120 United States John Ertel 1994 Mazda Formula Star 11–12
Formula Speed entries
27 United States Tao Takaoka 2015 Formula Speed F S 2.0 3–4, 7–14
46 United States Frank Russell 2012 Formula Speed 2.0 9–14
51 United States Scott Vreeland 1986 Ralt RT-5 3–4
Pro Formula Mazda entries
0 United States Edd Ozard 2004 Mazda Pro Mazda 1–2, 9–10
9 United States Joe Briggs 2004 Mazda Pro Formula Mazda 1–4, 9–12
10 United States Vincent Tjelmeland Pro Formula Mazda 9–10
37 United States Nevin Spieker 2019 Mazda Pro Formula 3–4, 9–10
41 United States Robert Merritt Pro Formula Mazda 9–10
42 United States Gregory Perrin Star Mazda 9–12
51 United States Scott Vreeland 1986 Ralt RT-5 13–14
123 United States JD Stuart Pro Formula Mazda 9–10
Sources: [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Race calendar

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The 2023 schedule was announced on 1 December 2022.[9] All races were held in California. The series returned to Buttonwillow Raceway Park after not competing there in 2022.

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 United States Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma 25 February Formula Pro USA Winter Series
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
2 26 February
3 United States Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows 15 April Formula Pro USA Western Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
4 16 April
5 United States Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow 29 April Formula Pro USA Western Championship
California Sports Car Club
6 30 April
7 United States Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows 3 June Formula Pro USA Western Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
8 4 June
9 United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey 29 July San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Pacific F2000 Championship
10 30 July
11 United States Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma 2 September Formula Pro USA Western Championship
San Francisco Region SCCA Series
12 3 September
13 United States Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows 28 October San Francisco Region SCCA Series
Pacific Northwest Spec Miata Tour
14 29 October

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Formula Mazda winner Formula Speed winner Pro Formula Mazda winner
1 United States Sonoma Raceway United States Joe Briggs United States Edd Ozard United States Ben Booker no entries United States Joe Briggs
2 United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Ben Booker‡ United States Joe Briggs
3 United States Thunderhill Raceway Park United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Christian Okpysh United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs
4 United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Brad Drew United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs
5 United States Buttonwillow Raceway Park United States Christian Okpysh United States Christian Okpysh United States Christian Okpysh no entries no entries
6 United States C.J. Ray United States C.J. Ray United States Christian Okpysh
7 United States Thunderhill Raceway Park United States Tao Takaoka United States Brad Drew United States Bill Weaver United States Tao Takaoka
8 United States Derry O'Donovan United States C.J. Ray United States C.J. Ray United States Tao Takaoka
9 United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Bill Weaver United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs
10 United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Bill Weaver United States Frank Russell United States Joe Briggs
11 United States Sonoma Raceway United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Christian Okpysh United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs
12 United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Bill Weaver United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs
13 United States Thunderhill Raceway Park United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Bill Weaver United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs
14 United States Joe Briggs United States Joe Briggs United States Brad Drew United States Tao Takaoka United States Joe Briggs

‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Formula Mazda

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Points were awarded to the top twenty drivers in each class taking the green flag.[10]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 29 25 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4

Pro Formula Mazda and Formula Speed

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As the Formula Speed and Pro Formula Mazda classes ran alongside the San Francisco Region SCCA's regional FX and FA3 classes respectively, they used their points system.[11]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 21 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Each driver's four worst results were dropped.

Drivers' standings

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Pos Driver SON1 THU1 BUT THU2 LAG SON2 THU3 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
Formula Mazda Standings
1 United States Christian Okpysh 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 4 255
2 United States Brad Drew 2 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 247
3 United States C.J. Ray 3 5 2 2 3 1 (7) 4 3 (9) 7 2 226
4 United States Bill Weaver 1 9 1 1 8 1 1 3 198
5 Denmark Lars Jensen 4 4 3 4 6 6 5 5 5 (8) 5 DNS 194
6 United States Derry O'Donovan 5 6 4 2 4 7 DNS 5 4 8 174
7 United States Woody Yerxa 6 3 5 3 6 6 9 6 150
8 United States Stew Tabak 7 5 6 6 4 4 6 5 149
9 United States Ben Booker 1 1‡ 9 8 10 10 88
10 United States Ritchie Hollingsworth 8 7 8 7 66
11 United States Randy Sturgeon 4 3 42
12 United States John Ertel 7 7 34
13 Canada Marcus Brodie 8 8 32
14 United States Rick Bostrom 11 9 28
Formula Speed Standings
1 United States Tao Takaoka 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 246
2 United States Frank Russell 2 1 Ret DNS 2 2 88
United States Scott Vreeland DNS DNS
Pro Formula Mazda Standings
1 United States Joe Briggs 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 250
2 United States Gregory Perrin 3 2 2 2 81
3 United States Nevin Spieker 2 DNS 2 3 60
4 United States Scott Vreeland 2 2 42
=5 United States Vincent Tjelmeland 5 4 33
=5 United States Robert Merritt 4 5 33
6 United States Edd Ozard 2 DNS Ret DNS 21
United States JD Stuart Ret DNS
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
SON1 THU1 BUT THU2 LAG SON2 THU3

‡ - event or race did not award any points as it did not meet all FCC rules

References

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  1. ^ "Formula Car Challenge | Formula Car Challenge - Based at Sonoma Raceway, California 95476 - Since 2005". Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 1 & 2 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 5 & 6 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  4. ^ "Cal Club Championship Divisional and Track Event - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  5. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 7 & 8 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  6. ^ "Results for Group 1/2~FA,FA3,FM,EM1,P1,P2,ASR,FX,FE2 - Race 2 on RaceHero". RaceHero. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ^ "Results for Group 1~FA,FA2,FA3,FM,FX,F4 - Race 2~Official on RaceHero". RaceHero. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  8. ^ "SFR Championship Regional 15, 16, & 17 - Attendees". MotorsportReg.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  9. ^ "2023 Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear Schedules Announced | Formula Car Challenge". formulacarchallenge.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  10. ^ "Competitor Page | Formula Car Challenge". Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  11. ^ "2023 SFR Road Racing Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). February 6, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
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